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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel lists advertising prices including display per inch and locals per line plus reader cards and subscription rates. The note mentions a humorous relief with 1921 described as looking like any other year.
A light reflection on friendship and the busy life of editing a country newspaper, noting how friends are scarce when needed most and how work consumes time that could be spent in leisure.
A collection of aphorisms and musings reflecting optimism for the new year. The piece notes patience can bring success and mentions life and death with a playful touch. It contrasts immigration and emigration in a wartime context as a principal difference.
A terse adage urges constant labor as the key to steady wealth while warning that persistent temptations may siphon savings from a diligent earner. The piece underscores diligence over short cuts in preserving cash.
Judge Gary of United States Steel Corp predicts a long period of wonderful prosperity for the nation. He declares confidence in industrial growth and urges staying the course to reap gains.
The article notes the Hardings will reside in the White House following the aviator's oath of office, signaling a presidential transition and the arrival of the new administration in the capital.
A humorous reminiscence about a child named Johnny struggling to pull on a shirt. He asks his mother how he will manage to wear wings as an angel and still get his shirt on. The anecdote captures a playful look at a child’s innocent confusion about future angelic traits.
Summary of local items including Earl Allen returning to touring in the Sioux City area for a wholesale route. Dr J H Burlingame plans a Florida winter trip after Red Cross work in Washington. Fred Rupp wins first prize for best half bushel of shelled corn at Ames state show. Marriage licenses issued for Ray S Pierce and Marion C Swindle of Cleg, Geo T Wiese and Wilma L Rollison of Holstein and Quimby. A sheriff search for a Martland robbery suspect follows a burglary at F L Martland drug stores with 216 dollars stolen plus checks. John Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs A M Wilson, gains notice as an upcoming artist with a large oil painting in the public library.
A short office supply list from The Sentinel offers remittance books order books calendars wall pockets and fans available locally rather than out of town.
Juanita finds a stray kitten that follows Jack and sells it to him for five pennies. Her mother scolds her for selling what isn’t hers and Juanita excuses it by saying the kitten will go home when it gets ready.
A brief locals column reports a quick sale of tote items at a neighborhood market. Vendors include several small shops and independent sellers. The event drew hopeful buyers amid sunny conditions and steady foot traffic.
New York informed Maple Valley residents that their son Martin Plog’s body will arrive for permanent interment. Francis Hickey and Alches Pile wed at Storm Lake Catech church with close relatives present. Rev C F Stark and Minnie Johnson united in marriage on New Year’s Day at Otto Johnson home. Clara Johnson and Charles Hammer married at Swan Johnson home with Rev Mark Masters officiating. County fair association annual meeting elected same officers Lewis Christiansen president J A Penn vice president Roy H Wilkinson secretary G F Trunckwell treasurer. The fair earned about 3200 last year with 8000 spent on permanent improvements, adding to a debt.
Public notice announces a court ordered sale of specified land parcels in Cherokee County Iowa. Referees J E Peterson and A B Tullakson schedule the sale for February 5 1921 at 2 PM with cash terms of 1000 dollars at sale 7000 dollars on March 1 1921 and balance by March 1 1922 at 5 percent interest.
A Cincinnati Times-Star column laments returning to routine after a vacation. It contrasts past freedom with modern desk life and mocks the idea of work as a harness. The piece notes the boss’s summons as a reminder of daily toil.
The London exquisite seeks side whiskers as a fashion shift from the regulation military mustache. British young men grow tufts before their ears, a change praised by some and frowned upon by others, recalling prewar style revived amid wartime constraints.
Statistics from the health and accident underwriters' conference show 11,087,000 injuries and 150,000 deaths annually. Insurance men fault personal carelessness and rapid speed as the prevailing dangers.
Fragmentary lines reveal a terse exchange about a vacation. A terse reply suggests a quiet getaway, mentioning an advertised quiet place and a brief, unused report of travel.
Detroit News reports the London County Council plans to remove the area famed from Oliver Twist. Bill Sikes’s house on Eckett Street near Bedmondsey’s docks will be razed as part of district improvements. The site sits beside former water channels once feeding Thames mills and tanneries now vanished. Jacob Street preserves the sixteenth century name linked to a large house and garden once central to the area.
Scientific American Monthly notes sealed air cabins to reach great heights. Guglielminetti and Dr Garsaux back the idea of enclosed air at atmospheric pressure for pilots. Louis Breguet’s airbus seats twenty seven in a cigar shaped metal fuselage. It could fly 620 miles with passengers or 4030 miles with crew and cargo at 106 mph, no oxygen tanks required.
English travel costs in 1812 show inside passengers from London to Glasgow paying about 52 dollars while London to Newcastle cost roughly 28 dollars. Meals and generous tips to guards and coachmen added to the burden, highlighting expensive railway era origins.
A London Chronicle correspondent returns from a walking tour to find English village inns filled with returning soldiers who recall French estaminets. The bar talks concentrate on war memories and French phrases like Encore de biere and fint to signal refusal to drink.
A Milwaukee woman spots a purse dropped by a passerby and discovers the stranger is her long-lost sister of fourteen years. The sisters reunite and return to the woman’s flat, where a startling twist reveals they had lived within a short distance for a year.
Scranton manufacturers produced a tailor made pair of overalls for a man in Memphis described as nine feet four inches tall and 540 pounds. The garment uses twenty five yards of material with a 106 inch girth and hip pockets large enough for watermelons.
Sailors joke about pitching pup tents as the best part of the day. One quips exhaustion stems from hard work while another says the humor keeps spirits up amid routine duties.
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