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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
Local notes report shop and farm business visits in Aurelia with trips to Sibley Okoboji and Spirit Lake. The column lists family travel, lumber and coal buys, a new drinking fountain, building lots for sale and community notices plus a ball game and weather.
The article notes the world radium supply totals about five ounces valued at 15.6 million dollars, with annual production near one ounce. It explains usage in clock faces and minerals, locates mines in Paradox Valley Colorado, and describes ore transport to Orange New Jersey for processing with shipments of 250 tons yielding less than a gram per shipment. It also mentions subscription renewal for The Aurelia Sentinel.
For Sale two bottom self lift tract or gang by J B Pierce. Found pair of gold rim glasses at First National Bank. For Sale or Trade a Dodge ton and a half truck in good running order. Og Jones.
The Conscript Mother, a patriotic book, will be reviewed by the pastor next Sunday evening. Special patriotic music by the choir and a solo by Mrs. Lloyd Scott will be performed. The morning sermon titled A Mighty Combination will discuss what man and God together can achieve if effort is made. Everyone is invited.
We the undersigned agree to close our places of business Saturday evening July 2 and keep them closed until July 5, allowing our clerks and ourselves the privilege of an all day holiday July 4. Public notice will be given in the local paper and our establishments. W. A. McLaughlin. Carlberg Bros. First National Bank. W. A. Bischel. G. R. Wharton. O. A. Roger. Geo. Garber. G. J. Lewis. Farmers National Bank.
The Ludlow street jail faces closure as Sheriff Knott urges moving inmates to other city institutions to save about 41000 annually. The plan sparked a "save-the-jail" campaign with sentiment among former residents, noting the jail’s 1860 Tweed origins and notorious occupants including brokerage figures tied to Genera Grant and Whitaker Wright.
The narrative highlights Wallingford as a site of sporting spirit and solidarity among prisoners who contributed $100 to fireworks on the Fourth of July. It extols Ludlow as a hub for men who reject subservience to the "weaker sex" and cites poets actors journalists bankers and laborers who gathered there to oppose alimony payments.
Horace Walpole died March 2 1707, leaving a collection at Strawberry Hill that included a Cellini bell for Pope Clement VII and Dee's Shew-stone. The four week sale dispersed the treasures as the age of enlightenment moved on and the famed home emptied amid crowds drawn to its famed trifles and Pyramid of nothing.
The Part of Wisdom quotes Film Fun humor about a new comedy where pies and brickbats are to be thrown by lady stars. The remark notes a playful collision of costume and stunt work in the production.
Mrs Dibley asserts D W Griffiths invented the closeup. the note questions who Griffiths is and hints at a dancing master link.
A reflective prose piece urges recognition of inherited liberty and the enduring value of freedom. It honors brave forefathers who fought for the nation’s independence and prosperity, urging gratitude and continued appreciation for the freedoms now enjoyed.
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