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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
8
A railroad man recalls youthful ambition to be an orator. He recounts memorizing a speech by Alexander H. Stephens but was struck by a carrot onion and turnip prank. He slipped into a lemonade tub and sat, then recovered the speech but failed to deliver it.
Watchman shouts and security sternly wakes as a fire alarm at Ninety-eighth Street and Amsterdam Ave in New York triggers a quick response by a big triple team of black horses and firefighters. The blaze proves to be the watchman’s shanty, and the asleep guard protests legally.
A Kentucky market scene records a brutal bargain as Old Man Wowton hires Bill Saunders and six strong Black workers for hay field labor then shortchanges them with fat meat and white bread instead of promised rations. The tale, told in dialect, underscores poverty and racial dynamics in Blue Grass country.
A brief Birmingham bulletin notes a separation case as a man explains a scorned wife has filed for divorce. The exchange reveals tension and social uproar surrounding the accusation and the upcoming legal action.
Miss Hazel E Towne married Prof R D Shure at her parents home in Silver Creek New York. The bride, daughter of Attorney George Towne, graduated from Oberlin and studied with Shure. Shure leads Central College music department. couple will join Glee Club for June tour to Portland and Seattle. Mrs. Shure to assist in college music work and preparatory training for children.
The Oth'r Society prepares for its next program on Thursday the 23rd. The boys and girls gymnastics classes met at Supt Frush's home last Friday with 35 to 40 attendees. After games and speeches, refreshments were served. Rumors about Prof Frush leaving are unsettled. About 18 to 20 boys seek spots on the ball squad, with captain Dick Van Zante shaping a strong team. A chapel talk praised pupil self control. one of over forty students, only one used tobacco. Ottumwa High boys are State champions. Cedar Falls girls hold the girls state title. The boys expect another strong year. girls hope to reorganize next year. Parents are urged to support physical culture as essential as academics.
Short Talks on Picture Making by Hollebrands offers tips on dress and grooming for better photos. It advises choosing uniform light or dark outfits, avoiding starch on children's clothes, and arranging hair in a natural, fluffy style for more flattering results. The piece notes group photos often struggle with lighting due to mixed light and dark attire.
Sam Sherman editor of the Thornton Enterprise was bound over to the grand jury for aiding his printer in an assault on Laura Parish. He posted bail last week and left town. Soren Peterson posted bail with a bill of sale on the Enterprise plant as security. Parish identified Sherman as the man who knelt beside her and kissed her. Printer Hyerman was also bound over.
Gets five dollars and Jack Bench of Monroe landed in our city Wednesday morning and proceeded to get on the outside of a quantity of fire water. By five in the afternoon the firey spirits had overcome them and City Policeman John Buckingham placed Bench in the sober up room under the city hall. Mayor Gesman reviewed the case this morning and set a fine of 500 dollars, making 985 dollars in all.
LeCocq Store announces new stock of fine buggies arriving for sale. Patrons are invited to come and inspect the new arrivals, with the date noted as the 14th. The message emphasizes quality and prompt viewing.
A tornado in Jasper county Tuesday afternoon injured John Tiedji and damaged several farms. Er nest Griebel’s house and William Pink’s barn were destroyed while Harry Hickman lost his roof. J. W. Hickman’s kitchen toppled and timber was uprooted. A colt valued at $200 on James Smith’s farm six miles east of Newton was killed when a disc barrow ran over it, per Prairie City News.
Mick of Galesburg received a 30 day county jail sentence from the mayor with suspension if he leaves town immediately and remains away. The mayor ordered the marshal to arrest him on sight if he returns to the city.
The Senate approved a measure Tuesday banning minors from smoking cigarettes on streets highways public grounds or public buildings unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. The act aims to curb youth tobacco use and sets enforcement provisions.
A fragmentary column riffs on door jimb and hat angles as signs of men, jokes about neckwear, retailing butter and dogs, a brick thrown at a garden hen, and a quip on appetite tied to cultivation. The piece reads as a playful, observational vignette with dated phrasing.
A compact aphorism advises restraint and prudent speech. It warns that seeking advice may yield unwanted counsel and cautions against excessive forgiveness that could lead to imprudent actions.
Instructions describe locating the blind spot where the optic nerve enters the eye. Using two pencils at arm's length, close one eye and align with the other, then slowly separate until the right-hand pencil disappears from view. The guide notes this is a natural, universal phenomenon.
An enlisted man at Fort Leavenworth failed every one of 21 tar get drill shots. An officer asks why and the recruit quips that the target was not properly aligned from his position, causing all misses.
Surgeons found a sponge sewn in the patient during an operation and reopened the wound to extract it. After resewing they discovered a forgotten knife, reopened, and found the knife, then missed a large wad of cotton. Delicate follow ups revealed the cotton, and the patient woke asking for buttons on him.
In a brief exchange a farmer named Corntessel jokes that his attempt to study scientific farming backfired because his reading distracted him from actually farming. The remark highlights practical limits of theoretical study in agriculture.
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute discusses preserving organs from dying patients as a valuable resource. He cites replacements of knee joints from a dead man, exchanged arteries and jugular vein, kidney transplants between cats, and grafting a dead dog's leg onto a living fox terrier. In animals, arteries kept alive in refrigerators for 60 days have been used successfully.
D L Patton express messenger on the Rock Island line between Eldon and Sibley was run over by a switch engine at Sibley this morning. Both legs were cut off and it is feared he will die.
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