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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
1
A comic exchange features confusion over words like fortification and tatification, with children and a teacher correcting mispronunciations. A taxi scene shows a driver signaling and a passenger misinterpreting steering gestures in a lighthearted vignette.
A comic panel shows a sailor debating soup served, exclaiming he has sailed on soup all these years and just realized it, in a light Pearson’s Weekly style gag.
The Postum Company invites readers to request a full week's supply of health giving Postum at no cost. Send for the offer and receive a free multiple day supply.
A quote-heavy item presents Byron on laughter as cheap medicine and merriment as a sunny but misunderstood philosophy. It frames laughter as a universal refuge and paints humor as a positive lens on existence.
W. C. Coleman unveils a 300 candlepower air pressure mantle lamp claimed to protect eyesight, delivering five times more light than standard lamps while burning kerosene or gasoline. The device, tested as similar to natural daylight, is advertised as safe and affordable with local readers urged to request full details via postcard to Wichita Kansas.
Mussolini declares Italy can mobilize 8,000,000 soldiers and rejects eternal peace as he proclaims a stronger war footing. Germany plans expanded military training and higher corporate taxes to fund a one million man army. Polish General Rydz Smigly tours France as Franco-German frontier tensions rise.
George H Dern former Utah governor and mining engineer died at Walter Reed in Washington from heart disease and influenza complications. He was 64 and had remained active in public duties while ill. Federal services were held in Washington and a special train carried his body to Salt Lake City for final rites with President Roosevelt attending.
The son of Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, aged 37, shot himself at the Ickes home in Winnetka, Illinois. Married with three children, his death coincided with the anniversary of his mother's death, attributed to despondency after learning he had tuberculosis. Secretary Ickes flew to Chicago by air after being informed.
The Anglo German Fellowship dinner in London honored the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick. Lord Lothian warned that restoring old colonies won't solve Germany's issues and urged broad territorial and trade openness. He urged the United States to decide independently about immigration and job protection, and praised Germany's new strength and the need for frank discussion rather than ultimatums.
A cross stitch design titled Quaint Sampler offers a colorful picture and simple stitches. Pattern 1187 includes transfer, color suggestions, material needs, and a 12 1 4 by 15 1 4 inch design. send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. for pattern 1187.
John Burroughs reflects on aging gracefully through simplicity and economy. He praises a life close to Nature and free from worldly ambition, insisting love for people and nature keeps one young.
Professor W. J. de Hass of the University of Leyden Netherlands achieved a temperature one five thousandth of a degree above absolute zero on February 16, 1935.
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