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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel and C. Lighter publish weekly from Aurelia Iowa. Subscriptions are annual in advance with foreign rates listed. The paper does not stop at expiration unless notified and continued readers must pay for the continuation.
Mrs Earl Zwick reports social activity in Afton vicinity. Burton Wetherell remains critically ill after a Sunday illness. Fernson bride shower at Paul Le PEMERG Saturday honored by Afton girls and ladies with gifts. Nearby visitors and anniversary dinners noted as families gathered in celebration.
Sunday evening in the Bob Jackson home in Cherokee many friends from the Will Moore family gathered to bid farewell before moving to a farm near Sutherland. Afton and Spring friends presented a floor lamp as a keepsake after a five hundred prize table run and a two course lunch.
Storm Lake residents C. A. Peterson and Vernon Steffins announce in the Sentinel they will reopen a Skelly gas and oil station in the Honsbruch building. The business follows a long line of former operators including W. H. Honsbruch Art Ruebsam and Art Mongan, with Steffins a son in law of Peterson.
The piece notes Wink's farewell and the end of a column titled Wink Squint Time. It references space constraints and a melancholy mood while hinting that Wink is not entirely gone. The tone remains playful yet somber.
The Bowlers 782 team drove their truck in front of a Rocket train at Albert Lea Minnesota. Despite the train’s speed apparent, no injuries occurred and the truck sustained little damage. Names mentioned include George Lundberg Milo Pang burn and Northwood.
Rembrandt defeated Sulphur Springs 21 15 to claim the class B title while Storm Lake outplayed Albert City Hurricanes 35 26 for the class A crown. Both teams endured tough matchups and large crowds in the 1940 tournament at Storm Lake.
Miss Eleanor Rathke home demonstration agent announces a third series of home furnishing meetings for Cherokee County women. Sessions on February 20 22 28 and 27 will be hosted at multiple homes with topics on choosing pictures to reflect family personalities and preferences.
The Iowa state department of health warns farmers butchering hogs for summer sausage to prevent trichinosis from undercooked pork. Rats spread the trichina worm. freezing meat at five degrees Fahrenheit for three weeks or thoroughly cooking pork before eating provides protection. Symptoms include diarrhea fever muscle ache and eyelid swelling. mortality is low but illness lasts weeks.
Funeral services for Mrs. E. M. Matzdorff were held Friday at Hughes funeral home and St. John's Lutheran in Storm Lake. Rev. Schmidt officiated. bearers were Vernon Peterson Irving Matzdorff William Matzdorff John Honsbruch Fred Hasenwinkel and Herbert Golnitz. Interment in Storm Lake cemetery. Christine Zorn born February 8 1875 in Will County Illinois later moved to Afton Township Cherokee County confirmed at Afton Lutheran church married E. M. Matzdorff March 17 1893. They farmed near Aurelia then moved to Storm Lake 22 years ago. Survived by husband four sons Arthur Alta Walter Roy Hastings five grandchildren two sisters three brothers serve as additional relatives. The article ends with a public safety note urging proper tail light maintenance and law enforcement for safer driving.
Miss Rathke advises home decor pictures to suit family roles with architecture portraits and religious art. She links warm flower prints to entryways and bright kitchen pictures to livelier rooms, stressing eye level hanging and plain walls for best color and composition.
Police departments report frequent complaints about inadequate vehicle lighting. The issue centers on headlamps tail lights and signaling devices and is raising safety and enforcement concerns.
Irwin C Kroll announces the purchase of a Henry-Packard Nu-3-Wayside loading hearse for use in his funeral and undertaking business. A picture of the hearse appears in The Sentinel this week.
Forty pigs arrived ahead of the groundhog at West Union as four sows of Milton Martin farrowed. The stork derby ends in a four way tie with each sow producing ten offspring.
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