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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1948
Page
1
Published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Aurelia Iowa. Subscription rates per year in advance and in foreign countries apply. Notice: this paper does not stop at expiration date unless notified and subscribers continuing will be obligated to pay.
Sioux City visitors included Mr and Mrs John Booth and others. A Shower at Aurelia Methodist honored Celesta Allen of Storm Lake with gifts and a blue yellow luncheon. Celesta and Dick Edwards plan a Storm Lake wedding on April 15.
Pal, a dog once seen dozing on a downtown car hood in Redfield, was struck and killed by another vehicle last week. The animal belonged to Seymour Dalen and was an honorary member of the Redfield fire department.
James Osborne was abducted last September while returning to Montana from Sheldon Iowa. He was forced to drive a stranger to Minnesota but escaped and recovered his car. Last week relatives learned Claude Wiltrout, the kidnapper, was captured in Sunnyside Utah.
The text notes that Western pioneer women fought nature and Indians valiantly and that Wyoming granted women the ballot in 1869 followed by Utah in 1870.
The furlong, an eighth of a mile, derives from furrow length. It originated with Britain’s Celtic tribes who used field strips of that length with five strips allotted per free tribesman. A classified ad may sell it.
A soil test from Ed Cott of Iowa State College warns gardeners not to plant while the ground is muddy. If a handful forms a solid mud ball, the soil is too wet. crumbly but damp means it's time to start. He advises broadcast fertilizer on the surface or side dressing, notes worm risks in unused soils, and lists vegetables ready to plant when soil can be worked.
Local mail carriers report an average 75 miles walked per week and carry about 160 pounds of mail each day.
Miss Celesta Allen of Storm Lake received a blue and yellow themed bridal shower at the Aurelia Methodist church with about sixty attendees. Prizes were awarded, out of town guests attended, and the bride is set to wed Kenneth Edwards of Storm Lake on April 15.
Harold Beswick of Stockport injuries from a hedge limb struck his glasses breaking a lens and driving glass into the eye. Four stitches were required to sew up the eyeball at an Ottumwa hospital.
At Earlham Charles Henery suffered a severe injury when a piece of wood kicked by a power saw entangled his right hand. The collision forced amputation just below the wrist.
Humboldt firemen and volunteer searchers continue to seek 87 year old August Lutz who vanished from a convalescent home. His clothing was recovered along the Des Moines riverbank.
The Hovendon hospital in Laurens will give the first boy and the first girl born each month a $10 savings deposit from the hospital as a welcome gift for the next 12 months. Watch your subscription date.
Licensing for fishing hunting and combo licenses has mailed to over 1 500 agents for the 1948 season. Valid from April 1 1948 to April 1 1949. Purchase at county recorder offices conservation officers many sporting goods stores boat liveries banks and similar firms. Resident licenses cost 1 50 each combo licenses 2 50. Revenue supports the Division of Fish and Games and does not come from general taxes.
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