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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
6
City of Pella Marion County Iowa invites sealed bids for sewer construction along designated streets. Bid deposits of 200 dollars and performance bonds due by December 20 1910. Work to start by January 24 1911 and finish by March 1 1911 with payments from assessments and sewer taxes.
Mrs W W Butler of near Sidney Indiana churned 126 pounds of butter from five Holstein cows in October selling at 30 cents a pound. The value of cows at 250 dollars each would repay their cost in seven months at a 100 percent return, as the piece notes how a single woman thrives in dairy farming.
A father tells Jack and Evelyn a tale of two coins a copper penny and a gleaming gold piece. The penny travels through kind acts from a boy to a beggar to a mother’s birthday gift, worn smooth by use while the gold piece stays buried with a miser and never helps anyone.
A teacher argues that while moving pictures face criticism for harming youth and wasting resources, they also offer educational value. She urges parents and teachers to steer viewership toward clean, morally beneficial films that teach geography and history through vivid visuals.
A columnist from Des Moines laments rising street vice and youth drinking, urging enforcement of laws or removal of saloons. He cites widespread petitioner drives, calls for action by Booster clubs and other groups, and compares Des Moines unfavorably with New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Chicago. The writer condemns immoral behavior by young men and women on downtown streets and urges the capital to restore civic virtue.
Farmers across Iowa inspect fields ear by ear to select top ears for the Iowa Corn Show. Judging starts December 6, with all corn placed and ribbons awarded before the eight day event opens December 8 at the Coliseum and concludes December 15.
A historical quiz presents numeric comparisons between saloons and schools in the United States. It asks how many more saloons than schools exist, the cost differences between saloons and schools, liquor versus food and clothing values, daily liquor revenue from San Francisco saloons, drunkards forming city counts, Oakland saloons and daily consumption, daily beer expenditure versus bread, and a smoker’s half year spending versus Bibles.
Sam Cole grows his business beyond fruit sales and now plans a permanent fruit line and soon a stock of fancy groceries. He awaits landlord upgrades to the building before opening the new department, and wishes him success.
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist church holds its annual bazar in the east display room of the American House on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10. A sale of home baked goods and candies is planned for Saturday, offering a convenient place to buy Christmas goods.
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