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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel notes its ad rates and subscription at $1.00 to $1.50 for the Fonda Journal after July 1. It states rising merchandise costs and editor frustrations over newspaper pricing.
From The Iowa Homestead an account of farm wives striking over home equipment and conveniences. Wives gather at a farmer's home to demand improvements, stand united until demands met, and see improvements implemented improving county home life. Subscription offer attached.
A clerk reports six months of attempts to collect payment for the Yankee Special advertisement, totaling over seventeen dollars, with no reply. The office will now require cash in advance for all foreign advertising.
The 7th 8th and 9th of May are fixed for pupil examinations in district schools. Teachers must submit by April 26th the names of pupils recommended for admission to the examination. The May exam will follow the same format as prior sessions.
The article reviews congressional debate over the Underwood tariff bill with Republican minority lines, Payne and Fordney supporting protectionist positions, and proposals for referendums. It notes figures like Hinebaugh, Moorehead, LaFollette, and Ashley Worcester describing proposals on tariffs, constitutional amendments, and open conferences, plus other legislative items and political figures of the era.
Silver Township reports a quiet period with residents settled at home and busy with work. Mrs. Juber returned from Sioux Falls reporting friends improved but wet weather in Dakota. Mt Olive church hosts a May 6 meeting with Lewis McDonald speaking on Special Schools and a public audience is invited. The Mt Olive SS offers fifty copies of The World Evangel Hymnal for 25 cents each. For sale or trade, place a local notice.
Diamond E L Isakson and wife visit relatives in Diamond. Mrs Litts from Lake City visits at R H Heach home this week. Jed McConnell of Oklahoma visits friends in the area and Cherokee. A C Lanham at short horn sale in Richmond Indiana on April 20. Frank Nordstrom returns from Denver. Mrs Nordstrom improving. Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday with Mrs Robert Clemons of Galva.
Uncalled letters remaining at the Aurelia post office for the week ending May 12 1913 include Mrs E Lawrence H Hanken Marie Clark Wm A B Brewer Paulin Armes and W C Marsh P M
A humorous exchange lists family musicians with playful roles from blows to strings. Barbara Boyd urges readers in Chicago Post to embrace inner growth, seeking a daily moment with the Infinite to outpace daily cares.
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