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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
2
A collage of short items from Washta to Storm Lake and Remsen notes local meetings bank dividends and political updates. Businessmen in Washta form a community promotion group while Storm Lake bids lower tract sizes for a federal building. Other items report bank dividends and pardoned officials with dates and figures.
Sioux City Journal reports a historic one day cattle run on Sunday with over 31,000 head shipped to stock yards from Minnesota Nebraska North and South Dakota. About 850 cattle cars arrived starting Saturday noon and government purchases will be processed at Sioux City plants or sent to St. Joseph St Louis Omaha and Kansas City.
Aurelia hosts three gala days next week sponsored by local merchants. The Conroy motorized circus appears Monday at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. on the kittenball field under Aurelia Athletic Association. Tickets and state tax admit adults or children. Tuesday and Wednesday offer free rides on a merry go round sea plane and ferris wheel on Main street with merchant tickets.
Stanley Haahr was admitted to the hospital July 11 for an acute appendicitis operation. Jens Poulson, formerly of Elk township and long-time Oakland resident, died at home last week. Nokomis township farmers signed corn hog contracts on Tuesday and Maple Valley farmers on Wednesday, completing the signing. Buena Vista county fair premium list will be ready next week, with an 80 page book listing premiums and total value over 10000 dollars. I L Langston began dismantling the old tie in barn near the depot, a landmark built about 30 years ago by Hinkle and Rutledge.
Lloyd Scheerer, Pastor, Sunday School at 10:00 A M Junior Church at 11:00 A M Morning Worship at 11:00 A M featuring Eurella Waddell solo and sermon The Christian in The World Evening Service at 8:00 P M with Edwin Watts solo and sermon A Nameless Quartet Next Sunday the pennant won by the Leaguers at Institute will be shown The Okoboji Epworth League Institute reports 765 delegates this year an increase over last year.
Iowa ranks highly in agricultural value with first place in farm land and buildings, live stock, and total farm property. It hosts vast county farm values, strong road and railroad infrastructure, rich natural resources, and a large farm count with sizable average holdings. Iowa’s annual farm product value surpasses Alaska’s gold output and national distributions.
The Sentinel prints the Aurelia consolidated district budget estimate for the next school year including proposed expenditures, balances, taxation and past two years' expenditures. The school board has set August 2 at 8 p m for a hearing at the school building where taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures.
The Junior Girl Scouts gathered at the park on Wednesday afternoon for a routine business meeting. They conducted a dress rehearsal for their play and enjoyed light refreshments from hostesses Aurelia and Evelyn Schroeder.
Rev E F Wehking presented his resignation as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church in Aurelia due to ill health. The congregation accepted it after a Wednesday meeting. His farewell sermon was last Sunday. He served nine years and helped the church grow while aiding community affairs. Braunschweig of Afton Lutheran will fill in until a new pastor is chosen.
Albert Spinharney buys Radiator Service at 109 Pine from Steve Melter. South Silver township 4-H adds a ninth club led by Pearl Sims. Zoe Fell home hosts Rodman nomination for judge. Leo Lampman also nominated. County budget raises 9.17 mills to fund overdrawn court and poor funds, amid Demands on public welfare.
Agricultural Economics Facts Iowa State College extension circular notes light market receipts for well finished grain fed cattle through summer. June issue says heavy cattle have fetched better prices than since fall 1932 due to improving demand, lower slaughter, and drought affecting fed cattle but boosting grass cattle from western states.
Church school will begin at 10 a.m. No church services or Endeavor meetings until after school reopens in September. Edwin Trigg serves as pastor.
Word has been received of the death of John McCarty at Alton Town on Monday of this week. A former Aurelia resident, he left this locality about twenty years ago. Funeral services will be held at Alton this Thursday afternoon.
Phillips 66 topped Aurelia All-Stars 17 to 2 on Aurelia grounds in their Tri County debut. Battery: Phillips 66 Rice and Wills, All Stars Grapenthen and Grienke.
Dr Ward Akester from Marshall Minnesota visited at the Lewi home on Sunday. Ward served as physician for Miss Edna Gray during her illness in Marshall.
R L Cochran from the Iowa State College Poultry Husbandry Depart advises farmers on measuring heat stress in flocks. He urges better feeding, strict culling and marketing of fat birds, plus ample clean water and shade, avoiding crowding, and marketing surplus cockerels at 24 pounds to aid pullet development.
Looking Back Into the Past notes Aurelia will host two new shops as Carl Berg Bros. reopens. Peterson Bros. of Alta buy the dry goods section and O. B. East takes the grocery and meat division. Iowa corn crops in 1924 expected to fall 20 percent from last year. Hugh Crippen family to relocate from Arizona to their Aurelia area farm next spring. George H. Larson remodelling his farm home east of town. Rev. BE Gillet released from Bates hospital after appendicitis surgery.
The United States Department of Agriculture estimates the exportable surplus of wheat in the four principal exporting countries will be at least 100 million bushels smaller on July 1 this year than a year earlier.
A sewing tip explains that by ripping the bottom seam of thin pillow slips and resewing so the sides become front and back, the slip’s life is effectively doubled. The method focuses on reorienting seams to reduce wear on the worn area.
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