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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1931
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel notifies that the paper will not stop at expiration unless notified. Subscribers continuing to receive the paper after expiration must pay the new rates: $1.60 per year in advance, outside Cherokee county $1.60, in foreign countries $2.00.
A Mapleton Press column from Meenamara quotes Job urging farmers to hold land, noting Iowa’s soil still valuable despite drought, followed by satire on weather, divorces, and daily life. The piece jokes about weather men, cattle testing, and the quirks of household tasks and gadgets.
Alto residents report household moves to Marshalltown Iowa. Muzzy youth remains hospitalized after a motorcycle crash near Alta on Sunday afternoon. Maesel Anderson and Sarl Sweet wed in Rembrandt at the Methodist parsonage. Keyra Hansen and Graymund Linder married at the Hansen home. Mrs. Charlotte Starr, longtime farm resident southwest of Alta, dies aged 90 in September 1931.
A. W. Jones, president of Central Trust and Savings, moves to Cherokee from Sac City and will occupy the F. W. Jonansen home on Euclid Avenue starting Saturday. J. W. Gregory faces trial for embezzlement and false pretense on six counts in Cherokee district court. An ordinance changing left turn rules at intersections is passed and will take effect with painted lines. Clarence Hoeppner, bakery truck driver, is jailed in Le Mars on theft charges tied to a group stealing a spare tire robes and gasoline. Cherokee farmers meet at Riverside Park to propose measures easing the financial crisis. Cherokee Legion drum corps and drill team prepare to represent the post at a national convention in Detroit.
A narrator recounts a haunted house murder tale where two tenants, John Simon and Alfred Lozier, die mysteriously. A cat named Demon guides the investigator to a hidden mechanism under the eleventh step that delivers poison via needles at midnight, revealing the inventor McKee’s deadly trap and the killer ghost.
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