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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
1
Aurelia Sentizel notes the local paper weighs in on the 1890 Senate contest between Kenyon and Lafe Young. It cites Kenyon’s past positions on Canadian reciprocity and contrasts with Young’s consistent public stance. The item urges readers to consider crop failures and agricultural concerns echoed in the region.
The Alta Fair reports accidents at the Fourth celebration including a merry go round incident and bleacher collapses. July 1 marked a dry day as 18 counties 88 towns and cities join the ban totaling about 300 saloons closed. Bootleggers face tougher times as authorities watch for enforcement.
The Marshalltown Times Republican reports Cummins aiming to defend the original bill against amendments. He accuses a print paper trust of controlling the industry and argues free pulp from Knox’s Canada deal should stand. He foresees tariff revisions before senators travel to the lakes and proposes Canadian imports to balance Western needs.
Collier’s Weekly argues that insurgent calls to force tariff cuts risk tainting Taft and repeating Payne Aldrich era mistakes. It cautions the Old Guard to avoid pressuring vetoes and delaying commissions. The piece stresses careful, targeted reductions and warns against political games by Cannon and other leaders.
A lively reminiscence notes wagers on hitting birds with a thousand dollars up for grabs and the craft of the champion using a ten pound twelve gauge with No 0 shot. It recalls English rivals, shell debates, ball tossing feats, and a seven hour display totaling tens of thousands of shots in a single outing.
Strenuous times surrounded the early French encyclopedia work with repeated stoppages and a Bastille imprisonment of the printer. Final proofs were slashed and manuscripts burned before discovery by Diderot, while contributors remained unaware of the censorship. The London Chronicle recounts Voltaire and Mme de Pompadour at a Trianon supper, highlighting royal ignorance and later royal reclamation of confiscated copies.
The bearded woman is not fiction. A bearded woman was captured by Russians at Poltava and shown to the czar. The beard exceeded a yard. The great Margaret, governess of the Netherlands, wore a long beard. Mile Boes de Chene, born Geneva 1834, exhibited in London 1853 at eighteen. Several other bearded women cited with contested authenticity.
The passage discusses how in Korea and Manchuria women often lack personal names or bear only nicknames. It cites E Q Kemp and notes Christians obtaining baptism can lose or lack a distinct name, altering their sense of dignity.
A fragmented excerpt weighs on idleness and sincerity as a misfit narrator muses on waking without purpose. The words sketch a hazy struggle with ambition and earnest living, hinting at a solitary, reflective mood from an odd past voice.
A Briton introduced a famed salt shaker to Spain, overcoming local reluctance. Displayed in a jeweler’s window, it attracted interest and led a Standard buyer to adopt the product. Soon the shaker and the specific salt brand became customary, creating a thriving business with little competition.
A Constitutionnel paragraph reports M Thiers meeting the king at the Tuileries to form a cabinet. A joked reply says I can wring your neck like a turkey. Another note says the Rue du Pot de Fer killer was arrested, with a mock homage to loyalty.
Senator John Warwick Daniel of Virginia is praised as the last of the old fashioned orators. He gained fame not for his law books or routine speeches, but for two masterful orations on Lee and Stonewall Jackson delivered before entering Congress, lauded as perhaps unmatched in world literature.
A Cam island pond near Grantchester known as Byrons pool attracted student bathers. Historical notes from Cambridge show bathing was frowned upon by authorities with public flogging and potential expulsion for repeats, echoing practices described by Edward Conybeare in his cambridge writings.
A New York stage manager laments a sunrise effect in a musical show while a scene painter asserts that audiences in New York understand little about sunrise. The exchange highlights differences in theatrical design expectations.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript recalls a university lecture where a professor discusses the moon. The dialogue shifts to a morbid scenario about a corpse as part of a late night contemplation.
An urchin and starfish clash with spines and a dramatic stomach devouring scene. The starfish wounds the urchin’s defenses then consumes the carcass, later expelling bones and spines as digestion proceeds. The starfish regains normal function after digestion.
A dramatic tale of alpine danger where a guide sacrifices himself to save companions. The unnamed guide, tied to others on a rope, cuts the line to prevent a fatal fall, choosing a lone plunge over dragging his partners into the abyss.
The London Spectator recounts George Dyer famed for a past incident in Erin’s house, Colebrooke row, and his habit of endless storytelling. It notes Dyer’s friendships with Leigh Hunt and Lamb and a breakfast visit where butter knives and teapot spouts were missing, reflecting his quirky character.
The list ranks Greenland, New Guinea, Borneo, and Madagascar by area with rough estimates. Greenland leads at about 850,000 square miles, followed by New Guinea 212,000, Borneo 280,000, and Madagascar 230,000.
A Chicago News item quotes a sergeant at a Cannon Street recruiting station who says he prefers married men for enlistment. He argues married soldiers require less training to obey and implies single men need more instruction.
A terse exchange between a husband and wife in a Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt speaks to social tensions. The husband jokes about going to a moving picture show while the wife laments not having suitable attire.
A fragmentary notice describes a young man accused of an assault at a local eatery. The report mentions a confrontation with a daughter and a fledgling attacker, with unclear names and details due to the damaged text.
A humorous discussion of language quirks between English and Portuguese as observed by an American in Portugal. It notes walking usage, terms for weather, furniture, clothing, and everyday actions, with examples of false friends and misused words, plus remarks on social etiquette and translation pitfalls.
A curious street encounter involves two seven year old boys giving playful yet unclear responses when asked for their names. One says Soda and the other Nine, with odd phrases about twins and mispronounced letters.
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