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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1902
Page
7
A burst of community notices covers social visits, sales, church events, and local business updates in Newton and nearby towns. It notes illnesses, new arrivals, weddings, invitations, and plans for upcoming entertainments and improvements, with references to residents, shops, and churches.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as relief for billiousness and constipation with a customer claim from M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan praising the pills for lack of griping and nausea. The text then shifts to a Philadelphia Ledger editorial pondering direct senatorial elections and voter accountability versus legislative choice.
The remark questions who would have dared aim for a high office if success relied on the popular vote rather than other processes. It frames a debate over electoral dynamics and the legitimacy of leadership selections.
Ed Baker missed a departing fast freight at the Rock Island depot and chased it by buggy with John de Cook. In one hour and fifteen minutes they reached Oskaloosa, startling the conductor and prompting debate over the train’s speed versus the buggy Team behavior.
The Lake Prairie District Agricultural Society notes with sorrow the death of Brother Director John Grandin. He was a valuable member of the board and a progressive agriculturist in the vicinity. The resolutions order minutes updated and a copy sent to his family, with publication in city papers.
Mrs A Huizer living just east of this city died at her home last night at 11:15 of lung fever. She was 5 years old at death and leaves a husband and family to mourn. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. The CHRONICLE and readers extend heartfelt sympathy.
The May Delineator features Norman Hapgood arguing Revolutionary novels lack historical significance and American historical drama cannot be serious literature. The piece analyzes strong and weak points in recent plays including Iago n, Becky Sharp, Quality Street, and Nathan Hale with portraits of main characters.
Merry Hampton No 9615 a 1900 pound dark brown Clydesdale Draft Stallion will stand at Samuel Nelson farm Leighton for the 1902 season. Terms 12 dollars to insure more in foal. Care will be taken but cannot be responsible for accidents. 7-81
A public sale will be held at Van der Lyde’s livery barn on Saturday April 12 1902 featuring 5 yearling steer calves and 8 milch cows some with calves at side. Terms will be announced on sale day. N BRAND Administrator
The senate bill revising the state game laws passed the house and now heads to the governor. It grants new powers to the game warden to enforce hunting seasons and preserve wildlife.
The statute empowers deputies to seize equipment used in illegal fishing without a warrant, defines open and closed seasons, classifies cat fish as game fish, and limits one person to forty game fish per day. It raises penalties for dynamiting fish and allows removal of buffalo and carp that prey on game fish, with other technical changes.
Cattle prices range from 4.25 to 6.70 with steers and calves listed, hogs from 6.50 to 7.07, and sheep from 4.50 to 5.85. Poultry and produce rates include butter 11 to 16 cents, eggs at a similar tick, and chickens priced per pound. An editorial notice on self conceit closes the item.
Last Tuesday morning a boiler at Carter’s saw mill near Parker’s bridge exploded killing three men instantly. Carter and another man were wounded. Names of the dead given as Schaffer, Boyd, and Meyer. Community shaken as details remain unclear.
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