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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel announces subscription terms. It lists proprietor E C Lighter and managing editor Carl J Lighter and notes the paper is published weekly with second class post status in Aurelia Iowa. Subscriptions are charged for continued delivery with foreign rates stated.
The Christian Home Orphanage founded over three decades ago by Rev. J. G. Lemen in Iowa cares for homeless children. It runs its own church and school up to seventh grade then feeds graduates into public schools and higher education. The home relies on voluntary gifts from nationwide supporters and no government appropriations. Write to the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs for information and literature.
Ethan and Bruce Brayton of Somers acquire a baby skunk. The brothers feed the new pet milk with a medicine dropper and enjoy their unusual addition to the family.
Mrs. George Fairchild died August 4, 1944 in Cherokee Iowa after months of ill health. Born October 2 in Jackson Minnesota, she lived in South Dakota and Iowa, married George J. Fairchild in Moorhead Minnesota, and left a husband, one brother Alfred Azen, and many friends. Interment followed at Leone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids Iowa.
The parish announces the baptism of Robert Kenneth son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Redke at St John s Evan Church with Rev Bahr officiating. Guests and family gatherings follow at the Radke and Holtz homes while other locals attend funeral services for Marlys Goettsch in Alta and visiting relatives.
In Cherokee County Iowa a district court matter names Evalene Blaesser as plaintiff and many respondents including Lillian Magan Minnie Fraser Wallace Foust Rex Foust Ern est Foust and others. The administrator G E Wilson represents the Eshelman estate against multiple spouses and heirs in the probate action.
Classified lines spotlight services and goods with concise notices. Readers see contact details, item descriptions, and prices in brief, practical items from Sentinel newspaper.
A child aged ten learns etiquette through practice and patient example. Good manners help him feel secure, while phrases like thank you and excuse me bring happiness to others. Also noted are infantile paralysis cases in Iowa, with several counties affected and a warning to parents to seek early diagnosis and care.
Evalene BlaesER, plaintiff in Cherokee Iowa, seeks a court partition of undivided interests in Lot 4 and part of Lot 5 in Block 40 Fifth Addition to New Cherokee. Defendants include numerous Eshleman and related spouses, with judgment to establish each party's share and liens, and to decree costs and attorney fees. Court date set for before September 2, 1944, in Cherokee.
Henry Bemiss of West Union claims a perfect cribbage hand occurs about once in 3,000,000 hands and notes he held the rare hand in a recent game with Mrs. Bemiss.
A fragment discusses the body's broad content expanding in summer and shrinking in winter, likening the body to a toy and noting seasonal shifts in how we use or view it. The text emphasizes cycles of increase and decrease across seasons.
The article urges motorists to cut down on preventable crashes. It cites dangerous scenes where two cars face opposite directions on shoulders and lanes, creating chain collisions. It calls for more care and common sense to reduce the national traffic toll.
On land or at sea fighting men rely on bugle calls for orders while war bonds fund the effort. Recruits are nicknamed for buglers, recordings at bases supplement live calls, and ships use Pipe Master to assemble. The piece urges backing the attack with an extra 100 Bond in the third War Loan.
Patience and hard work helped a Durant girl regain her voice after a lifelong whisper. Jean Peterson suffered severe aftereffects from whooping cough in childhood, then slowly recovered following a six month period of targeted speech exercises led by Mrs. George Harling, a former Davenport instructor.
The notice urges agricultural deferments to support food processing for the war effort. Deferment holders may work in canning meat packing and poultry plants for at least 15 days in August. Steps include obtaining a release, informing the Farm Extension Service, and reporting to the U S Employment Service in Storm Lake Iowa. Regular wages apply and work begins around August 10.
Henry Wessels near Sheldon escaped serious harm after driving a tractor onto a recently softened well fill. One wheel lifted, he clung to the steering wheel and moved to firm ground. He measured mud depth to ten feet, learning of the former well only now.
The article visits Kirriemuir the Scottish village of Thrums home to Barrie and the Kailyard school. It notes the Window in Thrums drawing tourist attention though Barrie rarely visited, with Glamis Castle four miles away linked to Macbeth and the Queen's ancestral estate.
The Biological Survey suggests geese form a V to follow the leader more easily. They fly at angled positions rather than directly behind to keep the leader in view.
The article explains V mail as a fast method to send letters to troops and urges news from the production front and progress against inflation through savings in War Bonds. It emphasizes positive messages from home as morale boosters for soldiers and sailors.
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