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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel lists weekly publication by E. C. Lighter, offices in Aurelia. Local ads five cents per line, display ten cents per inch, yearly subscription one dollar in advance, outside county one dollar twenty five cents, cards of thanks fifty cents. Telephone 704. Newsprint and mailing details noted.
Disputed reports on the Webb Kenyon law show railroads and express firms fearing penalties for shipments into dry areas while Kansas City papers claim personal use orders face no barrier. The law targets bootleggers and violations of local prohibition but leaves clear paths for private consumption in prohibition states.
The Webb liquor law ends wholesale whiskey shipments into dry states and communities while allowing personal use orders. Bootleggers dodge quality and drugged liquor for higher profits as debates grow over wet or dry status and federal policy. Congressional clashes over protection for American citizens and potential armed action follow Senator Fall and Senator Stone as the question sharpens.
The piece notes President Wilson weighs Mexican policy with cautious judgment, likening his meticulous approach to Ty Cobb. It also reports the Fonda Journal and Times will form a commercial club after the Big Four fair, and cites Brother Horner’s broadcasts urging local businessmen to act.
A local column defends newspapers for supporting community events from revivals to horse races while noting the cost of setting type and the pressures of filling pages with booster material. It argues that boosters are voluntary and not always credited, yet essential to publishing.
Interstate Commerce Commission releases statistics on rails showing 360,714 miles of track with 91,250 miles of yard track and sidings and 61,250 locomotives including 14,206 for passenger service. It notes 2,368,658 cars, 50,606 passenger cars, and 1,609,218 employees averaging 707 per 100 miles, marking growth despite criticisms. Nearly twenty billion dollars is invested in U S railroads with debates on watered stock and tariff impact.
Reports last week said J. F. Sellers sold his farm to Mr. Wills and the Georke Bros. bought Irving Graham’s farm. John Stubblefield bought a farm in Osceola county and will move in the spring. Mrs. Frank Minor visits her sister after nursing near Washta, then plans to return to Cherokee. The oat harvest is two thirds to three fourths of a crop. The Mt. Olive Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Juber’s with strong attendance. the next meeting will be at Mrs. Chas. Jones seven miles north of Mt. Olive.
The passage notes a revolution that spurred free expression, influencing Congress and the administration on Mexico. It mocks Secretary Bryan and Senator Lodge agreeing on a proposed Nicagaran protectorate, quipping that politics make strange bedfellows.
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