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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel 5 C Lightner Proprietor publishes weekly Friday issues from Aurelia Iowa. Advertising rates include local 5 cents per line and display 10 cents per inch with annual subscriptions at $100 in advance and outside county rate $1 25 per year Cards of thanks 50 cents.
M Mummert announces candidacy for Supervisor of the third district covering Spring, Afton and Pitcher townships, pending approval by Republican voters at the June primaries.
George Wilson announces candidacy for the State Representative nomination in the upcoming primary on June 1, 1914. He seeks the Republican designation.
Cherokee county items report Delaplane building moved from Main street and Nelson building shifted from Second street as part of downtown redevelopment. Bryant Company speeds concrete west side and curb gutter work, with paving starting next week. Landlord Eilers visits Duncombe hotel interests. Lewis hotel improvements include iron beds and new fire escape. Cherokee Automobile and Good Roads club dissolves turning funds to Commercial Club after two years of road work. new road law reduces club usefulness despite highway funds and paid officials.
At a Friday meeting the Cherokee city council ordered 500 feet of water main on East Maple Street from Second Street and authorized 500 feet of additional fire hose. A 200 foot sewer line on East Main Street before paving may be ordered next, running east from the high school. Times notes visitor L A Lincoln eyed a local Ransomerian Business Schools site and 20 scholarships needed to begin. Mose Curtis, south of town, suffered a severe runaway injury when a carriage horse team bolted on Main Street. his shoulder was dislocated and his face cut.
Week ending May 22 1914 lists uncalled letters at Aurelia post office including John Deeler Mrs E W Johnson Ek J Drifke Mae Maller H Swanson Inez Welch Mamie Nelson Fritz Linomd W C Marsh P M foreign entries noted.
The Cemetery Association will serve dinner and supper in the basement of the M E church on Decoration Day. All ladies are invited to come and help. Those who have not been solicited are here naked to help. 4-2
Resigning pastor Rev C W Stark and his wife were honored at a farewell reception in Sun Prairie Wisconsin. More than 200 guests attended at the Hayden home as the Stark family prepared to move to Aurelia Iowa where he will lead the Congregational church there and help plan a parsonage.
Notes by Rev. Earl Hoon announce no preaching service Sunday morning at the Methodist church due to memorial services. Sunday school at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.m. A special anniversary program and patriotic sermon titled America the Bride of the Earth. Officers elected for the Epworth League include Miss Cora Lockin as President and Miss Jessie Lockin as First Vice. An extensive summer program is planned and a Mercy and Help social is scheduled tonight.
A fragmented notice contains garbled phrases about care or joining details with scattered dates and names unclear. The readable bits reference October and participation but lack coherent context or actionable information.
Miss Daisy Bunn of Danbury Iowa will reach Seventh and Eighth grades this coming school year. E W Thomas bought a new Metz car for his mail route making four rural carriers with autos. Epworth League convention for Sioux City District to be held in Alta in June will bring about two hundred Christian youths. Daily concerts by the Y M C A orchestra of Sioux City planned. Hetrick Clemons lease lot from C H Wegerslev to expand store stock and relieve overcrowding. Town to oil streets with 10000 gallons. funding from local businesses aided by last year’s success. Frank Scott declines Democrat bid for trustee citing progressive Republican beliefs and party control. Advertise it in the Sentinel.
The article extols independence as humanity’s core goal guiding work and life choices. It discusses being one’s own boss, the appeal of mobility, and how travel and recreation refresh spirit and health, urging self-reliance and individual control over time and labor.
Remsen prepares for July Fourth celebrations while city council seeks a new well. Mack Johnson buys C. W. Meyers barber shop. Storm Lake, Marcus, and LeMars items note sports, deaths, and local business changes across several towns, including a sewer petition in Marcus and a baseball game in LeMars.
LeMars Sentinel reports William Woldt a 21 year old from Hinton died after a motorcycle crash nine miles east of Hinton. He was learning to ride the machine just purchased and struck a tree after losing control near a United Brethren church. He died at a Sioux City hospital from a fractured skull.
Next Sunday at 10 30 a m a union Memorial meeting invites all. Sermon by the pastor. Church school Bible study at 11 20 a m new time. CG E topic at 7 p m Current Events in relation to the Kingdom of Christ. Pastor attends Iowa Congregational conference in Marshalltown this week and will report at 8 p m. Mid week meeting Wednesday 8 p m.
Dr. statements imply health and necessity govern folly as success follows disciplined thought and behavior. The fragment hints at a cautioned view that prudent choices shape outcomes more than rash zeal.
Republican voters of Cherokee County Iowa must elect delegates to the County Convention at the June 1 1914 primary. Representation is one delegate per precinct plus one for each 20 votes or fraction over 10 cast for George W Clarke in the 1912 governor election.
G E St John’s Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m next Sunday as usual And Jesus bids the little children to come to him A preaching service follows at 7 30 p m with the pastor preaching on Trachtet nach dem das droben ist A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
The Early business and professional men held their annual hunt drawing 94 participants. They bagged 6,066 striped squirrels, 2,873 gray squirrels, 72 pocket gophers, 182 crows, and 6 wolves. Weighed total reached 5,110 pounds of game collected.
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