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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel announces subscription prices in Cherokee County. Per year in advance is 1.50 dollars inside the county and 2.00 dollars for foreign countries. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays and entered as second class matter at the Aurelia post office.
Earl N Peterson, son of Mr and Mrs C W Peterson, announces enlistment in the Navy on March 4 and current stationing in San Diego California. In a letter from the recruiting station at Port Dodge he recounts signing passes, workplace roles, training, and plans for electrical school, noting recent accidents and cross country travel through the Grand Canyon.
Mr and Mrs John Booth and daughters Lois and Elaine spent Sunday with relatives in LeMars. George Waldo and family from Storm Lake visited the Bill Booth home Friday. Madalynne Booth accompanied them home. Claude Stewart called at the Howard UWaight home Sunday. Clayton Mitchell of Sioux City and M Hines of Aurelia spent Tuesday in the Bill Booth home. Miro and George Booth Jr. and families from Cherokee and Troward Haight and families called at the John Booth home Monday evening. L G Beckoff were Cherokee callers Tuesday evening. Bill Booth and sons visited George Waldo home Sunday afternoon. Howard Haight and family called at Tom Corrington home Sunday evening. Ed Erickson and family called at the Bill Booth home Monday evening. Mrs Henry Carrington and Ella were guests in the Howard Haight home Sunday.
Alba A renunciation as receiver of the First National Bank at Alta filed a federal suit in Sioux City for 121 500 against seven directors and officers alleging excessive loans without security and misleading statements prior to the bank’s failure on November 23 1926 with liabilities of 525 450. Plaintiffs name I Ferguson M W Anderson H F Reeder W R Woodward A R Browne L C Anderson Nils Anderson Ed Rehnstrom and J M Rehnstrom of Aka and Linn Grove as defendants.
Peterson Iowa hatchery promotes custom hatching every Wednesday and Saturday with turkey and duck eggs for sale. Manager Bret Bowen lists contact as 4 8 3 a, providing a local business notice style.
The Senior class of '29 Aurelia high school entertained a large audience at their class day exercises in the school auditorium. The aviation theme featured an air cruise through four years with a staged plane and period attire. Performances included Waking Off, Trial Flights history, Air Pockets advice to Juniors, Sky Writing class poem, Spinning the Propeller keynote, Searchlights prophecy, Refueling, Hot Air instrumental, Aces jokes, Air Mail newspaper, Stunt Flying, Air Castles and Wrecks story, The Coach songs, Exhaust yells, and a concluding display by the class.
The Iowa Horticultural Society reports favorable conditions for a bumper fruit crop in 1928 barring an unusually late frost. Nearly all bearing trees bloomed this spring and only No 1 first class fruit is expected to be salable. careful spraying is urged and bee decline cautioned to protect pollination and honey production.
Peterson Patriot notes Brooke Consolidated School five miles south of Peterson will host graduation exercises on Thursday May 16 and close for summer Friday May 17. The Brooke Class of 1929 includes Robert Green Gerald Tigges Lucille Tigges Mayme Menefee Leone Walter Ina Tigges Gwendolyn Anderson Helen Swanson and Wilbur Hollenbrek. A local in our for sale column will bring results. Try it once.
A vintage ad claims Aklerika relieves gas and sour stomach at once and cleans the stomach and bowels. It features testimonials from John B. Hardy and J C Nelson, emphasizing relief from indigestion and constipation through a two-bottle result after years of use.
Wanted lawns to move E Watts or phone 198 11 For Sale red sow with eight pigs M Parrott Ott For Sale early and late cabbage and tomato plants Mrs Geo Bischer phone 79 For Sale farms and town property Worth the money H H Lockin Baby Chicks all popular breeds Custom hatching 460 per tray of 132 apps We use Buckeye Mammoth incubators Kerastat and Sol Hot brooder stoves Mor Kik feeds and poultry supplies Alta Hatchery Alta Iowa Sitf
First Grade perfect spelling pupils listed. Birthdays and visitors noted. Second Grade progress on Reader programs and a circus arrival anticipated. Perfect spellers named, weighings tracked, and underweight students targeted. Third Grade spring bouquets, reading plans, and spelling awards recorded. Fifth through eighth grades cover geography Australia, Peace Day civics, arithmetic reviews, and upcoming exams plus penmanship awards. Junior high notes detail year end reviews, assemblies, and Industrial Training class plans. Agricultural and biology topics included with student projects and health studies.
Friday and Saturday this week an exhibit showcases all projects made this year at Chamberlin implement house. The items include Linval Adler cedar chest Edwin Watts porch swing Verne White piano bench Lyle Frear davenport table Willis Kintigh handkerchief box Oris Holderness handkerchief box Wm Philpott handkerchief box Merlin Shank folding card table Verne Peterson writing desk Carroll Sansen magazine rack Louis Ammons tea table Arthur Johnson fernery.
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