Aurelia Shines At Plowing Match And Livestock Show
Aurelia drew crowds at a plowing match and livestock show near Cherokee. Exhibits included seven Aurelia merchant booths with names such as Wisconsin Lumber Co and Guarantee Oil Co. Prizes went to Ideal Style Shop and Aurelia breeders dominated Duroc Jersey, Poland China, and Shorthorn displays with multiple firsts and cash awards totaling at least 14 dollars plus 35 dollars in fat pig class winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Deer Farm
Cherokee
Wisconsin Lumber Co
H. J. Arenda
Guarantee Oil Co
G. J. Lewis
G. R. Wharton
Ideal Style Shop
C. A. Roger
Eugene Crise
Alfred Stiencke
Duroc Jersey
Aurelia Pig Club
Carl Peterson
Orville Baltimore
Oran Coombs
A. L. Neville
Frank Secon
Poland
China
John D. Blake
A. Snica
Yars
A. B. Lindsay
Dubes
Qhleon
Team Work in Old Testament Times at Federated Church
The Federated Churches Congregational and Baptist A Church home presents Sunday School at 11 40 Morning Service at 10 30 with the sermon Team Work in Old Testament Times The Christian Endeavor meets at 7 00 and Evening Service at 8 00 The evening sermon is The Assurance of Things Hoped For The Christian Endeavor social Friday night drew a good crowd and the Young Peoples choir resumes after a quiet vacation with a first practice this week
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Christian Endeavor
Young Peoples Choir
Infant Dies in Elk Township
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rand rup Miller died at their home five miles north of Alta on Monday September 6 after an illness of more than a week. The report notes other community events including travel plans and land sales.
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Randrup Miller
Elk Township
Victor Hansen
Vancouver
British Columbia
China
Hansen
Baptist College
Shanghai
Automobiliste Attention Top End Curtains for Cars
A fragment notes adding top end curtains and lighting to cars with celluloid material. It references Klesberger and a suggestion to equip vehicles with such modifications.
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Putin
Klesberger
Happenings in Aurelian Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago Melvin Parrott dug a basement for a Main Street home while gravel was laid northeast of town near the McAndrew farm. Hane Nelson Jr left for Sioux City to join the Davidson Bros store. Dan Hankena sold the Lucia farm to Julius Robar, expanding Robar’s land. R A Gustafson decorated the Masonic building in Cherokee with Albert Rapp helping. John Newstrom lost a hay and cattle barn southwest of Diamond Center to lightning. About ninety friends attended a farewell reception at the Methodist church for Mr and Mrs M J Lashell and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAndrew
Hane Nelson, Jr
Davidson Bros
Sioux City
Dan Hankena
Lucia
Julius Robar
Mr. Robar
R. A. Gustafson
Cherokee
Albert Rapp
John Newstrom
Hig Farm
Diamond Center
Methodist Church
M. J. Lashell
Boys Pig Club Reopens With Eight New Members
The boys pig club renews activities with eight new members including Orville Baltimore Glenwood Waddell Dale Beeghley Donald Coombe Donald Lockin Anton Peterson Earl Peterson and Lester Blanch. Gifts were drawn Saturday for selection and two Poland China gifts were bought for Dale Beeghley while others received gifts from litters raised last year. Four boars were sold at the plowing match and two at private sales generating funds for Poland China gifts and future pig club work.
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Pig Club
Thoee
Orville Baltimore
Glenwood Waddell
Dale Beeghley
Donald Coombe
Donald Lockin
Anton Peterson
Earl Peterson
Woodworking Help Wanted for Sawing and Firewood
Classified note indicates a request for sawing work and ready equipment. Mention of a person or business likely named C H Kannenberg seeking help starting October 1. Local employer seeks wood cutting or sawing assistance with availability noted in the terse entry.
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H. Kannenberg
Pilot Rock field day guests fly from Cedar Rapids
Henry R Smith and Curly Florine traveled by plane from Cedar Rapids to Pilot Rock field day via Milford. A separate note says Lester Carson, 20, is held on $1,000 bond for stealing a Cadillac from Frank Nordstrom. unable to post, he remains jailed awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R
Heinie) Smith
Curly” Florine
Pilot Rock Field
Cedar Rapids
Milford
Frank Nordstrom
Lester Carson
J. K. Rice
N. Olmstead
A. J. Sutton
Fort Dodge
Dr. Rice
Sutton
Sigfred Swanson
Cherokee County
Aurelia merchants shine at plowing match exhibits
Cherokee editors praise Aurelia Mercantile displays for quality and leadership. They note Aurelia exhibitors including O. A. Royer, Guarantee Oil Co, Ideal Style Shop, G. R. Wharton, G. J. Lewis, H. J. Arends, Wisconsin Lumber Co, and others. Cherokee exhibitors also showed fine displays though not as grouped.
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Aurelia
Cherokee Times
O. A. Royer
Guarantee Oil Co
G. R.wharton
G. J. Lewis
H. J. Aren
Film Editor Praises Stream of Life as Great as Birth of a Nation
J. L Heff editor of the Motion Picture World declares The Stream of Life is a landmark production. He compares it favorably with Griffiths Birth of a Nation noting its significance and promise for the screen.
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J. 8 Heff
The
Motion Picture World
Griffith
Talenr
Happenings From Nearby Towns Chronicle Local Activities
Multiple brief notices from area papers detail events in neighboring towns. Farmers form Larrabee Co Operative Shipping, Nellie Benn begins teaching in Spencer, a marriage unites Adela Zach and Leater Butter, H G Freyer acquires Palace Barber Shop, Lovell Simons’s Buick stolen at Des Moines, Dena Stock seeks divorce with $85 000 alimony, Buena Vista College opens September 19 20, Robbers break into I C station and Edmonds Londergan Co offices, Galva seeks $16000 light plant bond, Evangelist William A Sunday to visit Storm Lake October 1, and local ad notes grocery items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Times
Larrabee
Larrabee Co- Operative Shipping Association
Peterson Patriot
Nellie Benn
Spencer
Benn
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Storm Lake
Galva Tribune
H. G. Freyer
Palace
Marcus News
Lovell Simons
Des Moines
Marcus Newa
I. C
Locke
Edmonds-Londergan Co
Weart & Lysaght Co
Galva
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Lindsay
Dubes & Ohbison
Heifer
Dubes & Ohlson
South Post Office
Aurelia, Iowa
Federated Churches
Congregational
E. H. Gillet
Iona Brosius
HIS. ‘Bank
ALTA
B. A. Peterson
Rena Alexander
A. H. Stivers
Galesburg
Illinois
Albert Jorgensen
West Bend
P. Pearson
Borgwardt
Minnesota
L. C. Anderson
M. E. Carney
John Annon
Barry
H. Delbridge
Truesdale
Mr. Anderson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Sentinel
Melvin Parrott
Main Street
County Seat News
Mid West Automobile Insurance Company
Illinois Central Construction Craw
Marcus
Vip City
Greenville Bank
Greenville
Here
F. A. Olson
J. A. Olson
Clay Shute
Lewis
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