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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
5
Itasca Park cowherd Arne Olson claims to catch three pound bass using a safety pin as improvised lure. State forester William T. Cox heard the tale from forest service men and confirms the strange method. Skeptics laughed yet three bass were reportedly landed in one outing.
The article describes powerful searchlights mounted on fast motor cars for rapid relocation at night. Portable collapsible towers reach about 30 feet, operated by compressed air in cylinders on cars, with an observer positioned at least a hundred yards away to stay safe from shell fire.
The lights are operated by a long cable and can track Zeppelins at unknown heights. They are far stronger than prior devices and reach up to six miles, though closer targets are easier to identify as the glare blinds and disorients soldiers.
A Boston Globe editorial recalls a rabies scare where a dog bitten by candy caused fear and two policemen awaited a staged mad dog on Dudley Street. Mr Rowlinson courageously intervened preventing further harm as an epidemic of rabies stories spreads blame to cowardice and mistreatment of dogs.
A correspondent recalls General Joffre downplaying praise for his role in saving France. He explains French trench positions to an American visitor and compares Napoleon’s hypothetical response to German advances. The exchange ends with Joffre suggesting Napoleon would have devised a different tactic.
A rare tropical looking fungus was found in a Brockport dooryard. The stalk measured about an inch in diameter and supported a waxy offwork with a bright green ball at the top. It is believed insects transported the plant material, possibly via a banana bunch.
North Elk and Brooke counties feature social events with dances at the Kolpin and Bowery homes, visits among families at Rembrandt and Aurelia, and travel to Storm Lake for work. Notable names include Westphal, Matzdorf, and Hesse as residents move, visit, or entertain. Hail damage reported in Diamond township affects corn and poultry.
Wm Kuaritz returned from a business trip to Slayton Minnesota last week. Aug Friedrich is improving his farm near Aurora South Dakota. Threshing silo filling sand potato picking are the order of the day. Mr and Mrs John Otto welcome a new baby boy born Friday October 1. Mr and Mrs Aug Miller Jr host a visit from Mrs Miller's brother Fred Arnhold of Wisconsin. Mike and Fred Langner attended the funeral of Chas Schroka at Delmont South Dakota last week. Mike Annetta Miller is laid up with a fractured arm but on the way to recovery.
Westminster Hall, ancient site linked to William Rufus, closes for interior roof cleaning as Irish oak rafters weakened by worm damage require removal and replacement. The hammer beam roof added in 1397 by Richard I, with angels carved on beams, faces major restoration to preserve one of the era's finest carpentry works.
Visitors to Green Island in Marinette Wisconsin watch a lightkeeper’s daughter feed and play with three young sea gulls that respond to her call. The gulls, part of a local colony hatched this summer, exhibit no fear and eagerly accept scraps from the girl.
A thrifty husband and wife in Harrisburg once attended different churches each Sunday, exchanging jokes about the plan. They discussed and found it extravagant, now worship together and expect to enter the golden gate on the same bargain.
A French Foreign Legion lieutenant describes his night from August 23 after the retreat from Lunéville. Wounded, he escaped through enemy lines with a family and an infant, evading German troops and bullets to reach safety, while believing the child he carried was dead.
In Monmouth Oregon a Jersey cow owned by O A Wolverton ex postmaster died after being attacked by thousands of Italian bees swarming from 75 hives on a lot near the Normal campus. The cow fought the bees as hundreds joined the attack and investigators reported danger of further stings.
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