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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
2
Mt Olive area residents report visitors from Sioux City Storm Lake Aurelia and Cherokee. Local events include a Chas Bruce farm sale and Ladies Aid meeting with a bake sale planned for Cherokee October 7. Corn husking starts as communities gather for social and family activities.
Mr and Mrs Gregerson hosted a Friday gathering with many friends to honor Mr and Mrs Donald Mikelson. Gifts for the Mikelsons were numerous. Visitors included Mrs Clayton Mitchell and Mrs Ethel Matzdorff of Aurelia at Elk No 4 Friday. Albert Meyer and Keith and Wayne of Sioux Falls visited Fred Kolpin home Sunday. Meyer plans to move back to their farm March 1. Harold Toner of LeMars dined with W M Booth Saturday. Merle Nelson celebrated a birthday with a party Sunday. John Booth met with a business contact in Sioux City Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wm G Ruebsam and
LaMerne, Leonard Kolpin, and Florence Kraemer of Fairview visited West Bend on Sunday. Margaret Higgins spent the weekend at her parents' home in Dows City. County Superintendent Harrison of Storm Lake toured Elk schools last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hines of Aurelia visited the W. M. Booth home on Monday afternoon. Several neighbors began picking corn Monday morning.
Harold Miller wins reserve champion with a 36 cent per pound barrow selling at Soo City 4-H market pig show on September 19. Cherokee county pigs top classes with Ernie Nelson Merrill Ames placing in several weights as over 200 barrows compete against teams from nearby states. county consignments average over 9 cents per pound with only one pig under six and a half cents.
Seven of ten baby beeves entered by Cherokee County 4 H Club members placed in top divisions at the district show in Soo City The Angus calf that Merrill Ames won county championship placed fourth in its class Calves shown by Paul Grauer Leo Trapp Millard Dubes and Wilmar Dubes placed in fifth and sixth divisions More than 350 baby beeves were shown by clubs from South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa near Soo City Farm Bureau Exchange.
The Clay county fair dubbed the world's biggest county fair drew 115000 attendees and earned a profit exceeding 18000. Fair board paid about 3000 in premiums unpaid from the 1932 fair which had lost money amid the event.
Aurelia Iowa council met to approve last meeting minutes and pay general fund and sewer bills. Officers and several named employees received salaries while various labor and park funds were noted with small tributes and utilities.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration urges a coordinated cut in corn and hog production to align with effective demand. It notes hog output remains high at about 45 million federally inspected head yearly while pork and lard exports fell, pushing domestic prices to lows. credits parity goals for the Corn Belt.
Iowa State College expert H L Wilcke urges flock owners to tighten management to prevent colds, soup and chicken pox. He lists six steps: cull unthrifty birds, avoid overcrowding, regulate ventilation, keep windows open for sunlight, provide green feed, and disinfect coops. Emphasizes dust-free housing and fresh straw.
Cherokee County Farm Bureau Women start their new project year mid October with an emergency lesson on toy making. Township workers line up cooperators and local leaders for the year’s work. Pearl Sims, home demonstration agent, prepares the project material at the Farm Bureau office. Leaders aim to provide the most useful material to farmers under current conditions.
Madame Guyon counsels maintaining inner peace in all tasks to avoid haste. She urges practicing tranquil execution to retain self possession and settled peace.
Potato stalk borers are widespread in Iowa with hibernating adults in old vine stalks. Dr. C. J. Drake of Iowa State College advises burning all harvested vines in infested fields and removing related weeds to curb numbers. The pest cycles from eggs to larvae to adults within a year if stalks remain intact.
Iowa State College plant pathologist R H Porter urges early fall seed corn selection before killing frost to reduce disease. Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station tests show disease-free seed achievable with careful field selection rapid drying and proper storage. He notes dry rot pathogens like diplodia basiporium gibberella and fusarium attack ears in warm damp weather and stresses prompt drying and dry storage.
The article notes 22 Lancashire bells can be dated before 1550 with certainty. The oldest bell is at Claughton from 1200. Five or six bells are from the 14th century, a portion from the 15th, and six are dated to 1550 1600.
The Kentucky Derby entry window closes at the end of February for three year old thoroughbreds. Some stakes allow a mare entered before foaling, but this does not apply to the Derby.
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