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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
4
Community notes from Afton area highlight visiting relatives and friends in Storm Lake Cherokee Peterson Spencer Sutherland and Olewin. The piece mentions birthday celebrations for Art Wetherell and Charles Stevens, various dinners and picnics, and local youths in 4 H health contest.
The Adjutant stork in India is semi domestic and feeds on fish frogs and small reptiles. It can serve as a scavenger to river village inhabitants. The species migrates northward for nesting and flies high with long legs trailing behind.
Troy Polytechnic Institute students turned a penny tax revolt into national attention by buying 250,000 pennies, paying 25 percent of purchases in pennies, and urging awareness that one quarter of every sale funds unseen taxes. The effort traced the penny’s history from 1793 to modern coinage debates and potential reintroduction of a three-cent piece.
A new electro cardiograph invention by Dr. Frank E. Hoecker and Dr. Graham Asher will be shown in Tulsa. The device projects living electrical heart activity on a phosphorescent screen guiding during operations. Unlike older cameras, it provides immediate feedback when the heart begins to fail, potentially saving lives.
Mrs. Wm. Haight and Mrs. Victor Frank entertained Saturday night for their son Ralph and his California bride. Guests included the Frank family and many neighbors from Aurelia Galva and surrounding areas. The event featured socializing and refreshments amid a heavy rain later that evening.
Plans for a 19th century style show at the Iowa Territorial Centennial State Fair feature 100 years of women’s gowns from 1838 to today. The display includes inaugural gowns of governor wives and outfits of pioneer and prominent Lowans. a model wears Governor Larrabee’s wife’s inaugural gown.
Madalynne Booth spent Saturday night with Marion Will south of Aurelia. On Sunday she visited the Will family at West Bend to see the grotto. Rabee were callers in the Glen Dyslin home Monday. Ida Pierce of Primghar spent Sunday with Alfred Stieneke and William Philpot in Aurelia. Glenn Dyslin was a business caller in Linn Grove Monday. The Andersons and Colleen and George Kolpin visited Roy Matzdorff in Aurelia. M Hines and Lois Booth of Aurelia visited John Booth Tuesday evening. Pat Kline and Junior visited relatives south of Aurelia Sunday.
Harold Fett was the guest of honor at a Sunday evening surprise party at his home. Outdoor games followed by ice cream and cake. Attendees included Vera Harps of Storm Lake Ruth Wendell and Floyd Wendell of Schaller and the Hustedt and Millard families with their daughters.
Fort Wayne Indiana educator Prof Ottomar Krueger president of Concordia College denounces American fascination with miracle men and Spiritualists. He claims the nation harbors numerous fortune tellers crystal gazers and charlatans and questions the spending going to support such frauds.
At the John Wring home near Aurelia Mr and Mrs Martin Hinkeldey and daughter Ardis Ann visited the William Glienke home near Truesdale on Sunday.
In the September 1938 Cherokee County District Court, Bessie Brown petitions for a decree of absolute divorce from Randolph J. Brown on cruel and inhuman treatment, with custody of their minor Ida Maxine Brown, plus attorney fees and costs. If Randolph fails to appear by the next term starting Sept 6, 1938, default and judgment or decree will be entered.
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