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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
Jamestown's Pike will be called the Warpath. The mile long road is expected to cost about 830 to complete. Hard roads into towns boost business as farmers benefit from year round access, aiding both farming and commerce.
Keokuk Gate-City derides the new Iowa primary law calling it rank and without merit. The Chronicle notes an all steel sleeping car on display in New York City, while Arbor Day outlines planting in Iowa schools on April 26 to teach forestry and nature to children. A Des Moines traveler cites a general mood drop in smaller towns blamed on mail order houses and business shifts, and the Davenport Frogging Club seeks a frog protection law with bull frog spawn planned for Mississippi river lowlands amid party faction tensions.
A fragment praises Senator Warren as a man of character and ability. It notes training mostly with the Cummins faction, criticizes fake politics and freak legislation, and mentions belief in a protective tariff with no participation in what is called progressive policies.
The speaker argues against annual elections and politics as a recurring burden. He notes that politics will become a near constant performance, with elections and partisan activity happening continuously rather than in discrete events.
The Ot tumwa Courier reports a Trenton New Jersey woman woke to heat in her bed and kicked off the covers, letting her right foot hang over the edge. A window breeze caused a severe sneeze that led to an eye hemorrhage and now she is blind. The dispatch notes no comparison with the left foot.
A boulder with what seemed to be prehistoric writing was found near Newton. A long haired professor from an eastern college of science examined the stone but could not interpret the hieroglyphics. Soon it was revealed a local resident carved the markings, which read Bil Stumps X His Mark, exposing a prank rather than ancient script.
A fragment discusses the old maxim that a man is what he eats and links diet to muscular, mental, and business fitness. It notes suggested recipes and hints at how eating habits might affect stock trading success and daily vigor, though text is fragmented.
Keokuk Gate City reports a request for comment from Sean Brown of the Des Moines Register and Leader regarding what he lived on during the pre-convention campaign in Iowa last year.
Both houses approve the primary measure to take effect July 4 next. It schedules party nominations by primary in 1908 with elections on the last Monday in February and primary ballots for all offices except judges. Delegates to the national convention will follow caucus and early conventions, with county and state level processes outlined and shared election costs.
Longsky Lifeavitch and Agata Starcevich of Seevers obtained a marriage license in the city last Saturday. The Newton Daily News notes tense times with a foreman at home shot three times and a printer in Blountville jail wounded, while the Comet issues under strain in Johnson City.
In Des Moines Mary Burns and John Lamp were quietly wed in a city ceremony Tuesday evening. Other items note Missouri editor John Schroers robbed of diamonds worth 2480, and political candidate Waller in St. Louis with unrelated health notes and dining guidance from various papers.
The legislative pardons committee backs a pardon for George Weems, serving life for the 1894 murder of L. B. Ridpath, a Great Western railway conductor. The opinion questions the crime severity and criticizes reliance on the victim’s widow's consent, urging revision of murder laws and warning against trivializing the offense.
Notice is hereby given that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of H Wormhoudt deceased is on file in the Clerk of the District Court in Marion County Iowa. The will was set to be heard beginning Tuesday April 36 1907 at the District Court Knoxville Iowa. All interested may appear. B Kersbergen Clerk. March 26 1907.
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