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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
1
Subscription rates are listed for Cherokee county and surrounding areas with foreign options. The column also notes display and local advertising costs per inch or line and includes a miscellany of wry observations on topics from luxury taxes to the rumor of beer ice cream.
The piece questions postwar tensions with the Roumanian army in Budapest and Yugoslav troops at Fiume while noting Bolshevik spring drives. It contrasts wartime scarcity with high local prices in France and lists steep costs for coal butter beef eggs and milk in the county.
Notice states the Farmers Elevator Company of Aurelia Iowa amends article three to raise capital stock to fifty thousand dollars from twenty five thousand dollars with stock at fifty dollars per share. Amendment adopted April 1 1919 and filed with Iowa secretary of state and Cherokee county recorder. now in full force. O C Jones president.
James Vandever appeared before Justice Jon. Green on a charge of illegally importing liquor from another state into Iowa. County Attorney Lew McDonald prosecuted. Vandever was found guilty and fined $100 plus costs, which he paid.
A political dispute notes a supposed championship bout. The referee counted ten and exhausted candidate could not demand a recount. Ads from Sentinel imply convincing circumstances surrounding the contest and the first politician's assurance.
A whimsical item notes a grouchy mood and playful quips about wearing the gramophone or its image. Theshort piece uses light humor to reflect social feelings and casual theater or newspaper style.
E W Clemons sells stake in Hetrick Clemons to F Gallaher of Alta. Mrs D S Fox dies at Alta home May 2. Anton Peterson to build three new south Alta residences. two rented, third awaiting renter. Elizabeth Schott wedding to Aage Eskeldsen at Nokomis township. Oscar Hallengren sells 240 acre Sam Tutt farm at Maple Valley for 325 per acre to C E Gustafson of Cherokee county. value up $20,400 since last sale. Four local marriages occur April 26 in Davis South Dakota near Fred Fiemuth home. School lists local students with perfect attendance in Aurelia schools for May 5.
A wounded soldier from the Struma is evacuated to the coast and put aboard a hospital ship bound for Blighty. On departure he gazes at the Mediterranean with wonder shouting his excitement to friends and warning others to watch a swimmer.
Miss Brooks a village schoolteacher handles mischief and a forbidden engagement as Ed the soldier returns home. Jimmy hides gum and mischief, while Dick plans a surprise visit, stirring secrets and loyalty in the classroom.
Dr. Edward B Bigelow describes how witch hazel seeds shoot far, with experiments showing seeds reaching 80 feet in a 30 foot long room. He notes bursts are vigorous and pose danger, advising caution and warning to scouts performing the test.
An Oregon agriculture official urges farming whales for milking, proposing Puget Sound as a source for U S needs. The piece playfully argues against a regional monopoly, suggesting individual farmers raise their own whales and envision poetic profits.
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