This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
1
Published every Thursday and entered as second class matter at the post office at Aurelia Iowa. Display advertising per inch ten cents. Haphazard insertions per inch twelve and a half cents. Locals and readers per line five cents. Cards of thanks fifty cents.
The snippet lampoons patriotism and power while listing town supply items such as remittance books calendars wall pockets carbon paper and typewriter ribbons It contrasts political figures Judas and Benedict Arnold with a stray reference to a disbanded law and order league and hints at inflationary concerns.
A humor filled snippet features sharp witticisms on citizenship thrift and politics. Observations range from American boys evolving leaders to the irony of high living costs and foreign policy with Austria. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek math gag about sawdust yielding sugar.
Aurelia items note taxes due at First National Bank and shoe sales at Harris While W. M. Gifford visits Cherokee Mrs Richard Mongan and daughter Mabel tour Cherokee and Mrs Wm Fierk visits Manson. Edison phonograph sale at A A Parker. various residents travel to Sioux City Waterloo Meriden and Peterson A meeting of the Cemetery Association is set for March 31 Bids invited Water over grades disrupt rural routes with two near drownings and Maple River flooding at two and a half feet
Smith asks about Jones son age and learns he will turn twenty one tomorrow. Jones replies the son is a credit to him, noting years spent raising and years spent scolding. The exchange underscores parental effort and humorous impatience.
Methodist notes urge careful study of scriptures and group learning as lasting, essential for all ages. The piece cites Jefferson and Franklin, praising Sunday schools for retaining students through life and guiding even the world’s greatest men. The pastor announces services with morning subject The Shepherd of the Sheep and evening Commending an Essential Virtue.
At a social club Mrs Diggs reads various papers while her neighbors tease that Professor Diggs authored them. She counters that he never opens his study windows, implying his alleged involvement is a joke rather than fact.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.