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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
3
A description of the Aurelia Sentinel Farmer and Breeder weekly, published in Sioux City Iowa. It highlights up-to-date agricultural and live stock content edited by practical farmers. The periodical includes market reviews crop reports veterinary and home departments and illustrated features for farm families. Sample copies offered upon request.
The Sentinel announces a limited time deal with the Farmer and Breeder offering both papers for the price of one dollar each to new or prepaid subscribers. Call now to take advantage before the offer ends.
A red steer weighing 800 pounds with a right ear mark is missing from a Aurelia pasture. Reward five dollars offered. Contact William Glawe Aurelia Iowa. Estate settlement note from Wun. Fairuela property. J C Luckin and son. Also Duroc Jersey pigs for sale described as furrowed April and large boned. Call farm five miles northeast of Aurelia or write to Aurelia route a y Wm Degen.
HY REV KARL HOON urges parents to save the youth for Christ through Sabbath school and active church involvement. He notes 125 ministers found Sunday schools uplifting and invites families to attend, with Young American Club plans and a potato drive for the Orphans Home at A H Waddell's.
Emma Margaret Stratford born October 8 1850 in Iowa City Iowa lost both parents early and moved across states. She married John McKinnon December 22 1874 and had five children. she lived in Benton and Cherokee counties and united with the Methodist church. Short funeral services were held at the cemetery conducted by Rev Hoon of Aurelia.
Two Black men approach the outskirts of a crowd where Senator Bailey is speaking. After ten minutes one asks who he is, and the other admits ignorance of the name while noting the speaker’s bold behavior.
The Aurelia high school calendar includes a Friday program 2 25 to 4 0 with speeches recitations music and a debate on whether automobile more beneficial than horse. Teams basketball social fundraiser and editor changes noted along with student updates and weather-related disruptions.
Mrs. E W Allen died at home on Monday evening Oct 17 after short illness. Born Daw son in 1857 in Greenville county Wisconsin she married E W Allen in 1880 and lived in Cedar township and Cherokee. She leaves a husband a daughter Gladys numerous relatives and many friends. Funeral at the house Thursday at ten oclock with Rev Chapler officiating.
The interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Cherokee Republican notes Mrs. Allen, sister to W. P. Dawson, died recently and had visited at his home just days before her death.
West Elk and East Afton Gee depart for Seattle after a visit with nephews. Rev Hartman preached then fell ill. marriage performed in LeMars. Potato digging ongoing with good size tubers. Mrs McKinnon dies in Cherokee after illness. Funeral at Aurelia cemetery. Brooks township visit ends with overnight stay. Tedious weather delays travel. several social events noted.
The next regular teachers' examination will be held at the courthouse on Wednesday Thursday and Friday Oct 25 26 27. Wednesday morning didactics orthography reading. afternoon geography arithmetic. Thursday morning history physiology. afternoon music grammar penmanship. Friday morning algebra economics. afternoon civics physics. Kate R Logan Superintendent.
A tense exchange unfolds as a husband questions why his wife wears hair from another woman while she retorts with a sly parallel about his wearing the skin of another calf on his feet. The sharp reply highlights a clash over vanity and symbolism.
A Poland ehina stock hog yearling weighing about 300 pounds with good bone and length is described four miles northeast of Aurelia. Phil Tiffany is noted in association with the stock.
In New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson clinched a victory as Essex County backed his supporters while other counties favored him in most of the state. The result signals a modern shift away from party shibboleths toward issue driven choices and a live stance from candidates. Collier's Weekly reports Wilson's rising national reputation.
An old colored man, seeking entry to a fashionable church, visits the preacher who tells him to pray. After days he returns and reports that in a vision the Lord warns him against changing his name to fit in, noting decades of effort without success.
A Albany dispatch reports a proposal urged by military authorities to restrict liquor sales within a half mile of West Point Academy. The note does not clarify whether the aim is temperance or military discipline, leaving the motive ambiguous.
A Colllier's Weekly passage discusses jokes about women and fashion, noting men write more jokes about women than vice versa. It contrasts dress slavery and the sight of New York men forced to abandon straw hats after September 1, facing social punishment at events and games.
A humorous exchange cites the Payne tariff bill as the cause of Elijah’s ascent, with a child answering “thir” for three in a playful mispronunciation. The quip reflects a local joke about tariffs in a religious setting.
The tale recalls Senator Elkins asking Bige Brown about a horse for sale on Elkins main street. Bige, chewing gum, replies that Bill Hurst may have one and notes he sold him a horse yesterday.
H. E. Johnson announces the closure of his meat market and requests all debtors to call at the market to settle accounts as the business winds down.
I H Graham and Sons announce their third semiannual sale of duroc jersey boars and gilts on October 24 at the farm. Prospective buyers may inspect stock prior to bidding and financing details will be available at the sale site.
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