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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
3
The Conway band, praised as America's best, is returning to the Iowa State Fair from August 26 to September 4 after a successful east coast engagement. Management secured the band again despite late August scheduling difficulties and persistent efforts.
A wraparound ensemble led by Conway brings a large traveling troupe across Iowa. The band features a fixed quartet of singers who enjoy wide popularity, drawing hosts of admirers wherever they perform and prompting eager audience anticipation for future concerts.
Iowa spectators flock to Des Moines for the state fair auto races this year, showing keen interest in the sport and the performances of the new machines. The event highlights the evolving popularity of automobile racing among local people.
Work done at state institutions under the State Board of Control will form a notable exhibit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 26 to September 4. The display includes fancy work, rugs, and manual training items from Glenwood and Knoxville hospital, clothing from Anamosa, harness and furniture from Fort Madison, printing from Eldora and Anamosa, sofa pillows from Independence, and domestic science items from Mitchellville, with two booths in the Exhibition building dedicated to the display.
A Chicago Midnight Mission report details deaconesses aiding women drawn to vice, with Nellie G and a nurselike effort to restore trust and home ties. Stories recount calls for drastic measures and a crusade against red light districts, citing Salvation Army refuges and church outreach.
Notice to contractors invites bids for erecting a school house in Centennial District Black Oak Township Mahaska County. Proposals viewed at M DeReus store Leighton with plans and specs. bids due August 20 1914 at 1 PM Pacific time. lowest responsible bidder awarded. Board may reject any or all bids. Lt Van Roekel secretary 31 3 July 23 1914
Weekly weather and crop report notes general showers with uneven distribution. Southern counties drought affects corn and pastures. stock water and threshing hindered by dry wells. Winter wheat expected 23 bu/acre, spring wheat 16, oats 34, barley 27, rye 19. state totals projected at 175 million oats, 16.5 million wheat, 11 million barley, 1.3 million rye.
The Iowa post office rules declare T F Kelley ineligible for postmaster because his residence is in the Rhodes district. Kelley, who took the Newton civil service exam with others, scored highest on merit, but a challenger claimed he is not a patron of the Baxter area.
Notice records the dissolution of the Pella Produce Company of Iowa on July 20 1914 in Pella Iowa after stockholders representing over three fourths of capital stock approved the resolution. Final winding up declared and no further business planned. President G Vander Zyl and Secretary A N Vander Linden signed.
A white marble monument in an Amsterdam church bears two oddly shaped slippers with the inscription Hffen Nyt meaning nothing else. The tale says a lavish man, convinced he had limited years, spent his fortune yearly and died as predicted, leaving only his slippers and debts paid, with relatives erecting the monument at his burial site.
A London Opinion note discusses stride length, noting boys measure a cricket pitch and a city walker claims to approximate the yard per step on long walks. The author records a man at five feet eight and a half inches, with 1090 to 1710 paces per mile, and observes that regiment pace averages the extremes.
Andrew Carnegie gives two clergy men gifts to aid a destitute brother and a church. A wary priest doubts the recipient will accept it due to pride. The Ironmaster retorts that poverty destroys pride and frames generosity as upright, noting an empty bag cannot stand.
A man with untidy habits asks a friend whether to choose a soap color for his waistcoat. The friend suggests a soap color as the likely best option, with casual banter lingering over the fashion choice.
London Punch discusses a church fire with irony noting no factory impact. One man out of work is mentioned as drawing his money, reflecting satire on industrial fear versus religious loss.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a remark about the bride and groom at a wedding. The speaker comments on the groom's pallor, provoking curiosity about the moment and glance that prompted the observation.
A Baltimore American note questions whether all vintage things reappear with time. It cites a lone exception the woman who saved a train by flagging it with a red flannelette petticoat, insisting she will never return.
Lancaster-Oh she seemed to take a dislike to me when we first met, and I wanted to show her she was mistaken. Smart Set.
Fragmentary note records a dialogue in which a child asks what ails mother, with the line What ails, mother likely part of a larger dialogue from a historical column or letter. The readable fragments suggest a domestic scene or advice context.
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