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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
2
Cherokee County Loan and Abstract Co announces its abstracting specialization with an experienced staff. The firm guarantees customer satisfaction and offers prompt service from its office over the post office in Cherokee Iowa.
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance conducts business at actual cost against fire and lightning. It operates in Cherokee County near the Little Sioux River and the four townships on the west side of Buena Vista County Florida. President J C Lockin Secretary.
An account recalls a record ascent in a Bleriot across the Northeast as the pilot battles nerve strain and nearing collapse. The descent from altitude is described as terrifying with ears and head under immense pressure. He battles nausea and near unconsciousness before a perilous landing near Philadelphia, noting lack of landmarks and farm country below.
The Boston area lies outside major seismic zones yet has endured at least seventeen tremors since 1658. The piece notes shocks, including a major event of March 20, 1904, and mentions damage, altered springs, and effects on crops, with Lisbon’s 1753 destruction felt in Boston.
The piece discusses manager Jennings of the Tigers and how he guards signals, changing them daily to prevent sign theft. It explains how he sometimes yells to conceal instructions and relies on players with judgment, while others require direct signaling.
In a Metropolitan theater the house physician was summoned when the leading lady fainted. Wearied stage hands feared a scene, but the doctor treated her with water and care. The actress blamed fatigue and asked for a day off, promising to return after the act.
Sarah Giffen, known as a miniature painter to Queen Victoria, rose from lack of initial training to gain fame for delicate works, reportedly painting with teeth after losing use of her arms. The piece notes other disabled artists like M. de Mentholon and Bertram Fled, who adapted to create art despite limb loss.
A widow authored a cookbook with notes for recipes and margins. Her husband bought a secondhand copy and found annotations describing dyspepsia remedies. The wife dismissed the notes as not matching the book’s purpose, while the husband read through the marked remedies.
A Regular Sherlock Holmes style tale titled A Triumph of Sense recounts Wittom serving a Saxony judge faithfully for years with only a legal stipend. The judge, before retirement, tests Wittom with a smoke question and rekindles a remembered scent as proof of loyalty. Brighton memories and a quirky tale unfold ending with Vanity Babe and a mysterious ship.
A garbled message from Home Companion hints at repair needs and a request for care, with unclear names and directives. The fragment mentions a person or group offering to cook and a guardian role, but details are illegible.
A fragment from the Louissile Courter Journal notes a chilly night and moments of trying to court a Boston girl amid slang and garbled dialogue. It preserves local voice and incomplete dialogue without sensational detail.
West Elk and Fast Afton residents attended the Swedish Lutheran church event while Miss Lilian Newcomb visited Storm Lake last week. Visitors from Missouri Valley and Manchester stayed with Elk and Afton families. The Peterson band advertised a farmers picnic for Sept 1. The Aston Cub lost to Quimby by eight points.
A.C. Kasham visits his father in Danbury while Miss Edna Lindsay leaves for Athens to begin a second year in public schools. Residents attend church services, students pursue new school terms, and several names appear in movements between towns and colleges amid routine community life.
Advertising touts a free Upton Parlor Grand Piano valued at four hundred dollars. Ge Garber offers a ten year guarantee and a coupon system rewarding voters with a chance to win the piano by March date, promising equal odds and a square deal.
Fragmentary notice offers Short Horn cattle and heifers for sale with misspelled items to be clarified. text is incomplete and storage of remaining details is unavailable.
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