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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
1
Iowa now lists 2 296 routes and 1 finals as free rural delivery expands nationwide. Ohio and another state hold first and second places in the ranking. Congress opened on Monday December 3 but is expected to act slowly until after the holiday season.
Iowa College at Grinnell reports a $100,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller. Officials quote Senator Dollyver on monetary circulation saying it is like running water and purifies itself.
In Clarke county during the recent election a man who had been dead for two months won the justice of the peace post by a large Republican majority. The Chronicle notes it seems unfair that Democrats failed to defeat a corpse despite the political upset.
Joseph Michael aged 101 years three months and four days died at his home near Milo a few days ago. The news item omits any mention of his tobacco or whiskey use.
Four million dollars contributed for earthquake relief in San Francisco remains unexpended. Regular charity groups handle the needy and the relief committee is puzzled over how to dispose of the surplus.
Sixty thousand Americans migrated to Canada this year, mainly settling on northwestern farm lands. The emigrants are capable and hardworking farmers drawn by inexpensive lands and potential large crops in eastern Canadian provinces.
Call to support the county paper states Marion residents should subscribe or share copies with neighbors, praising the Chronicle as a best interest publication and urging timely backing before its readers regret delaying praise.
Sam Greene describes a Chariton church in his neighborhood seeking wine for communion but receiving only persimmon article. After communion they attempted the doxology but could only whistle due to puckered lips.
Pat Crowe, who once shocked the West by kidnapping and holding for ransom the son of a millionaire, has reformed. He will travel to Denver to visit Judge Lindsey of the Juvenile Court and urge youthful offenders to embrace the adage be good if you would be happy.
The canvass of county boards fixes 111 Republicans, 47 Democrats in the lower house, 36 Republicans and 33 Democrats in the senate. Republicans hold 75 of 108 in the house and 36 of 60 in the senate, Democrats gain 12 seats. Temple amendment expanded house from 100 to 108.
They might receive daily stipends like laborers in other lines of work, but the stubborn fact remains that section men are the lowest paid class of workers today.
In a recent supreme court ruling the case of J O Wilhite, convicted of illegal practice of medicine in Webster County, was affirmed. Wilhite, calling himself a doctor of neurology and ophthalmology, claimed nature cured patients while he aided. The court noted failure to serve Dame Nature, ensuring the defendant remains liable for the consequences.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports that west coast papers resist Gen. Weaver’s idea of creating an African Black nation. He does not seek compulsory removal but envisions a voluntary emigration to a new republic in Africa, as an option for those unhappy in the United States, potentially costlier than maintaining the Philippines.
Western railroads will discontinue free transportation or lower rates to land agents. About 30 000 land agents registered with the western trunking committee face unemployment after the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled such transport illegal. Colonization methods west of the Mississippi must be overhauled under the new policy.
A jumble of small town items reports Joseph Smith fined 360 in a Utah court over his 48th child birth, Britt bitten by a dog, a somnambulist’s fall injuring a young woman, poultry freight moved by wagon to Searsboro, social visits in Rutland and Bradgate, a bob sled ride at Garfield building, and a noted political remark about Will.
Dorothy and Irene, longtime friends at Northern Lights Inn, watch a fit, blue eyed stranger approach the cliff path. Jolly Allan teases a romance with “the inevitable man,” while the inn’s tranquil summer crowd and lighthouse past frame the scene.
In a storm on the Lorelie voyage, Dudley Graham keeps his nerve and saves Irene and Dorothy as lifeboats reach the overturned yacht. Irene and Dorothy reveal they both intend to marry the same man, joking that their inevitable partner must be twins.
A brief note describes a singular floral freak known as the occasional flower. It is said to bloom without a fixed time and to display varied color and form when closed, suggesting rarity or curiosity in its development and display.
The passage details petals placed in an empty bottle, starting to open within minutes as they rise and expand. After reaching a peak, they gradually recede and close, resembling the ann flower. Some blooms stay open for hours while humidity drops and the fibers shrink. Proper care suggests occasional flowers do not decay when well nourished and kept correct temperature and air conditions.
A humorous exchange contrasts the notion of pathos in seasonal decay with a personal complaint about last winter undergarments. The Philadelphia Ledger quote frames pathos as a literary concept while mocking practical wardrobe neglect.
A melodramatic man tells a line about money not buying everything while an impecunious person responds that they have grown tired of such possessions and seek a change. The Washington Star features a witty exchange framing the theme of material limits and personal renewal.
The Rev R Hicks resumes publication of his popular 1907 almanac after demand. It is available for 25 cents postpaid from Word and Works Publishing Company at 2201 Locust Street St. Louis Missouri, with one almanac included per subscription.
The Chicago Western railway offers one way colonist tickets at nearly half fare to Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Kansas Louisiana Mexico Missouri Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Texas and Wyoming on the first and third Tuesdays monthly through March 1907. Inquiries should be directed to Great Western agent J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
A Persian pupil of the Abbe Shord offers short, poetic replies to questions on gratitude hope eternity time and God. Gratitude is the memory of the heart hope is the blossom of happiness desire is a tree in leaf eternity a day without yesterday or tomorrow time a line with two ends God the necessary Being and Watch-maker of the universe.
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