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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
2
A review of William MacLeod Raine's tale showing how a tenderfoot learns to survive the West through mastery of firearms. The piece emphasizes authentic backdrops, the six gun as civilizing force, and Raine’s portrayal of a newcomer rapidly adopting frontier life.
Garrett O'Hara, a shy lawyer, travels to Concho seeking work and encounters Barbara Steelman and the dangerous Shep Sanderson. Miss Steelman warns him against staying amid a looming feud as Sanderson’s killers hover nearby. O'Hara presses on, seeking Steve Worrall’s advice, then arrives at the Concho hotel to begin his new life.
A note on starting pines from cones outlines impractical steps as cones must dry in the sun and seeds shaken out for germination. The process is hindered when cones are hurled and become damp, closing and preventing sprouting.
A sunbaked frontier scene follows Garrett O Hara as he rides toward Concho. Dust clings to clothing and gear while a sudden rifle shot scatters him into the brush. A tense exchange with Shep Sanderson triggers questions about the motive and the true target of the ambush.
Mt Olive notes list visitors and local gatherings in Sioux City and Cherokee. Families, neighbors, and Ladies Aid members attend church services, a Halloween party is planned, and weddings or upcoming nuptials are teased. вд
City Council met on Friday at a special session called by Mayor Browne to renew a petition from Alta business leaders urging a special election on Sunday movies. A resolution by Councilman Morrissey and Louis Johnson set October 27 1938 as the election date. Other notes include alfalfa yields of 700 pounds from a six acre field, plans by Rehabilitation committee members to visit Cherokee Hospital ex service men, Dr Lloyd Jensen resigning Mayo Clinic research post for a Swift Company lab in Chicago, Harris Strid returning to western Montana, Vivian Nelson visiting Aurelia, and the funerals of Charley Nelson in Crookston Minnesota and related travel of Mrs Oscar E Nelson and Mrs John Chilgren to Crookston.
Sheriff L H Langwin and deputies and state agents conducted liquor raids Saturday taking three Cherokee men. Two pleaded guilty or waived to the grand jury while one remains jailed awaiting disposition. Henry Schroeder Holstein was rearrested in Cherokee after being acquitted in Ida Grove on a liquor to minors charge. He was returned to Ida Grove for other charges. Cherokee will again have a visiting nurse for at least four months starting December. Earl Powell, 23, is jailed in Guthrie Center on a statutory charge after allegedly attacking a 14 year old girl.
The Times reports the Pilot Rock Plowing Match association's finances for the past year. Grand receipts total 8730.31 with nearly 4000 on hand. Open premiums 2128, youth premiums 417.75, miscellaneous expenses 1500. The recent match expenses run about 4500. Powell's companion is being sought.
A fragmented note urges writers to keep notes from papers and magazines handy to send to a friend, noting ideas often vanish before you write. The passage reads like a diary tip for correspondents and readers.
Emerson argues that true prudence is courage not evasion. Those seeking serenity must resolve to face their worst fears and their stoutness will often render those fears groundless.
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