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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
3
Washington residents recount a mangy black cat that defeated two neighborhood dogs in a late night sequence. The feline, judged by a dozen locals as a champion, mounted a bold comeback after a bulldog and hound attacked. The cat emerged unscathed and walked home, head high.
The article notes the decline of the cattle round up as railroads create terminal stations across range country. Cowboys and range riders faced long days, hard work, and heavy drinking before trains carried cattle east. Soon fenced pastures and small farms replace vast ranges as grass-fed steers become rare in major stockyards.
A St. Regis guest recounts a social drift when he lights a pipe in the hotel lobby. Patrons scatter or relocate to avoid the sight, while he defends pipe smoking as superior to cigars or cigarettes, calling pipe users better men.
The rise of pure food commissions spurs many to study chemistry seeking federal expert roles. Numerous drug store workers add chemistry courses with hopes of appointments. Only a minority will secure posts, but the public benefits as all become better at detecting food adulterations.
A Delaware boy tried a bell on a rat to repel pests. The bell woke the household and drew more rats, as the tinkling supposedly attracted them. The experiment yielded no pest control and instead created a nightly chorus.
A Frenchman attempted a scallop plantation on a New England beach but found thousands of planted scallops had fled overnight. The note explains scallops swim by opening and closing their shells, a fact highlighted by What to Eat.
A reader misread a tip about treating fatigue by soaking feet in mustard water for ten minutes as holding the face in mustard water. She attempted the therapy briefly, then abandoned it and avoided shopping for several days afterward.
A fragmentary dialogue presents Father and Rollo debating the traits of a great man. The speaker hints at gathering an army of servants and the qualities that define leadership, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
Two Vanderbilt cup chauffeurs describe the nerve crushing tension of racing. Clement recalls the ground rising before the car and the thrill as the long road stretches ahead while spectators blur to a black and white line. Wagner details mounting strain eight laps in, hunger, fatigue, and the chase of tires and danger as the final round begins.
A Cleveland man returning from Toledo saw a crowd on a station platform and assumed a bride and groom were departing. He handed them a congratulatory card. The newlyweds mistook him for a joker and argued loudly about their 21-year-old son before he fled. He now vows never again to be a practical joke catalyst.
A Pall Mall Gazette writer notes two Sevres cabarets to be offered at Christies porcelain sale. One with flower festoons belonged to Marie Antoinette and passed through Louise Lefevre to George Earle of Essex and Miss Fannie Kelly before reaching Miss Kelly’s adopted daughter. The other, decorated with musical trophies, was a gift from George IV to Mrs Robinson and later bought by John Graham. Also listed is a Chippendale mahogany bookcase once in Kensington Palace where George II died.
An insurance agent pleads for a policy to help widow and orphans after the death of their protector. The farmer refuses, then jokes that a policy includes almanac, Greenville plug, brass watch, accordion, medicine, and a brass band for his funeral processional. The farmer insists, no one can say Joshua Hay neglected his loved ones.
During a Kiel meeting on the Hohenzollern deck, Mr. Carnegie told Emperor William I he never cared much for kings. The emperor replied that there was one king he valued, asking who, and Carnegie answered Robert Bruce, noting Bruce is buried in his town, to shared laughter.
A quirky show titled Malipedes draws attention to unusual head appendages as participants debate their meaning. The event features playful dialogue like What's that to me and Noth- Uy: Mika, to, ae oi, reflecting a surreal, experimental tone.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a gentle yet powerful nervine and tonic for weak overworked women, promising to strengthen and regulate womanly functions. It also touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets for stomach and bowel vigor, noting non-alcoholic glyceric extracts from native plants and warning against secret nostrums.
The page lists regular services for First through Fourth Reformed and Christian Reformed churches, plus Baptist and M E Church schedules with pastors Vander Ark Vander Berge Monkman and others. Also includes college and school board names and city officials like mayor treasurer clerk chief of police and engineers.
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