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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
6
A damaged OCR snippet hints at a lyric like line about a vanished year and a boy's musical, silvery laugh. The text mentions rhythm, tears, and a bright ring of joy, with references to a thorny path and glory, but the passage is incomplete and stylistically poetic.
An unnamed narrator and Gideon Hayle discuss fortunes and offers tied to diamonds, then move from a restaurant to a theater. The exchange hints at tension over a heavy offer and a possible expedition to recover stones, while their evening unfolds with shifting plans and uncertain outcomes. The dialogue conveys intrigue and a restless pursuit of fortune.
A Parisian cabby story unfolds as a tense confrontation on a Chicago street. A revolver appears as the man warns the narrator to sit and cooperate, revealing a bluff that traps the rider in a relentless pursuit through a stone courtyard and a guarded escape route. The tension peaks as the narrator realizes he is outmaneuvered and in danger.
George Fairfax reflects on a trap set by Hayle in Paris. Locked in a dim room with barred windows, Fairfax vows to expose Hayle, defend his honor with Miss Kitwater, and exact revenge while pondering the dangers of pursuit and betrayal.
The narrator, imprisoned in a high-walled courtyard room, describes near despair and a meager daily routine before dawn reveals bars, a trap door, and meals. At midday a lantern-lit party appears as Leglosse and Lepallard uncover him, delivering relief and news of a frantic search tied to M Hayle, concluding with renewed reunion.
A London Tit-Bits piece mocks tactful reminiscences as an elderly Newcastle clergyman endures a humorous anecdote about a prominent family. An old woman recalls a clergyman’s hearty dining appetite and being told to double the portions, ending with an invitation to dine after a service.
In a Swiss village Sir John Stainer, famed English musician, was asked to play the harmonium for a Sunday service by a local clergyman. Stainer agreed, aided psalms and hymns, and the service pleased the congregation. later over dinner Oxford reminiscences sparked light laughter.
A busy doctor hurries through the street when approached by a man famed for getting “sides awalk.” The tired caller asks what to take. The doctor nonchalantly responds with “Take aoab,” leaving the man puzzled and the moment revealing a harsh social vignette.
The Washington Episcopal diocese plans a new cathedral on the Cleveland Park site, with pro cathedral St. Mark at Capitol Hill serving bishop duties. Since 1809 the church has grown from a weed-surrounded frame to a thriving parish aiding the poor and supporting home missions.
Prof William M Beardshear president of Iowa Agricultural College in Ames died after a nervous prostration during a National Education Association meeting in Minneapolis last month. Native of Ohio aged 52, he led the Des Moines West schools era and Tama Western college presidency, guiding the college’s growth.
A cyclone struck Manno's Siding east of Laverne on the Minneapolis and St. Louis line, leaving H. A. Shaw and wife at death's door from falling timbers, with several others injured. The Way Johnson & Co elevator was destroyed. The storm spanned Algona to Laverne, about twenty miles long and nine wide, smashing corn and ruining grain crops.
The executive council completed the assessment of railroad, telegraph, telephone and express company property of the state. The railroad assessment increases by 4,041,650 mostly borne by trunk lines, with Northwestern Milwaukee and Burlington taking the heaviest shares. Telegraph telephone and express company property also shows a substantial rise.
Miss Frances E. West daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry West of Des Moines sails from San Francisco aboard the Nippon Maru for Peking to visit Mr and Mrs Couger. Her departure annuls the programme of christening the cruiser Des Moines by Secretary Shaw. Charles W Perkins longtime Cedar Rapids cashier admits a ten year theft of company funds totaling about 80000 and has turned over property including alleged steel mines and a second mortgage on his home.
The Letts Oil Development Company is organized at Letts to drill for oil about 20 miles from Muscatine. Experts believe a large oil deposit exists and after the remaining stock sells, eastern drillers will pursue a gusher. Four thousand acres have been leased for speculation.
Harry Faber, traveling for a Kansas firm, killed himself in Clarinda after his sweetheart jilted him. Torn letter fragments and his revolver lay beside him. He had told a Texas-based girl he planned to visit, but altered course at the depot and walked a mile up the track to end his life.
A fall festival at Geneva on August 14 features a bean themed event led by local business men. Committees are appointed, with plans for a diverse sports program and a grand free dinner highlighted by baked beans as the centerpiece.
The Washington weather bureau notes four to five fair days with rapid hay and grain harvest progress. Corn is improving in early fields, oats show losses but yields remain strong, and the apple crop is light though better than last year with a large potato yield anticipated. Malcolm Smith of Cedar Rapids is nominated for congress by Fifth district prohibitionists. The state university regents award $128,880 in construction to James Rowson’s & Son for two new medical college buildings. P. P. Olmstead of Clayton County is found dead in a pool near Monona after a suspected fainting spell. Albany post office in Davis County is discontinued, mail to Ash Grove. George Seager, Boone youth, has been missing after leaving home. Otis Whetstein’s body is found in the Eng River near Bunker Mill.
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