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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
8
In a New Year morning scene, artist Sprague and reporter Ralph Sturgis discuss a bank mystery and a possible romance. Sturgis warns Sprague about pursuing love risk, while Sprague frets over a portrait and a sitter connected to a looming case.
In a rapidly changing city quarter, ancient brownstone houses linger as relics of a vanished aristocracy. Dr. Murdock, a wealthy chemist, buys one haunted by lawsuits and neighbors' gaze, moves in with daughter Agnes, and appears calm yet intense as he skims newspapers and prepares for a New Year. Agnes visits, discussing art, a portrait, and a planned meeting with Mr. Sprague. the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
The Philadelphia author George H Jessup recounts a California misadventure where he and a friend stole a horse by mistake. Realizing the owner was the vigilant committee head, they telegraphed for help, returned the horse, and, per local custom, Jessup treated the house, leaving him temporarily penniless for the month.
The Garden of Gethsemane lies just outside Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives under a high wall. Once interwoven with Christ's closing scenes, it now contains few old olive trees with stone-supported trunks while some branches still flourish. The Latin Christians own the garden though the Greek Church claims another site as the true Gethsemane.
A fragment cites a man paying over a hundred dollars for a copper cent, while an English syndicate recently paid two million dollars for a woolen mill. The remark contrasts value judgments across currencies and industries.
Director J R Sage of the Towa weather and crop service releases the final 1901 crop report on December 1. He notes a total farm value of 27 million dollars and a per acre yield and total products figure despite drought, estimating values at a record 44 million dollars higher than any prior date. The report includes a tabulated crop summary.
The Hampton Recorder notes Cummins will be among Iowa's youngest governors at inauguration while placing his age in historic context. It cites past governors Tarrabee Boies Drake Jackson Grimes Stone Carpenter Kirkwood Gear Larrabee and Harlan, showing shifts in perceived vitality and the idea that 50 once signified old age.
The plan declares new rural free delivery in town with routes in Baxter Jasper county and Colfax Jasper county, each with two carriers. Route lengths range from 21 to 44 miles, populations served from 1,025 to 1,873. Carriers include Frank W Sego, T F McEvers, and A N Penquite. Post offices at Greencastle Forest Home and Rose Hill affected. Greencastle and Forest Home to be discontinued.
Col Madaden Davis of Sioux City secured a Pan American Expo gift of a bronze statue of liberty for the National Memorial University of the Sons of Veterans in Mason City. The heroic figure stands 16 feet high on a pedestal with an American eagle and patriotic emblems, valued around $1,000. The article notes Theron Row eighty si as a friend circle. Danes celebrate Trowbridge's ST. birthday and local church roles.
A poem titled Child's Hour describes a boy's pocket items as a playful riddle. It lists marbles tops toys gingerbread crumbs a whistle buttons a knife a nail and a rubber gun, but the twist ends with the answer being a hole discovered when items vanish. The verse vero revels in playful misdirection.
A Cincinnati Enquirer description explains a party trick using a hat box, blotting paper, and chemicals to form white ghost rings. The performer places two blotting pads soaked in muriatic acid and aqua ammonia in a box, creates a white cloud, and launches rings toward guests. Rings can be aimed at objects or people, then renewed for further amusement.
A 42 year old burro named Jack famed for pairing with writer Helen Hunt Jackson travels, later adopted by a Colorado Springs fruit seller. Once a government pack animal, he now lazes by theStand munching hay, famed as a local visitor magnet with a refined taste for meals beyond tin cans and cacti. © Detroit Free Press photo by Miss Jennie I Thomas of Detroit.
The piece traces New Year’s origins from Roman times to Britain and America, noting the Julian calendar's influence, the 1582 reform, and English resistance to calendar changes until 1752. It recounts Aramachius’s martyrdom at Rome’s games and Washington’s birth dating under the old system, with notes on Scotland and continental Europe. Mill Girls Start a School in Hazleton Pa.
A fragment recalls a child exclaiming at a cat and trolley sounds, with the boy shouting O mother and claiming to feel electricity and hear the trolley when listening near the cat. The line suggests a whimsical or surreal moment captured in a historical page segment.
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