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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
4
Local column lists visitors and travels among Aurelia and nearby towns. Norma Schuelke of Chicago visits L. H. Daniels. Hazel Danielson goes to Rochester. Bert Philpott and family host Des Moines visit. Gillet family from Philadelphia visits Iowa relatives. A baby Arnold Rae Shireman born at Alta hospital. Edwin M. Johnson daughter born at Sioux Valley hospital. many short trips to Cedar Falls, Elk River, Duluth, Kanakakee, and Ruthven.
The column records visits by Dr and Mrs Leonard Thompson of Quincy Florida to Aurelia and relatives in Colum bus Nebraska. It notes births at Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee where a boy named Dale Eugene was born to Mr and Mrs Eugene Kaskey. Also mentions travel to St Louis by Joann Deyloff with companions and calls on Will Heimsoth at Alta hospital. Visitors Hazel Hunnicutt of Indianola stayed with Frieda Niebuhr family and Gilbert Bell of Albert City escorted sisters to Sioux City for hospital checks.
Residents arrive from Oakland Brookings Chicago and Saint Paul to visit family in Aurelia while others travel to meet relatives in Worthington Redwood Falls Seattle and Shenandoah. A Queen Esther camp runs August 2 to 8 at West Okoboji and a rare groundcherry tomato curiosity is grown by W. H. Bischel for the Sentinel office.
Forty percent of all corn raised in the United States is used to feed pigs, twenty percent for cattle, fifteen percent for horses, five percent for sheep and poultry, and twenty percent for human food and various corn products.
Sunday services listed with Bible school at 10:00 a.m. morning worship at 11:00 a.m. and evening devotions with sermon at 8:00 p.m. All are invited to join, especially those worshipping elsewhere.
In Elk, Immanuel Lutheran Church led by Pastor C Philip Holmberg announces morning worship at 9 45 a m and church school at 10 45 a m. Confirmation classes meet next Saturday and Monday at 8 30 a m. A special business meeting is set for Monday evening at 8 30 p m August 16 to discuss calling a pastor.
Trinity Lutheran Church Alta Towa announces morning worship at 10 a m with sermon What Do You Say Confirmation classes held Saturday and Monday at 8 30 a m congregation will meet at 8 30 p m to call a pastor Public confirmation festivities begin Friday August 13 at 8 p m with public examination The Rite of Confirmation is Sunday August 15 at 11 a m with first communion at 8 p m service for the class members
North Dakota led in barley with about 56 million bushels produced in 1947, averaging 22 bushels per acre. Wisconsin produced roughly 5.9 million bushels at about 38 bushels per acre, reflecting regional yield variations.
New Orleans retains a mainly native-born population with about 4 percent foreign born amid narrow streets old world architecture and foreign names shaping the city’s atmosphere.
Homemakers discover silica gels and related products to suppress dampness and prevent mildew rust and warped drawers. The innovations, developed during wartime for packing cases, absorb moisture without dripping and can be dried out. Used on shelves closets trunks and drawers per package directions offered by many retailers.
Iowa State College extension swine specialist KE Quaife urges changing mineral rations as pastures dry. For hogs on pasture or dry lot, he recommends a mineral mix of 20 lb iodized salt 20 lb steamed bone meal 58 lb finely ground limestone 2 lb ferrous sulfate and 0.1 lb manganese sulfate, with black salt optional.
The furlong, one eighth of a mile, originates from furrow length. It dated back to Celtic Britain where fields were divided into strips of furlong length. Each free tribesman received five strips for plowing.
Charley Schnack of Harlan sickened by gas in a cistern when he lit a newspaper as a torch. The improvised flame caused a violent blast that burned his face and shook the neighborhood as he crawled to safety.
The dried inner covering of the nutmeg is identified as Two Spices in One Mace. This description highlights the spice’s dual character as part of the nutmeg fruit.
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