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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
4
Threshing runs are short and oat yields light in Diamond Center area. Neighbors and relatives visited homes across Aurelia, Washta, Dedrick Missouri, Sioux City, and Galva. A northeast wind storm damaged trees and halted threshing. school No. 6 will close due to low pupil numbers.
Mr and Mrs Paul Frase and family of Nebraska visited at Walter Huseman home last week and returned home Thursday. Gust Magnusson and family and Margaret Case of Alta joined Sunday dinner at Anton Larson home. Ant on Larson is back home after appendectomy at Alta hospital. August Felt welcomed a son at Swallum hospital. Prof Ludwig and bride are expected home next Sunday. Robert Carlson Joe E Peterson and family and Mabel Carlstrom of Rockford Mlingis spent last Sunday at West Bend.
An swers Magazine notes that no modern bird has true teeth. In the northern gossander both upper and lower beak sections show sharp serrations closest to teeth. Fossilized extinct North American birds show well developed teeth in both jaws.
Residents of Larabello Truty live atop the world’s only geysers harnessed by industry where fog and steam are a daily feature and children play near the smaller craters amid a misty landscape.
New York reports on the archer fish Toxotes living east of Suez that shoots water to dislodge insects and even extinguish cigarettes. Hugh M. Smith describes its intelligence, sight, and precision observed in Bangkok and across Siam, India, and Malaya.
At Oahu Prison Acting Warden orders thirty lashes for Charles Cooper and Julian Eugster. Each is to receive six lashes initially with a cat-of-nine-tails on back as behavior improves or punishment extends. The move echoes the Lucas Candido case of 1929 and its habeas corpus court challenge.
Quebec roads set to open a highway into the Little Ha Na and Big Ha Ha Lakes region near the Ha Ha river. The nickname Ha Ha traces to early Saguenay explorers who mistook the bay for a river continuation and joked about themselves.
A pet shop owner suggests a fox terrier puppy to Mr. Gillis who bargains up to seventeen fifty. The dog is later reported dead by monkey bite, but the family discovers a replacement fox terrier bought for twenty five dollars. The shopkeeper reveals a double cross involving a freckle faced boy with a red sweater and a fake story for an airline ride.
A sergeant leads rookies in bayonet drill as they practice charging a dummy. One trainee knocks his nose on the dummy, and the sergeant approves the miscue with a wartime colloquial remark praising the effort. The caption references American Legion Monthy.
A Sunday rain and wind caused damage to trees and crops. Silo down and hen house roof wrecked at Alva Melton home. Ernest Stark and family visiting Isaac Clow. Linn Grove fishing at night. 4-H club hosts planning. Aurelia visitors at Coupe home. Everhart family guests. Denny Robinson ill then improved. Henry Braash built cattle barn for W Bowers. Henry Everhart attends Legion reunion in Austin Minnesota.
North Dakota archaeologist Edward A. Milligan reports a stone telescope unearthed north of Grand Forks, dating about 4,000 years, indicating Mayan influence on Great Plains peoples. The 8 inch long instrument, carved symbol on its exterior, was among artifacts from a Red River gravel pit graveyard.
W. S. Farish of Standard Oil NJ and F. A. Howard of Standard Oil Development describe a synthetic aviation fuel called EL-435. It blends gasoline with isopropyl ether and a touch of tetraethyl lead to achieve 100 octane and military-grade performance. Tests show about a 30 percent power increase.
Rochester New York moves to modernize rural service with William J Vincent’s neon relay tube. The device removes the hand crank and code ringing, activating only the party line that is called. Installation begins on all rural lines of the Rochester company with expected nationwide adoption.
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