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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
5
Starting Saturday June 7 this sale features all new merchandise except items marked second hand with a limited quantity of many items. Customers are urged to come in early and inspect the assortment while it lasts.
Aurelia Iowa town council meetings from April to May 1919 discuss equalization and property assessments, appoint acting clerks, approve bills, and advance a sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plant. A key June 2 bond sale is planned with land purchase bid and engineer charges listed.
In a lighthearted tale, Jerry Stanton known as Little Boy Blue is revealed as conceited. Louise Gray sees through him and a nighttime eavesdropping incident leads to a broken prank, a fall near the pond, and a humbled reconciliation with a rescued kitten.
A critic argues children should develop character and leadership, not merely endure rigid schooling. The piece condemns mechanized, uninspiring methods that stifle originality, urging schools to foster initiative and curiosity in youths.
A fragment recalls 18th and 19th century fashion shifts and school rigidity, contrasting Prussian discipline with American schooling. It cites Watson’s Annals noting rapid fashion changes since 1817 and a second-hand vest bought in the East Indies that has remained usable despite being out of fashion five times. The passage ends with a quip about changing sounds of horns.
Report describes a surgical operation praised as brilliant showing the theory in action. Only the patient's widow expressed dissatisfaction, noted as the lone critic of the outcome.
In light dialogue neighbors discuss wartime job losses. Mrs. Flatbuck notes her husband and brother were thrown out of work by the war. Mrs. Bensonhurst adds a tale of a woman with two husbands forced from employment by blasts.
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