Local News Items From Aurelia Area And Surrounds
Virgil Thevenin of Albert City visited Aurelia friends Wednesday. Garden Club meets May 9 at Mrs. Wm. Honsbruch’s home. High school musical May 18 19 at 8:00. Miss Lorraine Wagner Washta weekend guest. Mrs. Marvin Peterson Sioux City visiting family. Fire alarm sounded for straw stack near Illinois Central track. Organ to be installed in Methodist church. trip to Monee Ill. for uncle’s funeral. Various local residents attend conferences in Sioux City. Soy beans for seed. Green Spot orangeade delivery. Many neighbors visit relatives, attend church, or conduct business in Aurelia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Steele
Cherokee
D. Warrender
R. N
Oscar Gustafson
Oscar Peterson
Hartley
George Schafer
John Schafer
Storm Lake
Walter Huseman
Hanover
Homer Anderson
Larry
Near Aurelia
Schafer
Robert Lenz
Cletus
Harve Allen
Walter Simmons
C. A Simmons
Lorne
Sioux City
B. H. Dubes
Anne Jones
Aurelia
Caude Jones
Wlashta
Anderson
Ladies
Claire Parrott
Wm. Haight
Frank
Anna Anderson
George Parrott
Ruby Parrot
Herbert Frank
Washta
Oscar Royer
Margarite Haight
Algy Lindsay
Frank Lindsay
Art Ohlson
Hopper
C. A. Peterson
John Lindquist
Hi Adams
California
Roy Glidewell
Phyllis Dukes
Florence Hahn
S. C. Club
Hattie Radle
Harold Allen
Blanch Simmons
C. A. Simmons
Eitel Mohn
Everett. Radle
Aurelia Boy Scouts First to Reorganize in Cherokee County
Aurelia’s Boy Scout troop, 21 members, became the first in Cherokee county to reorganize under the new district plan. Elmer Ogren and Ed Stile visited Aurelia to meet with the local committee. John Holderness is scout master. troop committee includes Fred Daniels, A. J. Renaud, Rev. L. H. Preul, George Lamm, Rev. Edwin Trigg, and Ralph Peterson. Rev. Edwin Trigg chairs Cherokee county advancement committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Cherokee County
Elmer Ogren
Sargeant-Floyd
Sioux City
Ed Stile
Cherokee
John Holderness
Fred Daniels
A. J. Renaud
L. H. Preul
George Lamm
Edwin Trigg
Ralph Peterson
Government Savings Bonds sales report issued
Secretary of the Treasury Morganthau announced that savings bonds sales through March 31 1939 totaled over 2.437 billion in maturity value with about 1 564 608 investors. Outstanding bond maturity value was about 2.206 billion. Calendar year 1938 purchases reached 707.29 million. About 22 000 post offices nationwide sell United States Savings Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Morganthau
United States
Early Natural Gas Knowledge and Uses Across Asia and America
The article traces natural gas from ancient Asia where it appeared as fire worship to early American finds. It notes Ohio and West Virginia drilling accidents in the early 1800s, Rufus Stone’s salt-wrove discovery, and 40 years of gas use for boiling saltwater. It cites 1826 lighting in Fredonia and domestic piping beginning in Titusville in 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
India
China
Persia
United States
Flora MacFarland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
West Virginia
Rufus Stone
McConnellsville
Fredonia
N. Y
Titusville
Endowments and Aid to The Church of England History
The greatest income source for the Church of England comes from endowments some dating back to before the Reformation. These wealth in London and other cities, plus old family gifts, give perpetual rights to income for church institutions. A Church Estates commission since 1836 manages defunct endowments and reallocates funds to current uses while general appeals fund the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
London
Church Estates Commission
Board of Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Durazzo Durazzo and its long lineage in Albania
Durazzo, part of the kingdom of Albania, traces its origins to Epi Ammus at the end of the seventh century B C. Ownership disputes helped spark the Peloponnesian War of 431 B C. The area changed hands many times before Albania was created in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durazzo
Kingdom of
Albania
Embroidery and Societal Gatherings Featured in April Notes
Society notes detail upcoming Embroidery Club meeting at Mrs Clifford Wilsons home on Friday April 5. Reports cover St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid, bridge club results, and Young Peoples Society Bible quiz. Poppy contest posters praised. A Bunco party for religious instruction class kids followed by lunch is noted along with reminders about road safety and wedding stationery at Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embroidery Club
Clifford Wilson
Young People’s Society of St
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Bunco
Verona Wogahn
Darrel Huseman
Clayton Lehnhardt
Two Poultry Clinics In Cherokee County Next Week
Two poultry clinics sponsored by Simonsen Brothers will be held in Cherokee county next week with Dr. Stouder from the Ames extension department to discuss diseases and parasites of baby chicks. The Marcus Legion hall hosts the first clinic Thursday May 11 at 8 p m and the Quimby schoolhouse hosts the second Friday May 12 at 8 p m. Veterinarians hattery operators and poultry buyers are invited and diseased birds may be brought for on site diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Simonsen Brothers
Stouder
Ames
Legion Hall
Marcus
Quimby
Ed Gearke Weds Mrs Emma Deller in Owosso
Ed Gearke and Mrs Emma Deller were married in Owosso Michigan on Saturday April 22. After a week with relatives about 150 neighbors and friends visited their home to belittle harvaried them with candy bars apples and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Deller
Ed Gearke
Owosso
Michigan
Gearke
Afton Vicinity News Highlights Local Visits and Marriage
Merlyn Honsbruch of Cedar Falls spent the weekend at his home here and returned Monday with a friend from Galva. Many local residents visited relatives and attended events including a Cherokee county ladies chorus festival at the Lewis Hotel. Alvin Farr and Doris Melton united in marriage at the George Melton home, with a breakfast reception. couple to reside in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlyn Honsbruch
Cedar Falls
Galva
Henry Stevens
Emma
Anna Hill
Cherokee
George Zwick’s
C. C. Montgomery
Dorothy
Margaret Ann
Wayne Fredenberg
Sutherland
Will Gilbert
Peterson
Gilbert Clow’s
Fred Wetherell
Baby
Spencer
Floyd Sexcon
Wm. Sleezer
Horton
Richardson
Minmma Loucks
Aston
George Zwick
Laurine
Clifford Gould
Fred Zwick
George Melton
Dr. Bushnell
Sioux City
Kansas City
Soy beans for seed in Manchden and Illini program
Seed list notes soy beans for seed from Manchden and Illini, with W. G. Whitney Ir guiding the selection and distribution process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandden and Illini
W. G. Whitney Elevator
Manchden and Illini
W. G. Whitney
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Union
F. E. Pratt
Virgil Thevenin
Albert City
Garden Club
Wm. Honsbruch
Lorraine Wagner
Mrs
Nels Carlson
E. W. Albertson
Fern Beeghley
C. C. Beeghley
Marvin Peterson
Rip Rapp
Jostae
Ilinois Central Track
Dale Mummert
Russell Allen
Lyons
Nebraska
W. H. Bischel
BE. W. Kammer
Monee
Mr. Bischel
Henry Diercks
This
Farnham
Uniting Conference of Methodist Churches
Bertha Hunter
Whiting
Forney Dubes
Mrs. Dubes
Sadie
Edna Gearke
Bess Pitcher
LeRoy Bland
Forney Dukes
Dorothy Scott
George Scott
Albert Kolpin
Carlson’s Dairy
Ray Howell
Lake Preston
S. D
R. S. Whitney
This Place
Wm. E. Whitney
Dysart
Grain Dealers
Sioux
J. M. Whitney
A. E. Hickey
L. E.christensen
Chester G. Sjoberg
Bankers
Wm. E. Whitney of
Mildred Whitney
L. H. Sheerer
Mabel Johnson
Pythian Sister’s
Fae Hines
Elk Point
B. C. Lighter
Robert Adams
Selene
Mr. Lighter
Rolfe
Rockwell City
Mrs. Lighter
W. F. Selene
Brower
Concetrate
Waddell Grocery
Aurelia Boy Scouts
Society
Mildred Thomson
Ladies Aid
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
John Baumann
L. E. Christiansen
I. Kroll
A. E. Krout
Art Larson
A. A. Davis
Parley
A. W. Larson
Clyde Beeghley
Scott
Shay
W. G. Port
Knoxville Veteran’s Hospital
Myra Beeghley
Sentinel
Community Theatre
Iowa
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Jesse James
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Loretta Young
Richard Green
Kentucky
Mt. Olive
Mrs. Edgar Johnson
The
Eclipse
Bureau of Standards
B. F. Ruppert
Mgr
AFTON
Mrs. Bart Zwick
Harold V. Nelson
Carefree
Iowa Public Service CO
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