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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1928
Page
8
Simpson College defeated Central 53 to 18 in a fast third straight Iowa Conference game of the week. Led by C Flanagan the visitors used strong outside shooting as Flanagan scored 18 points including eight field goals and two free throws.
Second high scorer Kirkpatrick Simpson forward netted four field goals and six free throws for 14 points. Central guard Tandy shone on both ends with three field goals and six points, while center Denekas added two field goals and three free throws. Simpson steered a lead that stayed at 28 to 10 as officials led by Referee Jack North, Highland Park.
The famed Limberlost estate near Rome City Indiana once home to Gene Stratton Porter hosts 20 000 plus wildflowers cultivated by Porter herself creating Wildflower Woods. The Harvester film opens at the Alamo Theatre February 22 and 23 with a cast led by Orville Caldwell Natalie Kingston Will Walling Jay Hunt Lola Todd Edward Hearn and Fanny Midgley.
Longfellow's heroine inspires a Nova Scotia memorial park at Grand Pre where the Acadian burying ground, chapel and statue attract visitors from the United States and Canada. The region links to Quebec Banff St Andrews Bay of Fundy and Yarmouth as Evangeline travel options. New steamers Evangeline and Yarmouth will shuttle passengers from New York Boston and Halifax to Yarmouth and Digby. Nova Scotia apple orchards blanket the Annapolis Valley offering spring fragrance and scenery.
Wapello, head chief of the Foxes, influenced Sauk and Fox affairs beside Keokuk and Black Hawk. Born 1787 at Prairie du Chien, he led villages near Rock Island, Keokuk’s Reserve, and Des Moines river. He advocated treaty obligations, signed the last treaty in 1897, and was buried near his friend Joseph Street at Agency City. Aumann’s biographical sketch appears in The Palimpsest.
Ramon Novarro stars in The road to Romance at the Alamo Theatre on February 17 18 presenting his best picture since Ben Hur. Marceline Day headlines the female lead in a Joseph Conrad inspired Cuba era pirate tale with romance and action.
A nostalgic travel goods notice extols the variety of luggage from carpet bag style to moire lined suitcases and novelty bags. It highlights colorful trunks, hat boxes, zipper pillows, and decorative features like a gray lizard grain case with a Mayflower toiletry set, urging readers to shop and travel in style. Harold Sack offers painting and paper hanging services, phone 63 Blue.
A patchwork of small items from early 20th century: three Englishmen in Paris held up by a masked woman. Mrs Harriet Boyden beds a coffin for her dog. triplets born to Mrs B C Coburn on her birthday. a Sabina Ohio postcard travels 22 years to reach Harry Adams in Oklahoma City. divorce case in Liverpool. funeral colors at Hull. Henry Hawkins sought to marry a 17 year old. Walden Johnson encounters a stranger in his bed. Karl Depfer pursued for fraud. McGorn divorce after radio dispute. policeman in Newry wins best ankles prize. bridge hands in Birmingham. Dickey loses flying license. SemmichCoins removal operation. Arthur Newton runs 100 miles in 14 hours 25 minutes.
State health commissioner Dr Henry Albert notes pneumonia, or lung fever, rises in winter, peaking in February with deaths highest in early March. Iowa recorded 1,811 pneumonia deaths in 1926. recent year projections suggest not exceeding 1,500. He credits prevention efforts with lowering cases and deaths.
The article urges yearly vigilance against pneumonia with steps for disinfection and quarantine via local health boards. It links cold and alcohol use to susceptibility and stresses early rest and medical review for severe colds. It notes Mayor C. E. Gregg of Vincennes, Indiana, fined himself $1 for a stop sign violation in a city court.
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