Easter Day Services at Congregational Church
Congregational Church announces Easter Day services led by Pastor Edwin Trigg with church school at 10 a m. all attendees welcome to attend.
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1938
Page
2
Congregational Church announces Easter Day services led by Pastor Edwin Trigg with church school at 10 a m. all attendees welcome to attend.
The notice lists attendees and preparations for confirmation class and catechism with services in two languages. It mentions a service at the parsonage on Friday, the usual language offerings, and a gathering at the home of Mer Lesses for a meeting of St. John’s aid.
G B Ramsey aided by Iowa State College forester outlines four shelter belt demonstration areas to be set up in Cherokee county Farms Thursday and Friday of next week. Also notes March motor vehicle registrations down from last year though first quarter shows growth vs 1937. Lost tax protest filed by Dubuque and Sioux City railroad over $311,746.29 in Cherokee county levies. Construction contracts totaling $4,953.70 awarded to Sibley Cement and Wheeling Corrugated by county board.
Minnie the Manikin visits Bach 4-H girls from Spencer Cherokee county teachers and Miss Elia Gardner lead a posture program with jumping ropes bean bags and scarfs. The health focus includes a doctors aided examination to reveal posture defects and needed corrections for the group.
Live stock moved in Sioux City yards with Aurelia cattle and other consignments described. Steers and heifers weighed 1635 and 1203 pounds, selling for 8.11 and 3 per hundredweight respectively. Howard Nelson of Aurelia offered more cattle, clearing 20 head and three heavier feeders at about 8 dollars per hundredweight.
A historical plea stresses that pedestrians caused nearly half of automobile injuries and fatalities in 1937. It urges walking on the left side in rural areas, obeying signals, avoiding jaywalking, and using semaphore lights to reduce harm. It calls on communities and civic groups to repeat warnings to save lives.
Edgar L. du Sey and Miss Retin Layman wed at Wik Baptist parsonage after a March 26 ceremony. Henry L. Anderson elected mayor for two years with a large majority after a rapid Alta vote. Doris Parker married Ed H. Richardson in Pensacola Florida. Walter Nelson and Mae Linnemann secret marriage announced. P R Muser seeks Republican nomination for county supervisor from the fourth district.
The notice invites readers to check insurance policies with Spring Time Insurance Time promoting fire and tornado protection. It offers assistance with insurance problems without obligation and is signed by Harry H. Lockin Insurance Agency.
The piece explains old measurement practices based on body parts. It notes that the hand used for horses equals the palm width, the inch varied by region, the yard spanned from nose to fingertip, and the fathom matched arm reach. It adds Scottish and Bavarian variations and describes pole lengths by multiple men.
Lars Works describes a roll call of glaciers spanning the Himalayas to Alaska, the ice cap of Svalbard, and Kilimanjaro’s girdling phenomena. He notes glaciers flourish near high peaks worldwide, from Africa to the Andes, with mountains hosting persistent ice. The growth pattern is dramatic, as rivers become overgrown snowflake colonies forming compact ice.
Woodpeckers cling with strong legs and four sharp claws to chisel into diseased trees. They rarely harm healthy trunks, instead cleaning out insects and pests from sick wood.
A fragment notes a sculpture from India cut from Fiurd ventury BC and brought to America, with mention of Oldia m and the Boston Museum. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear dates or names beyond India and Boston.
An old classified item offers Wond Leather keyholder and two keys at a locker plant with a contact at the Sentinel office for gatherings. It also advertises Quidity Chic Nocks, quality chick starter at 2.25 per hundred, 2.20 for eggs, and custom hatching at 2 cents per egg. High prices for presm eggs and poultry, Austra White Cross reeds mentioned.
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