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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel prints notice and advertising details while discussing politics, tariffs, and farm issues. The piece comments on Free List passage, progressive lawmakers, and farmer concerns about machinery duties and meat prices amid regional trade context.
Edwin C. Trask recounts a Civil War rail raid in which a locomotive engineer leads a troop train and must outrun burning fire cars set to destroy a bridge at Turnerville. The perilous night trip passes jams, snags, and near-collisions as the crew battles flame and terrain to reach the bridge before dawn.
The narrator recounts an uncle George Chatsworth who despised doctors and disinherited him in favor of an opposing friend Peter Newman. To secure the inheritance the narrator persuades Newman to sign a doctor’s order, enabling medical attendance and the uncle’s death. After the uncle dies, Newman reveals his true feelings, and the narrator reflects on finally getting even with his adversaries.
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