Aurelia population tops seven hundred in 1920 census
The 1920 census shows Aurelia surpassing 700 residents and hints at continued growth. Builders add new homes and businesses including Eddy brick building and a large feed barn, while a new school is anticipated to attract families and raise future population.
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Aurelia
Guarantee Oil Company
Chamberlin Implement and
Cherokee County
Aorelis
Cherokee City
Cleghorn
Larrabee
Marcus
Meriden Town
Quimby
Washta
Afton Township
Amherst Township
Cedar Township
Larrabee Town
Cherokee Township
Diamond Township
Grand Meadow Township
Liberty Township
Marcus Township
Marcus Town
Pilot Township
Pitcher Township
Rock Township
Sheridan
Meridian
Dr Milo Avery Laid to Rest in Cherokee Cemetery
Dr Milo Avery died at his Primghar Iowa home at 6 Sunday evening September 19 after years of asthma. Funeral services were in Primghar then interment in Cherokee beside his father. He was 66 years old and born in Vermont. Survived by wife two sons Dr Roy Avery Primghar Dr Geo Avery Cherokee adopted daughter Miss Gladys Avery mother in Cherokee and two brothers.
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Avery
Primghar
Vermont
Aurelia
Primghan
Roy Avery
Geo. Avery
Cherokee
Gladys Avery
Duroc Jersey Boars Offer Quality Stock for Farmers
Duroc Jersey boars available around Alta Iowa eight and a half miles north of Altes with about twenty fall boars and a good spring lot. They are growthy and cholera immune, priced to be affordable for farmers. Also listed are farms for rent or sale in Murray County Minnesota with contact via phone 1608 J E Peterson Aurelia Iowa.
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Jersey
Altes
K. Nelson
Alta
Iowa
Minnesota
Murry County
J. E. Peterson
Aurelia
Aurelia Happenings Ten Years Ago Aurel ia Notes
Ten years ago in Aurelia a Cherokee groom Dr. Geo Avery wed Miss Lillian Johnson at the bride’s home. Storm Lake plumbers finished work on Lewin store and M E church. Mr and Mrs R C Woodhouse plan a Colorado move. Stutz Brothers lay cement bridge near Aurelia Lumber. Ed Rice home robbed of canned fruit from cellar. Sentinel piano contest ends October 8 with eager contestants. Aurelia high school boys form a football squad of about eighteen. Expected to show good timber and start fast in fall season.
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Aurelia Lyceum
Homg
Aten
Guy Bell
Margaret Eddy
Ruth Rice
Helen Maltby
Oren Coombs
Sopho
Lyceum
Geo. Avery
Cherokee
Lillian Johnson
Alta
Storm Lake
Lewin
M. E. Church
R. C. Woodhouse
Colorado
Stutz Brothers
Aurelia Lumber Company
Aurelia High School
Brick work starts on new school house progress noted
Cement footings are in place and bricklayers begin work on the new school house. Contractor Zittrel expects rapid progress with more workers arriving and supplies ready to push completion before cold weather. Bonds totaling 147000 dollars have been sold and the funds are with the school treasurer.
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Zittrel
School Tre Che
Man Killed in Illinois Central Yard Accident
William Curran a car tapper died after being struck by a freight car in the Illinois Central Sinois Central yards. His fellow worker Jack Gorgan escaped unharmed and Curran, 44, left a wife and six children. He had come from Chicago last spring and previously farmed near Larrabee.
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Sinois Central
William Curran
Curran
Jack Gorgan
Gorgan
Sioux Valley Hospital
Chicago
Illinois Central
Fear Larrabee
Meinking Richards Wed in Iowa Farm Wedding
Richard Meinking wedding occurred Friday afternoon September 24 1920 at St John s Evangelical church fourteen miles northwest of Aurelia Rev Sutory officiated in a small gathering of close relatives. A three course supper followed at the bride s home with floral decorations. The couple departed for a Chicago area wedding trip and will reside in Morningside after October first.
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Richard Meinking
Seember
Delan
Meinking
Louis H. Richard
St. John’s Evangelical
Aurelia
Sutory
Chicago
Illinois
Ed Meinking
Peter Richard
Peterson
Sioux City
Morningside
Resolutions Passed by Eldorado Lodge 409 on Milo Avery
The Knights of Pythias Eldorado Lodge 409 mourn the death of Milo Avery a devoted husband and father. The charter will be draped in mourning for thirty days a memorial copy will be sent to his wife and a notice published in the Aurelia Sentinel signed by L P Nelson B Paulson R Fritz.
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Milo Avery
Eldorado Lodge No
Knights of Pythiae
Brother Avery
Aurelia Sentinel
A Few Items You Can Say at The Sentinel Office
A list of items available at The Sentinel Office for local purchase. Includes remittance books and order books. Calends and Wall ticket like items appear in the readable text.
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Sentinel Office
Happenings From Neighboring Towns Reported
Local items record Linn Grove marriage of Peter J. Peterson and Della M. Clark, and home to Storm Lake. County notes fix corn husking price at 7 to 8 cents while others follow suit. Marcus reports Loomis Twogood nuptials in Sioux City and highway grading contract progress. Bankers discuss Linn Grove robbery and $1000 reward for Buena Vista county crimes.
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Alta Advertiser
Peter J. Peterson
Della M. Clark
Linn Grove
W. C. Rowlands
Peterson
Storm Lake
Peterson Patriot
O’brien
Northwestea
Marcus News
Lucile Twogood
D. S. Twogood
Sioux City
Frank C. Loomis
FP. E. Loomis
Marcus
Twogood
Pilot-Tribune
Commercial National Bank
Buena Vista
J. H. Miller
Worthington
Minnesota
Grant
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
F. M. Arrasmith
Meriden
West River
Have You Any Buy and sell ads in The Sentinel
If you have any articles about your premises to dispose of place a want ad in The Sentinel. Second hand furniture farming tools and other equipment are always salable and it costs a bit 10 cents a line to tell people what you have to offer. Each week someone reports a quick sale from our Classified department and its use is growing.
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Sentinel
Congregational Notes and Farm Sale at Aurelia
Morning service at 10:30 Church school at 11:45 Christian Endeavor at 7 Evening service at 8. Emmett Reckoff announces a large sale of Poland China boars and cows at the farm five and a half miles northeast of Aurelia on Wednesday October 13. Watch for next week’s sale advertisement.
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W. A. Parks
Church
Christian Endeavor
Emmett Reckoff
Poland
Aurelia
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Fred Dale Wood
G. J. Lewis
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Ed Rice
I. C
Wm. Curran
L. P. Nelson
Paulson
R, Fritz
Galva Tribune
R. W. Robinson
R. B. Robinson
Silver Creek
John Buck
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Ames
the State University
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