Decoration Day closings and local notices from a 1920s era page
Decoration Day operations list closures at Pete's Style Shop and Aurelia banks. Promotions include a Maytag demonstration at a drug store and a McCormick Deering tool display at Walstad Implement. Local visits mention Miss Lois Phoebe Rice and relatives, Shank home activities, and a funeral in Brush Colorado. George Scott chairs the local Meat Market while John W. Stevens runs for county recorder on the Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Aurelia
Mummert
McCormick-Deering
Walstad Implement Company
Lois Phoebe Rice
Ruthven
H. E. Rice
Chas. Nelson
Frank Mummert
Ernest Bjorklund
Chicago
Florence
Frances Chandler
Sioux City
J. Shank
Lawrence Davis
Peterson
Elia Johnson
Otto Kast
Brush
Colorado
Local notes on shops, visits, and events in Aurelia
Community notices list hardware stores and services, garden and repair work, and upcoming events. Local residents Mr and Mrs C Diercks, Milo Butterfield, and J S Beers visit. musical band from Hammond Indiana wins state contest and competes in Lincoln Nebraska. Primary election and travel plans for residents are noted.
Local travelers and sales notes from Aurea and nearby towns
I H Lockin returns from a business trip to California and Leon Crepps from Rock Rapids visits the Fred Kohlhagen home. Hardware ad promotes Mc Cormick Deering twine through Valstad Implement. Minnesota barn paint sold by Mummert's Hardware. A Doraan family group tours the region and plans to return June 11. Aurea stage features a blindfolded test drive by Jimmy Dugan sponsored by Noble Oil Co and Guarantee Oil Co using Parco high test fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Lockin
California
Leon Crepps
Rock Rapids
Fred Kohlhagen
McCormick-Deering Twine
Valstad Implement Company
Minnesota
Mummert
Frank Doraan
Jordan
Air
George Baker
Slayton
Mon- Land
Western States
Guarantee Oil Co
Aurea
Jimmy Dugan
Enauranee Arver
Dugan
Aurona
T He Noble Oil Co
Parco High Test Us
Methodist Church Notes Highlight Pastor J J Moore
Sunday morning David Watts will speak at the regular service. You will want to hear this stirring address. Bring a friend. Remember the evening service. An evening in God s house will steady and strengthen you for the new week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Watts
Local Social Roundup From Diamond Center Area
Mr and Mrs George T Anderson and son Donald of Alta visited Gust Roseen and Will Haight on Sunday. Miss Luella Hickey visited Sioux City on Tuesday. Will Haight attended Cherokee high school Alumni banquet last Thursday. J S Linquist family shopped in Sioux City Tuesday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Meyers last Tuesday. O N Morris and sons Glenn and Junior from Cherokee were visitors at William Haight’s on Sunday. Tony Leber hosted relatives Sunday. Leroy Hench visited Sioux City on Tuesday. Marie Guether spent Thursday and Friday with Ruby Peterson. Will Haight family traveled to Lake City to visit Rev and Mrs Ralston on Tuesday for the Ralston and Haight birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Perry
Schoening Hardware Co
H. E. Rice
Nina Conley
Storm Lake
Edna Gearke
C. H. Felton
Peterson
Alma Bischel
Wm. Diercks
Milo Butterfield
J. S. Beers
Armstrong
B. Butterfield
Spencer
Lake View
C. E. Day
L.I. Scott
F. G
Geo. Hansen
Harris
Berthe Hay
Aurelia
C. W. Person
Marjorie
Cherokee
W. C. Marsh
Person
Marsh
Edith
Sioux City
Pitcher Township
Black Hills
Day
Wessington
C. G. Haney
Vinton
Iowa
South Dakota
Haney
Hampton
George T. Anderson
Donald
Alta
Gust Roseen
Will Haight
Luella Hickey
Luesday
Cherokee High School
C. A. Peterson
J. S. Linquist
Raymond Meyers
O. N. Morris
Glenn
Junior
William Haight
Tony Leber
Leroy Hench
Marie Guether
Ruby Peterson
Lake City
Local Visits and Social Calls Across East Afton and Elk
East Afton and Elk residents visited relatives and neighbors including the Grienke, Gerrets, Booth, and Matzdorff households. Pupils from Elk No. 4 honored teacher Mrs. Matzdorff with a birthday surprise and a noon dinner. Additional notes mention fishing trips, corn shelling, and visits to Linn Grove, Peterson, Aurelia, Fonda, and Lost Island areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Grienke
Charlie Grienke
Abba Gerrets
Elk No. 4
Matzdorff
Alva Ammons
Bobbie
Henry Lansen
John Booth
Casino
Elk
Peterson
Aurelia
Galen Dyslin
Lost Island
George Booth
John
Bill Booth
Enno Gerjets
Fonda
Abba
Bill Ruebsam
la Merne
Linn Grove
Abba Gerjets
Urang McGowan
Charlie Gerjets
Clayton Mitchell
Abbo Gerrets
Oscar Peterson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goorswear Purina
C. H. Kaskey
Presto
No. 5
Alta, Iowa
Storm Lake Floral Co
Storm Lake, Iowa
Leland Dawson
Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Sam Groff
Fred Fassler
Burt Beeghley
Lavone Dubes
Elizabeth Neville
Clair Parrott
Hazel Danielson
Kathryn Meier
Horace Lockin
Gladyce Stutz
Olive Coombs
Ray Beeghley
Clarence Bengtson
E. J. Kohlhagen
H. H. Deyloff
Galva
Cora Williams
Archie Nelson
T. B. Parker
County Board of Supervisors
Mummert’s Hardware
Else Nelson
Sibley
Clarence Johnson
Wesley Nelson
Africa
Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood
Mr. Watts
Mrs. Watts
Margaret Eddy
Gnicago
Norma Berg
Europe
Washington, D. C
New York
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
France
Oberamagan
Community Theatre
Frigidaire
W A. Lewis
Methodist Church
J. J. Moore
Diamond Center News
East Afton and Elk
America
Larson’s Store
Macy G
THE
Maytag Company
Newton
J. S. Mummert
Marcus Scheleswig
WBC
WJZ
New Yorks
KDKA
Pittburghs
KYW
KSTP
le Paul
Villas Wren
Cherok
Marcus Howe. & Hatchery
KR. W. Christensen Elc
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