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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
1
Notice from The Aurelia Sentinel proprietor E. C. Lighter stating the paper does not stop at expiration and that subscribers who continue to receive it will be obligated to pay. Published weekly in Aurelia Iowa with second class matter status.
A team belonging to Ever ette Crane, Vail, ran into a train. horses sustained cuts and bruises, the wagon was wrecked, but no one rode in it. Also reports of 513 sheep mis-shipped to Wheatland and a Des Moines colt named Wait and See winning ribbons, traced to Chariton owner Dr. A L Yocum.
Christian Peters of Decorah, a 15 year old, has won 69 medals and numerous cups in two years, often the youngest competitor by about a decade. Neighbors prevented fire spread after a car backfired near a straw stack, saving nearby barns at Cedar County fair grounds.
Eighty Trappist monks at Mount St Bernard in Charnwood Forest vow to finish their church to mark the centenary of Cistercians in England. A 100-foot tower rises as the community, once IT workers, police, and a university football captain, prepares for consecration.
Washington report by the bureau of public roads condemns roadside billboards and stands as positive menaces to driving safety. It calls for control and wider rights of way to reduce distractions and hazards to motorists and pedestrians nationwide.
A year-old deer named Peter, tamed by CCC boys at Hamlin, roams Hamlin farms and School Street, breakfasts with families, and greets children on their way to school. The tame deer lies on laps, shuns other deer at Hamlin Beach, and accepts tobacco as its only vice, even riding in cars with amused motorists.
Boston reports surgeons in blue coats replacing white in City Hospital neuro surgical operating rooms. They say white uniforms create glare and distraction during delicate brain operations, risking impaired vision. Hospital officials expect blue to become standard for operating attire.
Lady Diana Taylour O B E inaugurates a gasoline service station at Post Corners north of Oakville Ontario. She is believed the first titled woman in the British empire to enter roadside service. She plans a tourist home and tearoom.
G Hi McMillan says planting trees and shrubs in gullied waste areas aids soil conservation and wildlife habitat. A survival count by Harold E. Arnold and Perry L. Thomas shows a 75 percent expected survival, reducing the need for replanting.
The piece outlines upcoming Iowa legislative races with 29 senate seats and 108 in the house, noting Democrats and Republicans vying for most seats. It then discusses Public Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer’s view on expanding the highway patrol from 125 to potentially 500, with funding ideas including a $1 yearly driver license fee to finance barracks style patrols to cut fatalities.
Tom Johnson, a blind man from Duluth, was reunited with his dog after an accident in Belmond. Dr. Coe saved the dog's life when it was thought the animal would not survive, and the pair are now together again.
The article notes a staggering figure of more than two billion pores in the human body and mentions the Sentinel as the authorized agent for Sioux City newspapers inviting subscription.
Gardeners can prevent dahlia bulb drying by coating bulbs with paraffin. Horticulturist L C Grove recommends a wax bath at 170 to 180 degrees using two thirds pail water and a cup of paraffin, then submerge bulbs briefly.
George Ham of Dyersville grows tomatoes by stacking stakes to 17 feet tall. Each vine yields a harvest large enough to fill a bushel basket, proving the method successful this season.
Walter Frank and Warren Will, brothers from Eagle Grove, have recently enlisted in the United States Army.
Wanted corn picking by the acre. Henry Haight in Aurelia seeks a mounted picker. Phone 1107 80-3.
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