Hero of the Somme to lecture in Aurelia
Alfred H. O Connor veteran of twenty two months in France will speak at the M E church in Aurelia Friday evening. Decorated by King George V and wounded at the Somme he lost an arm and part of a foot. The talk supports the Army Y M C A fund and urges public subscription.
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M. E
Aurelia
Alfred H. O’conner
France
O'Connor
Somme
George V
First
Life Guards
Belgium
No Man’s Land
Pitcher Township
Army Y.M. C. A
Young Men’s Christian Association
Alta Woman Killed in Auto Accident Near Alta Iowa
Mrs. George Erikson died when the car slid in snow and occupants were pinned under the machine. Mr. Erickson was injured and their infant was unharmed. This follows a spate of local mobile accidents. Joe Gregg and Jim Noonan from Cherokee suffered injuries in a collision south of Alta. Gus Oatman involved. Harold Nelson injured in a Storm Lake road crash as two cars were wrecked.
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Alta
George Erikson
Erickson
Joe Gregg
Jim Noonan
Cherokee
Gus Oatman
Gregg
Harold Nelson
Storm Lake Road
Women of Aurelia Face War Effort Call
A local wartime appeal targets women urging effort in a government round up of slackers and voluntary work for the Red Cross. It invites women to choose worker or slacker, promises home open on Wednesdays, and advertises a Saturday stock shift offer for five cents at Harris' to support the cause.
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Aurelia
Red Cross
Happenings of ten years ago in Aurelia
Market prices for hogs corn oats and wheat are listed with butter eggs and more. Local moves include Mrs Hattie Neville buying a residence and Rev Krushaar preaching at the German Evangelical church. Public sales dates, auctioneers and local visits fill the notes from Aurelia Mt Olive and Diamond.
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Hattie Neville
Galen Lewis
Krushaar
German Evangelical Church
Lorenz
Peterson
War Ending Rumor and Local Dentist Free Service
A fragmented rumor chain claims no definite end to the war while noting a Cherokee county dentist group offers free dental work to selected men prior to any muster. The ad promises no cost for treatment if called by a preferred dentist and ends with a sale blurb for pink salmon at Harris' store.
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Dentist Organization
Cherokee County
Classified Ad Notice For The Sentinel Readers
Have you any articles to dispose of place a want ad in The Sentinel. Second hand furniture farming tools and other equipment sell easily at 5 cents a line. Weekly sales prove ads work. Also Kant-Freeze radiator fluid offered with money back guarantee by J. B. Mummert. If Plain and gold band dishes right at Harris the people Ree.
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The
Sentinel
Earth
Strickly
Mummert
Cherokee Man Killed in Auto Accident
Samuel Whitehouse a respected Cherokee pioneer died at Sioux Valley hospital from injuries in an auto crash Saturday evening. His son Roger Whitehouse suffered hip fractures. both were taken to the Whitehouse home as funeral plans await word from relatives. He was 69.
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Samuel Whitehouse
Sioux Valley Hospital
Whitehouse
Roger Whitehouse
Mr. Whitehouse
Death of James Jensen in Aurelia
James Jensen died at Bates hospital in Aurelia Friday morning November 23 at three oclock after a brief illness of blood poisoning. He was 55 years nine months old and a native of Denmark who settled in Schalier Iowa before moving to Aurelia. He worked at the J M Whitney elevator for years and never married with no relatives in the United States. Funeral services were held at the M I church Sunday at two oclock conducted by Rev. C H Young and burial followed in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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James Jensen
Bates
Aurelian
Sentinel
Mr. Jensen
Denmark
Schalier
Iowa
Aurelia
J. M. Whitney
M. I
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
A Few Things You Can Buy at The Sentinel Office
Local office supply list includes Remittance Books Order Books Calendars Wall Pockets Fans Carbon Paper Typewriter Ribbons. Special for Saturday only 2 cans of Standard corn for 25 cents at Harris' store.
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The
Sentinel Office
Harris
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Fred Crepps
W. D. Dice
Edward McKvenna
Alcester
South Dakota
Wilhelm & Mummert
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Fort Dodge
City Drug Line
MT. Olive
Carl BE. Peterson
Herman Hahn
Bill Porter
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Sioux City
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C. Davis
Mrs
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R. B. Harrison
Edna Lindsay
A. B. Lindsay
Ladies Aid
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Coppoe
Red Cross Society
M. Bengtson
J. E. Belz
F. B. Dyslin
J.C. Dick
O. J. Johnson
C. S. Johns
C. E. Gustafson
Wm. Gerke
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Duroc Jersey Swine
W. H. Sischel
First National Bank
Town
National Farm Loan Association
W. H. Bischel
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
D. P. Hogan
United States Food Administration
W.C. Waddell
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Bernard Paulson
Aurelia, Iowa
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