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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
5
The text argues that domestic drudgery will vanish with improved machinery and labor saving devices. Co operation is seen as a path to making women's daily tasks as enjoyable as men's, reducing home chores across civilization. It then describes Grieg's resting place as a grotto by a Bergen lake, with burial bones accessible only by water.
A brief exhortation notes that fresh air benefits health and, more importantly, complexion. It suggests a young woman may avoid effort to obtain air, choosing to forgo comfort, yet the idea remains that a rosy complexion signals internal well being and orderly living.
A reader attended a street theater performance last night featuring a conjurer who performed a blight of hand routine. A counterfeit dollar was passed, then replaced with a genuine bill in a quick improvised exchange.
A humorous exchange questions if a man sued his wife for divorce over her baseball career. The quip implies the dispute centers on her performance rather than personal matters, noting the joke about home runs as a suggested motive.
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