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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
4
Community snippets list shop offers and local events from Aurelia Iowa with names of residents and churches. It notes tax payment deadlines, Legion Auxiliary meeting October 4, church activities, visits by residents, school enrollments, open duck and geese season starting October 1, and rail rate changes affecting livestock shipping.
News notes speak of weather damage to tender plants this Thursday morning. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Mahoney and Loren visiting Mrs. Claire W. Reeve from Sioux City. B L Troup traveled from Cherokee to Paris Illinois for his father’s sudden death. H H Lockin attended a Northwest Iowa M E church conference trustees meeting in Sioux City. Birth announced of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherman in Imola California on Sept 13. Frank Welch and Mrs. Ed Bundy visit from Primghar. Oscar Sansen and Andrew Buma injured in a Sunday afternoon car crash near Alta. Oscar with two broken ribs, scalp and body cuts. Andrew with scalp wound and bruises. Norstrom driver uninjured but car damaged.
John Walter Mongan 98. Survived by widow Melissa and seven children. Born in Fairplay Maryland August 16 1884, moved to Iowa at age 11, married 1904 to Melissa McQuinn. Funeral at home and Congregational church Aurelia with burial in Aurelia cemetery.
Card of Thanks from Mrs. J. W. Mongan and Children for kindness and flowers. Methodist Church notes list services with Pastor W. H. Welch and the schedule: Sunday School at 10 00 morning service 11 00 Epworth League 7 00 evening service 8 00.
H S outlines football games with locations and dates from September 23 to November 25. Opponents include Cleghorn, Holstein, Washta, Kingsley, Marcus, Schaller, Marathon, Linn Grove, Sutherland, and Alta with home and away designations. The schedule shows nine away and two home games across October and November.
Mr and Mrs Wm Sleezer and families spent Sunday in the Campbell home near Winterset. Earl Zwick and George Zwick households joined Verne Zwick near Sutherland for a Sunday visit. Dyslin party vacationed in Elk Point South Dakota. Whitig Mongan and family called on Wm Dreyer. Jenkins of Washta stayed at George Zwick's.
Mrs. K C Dagger hosted a bridge evening with three tables. prizewinners were Mrs. Jack Grapenthen and Mrs. Roy Maczdort. Lutheran Ladies Aid met at church parlors with lunch by Mrs. Ed Wogahn. W F M S met at Mrs. O B East for a program on Law Observance and readings led by Rev. Trigg and Mrs. Fae Fraser.
Mrs Walter Holtz spent Tuesday at the John Holtz home near Hulstein. Fred Radke and family visited August Miller in Galva Monday. Radke and Wm Speckerer with Arlin called at Alta Wednesday. Adolph Loeb of Galva visited Lester Kolpin’s home. William and Hinkeldey relatives traveled to Lakefield Minnesota then Aurora South Dakota. H Otto Sr and wife visited Miller family Galva. Richard Kolpin welcomed a baby daughter born Tuesday September 22.
A humorous household scene centers on Mr Younghair preparing a sauce that tastes oddly like furniture polish. His wife calls it cabinet pudding as the couple jokes about the odd flavor and kitchen mishap.
A playful exchange about scrambled eggs turns on tasting shells. One person jokes about ground glass while the other insists they can fix the recipe, noting the shells in the mix.
The guidebook hints at a hairpin curve nearby but the locals say the road has been bobbed. Elsie and a hopeful suitor discuss fate as she scorns marriage after days of knowing him while he reveals two years in the bank where her father works.
In this brief ad reveal Farmer Corn tosses says they are advertising, while a passerby notes discovery of an underworld down to Goldurn Corners. The Washington Star captures a humorous exchange over promotional efforts.
A mother and child exchange a humorous quip about being “the most trying child” the nurse has ever seen. The cartoonish dialogue highlights a playful parental moment.
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghini noting constituents now demand explanations over handshakes, reflecting a shift in public engagement as lawmakers face increasing calls to public discourse and accountability.
A Fargo youth asks about many women preachers in the United States. The Tribune editor, looking at his wife's photo, corrects him with a wry remark that many women preach beyond pulpits.
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