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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1947
Page
2
Iowa State entomologist Harold Gunderson urges farmers to clean up farmsteads to remove rats and flies. He notes piles of lumber, garbage, cobs, and manure provide breeding and hiding places, and recommends elevating lumber, hauling waste to fields, and spreading material thinly to reduce costs and increase yields.
The variety package of dry cereals in individual boxes is back after wartime absence. Families can each choose their own cereal on any morning without keeping many family-size boxes open.
A visitor at an asylum is playfully challenged by an inmate who cups his hands and asks what is inside. The guest guesses a million dollars a boat a bathtub and a horse, but the inmate finally asks what color.
A father questions his son about a missing pen during a Sunday School collection. The boy replies that others have had luck, but warns the streak may end.
A boastful traveling tent-show manager visits Eugene Field seeking publicity. Field questions the man’s claim of success and self-made status, quipping by asking why he does not have more hair on top. The lighthearted exchange ends with Field's playful jab about the bald head.
A dowager seeks the famous Mary Garden to sing at a reception. They discuss fees over tea. The singer names one thousand dollars but concessions follow. The dowager insists on exclusive guest limits, prompting a counteroffer of five hundred.
A brief essay humorously explains income tax through a child’s perspective. The boy imagines a dog named Tax entering the house and opening the door, illustrating tax in a playful, unintentionally insightful way.
A melancholy individual accosts Mark Twain with the line that every breath causes a mortal to pass into eternity. Twain replies with a sharp quip about cloves as a counter suggestion.
Mrs Green asks a puzzle question about a female sheep. Mr Green replies with a light pun and a playful exchange about the clue. The brief joke ends with a smile and a pun.
Two pasteurization methods are described. The holding method heats milk to 143 to 145 degrees F and holds 30 minutes. The short-time high temperature method heats to 161 to 162 degrees F and holds 15 seconds, used in plants processing large volumes continuously.
Beginning in 1928 air freight aided Pickle Crow and Central Patricia gold mines in northwestern Ontario and later radium ore and silver sites near Great Bear Lake in 1931. Canadian freight jumped from about 2 400 tons in 1933 to over 13 000 tons in 1935 due to rising mining output.
A child narrator explains the Savings Bonds program in a positive tone, urging a father to join the payroll savings plan. The piece emphasizes automatic monthly purchases and a secure future for families. It notes that millions of nieces and nephews participate in the plan as well.
The Afton Farm Bureau conducted its regular monthly gathering Monday night at Center school led by Chairman Clyde Kudrle. New womens chair appointed as Mrs Clow. Mrs Gates resigned to pursue a county office. community singing led by Mrs Arthur Phipps. Al Griffith spoke on fly control and rat eradication. committee served a lunch afterwards.
Hanover residents report visits from the Witt family and others for Mother's Day at local homes. Henry Winterhoff and Herman Wrede hosted events as families from Aurelia Storm Lake and Windom gathered. A large group attended Edward Lehnhardt’s funeral in Aurelia Friday.
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