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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
5
Advertisements and small town items detail store sales at Lewis and Kleeberger, clothing bargains, farm licenses, theater notices, visits to Okoboji and Fort Dodge, and local movements of residents including enlistments and travel plans.
Aulger Brothers presented their tent show on Saturday night featuring In Arizona and two street concerts in the afternoon and evening. W C Marsh visited Guthrie Center for a few days with daughter Mrs C W Person and granddaughter Frances, returning with them. Frank and Fred Jordan return from Detroit where they trained as aviation motor mechanics and expect service soon. Zoe Scott finished six months at Cedar Rapids business college and will work as a stenographer for Sinclair Packing Company in Cedar Rapids. G J Lewis and Arthur Krout went to Armstrong to hire a new clerk for September 1. L Moyer party continued to Okoboji for a week. Ronald Lewis and Wesley Stutz joined them at Okoboji. Mrs August Binchel and daughters Alma and Ella return from over two months visiting relatives in Estherville Jackson Minnesota Rock Rapids Carroll. The Ross Miller family moved from Jackson to Milford Iowa and visited them there.
The article details the shift from massive fortified works to small concealed pill boxes used in modern warfare. It notes German innovation in pill box design, their concealed positions, and the risk they pose to advancing artillery and air power.
President Wilson spends a brief half hour greeting Gordon Gray ten weeks old, the youngest visitor ever welcomed at the White House. Admiral Cary Grayson and Mrs Gray present their son in the Blue Room amid light chatter and smiles. California lumbermen urge wooden districts to withstand earthquake shocks.
Telegraphic reports from Hemet California describe the Vosburg hotel a frame structure surviving the earthquake while nearby brick buildings collapsed. Lumbermen note wood fiber resiliency allows it to twist and rebound without permanent damage though extreme shocks may bend but not crumble a wooden building.
A French Canadian private smuggled his ten year old son to France in his military kit bag. The boy was found at Boulogne and sent to Folkestone where police kept him. The soldier’s wife and child had followed from Canada to England. the wife died before France deployment.
The Farmers' Bulletin No 839 on cold pack canning draws more requests than novels as women seek home canning guidance. The government offers the bulletin free of charge and Woman's Home Companion endorses that, noting exact directions yield perfect results.
In a candid exchange two residents discuss Mrs Brown and a mounting scandal involving her husband. They mention Mrs Guadabout will speak, but the worst details remain unknown. The tone suggests local gossip rather than verified facts.
A dialogue contrasts women’s thrift with men’s. Mrs Styles argues women are more economical than men, while Mr Styles challenges the claim. The exchange touches on bridal attire and family tradition, noting brides sometimes wear their mother’s gown, but men rarely wear their father’s clothes at marriage.
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