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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
1
Notice that the publication is published each Thursday and entered as second class mail at the Aurelia Iowa post office. It states the paper will not stop until subscribers notify otherwise and that continuing readers are obligated to pay for the paper.
The Iowa health department states fuel oil rationing will cause little hardship if all users cooperate. It urges households to operate heating units intelligently this winter and lists three main conservation steps to follow.
The department outlines insulation upgrades and vapor barriers to cut fuel needs by as much as 60 percent. It urges modest bedroom heating, a bathroom dressing schedule, warmer living rooms, cooler kitchens, and a 50 degree night target with draft control. It stresses health habits, exercise, sunlight, and nourishing food.
A historic manhunt tracked Mont brothers who robbed a mail train in Orceon on October 11, 1923. Collier’s notes worldwide outreach and detailed descriptions reached dentists jewelers oculists and librarians. The fugitives were apprehended in 1927 after a half million dollar search.
Indigenous peoples named the river deep and mysterious, with Jacques Cartier reportedly viewing its dark, wide floor from the narrow Tadoussac gorge before sailing on. The St Lawrence Estuary shapes the area as sea levels interact with Chicoutimi and Tadoussac.
First Grade uses Look and See primers and new workbooks. Autumn study finished. Jar lids and keys drive reward system. Arlo Mummert led with 127 lids, David Nelson 18 keys. Staff note Jerry Conley’s appendicitis and plans to send a surprise. Third grade reports on jar lid and key contests. Carole Larson wins key prize with 410 keys. Fourth grade covers teeth care, Magellan and Columbus studies, and a large scrap drive with winners Hallie Sauter and Dean Nelson. Junior high notes defense stamps, current events tests, and scrap metal contest results.
A retrospective column recalls events from ten and thirty years ago. Highlights include a high school football defeat at Kingsley, local residents visiting family in Iowa and North Dakota, aging citizens’ obituaries, and local business price cuts and construction plans. The items name Miss Arlene Glawe, Henry Glawe, W. P. Dawson, Mrs. Dawson, and others along with towns Aurelia Storm Lake and Hawarden.
Norma Nelson won second prize as Shirley carried in 11 flat irons and Betty brought in 5. Everyone did his part in the scrap drive.
Iowa Health Department reports pneumonia deaths down 14 percent in the first seven months of 1942 from 1941 totals. Through July 1942 there were 589 deaths versus 692 in the same period last year. Advances in serums and drugs plus earlier treatment are cited as factors.
Mrs. Ella Taylor sustained painful burns when a glass canning jar exploded in Cresco high school cafeteria while she was sealing a jar of hot soup during a school lunch canning program.
As schools reopen the article urges parents to teach children to cross only at intersections and look both ways. It advises walking on the left when on highways and to follow school patrols at busy intersections to improve safety, noting accidents can occur even in light traffic.
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