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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
2
Abstract firm in Cherokee Iowa offers up to date abstracts with experienced staff. They guarantee satisfaction, emphasize specialization in abstracts, and list offices over the post office at Cherokee.
Map leafy text details Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association with F. H. Cuervos as president. It covers Cherokee county area east of the Little Sioux river and four townships on Buena Vista county’s west side.
A humorous frontier tale recalls conductor John Becker using a sawed off shotgun to collect tickets and coin from two armed cowboys aboard a Santa Fe train near Dodge City. The episode ends with Becker’s calm demand and the cowboys complying at the next stop.
The London Chronicle notes misnamed works such as Muskin’s On the Construction of Sheepfords and Aleary James’ The Lesson of the Master. Sir Edward Armiton’s Conversion and Redemption is cited as a debt reduction study. Disloyala was renamed John Inglesane to avoid triggering an anti Catholic reading.
An item notes that an ostrich males huff and blow out air when angered, a behavior described as a warning display. The piece cites a Strand Magazine depiction and quotes observers about the bird’s dramatic throat puff and head bobbing.
Leslie’s Weekly notes Portuguese bullfights are nonlethal and less cruel. It contrasts Spanish cruelty with armored horses and guarded blows while describing the matador’s sword that leaves a red mark but does not kill the bull, allowing horses and beast to exit unharmed.
The article describes the teredo worm that tunnel dikes and timbers. It notes Yolland narrowly escaped inundation in 1731 and explains the worm’s nesting and burrowing habits. It highlights its small size, tender body, and independent burrow paths, citing an Exchange report.
A fragment recalls Sir James Yorke Scarlett directing a skirmish at Alderstar. Sir Evelyn challenges the tactic, asking if the general has ordered his own men yet. The reply defends leading the stance while the enemy retreats, noting a soldier’s eyesight and worn leather markings.
A court decree prompts a dialogue about wedding rings and restraint of trade fears. The exchange touches on appearances of propriety and potential legal consequences while a separate anecdote hints at curiosity and social banter.
An article describes a coded soup recipe used by gang members to aid bank robberies. It details ingredients misread as dynamite, the method to strain and prepare the mixture, and how the plan connects to break‑ins with lookouts, safe cracking, and escape routes.
Eye strain presents with watering, morning eyelid stiffness, headaches, and eye tenderness. Some cases show vertigo, dyspepsia, palpitations, or insomnia. Predominant in sedentary workers or those overusing eyes for close tasks, with harsher symptoms in coarse fiber users outdoors. The article also notes curiosities about Dumas and the sperm whale oil tank as natural preservation.
A reader submits a garbled anecdote about a factory diet and a sequence of unclear events. The text references a start, a finish, and unresolved questions about timing and outcomes. The piece ends with a cryptic nod to a local theater or event.
The Alaskan mosquito emerges as a small brown silent scourge from May to September. It seeks any damp spot even without standing water and bites through clothing, advancing in numbers as soon as one is killed. The author notes a relentless, insistent swarm and compares it to a pervasive mid-summer irritant.
In September 1870 Paris riots followed Napoleon III’s surrender at Sedan. Empress Eugenie fled the Tuileries with Mme Breton aided by Dr. Evans, an American dentist, reaching a coastal town two days later and possibly England. Also notes on crystal arrows in plant tissues and their biting sensation when chewed.
A string of clipped anecdotes and word puzzles shows travelers meets a barefoot boy with a tin can, then shifts to quirky facts on human body measurements, an Optical Delusion exchange, a political quip about voting, and jittery dialogue from a dated humor column.
A Wide World Magazine account details Bororo funeral customs after a death. The widow mourns by tearing hair and kissing the deceased, before body painting with toad-derived paste, feather adornments, and blood offerings from self-inflicted wounds. The corpse is wrapped, then carried to Buhyto mound for three days of dances as the mortuary ceremony culminates with the batre symbolically receiving the soul.
The article discusses Dreaming as an intermediate brain state between sleep and wakefulness caused by increased brain circulation from sensory stimulation. It argues dreams do not cause light sleep and that fatigue comes from lighter sleep and incomplete cell restoration due to irritation.
A fragmentary wrap of Sven Hedin’s overland trek to India describes Persian oases shaded by palms where birds sing by day and jackal serenades echo at night. It notes deadly wildlife including a scarlet snake and poisonous ophiacodon, and recounts social satire spilling into dialogue about church and manners amid campfires.
The young composer Rubinstein faces police scrutiny in his homeland for studying abroad in France and Germany. After delays and insults from officials, he endures a brutal incident with a police secretary and is finally granted a pass to pursue music.
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