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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
2
A brief notice notes a schedule or payment term with references to a year in advance and a three month period. Named entities are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicates a contractual timing clause and related party terms.
The letter-heavy item notes the rural mail route may not start before fall. It criticizes Bro Burrell and the Washington law Democrat, the Marion County Reporter’s party reorganization, and Mayor Hartenhower vetoing the Army Post proposition. It also covers Sam Sherman’s clash with the post office over second class postage and publisher subscribers.
A compact, cryptic note hints at a guarded process used by the nation. It references a secretive method connected to obtaining a fragile or altered fiber material, framed as a curious official concern. The text implies a guarded procedure tied to a government context.
A detailed account describes the secret process of making currency paper in a Massachusetts firm under government supervision, including pulp preparation, fiber mixing, and strict tracking of each sheet. It notes high-value losses, the vault system, and vital staff accountability. The piece then shifts to advertising a beauty product and critiques Republican tariffs and taxation, citing the Philippines purchase and Dingley tariff stance with partisan satire from the Washington Democrat.
The column records a string of local notes about freezes and frigid days, horse and farm activity, and people in Hardscrabble. Names like van der Pal, Grootvelt, B van Gilts, and de Young appear with small events such as frozen ears, nose, fingers, and trips to towns. It mentions chores, husking corn, sleighing, visits, and a medical update on Mr. Snowden Cox. The piece mixes social gossip with practical tips and ads from Allen & Stubenrauch and others.
The column lists weddings and visiting kin, court attendance in Knoxville for J.T. Moore case, juror Whaley in District Court, Mrs. Cox visiting Ottumwa for Christmas, W H Norris busy with horse shoving, Clark and Charles Heywood driving to Knoxville, wedding bells in town, Dennis drilling a well for James Herrington, van der Waal seeking a Minnesota farm, E C Miller returning home for holidays, Ira Sharon visiting family, and an upcoming ice harvest with Des Moines river ice reported nine inches thick.
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