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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel is published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office. E C Lighter is listed as proprietor.
A light column jokes about headaches and radios with whimsical thoughts. The writer invites reader submissions and shares a tale of a radio accidentally dropped into water and rinsed away war news from its speaker as a humorous example.
The writer riffs on radios and tunes like I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles and Heat Wave, jokes about tubes in a toaster, and recalls riding over Cherokee streets with a portable radio. The piece ends with a quip about a divorce line and a promise to edit the funny side next week.
In Elkader county the ice harvest is praised as thick and excellent. A bowling league score shows A Fraser Elevator team winning a match with individual players Fraser Daniels Collins Fogleman and Junior Fraser contributing high scores. Ads list used articles for sale and a Rawleigh route opportunity along with pigeons and a tiny apartment piano for sale.
Iowans in Washington celebrate University of Iowa figures with Nile Kinnick and Dr. Eddie Anderson receiving acclaim at the Touch Down Club dinner. Senators Borah’s health is noted as uncertain as the piece recalls his neutrality speech and strong patriotism.
The payment equals the normal corn yield times the acreage allotment. If the normal yield is 40 bushels per acre and the allotment is 50 acres, the payment is 40 times 50 times 0.50 dollars, totaling $100.
Mrs Mayne Elizabeth Newhouse Wilkinson mother of Mrs Glen Parker of Cherokee died at her daughter's home near Phyllisia on Sunday January 14 aged 70 years 9 months and 21 days. Ralph Boatman learns of his father W F Boatman 81 death at Plattsmouth Nebraska. The 4 H Western Lambs sale at Spencer saw Kingan Co and DeKalb Hybrid Seed Corn Co buy lambs fed by Buena Vista 4 H club. Corn loans progress at favorable speed with about half issued totaling 1 463 599 bushels. The annual father and son banquet by the Methodist church drew 210 attendees with Oscar Peterson as toastmaster.
The Iowa State AAA committee explains payments for corn and wheat allotments. Corn this year yields 10 cents per bushel plus a parity payment yet to be announced. wheat pays 9 cents per bushel plus a forthcoming parity payment. Deductions for over planting wheat are 60 cents per bushel times the farm’s normal yield for each excess acre.
Mr and Mrs Craig Ruby were re appointed by the county supervisors as steward and matron of the county home for the 20th year. Their reaffirmation comes amid voter confidence in Van Buren County.
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