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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
3
In Paton a 36 year old man, Wer ner Lindgren, arranged a dynamite charge that failed to detonate. He died the next morning from his injuries. Near Guthrie Center a 14 year old, Max Tearney, learned about dynamite caps and lost two fingers on his right hand and the tips of both thumbs.
Two enterprising youths try to secure financing from a Philadelphia banker. One goes in while the other waits. After a chain of receptions from secretary to office manager to junior clerk and finally the janitor, the promoter is escorted out. The partner asks what was gained and the response is that the banker has a system.
A magistrate hears a bizarre defense as a husband explains he struck his wife because she had her back to him and the back door was open. He says the broom was handy and the moment seemed ripe for a chance. The exchange underscores a tense domestic dispute presented in court.
The Rev C T Brady recounts a church tale about sacrifice to fund missions. A parishioner plans to donate instead of buying his book and Brady quips that she still gains the book’s reading, prompting a playful exchange about true sacrifice.
Ted Bentz, jailed member of the Baby Face Nelson gang, sent a parole request citing Luke 11 10. The state parole board answered with Luke 11 7 stating the door is shut.
The piece reviews Secretary of State Marshall's sobering Moscow conference assessment and calls for firm action. It notes the House cuts the Interior budget by 45 percent, and a $200 million foreign relief bill under American supervision. It discusses universal military training debates and the 1948 White House race shaping up with Truman and Republican strategies.
A frustrated customer mailed a railroad spike to his laundry after they kept shrinking his clothes. He warned they could not shrink it. The shop returned a small bundle containing a carpet tack with a note saying The heck we cant.
Well Mathhea remarks that a man fluent in six languages married a woman who speaks three. Mr. Jones notes the joke, while Mr. Brown calls it the right handicap in a light exchange of marriage wit.
Tenant notes fountain pen leaks during house showing while asking about children dog phonograph or piano and the agent responds about household details.
The Friends of Scouting drive in Cherokee county begins May 20 under EK P. Quirin as finance chairman. The Prairie Gold Council budget for 1947 totals 31,500 dollars for 19 counties. Local leaders include Lowell Nelson Marcus Aurelia Harold Nelson Quimby Cherokee and F R Ducammon Cleghorn.
Water from protein extraction may be reused to cultivate yeasts with high feed value for protein and vitamins in poultry rations.
Afton vicinity residents enjoyed a Storm Lake skating party last Wednesday evening. Local gatherings included card games hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Dale Sleezer and a reception for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gould in Alta on Saturday. Courtian visits and hospital notes, Farm Bureau plans, and social entertainments nearby are listed with several families hosting activities and friends in Cherokee Sioux City and surrounding communities.
Mertin Newbury of Fontanelle failed to clear a fence at Greenfield airport. His Aeronca struck high wires, crossed the road, and crashed into a road bank, leaving him with a fractured jaw a broken nose and a broken arm.
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