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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
6
A petition for divorce based on cruel and inhuman treatment seeks property rights and sole custody of a minor. The defendant must appear by January 5 1942 or a default judgment will be entered. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Maher Meloy Hankens.
Congressman Vincent F Harrington speaks from Washington D C on wartime resolve and sacrifice noting Pearl Harbor as a turning point. He highlights Iowa patriotism, civil defense notes, and references to the Capitol blackout and National Archives displays marking December anniversaries and war slogans.
The Navy announces relaxed standards for enlistment in the regular Navy and Naval Reserve to broaden eligibility. Revisions cover varicose veins, hydrocele, hernia with IQ 75+, corrected nasal deformities, hay fever, undernourishment, minor surgical defects, and dental criteria of 18 usable teeth. Rejected applicants urged to reapply. those accepted with defects will be hospitalized and treated at training stations.
The Bahr family reports Albert Traugott Bahr stationed on the U S S Medusa at Pearl Harbor is safe. Lloyd Bahr has reenlisted in Houston and will serve on shore duty. The community notes births baptisms visits and illnesses across Maple Valley with several gatherings and a Mayo Hospital operation for Adolph Grieme.
The season's cheer is marred by careless driving as accidents threaten homes this Christmas. The National Safety Council urges motorists to give courtesy for Christmas and to be safe behind the wheel.
Report notes the first railroad locomotive to cross the Mississippi at Marquette arrived on a river barge and was hauled to the Iowa side by workers from McGregor and Marquette. A Boone county delinquent tax sale bid half of one quadrillion of one decillionth for 233 acres. 39 digits added to 1 to show the bid’s size, leaving observers unable to state its meaning.
Farmers should apply limestone after ground freezes while fields are wet. Kilpatrick notes frozen soil eases spreading and labor remains available as quarries slow down. Winter liming helps cornstalk and pasture ground, offsets erosion, and avoids plowing under lime.
Lime application is the foundation of soil management. Kilpatrick notes it corrects acidity and supplies calcium, enhancing manure and fertilizer efficiency, aiding soil organisms, and helping control certain plant diseases and insects.
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