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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
2
Town of Aurelia Iowa publishes annual financial statement covering receipts and disbursements across General, Grading, Water, Sinking, Sewer, Improvement and Fire funds. It lists balances, warrants paid, and outstanding bonds, with notes on funds carried forward and unreimbursed warrants.
English swindlers milled through London and other cities amassing large profits from fake stock deals and confidence schemes. Victims ranged from stern businessfolk to a Paris import brought to London by air, losing tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds. The report notes women are harder targets for standard cons, though a high profile case saw a Parisian woman flown to London for a £49,000 loss.
A local mathematician reports Vienna faces a rising death rate now higher than births. Monthly figures show deaths exceeding births by 1 700, continuing a long decline. Last year fatalities, 867, edged past epidemics related deaths, 880, with current data indicating three personal crisis reports per hundred deaths.
An Iowa article explains the limits on the County Attorney s power to start or drop criminal cases. It notes prosecutions arise only by information with judge approval or by grand jury indictment and dismissal requires district court permission. The piece argues prosecutors must pursue indictments when Grand Juries vote them and ensure fair trials, warning against unchecked power and graft.
Regular council meeting in Aurelia Iowa is led by Mayor Largon with five members present. Minutes from the prior meetings are approved. Clerk reports warrants issued and bills against the town are examined and ordered paid to vendors including Schoonings Home Co and Iowa Public Service Co.
Mrs. George Passmore of Ames Iowa credits Konjola with dramatic recovery after months of weight loss and illness. She reports gaining 15 pounds after using four bottles and sleeping better. The ad claims Konjola uses 22 plant juices to eliminate poisons and restore organ function.
In Aurelia Iowa on April 14 1930 the town council appointed committees including Street Water Electricity Park and Dump Ground Weed Commissioner and all council members. Mayor C O Larson announced a special meeting to enact Ordinance MN 167 creating no board of park commissioners and Ordinance No 157 establishing a board of park commissioners.
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