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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
2
Aurelia Sentinel announces weekly publication from Aurelia Iowa with office in the new hotel block. Local and display advertising rates listed at ten cents per inch per insertion. Subscriptions priced at one dollar per year in advance within county and outside at 1.25 dollars.
Editor notes a redesigned Sentinel, political previews from Aurelia to Cedar Rapids, and commentary on candidates. Coverage highlights Governor Cummins and Taft speeches in Sioux City with large crowds, plus local reactions to Bleakley and attacks on Rev Jesse Cole.
Aurelia is described as the Northwest’s best market town for grain hogs and all farm produce with strong buyers for cream butter eggs and poultry. Auto-Nia Produce Co led by A H Waddell pays about $2000 monthly in season and $16 012 45 last year. Garber Mummert Andrew Johnson and Parker Lashell ship several cars of potatoes weekly.
Preparations for the Rosebud reservation opening in Tripp county are nearing completion. Between Oct 1 and Oct 17 about 5 000 faring of 100 acres each will be offered at six dollars per acre with a drawing in Dallas on Oct HW. Registrants must file correctly with Judge Whitten at Dallas to secure eligibility. An estimated 140 000 will register and early departures begin Sunday morning with many following later.
A Harvest Home Service at the Aurelia church featured a decorated pulpit with grain vegetables and flowers. Rev Rawlinson preached on gratitude for bountiful crops and the risk of famine if crops fail. Iowa north central yields are described as enormous with high quality corn and rising prices. Farmers expect strong returns despite drought and variable ears, with markets showing optimism for next season.
Cherokee reports John Lint indicted by a jury in Analypsa and pleads guilty to a scheme intended as a joke against Tinian laborers. He receives eighteen months hard labor while others implicated evade blame, with Lint insisting he bears full punishment to protect innocent families.
Cherokee district court adjourned Saturday with a jury verdict in favor of the defendant in Laposky v Anderson. The case involved damages claimed due to water from a tile drain flooding the plaintiff's land. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant amid other discussion of the case and related proceedings.
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