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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
5
Annual road fund accounts show receipts from county treasurer and poll taxes, with detailed disbursements for labor, culverts, tiling, bridge materials, graders, and clerks’ percentages. Cedar Township records receipts of 1,677 85 and disbursements totaling 1,677 85, with balance on hand 1,156 73.
Cherokee to Diamond and other townships report receipts from county treasurer and balance on hand for 1910. Records detail cash received for taxes and cemetery lots, and expenditures for labor, materials, culverts, gravel, cement, and road supervision. Totals, balances, and overages are itemized by township and fund.
A fragmented treasurer balance sheet lists state funds for State University State Agricultural College road and school districts. The page shows multiple township and IND district funds including teachers' and contingent funds, road funds, city funds, and various bonded and overdraft items with totals across townships and districts.
Tests compare pulling strength of animals and people. Two horses weighing 1 600 pounds each pulled 3 700 pounds, bigger than their combined weight. One elephant at 12 000 pounds pulled 8 750 pounds, less than its weight. Fifty men at 1 500 pounds pulled 8 750 pounds, equal to the elephant and greater than their own sum. One hundred men pulled 12 000 pounds.
In a FarceTheater quip, Rich Bunker taunts his daughter's suitor that his main appeal is the 80,000 marks her marriage would bring. The suitor responds with disbelief in a witty exchange from Fliegende Blätter.
A town observer notes Biggins displays strong self confidence after purchasing an encyclopedia. The remark suggests he believes he can know more than others at will, reflecting a boastful attitude amid neighborhood chatter.
A speaker cautions against boasting about age, advising both young and mature men to keep their years private. He argues that society prefers seasoned individuals and that talking about age can harm reputations regardless of ability.
A quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte argues that suicide is never justified by present hardship alone. It suggests life comprises past present and future and urges perseverance, noting only someone certain life will never change could claim a right to end it.
Address to Students at St John's College Shanghai extols Chinese orderly conduct, honesty, respect for elders, and strong family values as evidence that China already possesses key elements of national greatness and welfare. The speaker links these traits to reliability in business, propriety, and respect for character and intellect.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues smugglers include women who see fines as merely costly, view detection as impertinence or joke, and prefer to avoid publicity. It contrasts them with others who would not shoplift, noting some travelers resist duties while wealthy may pay without embarrassment.
A Farrago of reflections on virtue by Fenelon and a teacher of cookery urges practical humor in kitchen habits. The piece argues great deeds demand preparation while everyday choices test character and kitchen science can improve food quality.
A judge in vacation court granted leave to serve a short notice of motion after counsel noted the golf delay. The incident was described as the applicant’s excellent tee shot occurred just before the decision, with the judge acting before taking a putt.
A clipped Harper's Bazar excerpt contrasts dangerous opinions with a quip that a five dollar bill is meant to be changed, illustrating satirical social commentary on value and ideas.
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