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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel announces subscription terms and rates in advance with a notice that the paper will not stop at expiration and subscribers who continue to receive it must pay for the renewal. It is published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the Aurelia post office.
On January 16 the Elite Beauty Par led by Mildred Fraser faced off against Christensen Clover and Rappoo with tutors Rutter and Schulke, yielding multiple scores and placements for Young Ladies and Beauty Parlor teams. January 23 schedule lists 7:80 Young Ladies versus Tutors and 9:00 Elite Beauty Parlor versus Lilies Beauty Parlor with results awaiting.
Tournament schedule lists Sioux Valley contending at Sutherland on Jan 18 to 20 with Cleghorn in Neb 1 2 8 county tourney on Feb 0. It notes Sutherland and Quimby events and a February 16 date at home plus Web dates for Mar 23 and 20 sectional tourney. see advertising for details.
Cherokee county farmers face a $1 monthly license penalty for small trailers not bought before February 1. County Treasurer Anton Dahlgren reports 98.4 percent of 1939 taxes paid. $30,526.92 handled. Iowa state spelling contest to crown a winner with a trip to D. C.. Des Moines hosts April 20. Gaynor Lumber Co. wins $6,386.59 county bridge lumber contract. Red Cross enrolls 952 members in largest 1919-style roll call, Meyer Wolff announces.
Ruth Larson of Kiron was chosen as Commercial Instructor for the rest of the year after Obert Sexton resigned to move to Far ragut Iowa. The Alta Community Hospital held its annual meeting naming I L Van Voorhis as president and two new board members. A Finland relief drive led by Guy Alderson has raised 204 dollars to date. Charles Sinker attended a Schal ter horse show and earned multiple top placings with his Belgians. Dr J H Cunningham was re-elected head of the Commercial Club.
In 1863 a draft resistance uprising seized New York City for four days as militia absence left only police. The event caused an estimated 1000 plus deaths and about 1.5 million dollars in damage amid the riots.
The whiskey insurrection broke out in western Pennsylvania in 1794 as authorities sought to suppress distillation. About six to seven thousand insurgents took up arms before the disturbance was quelled after 15,000 militia were mobilized.
Capitol writer notes ongoing congressional activity limited to a single bill while the Roosevelt era shifts loom. The federal surplus commodities program under Milo Perkins expands with the Food Stamp Plan, backed by Gallup support and aimed at easing farm surpluses and aiding public assistance households through orange and blue stamps and bank redemptions.
Junk Tom Marion, a Grundy Center junk dealer, sues to block enforcement of a 300 foot junk storage rule near businesses or homes. He argues the ordinance is unfair and discriminatory. Judge Cooper orders bonfire of defunct bank records in Madison county with 90 day reclaim window before destruction. Des Moines has spent millions to expand its airport with mile long runways.
Des Moines area highway safety chief Chief C A Knee warns that a driver’s temperament affects family life. He urges women to judge suitors by driving behavior and to oppose one handed driving to prevent accidents. He emphasizes careful, law abiding driving as a sign of reliable partnership.
Des Moines residents witnessed the introduction of the new Douglas airliners with an open house last week. The fleet flew over the city as officials explained why the big ships used the old runways, leaving questions about the runway choices.
A health issue arose serious enough to require a physician. The brief note records the event and notes medical involvement without detail.
Karl Crisotopher and his sons Lawrence and Harold skated from their Upper Iowa River home to Decorah, a distance of about 14 miles, in a little over an hour. They rode home afterward.
Michel de Notredame known as Dr Nostradamus, born 1503 in France, studied at Avignon and earned a Montpellier medical degree in 1529. He gained plague outbreak renown, published Rhymed Prophecies in 1555 attracting Catherine de Medici, expanded 1558 edition dedicated to the king, and earned the title physician in ordinary to Charles IX.
Fragmentary text describes brutal bird behavior with references to victims and locations. Details are unclear, but the piece notes hanging bodies on spine twigs and mentions names such as Sedley and Somegons within a colonial context.
The Devolution War of 1667 68 arose from Louis XIV claims to Spanish lands via his wife Maria Theresa. Ownership was alleged to have devolved to the French crown through her.
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