29 Jul 1948
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
1
Publication lists annual rates in advance two dollars domestic and two fifty in foreign countries. It warns that the paper does not stop at expiration and that continuing subscribers must pay for continued delivery.
Virginia Mazur aged two near Rowley died when she crawled toward a backing truck and was struck by its rear wheels. The child had been sleeping and wandered from the barn to play, unseen by her father who was maneuvering the vehicle.
Bill Hoppe a Grundy county farmer has rigged a shower bath for his hogs. The porkers seem to enjoy it and take turns under the cooling spray as neighbors watch with amusement.
Poultry raisers should expect coccidiosis outbreaks in hot damp weather. Iowa State College extension poultryman W R Whitfield advises deep litter of 4 to 6 inches, stirred every two days, to build immunity and reduce losses. If an outbreak occurs keep chicks inside as moist ground favors cocci dia growth.
Special mining leases cover a large mineral area in South Australia where operations suspended years ago. Historical copper ore valued at over 65 million dollars had been mined there. Current major copper centers remain in Tasmania Queensland and New South Wales.
The pioneer era saw women fight hostile nature and threats from Indians as valiantly as men. Wyoming granted women the ballot in 1869, followed by Utah in 1870.
Uncle Sam urges workers to join payroll savings or monthly bond plans to buy U S Savings Bonds. Self employed can participate too. Small weekly allotments grow over time, example $3.75 weekly becoming $2163.45 in ten years.
Farm economist Francis Kutish of Iowa State College foresees good market conditions for late fall hog sales. A bumper grain crop yields affordable feed to push pigs to heavier weights, while fewer meat supplies and prior price drops support higher hog prices this winter. He also cautions many Iowa farmers may not feed for extra weight due to memory of February price drops and expectations of a smaller 1949 pig crop increase.
Nina Duryea on Algona street hailed by a driver in an Illinois car. A former pupil from 30 years ago greeted her at the curb. Roland Bechtum of Riceville, a WWII veteran, lost both legs in Germany and faces more misfortune as his custom car failed brakes near Grunday Center. no one injured.
John Haynes found an antique American flag bearing 45 stars while remodeling the Noske Harness shop in Bonaparte. The note mentions Utah as the 45th state admitted in 1896 and Oklahoma as the 46th in 1907, estimating the flag’s age between 41 and 52 years.
Advertising tips emphasize strategic placement to maximize impact. The piece notes how location, timing, and format affect reader engagement and response rates, urging readers to tailor messages for optimal visibility.
Ed Cott from Iowa State College advises home gardeners to dust potato vines with 3 percent DDT weekly to 10 days to control leaf hoppers and plant lice. He notes leaf hoppers attack undersides of leaves, causing brown edges and potential plant death with small potatoes. He also recommends 1 percent rotenone dust or nicotine sulfate soap spray and emphasizes applying to the leaf undersides.
Nellie Norton renews her Marengo Pioneer subscription and notes her father began subscribing after returning from the Civil War in 1865, with the paper never missing a week and delivering to the family since.
Iowa Falls Chamber of Commerce sent many free balloons with cards. One card traveled from Hurricane West Virginia over 660 air miles back to the area.
In Newkirk, 17 year old Audrey Boone started a kitchen fire using kerosene to intensify flames. She mistakenly obtained a gasoline can and sustained fatal burns.
The U S department of agriculture reports a new interior finish that resists water heat alcohol acids and grease. The finish uses a product derived from sugar called alljy sucrose from recent research.
The text lists veto statistics for presidents from Woodrow Wilson through Harry S Truman, noting counts such as Wilson 33 in eight years, Harding 5, Coolidge 20, Hoover 20, Cleveland 471, F D Roosevelt 627 in 12 years, and Truman 49 in 16 months, followed by an unrelated Want Ad remark.
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