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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
2
Local note from Aurelia Sentinel recalls the Merrill Record’s nineteenth birthday as the paper touts its age and value. A mix of town news, editorials on national politics, Methodist church updates, and booster contests fills the column with reflections on governance, Prohibition era concerns, and community events.
To each contestant bringing in ten new or renewed subscriptions from Aug 12 to 26, a $5 clock will be awarded. The plan aims to cover the county before the final date, open to all and with votes counting on the piano as well. A few minutes daily could win a clock and a piano prize, with the office ready to guide covers in uncovered areas.
A column quotes Beecher and various figures noting that hard fought victories come from adversity. It urges embracing misfortune as a step toward greater effort and warns against passivity. The piece highlights resilience and readiness for opportunity.
Twenty one years ago a spring colt died after escaping from John Murphy when a companion was lost. The batson family reunion in this county draws several siblings from Massachusetts New York and the west. Local bank official moves and a Aurelia Cherokee baseball game ended 19 to 24 with Aurelia losing.
626 acres located 20 miles from Estherville and 3 miles from several small towns. Level land mostly in crop with 8 room house, large 40x60 barn, granary, hog house and other outbuildings. Two wells and windmill. Black loam soil with clay subsoil. Priced at 80 dollars per acre with 25000 in trade considered. Good terms. Geo E Patterson Land Co Estherville Iowa.
Notice of dissolution for Aurelia Town Land Company, once based in Aurelia Cherokee County Iowa. Filed articles of incorporation December in Cherokee County and recorded, now dissolved with consent of incorporators and stockholders. Dated July 25 1706. Moses Migniinerct, 105. Murimert Ales Provier, directors. Stockholders listed.
Bill Nye explains comets as thin, hairlike cousins of planets with nuclei comas and tails. He recalls 1680s and Encke and Caesar, notes periodicity and resistive theory, then urges readers to pay subscriptions and face celestial dangers without fear.
A London M A P anecdote recalls Lord Crewe dozing in a charitable event while coins dropped from a balcony. He woke to pocket the silver and pelt the givers with cents, a humorous image of opportunistic humor in a crowded hall.
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