Aurelia Ends Season With 6 1 Victory Over Akron
Aurelians close 1941 schedule with a 6 to 1 win over Akron at Pilot Rock Plowing Match southwest of Cherokee. John Christensen, Kenneth Nelson, and Tommy Coombs started in the outfield as local players filled in. Jammer limited Akron to six hits while Aurelia collected 11 against Hartman.
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Aurelia
Akron
Aurelians
Pilot Rock
Cherokee
John Christensen
Kenneth Nelson
Tommy Coombs
Jammer
Woodruff
Collins
Rapp
Poffenberger
Welch
Hartman
Christensen
Coombs
East Afton and Elk Social Updates
Mrs. Glen Dyslin hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Dyslin’s brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. John Pierson of Rockford Illinois, who recently wed, with a blue and white luncheon. Attendees included relatives from Rockford Seattle Larrabee Mount Olive Cherokee Aurelia Primghar and more. The column notes Labor Day events at Sutherland and a plowing match near Cherokee, plus several local trips through Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota.
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Glen Dyslin
Pete Pierson
Larrabee
Robert Bengston
Mannie Bengston
Mount Olive
Ruby McCash
Ruth Holderness
Cherokee
Ernest Bjorkland
Aurelia
Martin Thompson
Martin, Jr
Primghar
Fred Kolpin
Missouri
Irwin Fein
Anguiana
Springfield
Lake of the Ozarks
Sutherland
Pilot Rock
Quentin Anderson
Colleen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Thresherman E C Tanke Retires After Fifty Years
E C Tanke of Millersburg ends a half century in threshing. He operated horse power steam and tractor gear, performing every kind of work around a threshing ring.
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Thresherman
E. C. Tanke
Millersburg
Harrington's Haiti Good Will Tour Continues South
Harrington describes travel from Port-Au-Prince to Kenscoff with Walt Disney aboard the Pan American flying boat. The diary notes meeting the Haitian minister, visiting markets, and observing poverty, rubber plans, and Christophe’s Citadelle.
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Harrington
Good Will
Port-Au-Prince
Hatti
Havana
Miami
Haiti
Dinner Key
Walt Disney
Disney
South
Central America
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Atlantic
Pearl of the Antilles
Antilla
Cuba
Port-Au- Prince
White
Rio
United States
Department of Agriculture
Dutch East Indies
Kenscoff
New York
Sioux City
Washington
Santa Maria
Americas
Christophe
F F A Boys Travel Journal Highlights Farm Visits and Road Trip
The account covers a youth group journey with camping at a Farm Bureau site, touring fairs, and thrill rides as they travel from Ames to Arkansas. They describe rain, rest stops at fraternity houses, visits to Angus farms, Miami zinc towns, Pensacola dam, and cave storage from the Civil War era, ending with a toe injury to Alfred Grimm.
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Farm Bureau
Ames
Alpha Gamma Pho
Grand Lake
Pensacola
Judge Fullerton
Miami
Arkansas
Oklahoma
United States
Monte Ne
Ark
Man’s frantic burial tale ends as dog found
Clarke county sheriff receives report of a scraper hitting a casket along a country road. Coroner and officers investigate and determine the burial is for a pet dog, laid to rest in a pine box.
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Clarke County
Sioux City Cattle Market Holds Steady
Opening the week on a steady to strong basis the Sioux City cattle market held even with the top at 12.16 and a part load at 12.25 while hogs slipped up to a dime on Monday and down 15 to 25.6 cents on Tuesday to an 11.50 top spring lambs were mostly 10 cents higher at week’s start and rose to 12.25 tying the season high Cherokee county shippers reported entries including John Engel Ivan Addy Claus Carlson Henry Alesch Geo Grauer Henry W Hinkeldey George Forsman Merle Cave Fred Waltman Ray Marsh Leo Bird and others with steers heifers hogs lambs and yearlings at various weights and prices
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Sioux City
Cherokee County
John Engel
Ivan Addy
Claus Carlson
Henry Alesch
George Forsman
Merle Cave
Fred Waltman
Ray Marsh
Leo Bird
Want Ad Wordplay Inspires Market Exchange Appeal
A playful notice invites readers to use want ads for selling swapping renting and buying. The item highlights flexible terms and local interest in quick trades and affordable listings.
Navy cooks and bakers in new Two Ocean Navy program
Dr. Mary de Garmo Bryan says Navy committee tested recipes for sailors and civilian athletes, claiming U S Navy cooks are best fed. Recruits and Naval Reserve members get free training to become professional cooks, bakers, with wage benchmarks in New York City and access to about fifty skilled trades.
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Uncle Sam
Mary
de .Garmo. Bryan
Bryan
Navy
United States
Naval Reserve
New York City
U. S. Navy
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Carlson’ S. Dairy
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
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Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
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Wayne Kirkpatrick
Sedan Ambulance Service
IDA Grove Rendering Works
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Sweet & Bruce
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Pattonville
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Lescot
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