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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
3
Signs are being posted in Peterson to enforce the apit ordinance with a five dollar penalty per shot. Holstein Service aims to build one of the state’s finest small town electric plants.
The team sets a return game with Galva on Aurelia grounds next Tuesday. Commentary suggests Galva beat them previously, but a win is hoped with the lineup planned for this occasion.
Secretary Sievers of the Buena Vista County Fair announces a contract with Rex Mono Plane Company of New York City to provide a monoplane for three flights at the upcoming fair. The aircraft will ascend from the fair grounds center each afternoon and stay aloft for several minutes, expected to draw many visitors who have not seen a successful flight.
There will be no church services at the German Evangelical church this Sunday as Rev. Perl assists at the Mission Feast near Peterson. The Ladies Aid society will meet next Tuesday afternoon August 5 at Mrs. Herman Kruse’s home. all are invited.
The week saw cooler dry southern regions with only 0.04 inch rainfall and wetter northern areas averaging 0.81 inch. Haying nears completion while early threshing yields are fair to excellent. Late oats show heat damage but are improving. Silage is urged as a profitable feed, with silos saving costs and boosting milk output. Duck hunting rules clarified and a Missouri River sale licensing incident noted.
A promotional flyer promises a free useful present to every customer who buys a can of the product before a stated date. The notice credits Kleeberger and Dingman and appears as an old advertisement fragment.
Conductor J C Nugent of Sioux City helped subdue a boa constrictor that sprang from a shipped box and bound Baggage Master Hurlburt of Fort Dodge on an eastbound Illinois Central train near Fonda. Crew rushed in with clubs, stunned the snake, ending the danger.
In July 21, Miss Mabel Kay suffered serious injuries in an auto accident two miles from Storm Lake. Her brother Henry Kay drove the car when a broken front spring shattered the steering gear and flipped the vehicle. Mabel sister Hannah and guest Mrs Haendachke were trapped beneath the heavy car. Henry Kay was thrown clear. All occupants were injured, and the car severely damaged.
Hartigan reports on an auto carburetor that promised to cut fuel costs by fifty percent and a second device that claimed sixty percent savings. After using the second contraption his tank overflowed the next morning, prompting a factory inquiry. Fly covers priced at 3.50 now 2.50 from Kleeberger & Dingman.
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