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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
2
Eight day period ending September 6 in Des Moines region reports ideal weather aiding corn and haying while frost on Aug 30 31 harmed low ground corn in northeast counties. Crop averages include corn 66 potatoes 94 pastures 107 apples 101. Winter wheat 23 spring wheat 18 oats 42 barley 33 rye 19 timothy 3.7. School notes detail Aurelia high and elementary enrollments and staff with plans for orchestra and athletic teams.
The Buddhists number about 600 million, more than Muslims at 200 million, Hindus at 8 million, Christians at 400 million, Confucianists at 260 million, and about 200 million pagans or heathens.
Dr M A Johnson buys practice from Dr D A Rice and takes immediate possession. John son is brother of A R Johnson formerly from Albert City. One hundred tickets sold at Alta station for old settlers to Storm Lake picnic. Mrs Victor Adolphson dies after grippe illness. funeral at Elk M E church Sunday. Strawberries in Advertiser window grown by Chas Reese on farm southeast of town. Thomas Gurney dies after typhoid fever. his wife had died two months earlier.
The Cherokee Republican notes the September term of the district court convening Monday with the largest docket in years. Clerk Carpenter reports 100 new cases, including 13 divorces and three liquor injunctions against named defendants. Two $25,000 damage suits by John L. Lemons involve family ties and alienation of affection, with a divorce case pending.
If you have any articles about your premises you want to dispose of put a want ad in The Sentinel. Good second hand furniture farming tools and other equipment are always salable and it costs but 5 cents a line to let people know what you have to offer. Every week someone reports a ready sale of some article advertised in our Classified department the use of which is becoming more and more general.
The passage argues that while method has value, rigid adherence can hinder action. It cautions against overemphasis on rules and emphasizes guiding actions by circumstances. It notes that sentinel ads can attract business.
A church urges students to value small deeds as building blocks for future success. It stresses habit of diligence in school and work, likening progress to a compass toward success. Program notes invite Bible study at 11:45, youth group Get to Work, and an evening sermon on power.
In a brief, humorous exchange Jill asks what European soldiers do when trenches flood. Bill replies with a quick quip that they fib and reckon, capturing a light war-era joke.
A digest of local notes reports Fred Bowen purchasing the Wm Borpwardt property in town. Other items note a Farmers and Merchants' Frend gathering, a burglary at Kehrberg Seneider, a marriage in the Presbyterian Manse, and a Marcus water system project. Events include school elections, sheriff investigations, and property purchases in Storm Lake and Aurelia with residents planning home improvements and visits.
Updates from Cherokee area: Ruth Lindberg returns to Garner as high school principal. Construction on the new high school advances with excavating and concrete work. Woman’s Relief Corps convention set for September 14 in the city with preparations under way. A wedding takes place at the White home on Roosevelt Avenue for Sara Rachel White and Silas Alonzo Braley. John L. Lemons sues for 25000 dollars in two district court cases involving alleged alienation of affection against his mother-in-law and stepdaughter. An eastbound train stops after an intoxicated man is found lifeless on the track.
Bruce Holderness returned from Des Moines where he won a free trip from Cherokee county for writing the best essay Why I Ex pect to be a Farmer. 108 boys from across the state received similar trips and served as ushers and guides at the fair while enjoying all expenses paid.
The Westside All Stars challenge the Eastside Giants to an indoor baseball game at the local grounds Friday afternoon September 10 at 4. A small admission will fund city gymnasium and club room building. Come and root for your favorites.
A reflective saying on how self-imagined slights cause more harm than actual injuries. It notes that misperceptions often arise from internal fears rather than the heart behind the spoken hurt.
George McClain improves his 120 acre farm southwest of town while Harry Olds begins as Aurelia depot clerk. J C Nelson family returned from the Pacific coast. a farewell for Frank Wharton. Aurelia market prices for hogs wheat oats barley corn eggs butter and potatoes listed. John Winifred Lockin dies at 25 after pneumonia. G W Johns plans a large 68 by 72 foot barn in Diamond township after a fire loss. Farmers expect corn to mature slowly into September amid frost risk.
The Iowa Beef Producers association Iowa State College at Ames and the U S Department of Agriculture seek Iowa boys ages 15 to 19 to enter the baby beef contest. Cherokee county must enter 50 animals by October 1 to compete for the state title with a Washington D C trip as top prize and trips to the 1916 Chicago stock show for county winners. Local township workers are sought and details are available from W P Dawson Aurelia Iowa.
A Sentinel Office list offers remittance books order books calendars wall pockets fans carbon paper typewriter ribbons scale books available locally.
Seventeen Aurelia youths gathered Friday night near the Pitcher school sand pit for a weiner and marshmallow roast. They told ghost stories and yelled war chants, reporting a sure good time by all who attended.
A colorful aside quotes Uncle Eben praising a man born with a strong bass voice. The speaker suggests the voice lends weight to what is said, even if the person’s deeds are modest. The remark blends humor with a touch of genial skepticism about personal talent.
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