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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
6
A Kansas music hall once promised a Chicago headliner but the Great Stewart could not arrive on time. The manager announced a delay and the band played instead. A gallery heckler urged the crowd to stay quiet, while the audience demanded silence and emphasized their intent to be quiet.
A fragment shows someone warning against awakening a thinker named Gabriel nicknamed Cholly. The quirky line hints at private reflections and a humorous street mood rather than a full event. No date. No location. No clear participants beyond the two names.
Leslie's Weekly notes 1860 to 1908 that the United States rose from fourth to near parity with Britain Germany and France combined in manufacturing. It cites doubled factory product value since 1888, exports up since 1898, and farm property growth from 1860 to 1908, with manufacturing employing many and holding a major share of national wealth.
Ossie Shreck of the Athletics, now with the Chicago White Sox, felt unwell. Powers, a kind of doctor in the clubhouse, diagnosed a brainstorm after questions about vision, ears, temperature, and drafts. The humorous exchange ends with the barometer gag.
The Gorham family tradition of withholding judgment reaches Abel Gorham. He hesitates to share views on any subject or person, yet he is seen as discerning. A summer resident asks his opinion of young Hobbs and Gorham replies cautiously that Hobbs will likely prove the kind of man he believes him to be.
After a brief family debate the maiden aunt agrees to ride in the automobile to New Rochelle. A man in goggles and a mask warns that most accidents occur on the return trip, urging calm assurances while statistics are cited to justify the journey. Despite fears of danger Aunt Mary agrees to go.
Two boys pick nuts and argue over fair split. They drop two nuts and hide behind tombstones. A passerby overhears them thinking the devil and the Lord are dividing people. He flees, reporting the strange scene to another man who also rushes away.
A man notes a stenographer earning seven dollars weekly is valued by business needs beyond pay. The worker lacks ambition, enjoys her employer and routine, and prefers comfort to a larger salary, believing happiness and stability trump higher earnings.
A club president faces a flood of invitations and tickets sent to her daily mail. She is pressured to buy or pass along many free or paid tickets, with some creditors attempting payment for unreturned items. The burden includes bombarding receptions and teas, forcing sorting through many notices to reach personal notes.
The report recounts Sir Leopold McLintock, the Arctic explorer, who died recently and reflected on his ice field experiences. He noted the team’s dogs failing at a crucial moment, while a listener quips about Eskimo dogs being tireless, prompting a culinary pun from McLintock.
A bath favored by the Knesp pists and the bare feet habit forms from pine needles and pine cones. Cover with cold water and boil a pound of needles and cones, strain, and add to the bath. Bottle extra for future use. It has a gentle effect on nerves and skin and can alternate with a dented Dal bath.
A letter quoted in Quaker Pictures shows Amelia Opie adopting Quaker honesty after embracing the Society of Friends. She refuses to write fiction, offering only factual pieces or poetry, insisting she cannot misrepresent events once converted.
A New York Aero Club discussion centers on Roy Knabenshue’s exciting frame ride on a dirigible across Manhattan. Capt. T. S. Baldwin, veteran ascender and builder of the largest airship yet delivered to the government, offers no talk of sensation but notes constant work steering, wind, and motor checks from the frame.
A school teacher in Halina quarter told pupils the tale of the fox and the grapes. Tony enjoyed the story and sought Joe in another class. Joe, in broken English, rendered the climax with a playful misquote about bananas.
A Baltimore couple returns from their honeymoon and reviews presents. The husband asks about a $300 check promised by Uncle Tom, noting they have not seen it. The wife suggests Uncle Tom may have learned the father already gave the same amount, preferring not to duplicate gifts.
A Burke quotation contrasts noisy grasshoppers with silent cattle beneath the British oak to warn against misjudging the many by the loud few. It emphasizes that loud voices do not reveal the true majority or worth of the field’s inhabitants.
In a Catholic Standard and Times piece, a dialogue contrasts wage offers with slight phrasing differences. One man recalls being offered ten dollars to start, while another says a ten dollar salary was offered, highlighting how wording shapes perception of pay.
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