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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
7
Community notes cover moves and visits in Pella area including Muths planning Chicago relocation and Grand Island visitors, Bert DeBruyn selling for Linden Washington, and church activities with the Philathea society. Also mentions motor trouble, land ad lease, Minnesota job ad, and local clergy visiting Muscatine.
Martin Van Buren Bennett died at his Columbus Kansas home on Thursday February 13 aged 83 a longtime Marion county resident who served as Captain in the 40th Iowa Infantry after Knoxville and later edited the Copperhead in Pella He practiced law and was a minister in the M E church and remained politically active as a Democrat and later a Prohibitionist with service in the Iowa legislature and multiple Kansas candidacies.
A wanted man over 30 with a horse and buggy is sought to sell stock condition powders in Marion County. The ad offers $75 a month and directs inquiries to Room 2 at 1106 Farnam Street in Omaha, Nebraska.
Robert Barr notes a writer who begins his story swiftly and stays focused on the climax. He emphasizes pruning any incident not tied to the final moment and stopping precisely at the peak of the narrative.
In a Cincinnati Inquirer note, Binks gazes into a dental showcase as Jinks spots him. Jinks greets him and asks what he is doing there. Binks replies he is just picking his teeth.
A Pittsburgh Post snippet shows a woman asking if he loves her and his witty reply directs her to read specific pages for certain levels of affection, signaling a lighthearted literary game between partners.
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