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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
4
Daily bulletin lists painters and decorators, grain and insurance firms, farm supplies, and travel notices alongside several family news items. Highlights include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Gus Ohlson at Sioux Valley hospital and a Detroit birth for Mr and Mrs Harry Howell with Aurelia relatives as grandparents.
Announcement for 1950 chick season invites orders for early spring chicks. Readers are urged to place orders soon, with price list and order blank mailed within days. Visit shop to discuss chick problems directly.
Yardley company offers 10 discount on all merchandise during January. Mrs. Crist Droegmiller and Mr and Mrs Don Wieland of Peosia Iowa visited Wednesday at their parental homes. John Henry Evans, 76, died December 30 1949 in Storm Lake hospital after a short illness. He lived in Newell most of his life except ten years in Aurelia where he ran a restaurant. He is survived by his wife and four children all of Newell. The high school operetta Waltz Time was presented at Cherokee State hospital Wednesday evening January 11. Supt Friedlund arranged the presentation. The operetta is under the direction of Mr and Mrs Charles Rowley who head the music department.
Mr and Mrs Henry Glienke and family and Mr and Mrs Albert Glienke joined Mrs Anna Bode at Schaller for dinner. Harold Lussman from Storm Lake visited Floyd Fahr. Martin Otte hosted supper. Harold Hogrefe and children from Peterson visited Charles Zemke.
Breeding stock from Massachusetts and Connecticut introduces a sex linked cross. Hens mature black with gold ring necks, cockerels barred like mothers. Using high RP Rhode Island Reds and high production Barred Rocks. Limited stock. orders should be placed early.
Advertises Austra-White cross bred from large Leghorn and Black Australorp, boasting vigor and early egg laying. Maple Valley New Hampshire hens crossed with Barred Rock for rapid growth and large brown eggs. Describes acclimation, ease of starting, and use of light barred males for a silver look.
Maple Valley Broad-breasted White Rocks stand out in cost class with non-broadness and reliable yields. They mature quickly and begin laying early, offering a heavy breasted white chicken that lays many eggs.
R. O. P. Leghorn males from Cravens Trapnest Breeding Farm owned by Marty Vogel are used with New Hampshire hens. The cross aims to improve laying, add size, and market as a heavy. It should be less broody than Austra-White crosses, as broodiness is transmitted from the male.
The advertisement promotes Maple Valley White Leghorns as large birds with high egg production. It claims birds rival or exceed other Leghorns and cites a 300-egg immediate ancestry. Breeding stock includes Hanson Gasson Ghostly M Johnson Seidel Creighton lines.
The article notes that before Columbus, the Western Atlantic was known as the Sea of Darkness, reflecting early navigational and geographic uncertainty faced by explorers. It discusses how mariners described the vast, unknown waters and the myths that surrounded this region.
Classified section lists items for sale including Rhode Island Red chicks lard purebred Duroc gilts and Yorkshire boar with locations Aurelia Storm Lake and Russel Chilgren. Also asks for family washing and wood sawing services with contact numbers and an artificial insemination service for cows Storm Lake Ray Ruberg. Lost 8 inch smooth plane and tools from Paulson Finkbine Lbr Co. return requested Selden McClusky.
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