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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1942
Page
1
A fragment notes a Thursday schedule and severed matter at Positive 43 residence with mentions of ongoing obligations and personnel initials. The text is incomplete but indicates formal entries for a case or matter recorded in a local ledger.
The article details the first steps of the women’s army program at Fort Des Moines, the induction move to Camp Dodge, and the press interest. It notes Iowa’s role in training and educating youth in sciences for the war effort and outlines statewide Camp Dodge drills and the flying column of the First Military Police battalion ready to quell disturbances and support any required deployments.
A June 28 storm struck near Festina causing 11 white faced steers to be electrocuted after contacting a lightning struck wire fence. The carcasses lay along the fence for about a block and a half. The article notes iron posts might have grounded the current and saved most animals.
Uncle Sam will receive the brass copper and steel parts of the old chime clock that for 28 years sounded the quarter hours and hours at the Record-Tribune corner in Indianola. High repair costs led newspaper owners to dismantle the landmark erected by a now defunct bank.
Rising prices dominated two market days as slaughter steers and yearlings gained up to 25 cents to 11.75 14.00 per cwt, heifers up 15 cents to 10.75 12.10, and hogs hit 14.50 per cwt with bulk at 14.00 14.35. Spring lambs rose to 14.40, and yearling sheep reached 11.75 with slaughter ewes 4.00 6.00. Cherokee county shippers included Mathews Kielhorn Patten Anderson H and others with numerous cattle hogs and sows sold at Sioux City.
Dr A L Bakke of Iowa State showed at a Cherokee field day that five years of soybean plantings eliminated Creeping Jenny on a plot once too infested to use. Planting rate 34 to 4 bushels per acre shaded weed roots until the root system died. Attendees included C R Weber E P Sylvester C Reddy T R Stanton and L C Burnett who urged disease resistant oats for 1943 demand.
Weber outlined the merits and drawbacks of 67 soybean varieties under test at the hospital while Dr. Reddy spoke on plant disease control, detailing approaches and implications for crop health.
R E Hatter leads a Marengo law firm with his son Arthur Hatter as junior member. The elder Hatter previously belonged to the Havner Hatter Roller barristers firm.
Mr and Mrs George Zwick and Laurine attended a steak fry at the Gilchrist home in Cherokee Friday evening. Kenneth Hanson of Mitchell Field New York is on an eight day fur lough with his parents. Mr and Mrs Victor Swanson visited the Oscar Lewis home near Sac City. Watch your subscription date.
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