Greatest Show of Rural Iowa at Pilot Rock Plowing Match
Cherokee Times reports on the Pilot Rock Plowing Match with Archie Cochrane leading a lasting Iowa farming tradition. Attendance nears 15 000 as horse and tractor teams compete for top scores and record marks by Worthman Carlson Bushlow Eischen Mundy and others under judge oversight.
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Archie Cochrane
Pilot and Rock
Cherokee County
Iowa
United States
MacDonald
Pilot Rock
National Industraries
Edhas
Dave Patterson
John Bridie
Theodora Werthman
Gos. Hischen
Jacob Mundy
Eischen
Worthman
Vic Carlson
Carlson
I. E. Bushlow
A. D. Bushlow
O. C. Jones
Jerome Clow
Joe Rogers
Thos. Loesley
Fred Ritchie
Local Breeders Win at Pilot Rock Plowing Match
Shorthern Cattle A B Lindsay wins multiple awards including grand champion aged bull Gainford Star and top placings across six bovine classes. Poland China Hogs John Blake takes several firsts and seconds in aged and senior boar events. Duroc Jersey Hogs A L Neville earns third on yearling gilts. Tamworth Hogs Neville and Johnson claim top boar and gilt honors and yearling sow.
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A. B. Lindsay
Gainford Star
Poland
China
Glen Towner Returns Home After Abduction Tale
Peterson Patriot reports Glen Towner came home Friday night after being abducted. He says two men lured him into a car after he let them inside, drugged him, then drove away instead of home. He later realized he was in Denver, Colorado weeks afterward.
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Glen Towner
Peterson
Denver
Col
Fifty Years of Married Life Celebration Recalls Lane Anniversary
The Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lane of Cherokee was celebrated September 8 1922 in Sioux Falls South Dakota. The couple married September 8 1872 at the home of Elias Dukes and have eleven children twenty four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The event drew over fifty guests and a gold coin purse and tokens were given with a presentation by Rev. E H. Gillet. The Lanes remain active members of Mt Olive Baptist church and plan to spend their remaining years in Cherokee.
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H. M. Lane
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Stahl
McKinnon's Park
Lane
Elias Dukes
A. W. Hinton
First Baptist Church
Cherokee
First Baptist Church of
Page Bennet
Sioux City
Robert Perry
Mr. Tilden
G. O. Bixler
Howard
Florence
Wreng Lane
Brookings
South “Dakotas
Ellen Stahl
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Dan Dubet
Aurelie
Cherokee county notes on home sale and visitors
The Presbyterian church buys Mrs Lottie Emnockson’s North Roosevelt home for a manse. P M Peterson of Pilot township wins 29 Iowa State fair apple awards. Civil war veteran Bentyp P Wood dies at Sioux Valley Hospital after turning 80. Vice President Coolidge visits Cherokee for 15 minutes en route from Sioux Falls fair, shaking hands with about 200 locals. Elderly Civil War vets celebrate Woods 80th birthday at the hospital.
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James
Iowa
P. M. Peterson
Pilot Township
Bentyp P. Wood
Sioux Valley Hospital
Coolidge
Cherokee
No. 12
Sioux Falls
Alta News Items Highlight Weddings and Local Events
Marriage of Mary Lewiston to H C Hanson at the Methodist parsonage officiated by Rev. Metrics. WCTU county convention attracts attendees from Storm Lake Linn Grove and Alta despite heat. Postmaster race with candidates N A Christensen Wm M Clark and J N Sipe. Ed Kohlstedt sets parachute drop record at Corning Iowa 75 feet. Farewell party for Rev Carstensen with 225 guests. Cherokee Bankers Association holds first annual picnic with 175 attendees and a plowing match envisioned by bankers and farmers.
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Mary Lewiston
H. C. Hanson
Meters
Hanson
Alta
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Storm Lake
Linn Grove
Christensen
N. A. Christensen
Wm. M. Clark
JT. N. Sipe
Corning
Kohly
Flying Circus
Ed Kohlstedt
Cherokee County Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Happenings from neighboring towns echo local notes
A collection of brief notices: Hazel Miller, 14, of Quimby, hospitalized in critical condition after a horse accident likely causing a spinal fracture. Buena Vista college to open fail term September 18 with a full faculty. Rev. O R O Farel dies in Storm Lake after a long illness. Elmer Giddle fends off a North Standard Oil station robbery in a gunfight. John Crombie, Storm Lake garage operator, missing amid large lawsuits. fire devastates C J Kentzel battery shop and Elmer Kress home. September 22 slated for American Legion district event with D A Herring and Royal C Johnson names. Leona Boylan and Dr A M Bilby wed at Cherokee. Jennie Chatterton and James N Cook wed at Paterson home with Ames instructor as groom.
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Cherokee Times
Hazel Miller
Quimby
Sioux Valley Hospital
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Buena Vista College
Buena Vista
Storm Lake Register
O. R. O. Farel
The
Baptist
Elmer Giddle
North Standard Oil
John R. Crombie
Storm Lake
Federated Church Notes and Upcoming Services
The Federated Church notes morning service at 10 30 with Sunday School at 11 45 and evening service at 8 00. Missionary Band met with Hazel Buma host. Mr Gillet to Linn Grove and Miss Brosilla to Aurelia for services next Sunday. Debtors urged to settle at once with W Al Blachel at the bank.
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Federated Church
Congregational
Baptist
E. H. Gillet
Tona Brosius
Christian
Endeavor
Hazel Buma
Mr. Gillet
Linn Grove
Miss Brosilla
Aurelia
Obituary for Bobbie Peterson Brightens County
Ralph Robert Peterson known as Bobbie born March 18 1919 died at age 3 years 5 months 20 days. Funeral held at home Saturday at 10 attended by county friends with abundant floral tributes and community sympathy for his mother father and brother.
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Ralph Robert Peterson
Bobbie
Ralph Peterson
Entiire
Obituary of Gustaf Olson from Alta
Gustaf Olson, longtime Alta resident born July 20 1845 in Varmland Sweden, died recently. Funeral held at Trinity Lutheran with Rev Laurence officiating. interment in Scandinavian Cemetery. Survived by widow Anna Maria Kruse, daughter Mrs Anton Swanson, Charles Olson, Arthur Olson, a brother Olaf Olson, and others.
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Gustaf Olson
Alta Advertiser
Trinity Lutheran Church
Alta
Varmland
Sweden
America
Elk
Buena Vista County
Anna Maria Kruse
Albin
Mra
Anton Swanson
Aurelia
Charles Olson
Arthur Olson
Greenville
Town
Olaf Olson
Mr. Olson
Immapals Jiheran Cheegh
Trinity Lutheran
Laurence of
Cherokete
Ten Years Ago in Aurelia Happenings
A summary of local items includes Archie Nelson traveling to Grinnell for school, Bess Olds to Cedar Falls, Inez Whitney to Sioux City for Morningside College, Clara Bischel joining Sentinel as office staff, Ada Belew and Margaret Lockin with Carl Nelson heading to Morningside, Edgar Rapp moving to Des Moines as night cashier, Mrs. L H Chase joining him there, public schools opening with new addition pending heating work, a wedding of Ethel Jane Haskins and D Parnell Mahoney, sale of half interest in Wilson barber shop to W A McLaughlin forming Wilson and McLaughlin, another wedding at Mrs I H Graham's home, a battery service note, and a tomato for sale listing by Ben Packard with local Aurelia contact.
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Bess Olds
Cedar Falls
Inez Whitney
Sioux City
Morningside College
Clara Bischel
Seintinel
Ada Belew
Margaret Lockin
Carl Nelson
Morningside
Edgar Rapp
Des Moines
Chase & Waddell
L. H. Chase
Chase
L. J. Haskins
Ethel Jane Haskins
D. Parnell Mahoney
B. R. Wilson
W. A. McLaughlin
Wilson & McLaughlin
I. H. Graham
John Dowding
Haitie M. Neville
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Shayne-Brunnd
Diamond
Diamond Township
Fae Schoonover
Hazel Weise
Francea Shaw
Paula Schmidt
Estella Peterson
Mabel Peterson
Rena Swanson
Lucile Deibner
Bentiget
Ats ‘de Being ‘the
Lottie Emnockson
North
Roosevelt
Carstensen
the Elk Baptist Church
Rev
Asa
Des Moines University
Galva Tribune
Leona Boylan
A. M. Bilby
I. E. Baumgardner
B. M. Waigon
M. E. Church
First National Bank
W.al Blachel
Sentinel
Archie Nelson
Grinnell
Aurelia Battery Station
Ben Packard
Aurelia Phona
Fordson
Ford
Aurelia Motor Company
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