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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
12
Postmaster A A Dingman urges early mailing of Christmas parcels to avoid delays since no Christmas day delivery except special cases. He details packing, labeling, weight limits, and timing for east and west trains, warning to avoid seals and stickers on the address side and to include return cards and inside copies of the address.
Dr C B Mortlock reports from the Tell Duweir excavation that about 700 Lachish skulls are preserved and reveal trepanation by a left parietal to opposite side method, a technique previously known only to the Incas, with several skulls surviving. The dig also uncovers a public square, shops, a weaver’s dyeing vat, loom weights, and a papyrus seal bearing Hilkiah’s name, linking to a long temple sequence from 1480 to 1260 B C.
A census by Ralph Thatcher, editor of the prison publication, finds San Quentin's inmate population of about 5,000 is cosmopolitan with natives from nearly every U S state, foreign possessions, and at least 44 countries. Only one in five inmates is a California native. three are from distant states and one from a foreign country.
The cabinet bureau of statistics reports Japan's 1935 population grew by 1,028,623 births minus deaths, the largest annual increase on record. About 240 births and 133 deaths occurred each hour, lifting total to over 69 million with 169 people per square mile in 1931.
County agricultural planning work introduced in 1935 will continue in essentially the same form in 1987, led by Murl McDonald of Iowa State College. The cooperative project with Extension Service and the U S Department of Agriculture aims to adapt the AAA program locally and develop a long term land use policy focusing on conservation, crop and livestock adjustments, and community participation through county committees and district conferences in January.
The Plucky Pitcher 4-H club met at Mrs. Herbert Peterson home. President Margaret Nelson led roll call with thankfulness for 4-H work. New officers elected: Berneice Harden president, Shirley Leeds vice president, Peggy Waddell secretary treasurer, Gladys Gustafson historian, Deloris Peterson news reporter. They planned a Christmas party for December 22 at Shirley Leeds home. A lunch was served afterward.
In medieval times shrines displayed relics including the Virgin's milk teeth and saints' body parts. The most remarkable was St. Thomas's shrine which showed several pieces of rag used by St. Thomas for wiping his nose.
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