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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
2
Aurelia Sentinel published every Friday morning and entered as second class mail matter at Aurelia Iowa. The office on the new hotel Wroek lists telephone zero. Local ads cost 3 cents per line and display ads 10 cents per inch. Special yearly contract rate 1.00 payable in advance outside county 1.5 per year.
President Taft meets a group of outspoken locals in New Mexico who did not fear voicing their views to him directly, reflecting spirited public opinion during his visit. The exchange showcases a candid moment between the president and residents amid political discourse.
Citizens weigh a clean honest candidate Carroll for re election while supporters urge voting for him next year. The Farmers Merchants Bank says it avoids speculation and keeps assets readily cash. Cherokee football lost 56 to 0 at Sioux City last Saturday as many players joined the workforce. U system representatives from Jawa promise a concerted push backing Cannon to aid Tam many veterans in returning to Washington.
Republicans of Sioux county held a Tuesday evening banquet in Hawarden to thank Rep Hubbard for his work in Washington. The note suggests Cherokee county should do the same, saying most Cherokee Republicans would welcome the privilege.
Casper Niehus received a thirty year sentence from Judge Mould at Anamosa. The court notes that the punishment fits the act and urges those who intercede on his behalf to refrain and focus on proper childrearing.
The piece discusses Bro Gillespie starting a job printing department at LeMars Sentinel and criticizes editors for accepting Sioux City ads. It notes Long of the Manson Journal and Des Moines ad tensions, then covers mixed views of North Pole claimants Cook and Peary, plus political murmurings about party factions. It ends with Elizabeth Sheldon leaving the First National Bank for Tacoma and Mable Veitch taking her place.
A historic clipping argues a moral revival as Biederwolf awakens church members in Sioux City. It urges widespread Christian effort to purge vices, noting many churches fail to live up to their duties and calling for stronger religious engagement citywide.
An Indian faker owns a trained monkey that guards his master’s wood. While a pie simulated dinner cooks, the monkey steals chicken, eats until crust only remains, then feigns death to ambush a nearby crow. It kills the crow, hides the carcass under pie crust, and awaits the faker’s return with the tale ready.
The London Chronicle notes regional terms for left handedness across England and Scotland, such as kawk handed in TLendon, k-pawed in Lancashire, gal lock in Yorkshire, key handed in Derbyshire, cuddy handed in Teesdale, wallet banded in Nottinghamshire, semaine handed in Dorset, coachy handed in Devonshire, Nod gawk handed in Scotland, cawry handed in the west, and kithogue in Ireland. Tim Mealy referenced these terms in East Wicklow during a speech praising Mr. O Rely’s left handed fighting as a political asset.
The article explains how rising balloons face decreasing atmospheric pressure that causes expansion and potential bursting if ascent is rushed. It notes balloons include a rip cord that creates an emergency parachute-like descent, guiding fabric and occupants safely to the ground.
The article recalls patronage at a boarding house where Mr Faxon sought praise for food yet caused a scene. It then describes a colonial custom of watching over corpses, a ritual tied to expectations of marriage and social conscience, with elders and lovers serving as watchers.
A Washington Star excerpt shows Senator Sorghum advising calm in a dispute. An agitated friend accuses political opponents of endlessly name calling while Sorghum suggests seeking factual records rather than chasing epithets.
A humorous quip asks when the shortest days occur the longest days due June yet vary by vacation. The joke credits The Way It Seemed as the source and mentions a brother's vacation timing as the punchline.
A cryptic fragment from the Str Folio Lubbock discusses wisdom and folly with allegorical imagery of castles and dungeons, contrasting prudent foresight with foolish acts and pondering the value of imagination versus reality.
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