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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
4
A long list of community notices covers visits, business calls, and travel among Aurelia residents and nearby towns. Guests include the Witt and Grapenthen families, the Vogels, the Lockin agency, and travelers to Kansas City and Chicago. Multiple farm sales, school activities, and band rehearsals are noted along with social events, picnics, and family visits.
Thirty two thousand rural mail carriers act as agents to sell defense savings stamps from 10 cents to 5 dollars. Purchasers receive albums to mount stamps, redeemable later for Defense Savings bonds. Officials note earlier war stamp drives by rural carriers in 1917 and 1918.
Several good farms offered for sale in the Aurelia area. All are good productive farms and priced right. Listed by H H Lockin Agency at 102.
Steers and heifers climbed to new seasonal highs of 12.26 and 11.60 as the week began, with hogs steady around 11.35 top. Samts rose 25 cents Monday and continued to 11.75 Tuesday, while local producer Chas Bruce sold 37 head weighing 982 pounds at 11.25.
Spirit Lake Iowa Northwestern Methodists launch their annual Bible conference at the West Okoboji Methodist camp grounds with Pilgrimage Day on Sunday July 27. Bishop Charles C Selecman leads a lineup including Dr D W Kurtz Dr John M Versteeg Mrs J D Bragg and Bishop Alexander P Shaw with sessions led by Kurtz Versteeg Bragg Shaw and others and music by Paul MacCollins and Leo Kucinski.
A surprise 24th birthday party for Harold Mager of Tinley Park was held Monday night at his uncle W. H. Heimsoth’s home. Relatives and friends attended from Alta, Storm Lake, and nearby towns. ice cream and cake were served.
Mr and Mrs George Huseman and relatives from Glencoe Minn visited this week. A Sunday picnic at Lakeside Storm Lake honored guests included the Huseman families and multiple local households.
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Mrs Earl Zwick notes a busy week in Afton vicinity. Visitors include Mrs Arthur Boardman and her three Geneseo sons, Corporal Clifford Gould on 10 day Marine Corps furlough from San Diego, and Stella Bushnell visiting from Denver. Socials span picnics at Sutherland and Okoboji outings, Farm Bureau events, and lake trips. Wind damaged southeast Afton township with downed trees. Threshing to start late week as weather cooperates.
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