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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
1
An oblique editorial voice laments high food and paper costs and delinquent subscribers. It recalls a beloved local keg with its bunghole full of cobwebs, joking that railroads and memories of the pony era fade as readers face price pressures. An advertising note ends.
A playful critique argues for unlikely wartime tactics and roles. It ponders a colonelcy as suitable rank, jokes about universal service, and jokes about using a shark in submarine warfare. It notes spring easing coal shortages while the ice man returns. It ends with a plan to feed troops raw onions to provoke a reaction.
Conley McLaughlin brought a Mexican geography lesson of national interest for Aurelia pupils. E. W. Hill offers an 1855 geography text for study with Mr. Hill’s permission. Miss Margaret Montgomery and Prof J. C. McGlae urge attendance at Thursday night meeting at Aurelia.
Names of pupils with no absences or tardies for the sixth month ending March 2 1917 in Aurelia schools listed by grade. Also tardy lists by student with counts and a separate section noting pupils with tardies in Grammar Room Second and First Intermediate Rooms and a single tardy entry in Second Intermediate Room.
A report cites Jonas Kuppenheimer of B Kuppenheimer & Co claiming paper clothing could replace wool as prices rise. He notes wood pulp could yield silklike neckwear and firm fabric for suits, though Rogers-Peet president Frank Turnbull doubts the idea. German experiments prompted interest.
J P DeVore uncle of Dr DeVore of this city dies suddenly in Omaha after a stroke. Burial set for Friday at 2 30 from Hennessey parlors with Rose Hill cemetery rites. Born in Stevenson county Illinois about sixty years ago he was unmarried and had lived with Dr DeVore. A piano salesman of ability and a writer, he leaves a circle of friends who mourn him. Also notices for red clover seed pricing and real estate loan services appear.
The county recount of the Scott Steele vote found a miscount in Nokomis township large enough to assure election of Mr Scott. The correction shifts about sixty votes to the Republican candidate. Steele supporters concede the votes, but contest chances remain uncertain.
The Cherokee county items report an injured Servian whose foot was amputated after burns and freezing at a cinder pit, the death of pioneer William Hempel in Rock township, legislative return of Rep. George Wilson, Kate Logan's possible national YWCA secretary post, Second Iowa infantry departure from Brownsville and muster plans, and the sale of Lauer & Rogers Auto Co. to Charles B. Headley.
A vivid sketch describes Sardinian shepherds in shaggy mantles believed to ward off fevers. The natives, though taxed and burdened by living costs, are harmless and avoid begging tourists, contrasting sensational tales of bandits with reality.
The judge questions the defendant about insanity at proposal. The defendant offers proof by asking the plaintiff to remove her veil so the jury can see her face.
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