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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
6
Local notes detail visitors and travels among families in Aurelia Iowa with stops in Des Moines Omaha Sioux City and Chicago. Numerous small updates include repairs at the Whitney coal sheds new roofs for the Aurelia Motor Co and a quartz shack demolition near Chamberlin. weather dries corn prospects. social events and meetings are noted.
A compilation from the Sentinel covers assorted town happenings. Guests and visitors include Dick Hartgrove of Sioux City in the C J Ammons home and Mrs W G Whitney with Miss Bess Pitcher visiting Miss Carrie Striker in Sioux City. George Wieland and son Keith visited Frank Wieland in Heron Lake Minnesota. Fae Baker of Mankato and Effie Allen with Edna Allen of Alta were callers at the M Parrott home. Byron and Mrs Nancy Sweet hosted visitors returning from California. Reverend Edwin Trigg drove to Sioux City and returned with his wife who was recently treated at a Methodist hospital. Mrs Helmer Carlberg and Virginia arrived home from Boone after a visit with Mrs Carlberg’s mother. Edwin Watts reports park painting completed. Coombs and Carlson Dairies announce price changes for milk and cream. Charlie Pruitt’s hospital status shows slight improvement. medical updates follow. Arlene Myer and Ruth Fierk return from Henry Myer cottage at Okoboji. Albert Fierk and family and Rosealie Johnson visit. John Galvin and Vernon Butterfield drove to Omaha to meet Mrs T J Donovan. Glenn Groth undergoes appendicitis surgery, later dies after a diabetic coma. Funeral plans announced. St L Carlberg shipping Buff Orpingtons to Animal Land Los Angeles. Buffaloes’ price framed against spring fry market. Frank Gerrets suffers a paving mishap on Main Street.
A worker fractures a small leg bone about four inches above the ankle when a cement block mishap at a crossing pinning his foot causes a fall. Fire dept responded to two rural fires: straw stack near Orville Erickson farm and a field of shocks oats between town and Alta.
The Monday evening bridge club met for a picnic at Miller Cottage Storm Lake and played bridge. Dorothy Fierk and Sunday school class picnicked at Wescott Park Cherokee. swimming at Spring Lake followed by lunch. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club met at Mrs. L. I. Christensen’s home. high scores went to Mrs. A. J. Krout and Mrs. B. C. Lighter. guests included Mr. A. A. Davis and Mrs. George Scott with an elaborate lunch served. Mr. and Mrs. M. Parrott celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with all six children, twelve grandchildren, and three great grandchildren present. Circle No. 2 of the M. E. Ladies Aid held a one o’clock dinner in church parlors. attendees included many from Alta, Slayton, Aurelia, Balaton, Sibley, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other locations. a basket of flowers was presented to the honorees by the children.
California restricts game shooting with a ban on night operations and chemical use to protect wildlife. The law targets night shooting practices and prohibits chemical agents in hunting statewide.
An irregular excerpt from the American Legion Monthly shows an assembly speaker reacting to students and faculty. The text contains garbled names and phrases, making the scene hard to interpret yet depicting a tense exchange after remarks.
A late week column in the Sentinel features wedding stationery with a playful line about a friend who shoots a plate of hemp soup without spilling a bean, noting her perfect control.
The text riffs on quirky bequests such as four old stockings and odd items to relations in a will. It mentions Tarles, Lieut John Stone, and a cousin, plus a tale where stockings supposedly hid gold, echoing Shakespeare’s famed second best bed clause.
In New Orleans a group of old Duelling Oaks stands in a city park tied to the French code of honor. The trees mark historic rendezvous sites where affairs of honor were settled just outside the city.
For Sale all classified locals 10c per line for first insertion. Farm for sale 80 acres improved in northwestern Buena Vista County. Must be sold to close an estate. Edward Nelson Lobd Mc Knight building Minneapolis Minnesota. 18-4
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