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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
3
A poem where cherubs query a newcomer with a stained robe and dusty hem. The Eldest Angel explains the wearers burden and tears of the poor become sacred gems. It concludes that no saint arrives without such earthly marks and compassion.
A group of Yale students camping near the Vermont border prank a lone Canadian boy with Latin ridicule. The rider halts, the boy questions the language, and the students echo Latin phrases as the buckboard departs. The prank ends as they laugh and ride away, none expecting consequences.
A Canadian boy learns Latin from an old cupboard grammar after a curiosity about the language. He studies at Rochester, supports himself in prep school, enters university, wins the Latin prize, then studies law and builds a successful career. A minor prank redirected a life.
The creed expresses belief in education for all, the value of schools and teaching, learning through example, hands-on work and thinking, beauty in daily life, laughter and love, and faith in present opportunities and future promises. It closes with a reverent Amen by Edwin Osgood Grover.
A blind teen musician in England turns hardship into art after a canary bird inspires him. He studies the violin, bonds with the bird as it sings along while he plays, and now performs publicly with the bird, earning a living from their duo.
The August Woman's Home Companion excerpt argues women need not age reluctantly. It urges choosing personal interests beyond childrearing, resisting family dictates, and maintaining sympathy with youth while avoiding overbearing expectations. It cautions against dictating to women who seek equality and personal autonomy.
A speaker contrasts the restlessness of youth with that of later life and suggests a cure in gentle neglect by loved ones. The piece urges tact and concise care for the elderly, noting experience as an asset and youth ageing toward age, urging the young to empathize with the old.
In Ireland the horn growth can be stopped in calves under two weeks old by moistening the horn area and applying a nitrate of silver pencil. The process irritates just enough to prevent horn development, causing no skin breakage and minimal distress. The author argues farmers should adopt this humane, cost-free method rather than painful dehorning.
A teacher asks, Which would you rather have three bags with two apples each or two laps with three apples each bag. A child answers three bags to boost the number of bags to bust, sparking a class discussion on counting and reasoning.
A cultural note traces the nursery rhyme Rock-a-Bye Baby to early Plymouth Colony. It claims Indian squaws tied babies in cradle-like bindings to tree limbs, causing a breeze to rock the cradles. A young man reportedly wrote the verse from this scene, cited by The Girls' Companion.
170 acre stock farm for sale six miles from Pella Iowa near school and church. Priced cheap or will exchange for smaller farm. For full particulars contact G. care of Pella Chronicle, Pella Iowa.
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