Cherokee News from Cherokee Times Brief Items
Local notes from Cherokee Times report Cherokee Chamber of Commerce events and upcoming talks. Mention of Dr. Lea C. Harrison visiting Thursday and a Barbershop event. Roads and highway 59 updates noted from Manter and regional reports. Preliminaries and plans for events scheduled Friday afternoon and weekend.
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Cherokee Chamber of Commerce
Rphwest
Lea C. Harrison
Manter
Beau
JdMetin Barres
Ashe
Nearby Town Happenings and School Contracts
Community report notes Harold Reck edu Seol takes charge at Peterson school during summer to supervise improvements. Bids for a new disposal plant at Hudstein were opened. Ernest Branca submitted the lowest bid at 24,?9?5.00 with a smaller scope. council awarded the contract last Friday.
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Peterson
Board of
Sion
Harold Reckedu Seol
Sang agGder
Sage
Pattie
Pia
Peterson Schoo
Reid Saditorium
Hudstein
Ernest Branca
Storm Lake Hit-and-Run Fatality Reported
A hit-and-run in Storm Lake left a 6 year old boy dead after being struck by a car. The vehicle did not stop, and the driver was pursued but the details remain unclear as investigators piece together the incident and identify the victims and suspects.
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Lake Regis
Lake
Larry Orman
Ray Orman
Tage
Edge of
Ogas
Ry Posh
Sater
Lamp Saimobdel of immorialits Tre event
A fragmentary note mentions Lamp Saimobdel of immorialits Tre with an escort or ceremony by the Roman ectectembds, and a peat burn or burning Mehr a tomo.
Sumner Fairchild Died in Aurelia After Long Life of Work
Sumner Fairchild a longtime Aurelia resident died last Saturday morning at his home in Aurelia at the age of 95 years 10 months and 7 days. Born July 81 1852 in Mount Gilled Ohio he moved with his family to Iowa in 186? and later farmed near Cedar Rapids before settling in Aurelia in 1881. He and his brothers operated a hardware business until 1939 when he retired. He was active in the Odd Fellows order and community affairs. Survived by brothers A A W W and J W Fairchild of Aurelia and many relatives. Funeral services were held Monday at the Kroil Funeral Home and M E Church with burial rites by the IOOF at Aurelia Cemetery.
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Aurelia
Sieelack
Whele
Mashlan Sumner Fairchild
Mount Gilled
Ohio
Lows
Isas
Town City
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Cherokee County
Iowa
Wess
Maihlan Sumner
Sea
Odd Fellow” Lodge
Odd Fellows
Cherokee
A. A
W. W
J. W. Fairchild
Kroil Funeral
M. E
Troy
Preul
Edwin Trigg
Congregational Church
Card of Thanks for War Bereavement
The Fairchild family expresses gratitude for flowers, words or deeds given during their time of bereavement after a war loss. A. U. Fairchild, W. W. Fairchild, J. W. Fairchild extend thanks to responders and supporters.
Recital Program for Harmonica March and Vocal Pieces
The program lists numerous performers including Pearl Ohlson, Maxine Nielsen, Joan Deylef, Gretchen Wieland, Arlene Nelson, Virginia Carlberg, Dorothy Thevenin, Bonnie Mummert, Peggy Waddell, Geradine Mummert, and accompanists Miss Carlberg Thevenin and Dagger. It features a sequence of songs and piano numbers such as Song of the Drum, All March, Jolly Thoughts, Dream Garden, Cecillia Valse, Song of Spring, Mia Carita, Valse Fugitive, Fiddle and I, Spring Song, Valse Romance, Les Sylphes Valse, Sing Me To Sleep, with violin obligates and various composers. The public is cordially invited.
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Harm Nica
Feak
Wright
Pearl Ohlson
Risher
Maxine Nielsen
All
Johnson
Joan Deylef
Drammond
Gretchen Wieland
Dream Garden
Strick- Yand
Arlene Nelson
Cecillia Valse
Philie
Virginia Carlberg
Neidlinger
Dorothy Thevenin
Mia Carita
Groton
Calvini
Elda Dagger
Goodeve
Bonnie Mummert
Tolhurst
Jean Simmers
Williams
Geradine Mummert
Chaminade
Peggy Waddell
Bachmann
Greene
Misses Carlberg
Thevenin
Dagger
New Nickel to Show Head of Jefferson
The life of a nickel is 25 years and a new design is issued every period. The Buffalo nickel has exhausted its official life and a new coin is expected this fall. The Jefferson design features his head on one side and Monticello in Virginia on the other. Felix Schlag’s design from Germany was selected from 290 submissions.
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Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Monticello
Felix Schlag
Germany
Looking Back Into The Past Ten Years Ago
A retrospective of past events notes insurance adjusters estimating wind damage in Cherokee county with Afton township hit hardest. Andrew Nordstrom seeks the Republican nomination for supervisor in the fourth district. Mrs Richard Mongan dies at Bates hospital after treatment. Gertrude Buma leaves the home grocer job for Sioux City. Helmer Carlberg buys the Miller residence, possession next fall.
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Cherokee County
Afton Township
Andrew Nordstrom
Diamond Township
Richard Mongan
Bates Hospital
Gertrude Buma
Home Grocery
Sioux City
Helmer Carlberg
Miller
Wm. Honsbruch
Air Mail Week Rewinds Iowa Postal Pioneering 1888
The State Historical Society recounts early Iowa mail service in 1888 with sparse posts, mail carried by horse and wagon, delays from bad weather, and reliance on eastern papers. It notes the push for a steamboat mail line between Saint Louis and Dubuque and cites Dr. William J. Petersen in The Palimpsest.
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State Historical Society
Black Hawk Purchase
Atlantic Seaboard
East
Itor
Iowa
William J. Petersen
the Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Towa
Wopment Impre
Ecu
Sutherland Boy Dies in Barnyard Accident
August Roland Miller three and a half, son of Mr and Mrs Freeman Miller of Sutherland, died after being struck by a protruding planter wire in the barn yard. He fell while watching a colt, the wire pierced his abdomen, peritonitis followed, and he died at Sioux Valley Hospital one hour after arrival.
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Sutherland Courier
August Roland Miller
Freeman Miller
Sioux Valley Hospital
Opening of Ice Cream Parlor in Aurelia
The Sentinel announces a new ice cream parlor in Aurelia in the former bakery building. Ladell Rapp and Phyllis Port will run the business with Lidell as manager. The shop will offer homemade ice cream and drinks, popcorn, and confectionery with a welcoming, newly painted space for patrons.
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Ladell Rapp
Phyllis Ann Port
Ih. W. Poller
Sen-tnel
Aurelia
Phyllis Port
Lidell
Buried on Pauper in Vienna
A fragment notes a burial in Vienna involving a pauper with the phrase world’s great vanishing. The readable text is unclear and provides limited context about the deceased or circumstances.
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Vienna
Hail Insurance Policy Ad From Lockin Agency
An insurance ad promotes hail coverage with guaranteed premiums and prompt field payouts. It invites readers to have policies explained and rates quoted with no obligation.
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Harry H. Lockin Insurance Agency
Silk Como: Center of Italian Silk Industry on Lake Como
Silk Como in the largest city on Lake Como dominates Italian silk production rivaling Lyon and Paterson. Mulberry trees flourish across the region supporting the industry and raw silk supply.
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Silk
Como
Lake Como
Lyon
France
Paterson
United States
Wanted Tractor Plowing Grover C Bell Phone 251
Classified item listing a wanted tractor plowing service by Grover C Bell with contact phone 251. Then multiple farm product sales and notices: potatoes graded by Clay W Dawson and Harold Nelson on the Dawson farm, with prices. new low prices on chicks starting May 7 from B and H Hatchery and Produce offering guaranteed chick starter and growing cash. additional note of cream, eyes, and poultry prices and location blocks north of Lewis J hotel.
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Lewis J Hotel
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Oodrich
Safety Ty
Silvertown
J. W. Grapenthen
Cherokee News
Cherokee Times
Storm Lake Folks
Aurelia Ice Cream Parlor
Ladell Rapp, Mer
H. W. Poller
Prop
Sumner Fairchild
A. U. Fairchild
W. W. Fairchild
QO. C. Waddell
Jefferson
Sentinel
W. C. Newcomb
Arthur Fraser
Newcomb
S. A. Nystedt
T. L. Kenyor
Alfred Stieneke
Nystedt
Chicago
A. N. Sheldon
City
Wilhelm and Mummert
E. A. Bundy
Blair- Aizeen
Tommy Murphy
This Place
Jewell Rearick
South Dakota
F. E. Pratt
Frank F. Faber, Mer
Sutherland
Grover C. Bell
Clay W. Dawson
Harold Nelson
Dawson Farm
Heimsoth
Larson’s
Endicott-Johnson Army
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
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