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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
6
The Brummer building office of Dr. J. A. Fritz lost about $25 from the cash drawer and roughly $100 from the vault. Police suspect entry through a partially open transom above the register while the southern room transom was fully open. The vault was unsecured and the register unlocked.
An inspector at a school asks a boy who drove the Israelites out of Egypt. The boy answers he did not do it, apologizing he only just returned from the country last week, per the Knights of Columbus Bulletin.
A humorous exchange shows a husband joking with his wife about getting weighed by a carnival man. The wife asks about objections, and the husband hints at testing his weight once. A nearby line notes useless fabrication and a writer's craft about leaving unsaid.
In Pathfinder Magazine a humorous exchange centers on Dorothy who bought a dress on the installment plan. The foreman notes a no show worker while a provisional hire is offered a chance to join tomorrow.
A brief note notes a purchase of wedding stationery from Sentinel. The line small change hints at a saying Health is better than wealth and a sentiment Send me a dollar and I’ll take my chances. The entry reads like a fragment from a local ledger.
The Junior Auxiliary gathered at Phyllia Holderness home on Saturday November 28 with President Phyllis Ann Port presiding. They planned a Christmas party for December 22 at the Legion hall, each member bringing a ten cent gift for a gift exchange, a simple program led by Phyllis Holderness, followed by songs and games and a lunch hosted by the hostess.
A writer in the New York Herald Tribune notes the steam carriage as the automobile ancestor. Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, a British surgeon, built a steam carriage reaching London to Bath in 1828 at about fifteen miles per hour. Parliament taxed such vehicles in 1933, hindering adoption.
The mango Mangifera indica is a tall tree in the sumac family with large shiny leaves and yellow or reddish flowers. Fruits range from plum to apple size, sometimes weighing over a pound. Mangoes grow widely in tropical regions including the West Indies and parts of southern California and Florida.
An ancient anecdote recounts Orsippus of Megara losing his loin cloth in 720 B C and winning a race unimpeded. A separate note describes the Osle State house yard fence completed in 1872 costing $21 110 40.
Afton residents report a lively A C meeting with contests and prizes won by Mesdames Anna Swanson Flora Phipps Olga Dyslin Roberta Meinking and Miss Hahn. A luncheon followed. Visitors include Mesdames Jessie McGuffin Ruth Phipps and others from Cherokee. Several local families attended the Aurelia Children's Carnival.
Several from the Diamond Center area attended events in Aurelia and Mounts Grove to hear the Rosebud Kids orchestra. Local residents Doris Frank and Leora Grieme are mentioned with weekend visits, weddings, showers, and help for family birthdays. Reports note livestock losses from corn stalk poisoning near Meriden and nearby farm social gatherings in Cushing and Galva.
The text explains that early cave dwellers used signs and gestures to communicate. Arm waving and grunts accompanied the gestures and, over years, specific grunts were understood without sight of the movements as speech gradually formed.
A partial late nineteenth to early twentieth century fragment notes limited knowledge of military music. It suggests a shift from civilian to military tunes and hints at manuscript sources, but details remain unreadable.
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