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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
7
Local brief mentions holiday plans and visits. Mr. and Mrs. Kirwin visit Sioux Falls friends. Mr. and Mrs. Shank host L I area guests. Eleanor and Muriel Blake to meet December 21 with a sand whiches and dish gift exchange. The Sentinel promotes holiday gift subscriptions.
Daily notes show Jimmy at KF line duty with E Pratt on a business trip to Sioux City Wednesday. Misses Vivian Paulson and Dorothy Lighter returned from Sioux City for the weekend. Lori Johnson sought enlistment in the U S army after an examination in Sioux City on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs T R Porter and two daughters visited the Frank Dukes home. Mrs H H Lockin and Mrs George Scott visited Sioux City Friday and returned with Mrs F G Scott and Dorothy for weekend visits. Ralph Peterson and family drove to Nemaha after learning of Gus Froning s death from a heart attack. Froning, formerly in Aurelia, ran a lumber yard now owned by Eclipse Lumber Co.
A letter mailed from Wailuku Maui on the first leg of its long trip on the China Air Clipper is received in Aurelia. It was sent by Mrs C Buchannan formerly Miss Anetre Carlson who once worked as a bookkeeper at the lumber yard near the Farmers Elevator Co. facility. The letter was received by Mrs Floyd Glawe.
Community notices mention a junior class play on Thursday January 9. Social items report Mr. Bennie Bunger and family visiting Mrs. Louie Kroll from Rickets. Other notes include local names MecDeid and Wiest and inquiries about candy affecting stomach health.
Mrs Alma Bischel of Paullina visits relatives here with Mr and Mrs Quinn. William Whitney heads to Booneville Missouri with brother Clair for holiday visit. Neice Williams Johns funeral held in Spencer with family. Mrs John W Lawson undergoes tumor removal at Spencer hospital and hopes to go home after Christmas. Large crowd at J S Colquist farm sale with corn at 50 cents per bushel and farm rented by G C Peterson. Colquist to live with them. Aurelia players host eight Sioux Rapids opponents at dinner and duplicate bridge. Sioux Rapids win with high total.
Local notice lists 40 acres of hand picked corn stocks for sale and mentions trade offers for produce checks. Other brief items note funeral attendance, shopping changes, rental of cafe fixtures, and an upcoming blacksmith partnership with Bud Foggleman in Washta including plans for new equipment and an electric welder.
Walter Peterson of Aurelia presided as non voting delegate at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago last week. He cites President Roosevelt's Monday forenoon address as the highlight and notes many other talks by prominent figures. He believes Roosevelt remains popular among farmers nationwide.
Wilbur Sweet solved a chicken theft at the north end of Main street. About fifty birds were pilfered before he trapped a large possum in the henhouse after hearing a commotion. He shot the intruder as it roosted, ending the raids.
The Sentinel promotes itself as agent for Sioux City papers and invites readers to subscribe through them. The brief urges readers to send in subscription requests via the Sentinel’s service.
Daniels and Carlson take over management of the Daniels sale barn weekly Saturday sales to begin this Saturday afternoon under the name The Aurelia Sales Co. Property owners may list with Daniels or Carlson. Bachman & Woltman named as auctioneers.
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