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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
3
Aurelia Sentinel published every Friday morning and entered as second class mail at Aurelia post office. Office in the new hotel block with contact telephone 60. Local ads priced six cents per line, display ads ten cents per inch, yearly subscription one dollar in advance, outside county one dollar twenty five per year.
The Paragraph Pulpit reports receipts for foreign missions 20625 and home missions 11810 while endowment funds reach 200000 and Sunday School 1110. Conference membership totals 28000 with a 905 rise, and Sunday school scholars number 27558 up 2800. It notes 10 League Chapters totaling 5968 and a conference church valuation of 1343540. It asks if any of these Iowa Protestant children live in Aurelia area.
The trial jury for October term is cited to appear November 1 at 10 a.m. The Grand Jury convenes October 25 at 2 p.m. The list includes Co. D Adame Aurelia and many residents from Cherokee and surrounding wards such as Marcus, Willow, Pitcher, and Diamond with clerks and officials named.
Cherokee County Agriculture Exhibit again takes first prize at the Sioux City Interstate Fair. Victor Felter and county entries win several awards including Silver King corn, 2nd on sweet corn, popcorn, and potato collection. County displays earn second in artistic grains and grasses. Felter wins all firsts for silver Wyandotte chickens despite strong competition.
Notice to electors that a special election will be held October 76 1900 in Aurelia Iowa at the town hall from 8 AM to 7 PM. Electors will vote on granting a franchise to the Peoples Cooperative Telephone Company to erect maintain and operate telephone lines and exchanges within the town. Moses Mummert, Mayor. Attest J A Rapp, Recorder.
The School Report lists students with perfect attendance for October across four rooms. Names include Paul Rice Paul Lashell Wesley Stutz Percy Russell Lloyd Wilson Mildred Rawlinson Jane Nelson Margaret Eddy Gertrude Bell Ruth Rice Edna Stlef Clara Paulson Pearl Hines Percy Clover Ray Grigsby Helmer Baumann Lewia Miller Harry Itlef Eugene LaShelle in Room 1 and numerous others in Rooms 2 3 and 4 such as Edwin Mummert Maurice Eddy Opal Paulson Fred Rawlinson Charley Everetts Stella Wieland Cathryn Stutz Helmer Carl berg Claire Stutz Corneal Clover Lola Leonard Eurella Waddell Adell Witt Mamie Miller Mary Dick Della Paulson Ethel Rawlinson Vernon Butterfield Elmer Bell George Nelson Opal Green Felecia Hines Frank Jordan Fred Jordan Clyde Murmmert Ruth O Neal Glen Parker Leland Dawson Laurine Rice Read Mahoney Cora Clover Lucile Green Harry Miller Ray Hines Martha Bischel Lela Leonard Irena Striker Neil Whitney George Welland Verna Howell Arthur Miller Lola Stutz Lillian Bell Ida Brown Laura Cheslear Edith Russell Laura Butterfield Lawrence Butterfield Hazel Dyslin Lula Marsh Leela Gay Ray Howell Ralph Johnson Cecil Mahoney Difford NeVille Florence Russell.
Twenty one years ago the town sees potatoes down to twenty cents a pound with many districts reporting fifteen cents. Citizens expect prices to drop further and note people will stock up for the year. A school census reports district enrollment with 41 males and 115 females of school age. An officer captures a man linked to last June’s livery theft in Alta, now in Wyoming Territory. Mrs. Thomas Murphy plans winter in Colombo for health. Aurelia high school pupils fund a new organ via subscriptions or events. Newt DeVore suffers leg wound from a pistol cartridge accident. surgery advised against removal. Drethren church gear title plate dedication draws large attendance. congregation pleased with progress.
The Central set a new rule effective the 25th altering livestock shipments to Chicago from fixed carload rates to weight based. Cattle 29 cents per hundred and hogs and sheep 12 cents per hundred. The change reduces incentive for larger cars and eases previous contention.
Illinois Central announces its first passenger train will depart from the Nebraska Street station in Sioux City on Wednesday at 6:60. Officials led by A. H. Hansen say the change is permanent with no plans for a new standalone passenger house.
Do not throw away old umbrellas. Remove the cloth cover and cut it into strips to make dhinty neckties for your husband. Ribs twisted into a rat trap and a polished stick can become a cane for the clergyman at Christmas. Paint freckles with pink on a quart paint pot matching your complexion using camel hair brush. Wives should greet husbands with a smile to avoid irritation. If lamp wicks fail, substitute Irish point lace or valenciennes wound round the wick holder. A kulted necktie may burn and odor.
The passage explains Henry I’s creation of traveling judges called Justices-in-eyevre-i or fmitinere to bind central royal authority with local courts. It notes their vigor in the 12th century, their chief official the Justiciar, and Henry I’s 1178 division into six circuits mirroring modern regional divisions.
A newlywed couple seeks country board and end up refused at a farm. After a ten mile ride in a rattling cart they are told guests must sleep with the chickens. They decide to return to the city rather than stay in the henhouse. Chicago News.
A nameless young Standhurst officer with General French during the South African war boasted of spotting twenty Boers through his acid glass. The general, exasperated, replied with a sharp rebuke, urging him not to exaggerate or add to the imagined threat.
A doctor speaks to Mr Fallows about whether to pursue treatment for a constitutional disease. The patient sighs and asks if he must appeal to the United States Supreme Court for relief, reflecting a legal and medical dilemma.
A girl defends Jack's slang saying he is clever with it. She recalls he sent her three dozen photos of famous beauties with a single caption, You're another, on the cards.
A Bal Amore American snippet notes Julia’s jealousy and quarrelsomeness grew last year after she joined a church choir, contrasting her past sweet disposition with present tensions.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a dialogue with names such as Miss Blunt and Tandon, suggesting a clipped scene or literary excerpt rather than a clear news item or event.
In a Chicago News snippet a quoted line hints at a verbal stumble or garbled dialogue. The unusual phrasing suggests a humorous or confusing exchange captured in brief local coverage. No clear names or events are identifiable in the fragment.
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