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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1914
Page
1
Friday issue outlines postal details and advertising prices. It notes display ads at ten cents an inch and yearly subscriptions for one hundred dollars, with outside county rates of one dollar twenty five cents. A call to pay subscriptions appears alongside a New Year resolutions joke.
A quip warns motorists to beware quarantine for chicken pox and itch after a tongue in cheek remark about automobile owners facing quarantine for automobilious.
The Cherokee Democrat says American Protestant churches gave 16 398 000 dollars to foreign missions in 1913 and that money could have eased suffering at home among the heathen.
The community will learn about the Capital extension appropriation at the Farmers Institute in Cherokee on February 6. Governor Clarke will attend and defend the appropriation.
The Galva Tribune began the year with a new title letter and a four page home print, eliminating patent insides. This change follows a New Year's resolution and shows notable improvement in the paper’s fate, with hope the editor continues the reform.
A prison monthly edited and written by inmates at the Illinois state penitentiary was launched but none of the 1,500 convicts could print it. External hiring filled the printing need.
A Cherokee letter alleging faults of county officers and claims of an attempt to remove him from office is unsigned. The article reports no signatures and lacks verifiable facts, so the editors discard it, deeming unsigned communications unfit for publication.
The Sentinel received a letter from J L Blanchard of Cherokee criticizing both the council and the state legislature for imposing extra taxes. Space limits prevent printing the full piece this week, though it may be published later.
The editor highlights a shift from 52 to 80 for land assessments and backs a proposed 200 value at 80. A clipped exchange mentions moral lapses and public shaming among women who spread rumors about younger girls, condemning the scandal monger as profoundly vile.
Silver Township residents report a busy holiday season with visits between Aurelia Cherokee and nearby areas. The Mt Olive Young People society adds about 90 new volumes to the Sunday school library. A Dubes family New Year gathering, a diphtheria illness in a local baby, and recent social events at Mt Olive parsonage are noted. The community resumes ordinary routines as schools reopen and health remains largely stable aside from seasonal colds.
Leonard Peterson receives rural mail route No. 5 and will start work soon. John and Mrs. Benson welcome a baby boy four miles NW of Alta arriving Tuesday. W R Hatch’s new south Alta home nears occupancy with plans to move in soon. B A Colby will switch delivery to Portland Oregon via Sellwood. Mr and Mrs W H Helmeoth host about ten friends with an oyster supper last Sunday night. Chas Theorin, formerly of Sweden, dies at Cherokee state hospital after moving here years ago. Swan Nelson travels to Des Moines to help Freeman with infantile paralysis at the Methodist hospital. Mr and Mrs Hane Poulson celebrate fifty years of marriage with a large family gathering.
Roy Heusel of Cherokee Iowa suffered a severe eye injury during a shinny game when a club swung from a player and struck him in the eye. Heusel, about 17, remained unconscious at noon with doctors unsure of the full extent of his injuries.
Notice states a German scientist has made a discovery about a new harness. The brief item notes the claim and hints at its significance without technical detail.
Aurel ia couple Lulu Marsh and Oscar A Royer wed quietly at the bride's home as the clock struck seven. The bride a Aurelia school graduate and teacher, and the groom a local jeweler, plan a brief honeymoon after a breakfast reception. Public sale dates follow in this area with multiple listings through February.
Edward D Wall born November 30 1858 in Dyersville Iowa moved to Alta in 1885 and farmed south of town He married Abbie Evans January 15 1884. they had three children Muesel Lloyd and Beryl He fell ill farming near Campbell Minnesota over a year ago underwent stomach cancer surgery in Rochester then returned home and died December 23 surrounded by family He leaves a widow three children and four brothers George of Cheyenne among them
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