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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel lists E. C. Lighter as proprietor. It is published every Thursday and entered as second class matter in Aurelia Iowa. Subscription rates per year in advance are $1.50 to $2.00 in foreign countries. The paper does not stop at expiration date unless subscribers are notified and those continuing to receive the paper must pay.
The column lists visits by Fergus Falls residents to Ray Jones and Mrs. Emma Loucks, and by the Sextons to the Wetherelle family. Merlyn Honsbruch vacationed from Cedar Falls, Henry Stevens and Emma from Cherokee hosted at Carl Zwick, Donald Groff of Cherokee stayed with Guy Robinson, and local residents hosted Storm Lake callers. A fire damaged Covell’s breeder house wounding about 400 baby chickens. Aurelia firefighters contained the spread with help from family and neighbors. Wilbur Allen and spouse attended Hershy relatives’ 50th anniversary in Mankato and returned home. Junior Kastengren and Roy Lydell worked west of Aurelia and visited their Afton homes.
Local residents shared Easter visits and gatherings across Aurelia Cherokee and nearby areas. Families like Zwick Loucks Booth Crow and Tooker hosted meals and parties while others traveled to Chicago Sioux City and Storm Lake.
Summer triggers an increase in blood volume while winter sees reductions. The body adapts as part of seasonal changes in metabolic and circulatory processes, affecting overall physiology across the year.
Pythian Sisters met for regular temple session on Thursday April 5 with lunch by the April birthday committee. Embroidery and Rebekah circles held meetings on April 7 and 5 respectively. M E Choir honored George Lamm on his birthday April 10. Various bridge and needlework groups held dinners and socials through April 4 10 with lunches served. Church ladies groups and missionary society conducted meetings April 5 4 with devotions programs and poems read.
Scarcity governs the cattle market as farmers hold back cows and heifers for replacements. More cattle on feed in the Corn Belt signals higher summer marketings and a potential sharp price drop for better grades, while lower grades remain tight but face hog competition.
The Law of Lek is described as a code among Albania's mountaineers that governs blood feuds. It allows feuds to be suspended during town trips events or harvests so as not to disrupt business or pleasure.
The correct and safe action is to turn the front wheels in the direction the car is skidding. This helps align the tires and recover traction, reducing the chance of a spin.
The Decameron is a 14th century collection of 100 stories compiled by Boccaccio. Ten travelers tell tales over ten days while sheltering outside Florence during the plague.
A Philadelphia Inquirer account traces knitting to western Europe around 1527 with a guild formed in France that year and St Fiacre as patron. It notes Henry VIII wearing knitted stockings, William Lee’s failed patent bid, and the 1598 machine invention followed by Cromwell’s 1657 charter for the London Framework Knitters' Company.
Oliver G. Pike notes the common shrew as a born fighter in London Tit-Bits. Many dead shrews line country paths. fights between rivals may kill some, but starvation from scarce insects and frozen ground also claim the tiny predators.
Wyandotte cave near the Ohio river in Kentucky is described as the largest cavern in the United States after Mammoth cave. It features enormous underground halls and domes, fluted columns, a 65 by 90 by 210 feet room, and a stalactite named The Pillar of the Constitution. During 1812 gunpowder demand led to nitrous earth being mined for saltpeter. Remains of primitive man and cave works are seen inside.
The text explains that national holidays are not set by the federal constitution. It notes federal authority is limited to Washington DC and territories, while commercial recognition includes Labor Day Christmas New Year's Day Washington's Birthday Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. States designate their own holidays.
The origin is disputed with claims that a New York porterhouse popularized the cut or that a Sandusky Ohio hotel named the Porter House gave it the name. Charles Dickens reportedly toured the hotel and praised the steak, helping its fame nationwide. Later restaurants adopted the term porterhouse for the cut.
East Afton and Elk residents attend Mothers Day at Buena Vista College Storm Lake. Various locals host dinners and visit relatives in Aurelia Storm Lake Sutherland and Sioux City with multiple gatherings and social clubs noted.
A simple inexpensive home method may fireproof and safer fabrics for clothing and furnishings. Dip textiles in a solution of seven ounces borax and three quarts boric acid in two quarts water to achieve the effect.
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