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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1923
Page
3
David Watts writes from Lotumbe Africa about the hard work, understaffed stations, and daily life. He details hospital strain, local carpenters, malaria fever, and encounters with snakes and a hippo near his home as he invites readers to see real African life.
Mrs. Phelps a Diamond township pioneer granddaughter of Peregrin White resided in Aurelia and Carroll Iowa and Beaver Dam Wisconsin born May 29 1854 married twice and active in WCTU DAR and local clubs funeral planned at the Salinger home with Rev. Grant Lewis officiating.
An urgent notice announces a special arrangement with publishers offering a limited time deal on The Delineator. Readers are urged to inquire today at 512 HLH Carroll.
A local figure known as Mickie reveals a man from his own community drove a car on the road for a week before learning about high speed. The man has allegedly run his business on a low profile for years and now faces scrutiny after advertising in a publicity outlet.
Ten years ago L P Nelson sold his Aurelia restaurant business and fixtures to N N Schwartz of Cherokee with possession set for April 1. George Olmstead rented the B A Colby building from Cherokee and planned to open a restaurant after remodel and sale of Colby’s remaining music stock. An eleven pound girl was born near Aurelia March 18 1913 at the Wm Mummert home. The Grover Bell family mourned the death of their ten month old baby. Paddy Siglin and Arthur Ewoldt reported for Des Moines Western League tryouts. Roy Leonard and Sim Striker harvested fifteen ducks and three brants on the Maple. A well attended baseball meeting showed strong local enthusiasm for a summer team.
Miss Lillie Ruebsam daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Ruebsam of Aurelia and Mr John Grapenthen son of Mr and Mrs John Grapenthen of Peterson were married at the Lutheran parsonage in Afton township on Wednesday afternoon March 14 Rev Bauman officiating with a double ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Aurelia at the Robar residence after April 1.
The Womans Club met in the school house music room Friday afternoon. Mrs. A L Froning led an education department program with silent reading demonstrations by third and sixth graders and a talk on the Parent Teachers Association by Mr. Day before the regular business session.
Cher okee county residents are asked to vote on rural library extension by April 14 1923. A book wagon would bring libraries to farms with taxes of 30 to 100 cents depending on farm size. Votes counted at April board of supervisors meeting.
March storms battered the area with back to back blizzards. Temperatures plunged to six below on Friday and ten below on Monday as railroads suffered severe delays. Weekend cancellations and five hour delays for eastbound passengers marked a disrupted travel week.
Pastor E H Gillet leads Bible School at 11 45 a m and a Christian Endeavor meeting at 8 30. A vital training school for youth with weekly lessons, 7 30 evening worship features a sermon on Christ Before Pilate. Palm Sunday praise follows with a business meeting after the service.
A local for sale column item is offered by a private seller. The notice describes a standalone sale with no stated business or retailer involved.
Due to bad roads three small meetings are planned for Friday afternoon March 30 at two o'clock. One at Mrs. Victor Gearke home, one at Mrs. Art Will home, and one at Aurelia Community Club rooms. Each will review work from the nutrition school and all interested women are urged to attend.
Redpath Vawter Chautauqua System of Cedar Rapids reports near full summer plans with a higher quality lineup. The five day circuit features headliners including a Black and White Minstrel Company, a Broadway success, and a new Philippine novelty group. The lecture list is described as unusually strong and is expected to lift local interest as sentiment improves nationally.
State bank examiner took charge of the First National Bank of Sutherland on Tuesday. C. J. Jordan serves as president with F. E. Tellier as vice president and E. C. Briggs as cashier. Deposits total 250000 dollars. The county bankers association pledged support to all banks in the county to aid in the reorganization.
Carl Berg Bros showcases a large assortment of seeds and onion sets on display for gardening season. Shoppers can view a wide variety of vegetable seeds and onion sets ready for planting.
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