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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
1
Aurelia Sentinel announces editor Albert S. Crabb and publication every Friday rocking local operations. Advertising rates listed include 10 cents per inch for display and 1 cent per line for local ads with annual subs at 81.00 within county and 81.25 outside.
The piece notes Wisconsin's La Follette influence replacing party labels in some areas and Maine voters shifting to Democrats. It highlights insurgent success in Washington, fights over Roosevelt with late train delays to Sioux City, and a public critique of corporate involvement in politics and rail service.
An observer describes Theodore Roosevelt in action at a public event. The account notes his five foot eight frame, quick pace, strong neck and chest, enduring health, and range from preacher to relatable comic in a single speech. The piece praises his democratic manner and powerful presence before about ten thousand listeners.
A real estate notice promotes choices of 0, quarter section and larger tracts in Dickinson and Emmet counties for sale at reasonable prices and terms. It urges buyers to act now as the area is booming and land values are expected to rise in coming months and years. Address Geo. E. Patterson Land Co. 999 Estherville Iowa.
A small notice offers a limited sale of souvenir envelopes showing four views of the town Ute front and back printed town description. Envelopes serve as four postcards and include town information. Price 50 cents each or 1 dollar for 300. offer lasts thirty days or while stocks last. Orders accept printing of names with careful timing.
A Yale professor used arithmetic and astronomy to locate a meteorite that fell near a Danbury reservoir. A photographer’s telescope image of a faint comet revealed the tiny meteor. calculations from the image pinpointed the site two miles north of Danbury where the oval rock weighing 26 pounds was recovered and sent to Yale’s museum.
A London Express style note describes how sleep gradually overtakes the body and mind including loss of attention, memory, senses, and vital signs. A Philadelphia Times quip tells of a police magistrate puzzled by a conductor claiming the prisoner was behind him on a moving car.
An excerpt from Country Life describes buzzards as near perfect aviators and notes their nesting habits in Wales. It recounts that buzzards rarely reuse nests in consecutive seasons, with occasional dual nests in a single dingle and a humorous anecdote about a mistaken egg transfer by a passerby collector.
An Englishwoman recalls trying to name a maid Pearl or Opal to suit her role while avoiding cliches. another tale notes a maid Hermione resisting traditional livery. A Yankee and English tourist exchange quips amid Vesuvius eruption imagery.
A country bridegroom told the officiating clergyman to proceed after the bride hesitated to pronounce the word obey. He quipped that it does not matter and declared he could make her.
A brief dialogue explores lingering grief after a husband’s death and the slow pace of insurance settlements. A reflective note adds that calamity can spark virtue and drive, shaping a resilient mind.
In pre Suez days St Helena was a frequent stop for British ships to India and the Far East. Flarper's Weekly notes Wellington and later Napoleon both stayed in the island’s Jamestown lodging, a curious swap of rooms later recounted in a letter from Napoléon.
A collage of anecdotes features Tolstoy’s ancestor impersonating Emperor Paul and earning a pardon, a British gunner’s grim joke after a Nubian desert incident, a minister’s inquiry to a child about obedience, and a playful exchange about asking papa before proposing.
A compact fragment invokes Chaucer on truth and self regard linking Purkins and Myer in a wry exchange about vanity. The excerpt resembles a dated newspaper style epigram.
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