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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
2
Elsie Grienke and Henry Sievert were married at Hanover German Lutheran church with Rev. He Boye officiating. The couple plans to farm southeast of town and start married life with a dinner dance and well wishes from many friends.
A library meeting will be held at the library building Monday afternoon at four for forming a permanent organization. Last Tuesday a temporary body was formed with C. H. Young as chairman and Miss Blanche Evans as secretary. A committee will report on by laws and rules at next Monday’s meeting.
Ten years back in Aurelia, births, sales, and moves dominate. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan. two carloads of apples shipped to Chicago. Henry Glawe bought the A. M. Chamberlin 240 acre farm northeast of Aurelia. I M Neville planned a November 15 sale and move to Aurelia. John Fouts held a farm sale south of town and moved near Cedar Rapids. O D Waddell sold the quarter section to E W Peterson at 100 per acre. Peterson sold 117 acres to G A Bruce at 105. Rutherford farm west of Aurelia to W P Dawson at 125 per acre. Lockin sold Rutherford farm to Dawson, B Reed 240 acres to T G Will, house on Marshall Bros. lot to Mrs. Tuttle of Cherokee, and a half section near Arlington to Richard Mongan. Milton Woodcock killed in a Dubuque to Chicago railroad wreck. burial at Pleasant Hill.
Mrs. E S Colquist of Pitcher township underwent surgery for car trouble at the local hospital. The operation was successful and she will soon return home.
W H Johnston of Aurelia sells a five month old boar sired by a record priced boar from LeMars. The Sioux City Journal item notes the high value and breeding quality of the pig, reflecting rural market interest in prize stock.
A cool wet week slowed belated corn maturity across the state with frosts on the 10th and 11th. Showers and wind damaged crops in the north and east while western counties saw sunny conditions. Pastures and truck crops benefited, winter wheat sown with expected gains. preliminary yields projected for multiple grains.
Alta Newsteel recovers well from recent Rochester operation as school reopens in a newly completed building on September 10. Elsie Grienke and Henry Sievert wed at the German Lutheran church in Hanover with Rev. H Webbing officiating. Streets around the school to be narrowed for expanded property. Alex McCurdy sold 267 plus acres south of town for $250 an acre to Honest Peterson of Cherokee County who plans to move here in spring. Mrs Carl Gulbran and husband see off to Minneapolis for travel.
Pastor C H Young invites parishioners to renewed faith and service. He urges cooperation through prayer and study, with sermons on A Working God and The Limitations of Liberty. Epworth League grows. prayer meeting Wednesdays. Sunday school urged to welcome new attendees. Grace Dolen quote closes.
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