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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
1
Revised note says giving is pricier than receiving and recalls the sun as the bright sky object. Moville Mail hints at an exit from current tensions if war with Mexico becomes necessary. It proposes Teddy Roosevelt challenge Huerta to mortal combat.
An editor recalls starting his business with 50 dollars and 25 years of frugality, good habits, and strict accounting. He credits his uncle's recent death for leaving him 99 999 dollars as the key factor in reaching an eventual net worth of 100000.
The Post Office Department now accepts parcels bearing the Do not open till Christmas legend for travel by parcels post. Previously such packages were not permitted and would incur the higher postage rate.
A Washta Journal columnist criticizes the wasteful system that costs the working man more to support idle inmates and the idle rich. The piece frames jail costs as an unfair drag on labor, calling for accountability.
The Sentinel increased to eight pages this week to accommodate a flood of holiday ads from Aurelia’s business merchants. The notice notes home merchants use printers ink to promote holiday goods, signaling active commerce and urging shoppers to review ads for gift ideas.
A Washington snapshot notes changing attitudes among lawmakers. Senators Poindexter and Hitchcock are cited as examples of evolving treatment of progressives and insurgents, while House leaders like Mann and Murdock face renewed scrutiny amid party dynamics.
The article notes rising profits from selling crops directly, cites 1910 30,000,000 cattle in the western range and 1913 23,000,000, and mentions Argentine beef imports. It discusses Guam adopting American cattle, tropical land use, and inland waterways and levee projects driven by Mississippi flood protection. It mentions debate over federal railroads in Alaska, Hetch Hetchy, Minnesota timber, and U.S. independence for the Philippines with a step by step approach.
The text notes the sovereign of 20 shillings first used around 1620. It mentions the largest coin in general use in England around 1600, the Robie valued at 15 shillings.
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