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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
3
An item from the Somerville Journal describes a long lived dog named Peter Jonkins with a chronic habit, a naturalist noting dogs’ breeding and tenderness of skin, and a peculiar account of canine behavior. The passage also mentions a patent medicine advertisement for shoe products and a quip about a pretty man, reflecting snippets from local life.
Mrs. Jesse Irvin of Nashville Tennessee extols Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female diseases. She claims demand runs from coast to coast and that thousands of grateful letters report relief. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for free advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
The editor of a Kansan paper says the printing office will be sold and the family may take to farming. He notes a fighter whose wife and children suffer, with a long, rambling account of a farm scene and misfortunes. The paragraph shifts to other fragments from New York Weekly and a medical advertisement, then to Capitol cooling plant plans and political delay in Congress.
A reader shares a testimonial praising Grape-Nuts as a scientific food that eases stomach trouble and digestion in hot weather. The writer credits improved health and regular meals after using the product with breakfast, toast, and Postum, urging others to try it.
Federal and local officers tracked two burglars sixteen miles from Montezuma after a post office robbery. Shots were fired but officers secured the drop on the suspects, recovering a pistol, stamps, and dynamite. $120 in cash was found on the men. The pair, aged about 40, were held in Montezuma jail. A Spring Wisconsin patrol car aided the pursuit. The crime followed a break in at the hotel where a side door was blown open with dynamite. Witnesses described two women seen near the scene prior to the burglary.
Mrs Roxie Launiberrs aged 46 and her son Frank Lounsberry 17 were killed when a Northwestern train collided with their buggy at a crossing Sunday. The buggy and horse were demolished, the train halted within yards, the son’s body lay near the engine, and the mother lay nearby after suffering massive injuries.
Farmers statewide report receipt of a bulletin on potato late blight from Dr. Pomme, noting its prior appearance in the east and urging controls. The bulletin aims to destroy the disease and prevent famine, with farmers expressing gratitude for guidance and methods to stop its spread.
At Webster City 120 Italian workers on the Wingts Central grating Jol quit work for hours. Police arrived as leaders were arrested to quell the near bloodshed. Six men discharged by the firm remain out. others forced back, with warnings of possible further trouble.
Clarence Kilby faced a brutal encounter in a Des Moines room when Bessie Lawson’s mother accused him of improper propositions. She locked the door and struck him with a cane until help arrived to release Kilby.
Indications point to a strong turnout for the Firemen's Benevolent Association tournament set for July 28 to 31. About 92 departments have signaled participation, with Muscatine and Marion expected to send the largest delegations, featuring 100 to 120 members each and running teams. Paid departments from Des Moines, Davenport, Sioux City, and others join in, while volunteer squads from Muscatine Cedar Rapids Mitchell, Onawa, Cherokee, Maple Grove, Seton, LeMars and Mapleton bring running teams and apparatus.
In Dubuque a large assembly of over one hundred coffin and casket manufacturers met to fix a price schedule for burial goods. They say costs for materials used in coffins have steadily risen this year, though profits remain slim.
City Marshal of Willama Meoth, while oiling a running engine, pried loose a hot, incrusted packing causing a superheated mass to explode. The blast struck him in the face and eyes, risking the loss of sight. Another official, City Marshal Ed Millsap of Williams, also involved in related incident during the same event.
Dave Annis, a Madison state university student, drowned when the yacht Be Georgia capsized in a squall on Lake Manawa. Miss Wooley Miss Clabough and Ben King, all from Onutha, survived after clinging to the overturned boat until a rowboat rescue. Annis reportedly tangled in weeds while trying to swim to shore.
A melee at the Mapleton City Hotel left three white men and a Black man from Centerville arrested by Marshal Greenough and brought before Mayor J B Scott. They received thirty days in jail after the brawl, reportedly connected to a laborer gang from the railroad.
Theodore Anderson of Storm Lake seeks 15000 in a petition filed Saturday, alleging injury from a collision with an Illinois Central train at a street crossing last February. He was in a rig when the cart was struck by a car, his horse killed, and he suffered arm and leg injuries. He claims the train ran faster than ordinances allowed and that the engineer did not take usual precautions.
The Oyenvoll child, six years old, died after her clothing caught fire while playing with matches near Sumner in Banks Township Fayette County. Her younger sister escaped by leaping into a creek seventy feet away, but the flames burned clothes off to the armpits and blistered flesh. In other items, Mrs May Benton Brown, 22, ended her life by swallowing carbide at Sioux City after unhappy marriages. Rev Father Liddy of Stone City suddenly went insane while waiting at Cedar Rapids station. A clam digger colony near a Mississippi encampment reported a large pearl found, claimed to be worth about 1200 dollars. A Washington man and Louise Criss perished when a residence burned two weeks earlier due to a gasoline accident.
A Saturday Evening Post piece reports quirks about ear size, heredity, and aging. It cites studies of over 40,000 ears noting growth through life, with larger elderly ears compared to middle age, plus a small ear cartilage remnant as a remnant of ancient anatomy. The item also recounts a War Department prank with a rubber-smoked cigar and notes on ship name brevity and Beethoven’s mother.
A brief, light dialogue features A Doss asking why a character is eager to meet her mother in law at the depot. The reply jokes about avoiding a public kiss, hinting at social comedy and domestic tension in a humorous vein. The snippet signals a stage or panel interaction with playful banter.
A San Francisco physician endorses Peruna for women, claiming it regularizes menses, cures leucorrhea and ovarian troubles, and strengthens the system. A North Carolina patient also reports life changing relief, while the ad highlights Peruna as a premier internal catarrh remedy trusted by doctors.
A scrambled Time to Come dialogue on electricity and the body hints at fanciful theories from Professor Loels. A Petoskey anecdote about a hotel boarder and a landlord delivers a pun about perch and chicken, ending with a note that the Atlantic Ocean gets its name from Mount Atlas.
A damaged ad-like fragment details claims that Doan's Kidney Pills cure urinary and kidney symptoms including sediment in urine, frequent urination, bedwetting, heart palpitations, headache, nervousness, and dizziness. It mentions a testimonial by B. C. Jones and a customer’s difficulty drinking water.
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