This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
1
A city businessman combats a winter-long pest problem with a decisive end this week. The once frazzled leader, redolent with a hunter’s focus, ends the siege after a de-odorizing period, emerging with a brisk stride and a cautious smile at work.
Fragmentary notice cites a person named Charles Rayburn with a phone number 233 in Aurelia. Details are sparse but pertain to a sharpened saw or tool reference. The item reads like a classified brief or ad rather than a full article.
Classified notices list rental of typewriters at 150 dollars per week or 5 dollars per month in advance. The Sentinel newspaper advertises a rotary lawn mower for sale at 25 dollars. Other items include plow work and lawn mower sharpening offered by Hansen Shop in Aurelia, spring fries priced at 1 dollar each. Contact Hugo Hucke at phone SBIk4.
The Aurelia Sentinel lists pricing for classified ads at 10 cents per line with a 35 cent minimum, cards of thanks at one dollar per insertion, and foreign yearly rate of three dollars. It notes publication as a Thursday paper and second class matter at the Aurelia, Iowa post office.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.