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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel announces subscription rates and terms, noting yearly prepaid rates and foreign options. It warns readers not to assume continuation after expiration and that continuing readers owe for renewed issues.
The market was well supplied with heavy finished cattle in July while slaughter cattle stockers and feeders moved slowly. Economists from the Town State College Extension Service note prices stayed within a narrow range and fed cattle declined earlier than usual due to longer feeding periods. Average weights ran heavy this summer.
Aurelia defeats Albert City 38 to 2 on Aurelia grounds as Schroeder leads with four hits. Bleyer allowed 9 hits while McDowell gave up 12. Morlan drove in two with a double as Aurelia rides a two game season streak.
The Federal Bureau of Public Roads investigates truck performance on grades from 3 to 7 percent with various loads. Tests use a bicycle wheel and recording clock to compute speed, showing maximum sustainable speeds and suggesting remedies such as slower grades and longer sight distances.
Chinchillas eat mostly in the evening and night and should be fed once daily in the late afternoon. Fresh water must always be available. Diet centers on vegetable matter with grains like rolled oats and wheat-germ meal, plus abundant green foods such as alfalfa hay and lettuce for best health.
The decade around 1700 marked Stradivari’s ascent as Amati influence waned. He refined the 14 inch model shaping an unsurpassed grandeur and symmetry. After 1710 he produced some of the finest violins and cellos, with enduring methods guiding violin making through centuries.
Glenn Mathews recounts meeting his sister Mildred Mathews of Woodward after 28 years. He learns his mother has lived in Los Angeles since 1919 and his brothers Charles of Vancouver Washington and Earl Harris of Trout Lake Oregon. The family reunited after a shared childhood in homes following their father’s death. Glenn plans paving work in Mason City and south of Cherokee after relocation from Albia.
A Buena Vista county court case named A. L. Pollock of Pollock Motor Co as defendant seeks 3653.54 plus interest from the Iowa unemployment compensation commission for 1937 38 where eight or more workers triggered the assessment. The commission seeks one percent monthly interest in the judgment. Also in Chariton two 16 year olds married 15 and 16 year olds from Corydon and now face larceny charges for stealing the honeymoon car to Missouri. The brides hitchhiked home.
Ham Olive, manager of the Bearded House of Davidities, stars in a Saturday afternoon clash with Aurelia at the Farmers Picnic. A veteran of ten years in organized ball, Olive is noted for superior fielding and a mix of clowning and showmanship on display.
Advice from Miss Eleanor Rathke on fast stain removal. Immediate spot removal, soaking warm glycerin for tannin stains, and careful use of carbon tetrachloride for grease. Boiling water from a kettle helps berry and grape stains. For fat or dairy stains, sponge with carbon tetrachloride then rinse and launder.
Iowa newspapers report a rat population surge this year due to abundant sealed corn stocks. A pied piper is suggested by the Oskaloosa Tribune as a humorous fix.
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