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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
4
A crow steals cheese from a cottage and is flattered by a fox. The fox praises the crow's beauty and voice to coax the cheese from the crow, which the fox seizes. The tale warns that flattery hides selfish aims and warns of eventual regret.
Christmas reports and visitors fill the Durham area with family gatherings. Reverend Hawk preached Sunday morning for protracted meetings at Washington church. Numerous relatives from Knoxville Des Moines and Gosport visited, sharing Christmas with local families and noting a Plymouth church tree exhibition.
Editorial notes President Roosevelt in Colombia and Panama policy sparks White House concern. Discusses Hearst criticism and GOP unity under Senate leadership. Mentions Secretary Root’s praise for Gen Wood, and U S actions toward Santa Domingo and German cruelty cases. Also cites Kaiser hunt antics and a Frankfurt consul report on South Africa egg markets.
The Dixie sails from League Island navy yard en route to Colon carrying 6000? troops and fighting supplies for 1,000 men in five companies. The warship, noted for Henry Rhynsburger’s electrical department, appears in a January issue description alongside features of the magazine Cite House and its departments.
Albia Odd Fellows announce plans to build a new three story temple measuring 44 by 90 feet with a lodge room for their use and additional office suites and lodge rooms. The building aims to be the county’s finest of its kind.
Russians mobilize for expected clash with Japan amid broad wartime preparations. Government orders an Omaha packing company to supply large beef shipments with ingrevetions to ship to San Francisco by steamship, January 15. Meanwhile Japan accelerates similar ominous fiscal measures granting government credit to fund war materiel and finance emergency needs.
An Iowa farmer, Ver Steeg, describes buying highly bred seed corn at five dollars for two bushels and notes his crop averaged ten bushels more per acre. He plans to select twenty bushels from fourteen acres for next year, evaluating seed carefully with an expert to ensure quality seed.
Plaintiffs Grietjeide Haan and Gerrit B. Virsteeg allege ownership of the south 132 feet of Lot 2 Block 50 in the city of Pella Marion County Iowa and seek to quiet title against a tax deed held by the defendant who has not possessed the property. The petition asks to set aside the tax deed and quiet plaintiffs title with general relief. notice states February 2, 1904 noon for defense in District Court Knoxville Iowa.
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