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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
3
A weary tramp, battered by smoke and loss, joins with exhausted firefighters to defend a village. He refuses rest, helps evacuate families, memory of a boy's pie spurs him, and he leads a daring dash toward the flames to rescue the threatened homes and children.
The article traces early attempts at rapid fire weapons from James Puckle’s 1718 rotating cylinder gun to Rollin White’s revolving pistol. It notes claims about square bullets against Turks and round bullets for Christians and highlights the description of rapid fire that could deter boarding.
A historical excerpt echoes Charles Sumner's stark denunciation of war. It contrasts desolation and death with peaceful fields, urging empathy for fallen families and the blind frenzy that drives brothers to harm brothers. The passage laments ruin, bloodshed, and lawless passions tearing at civil harmony.
A London costumer forecasts snake skins as fall fashion, touting python skin for gowns, footgear, and entire figures. He claims skin is waterproof, pliable, and can highlight waists or hide defects, with uses ranging from golf shoes to motor coats and waistcoats.
The census bureau reports a drop in illiteracy from 10.7 percent to 7.7 nationally during 1900 to 1910. Illiteracy among ages ten to fourteen fell from 7.2 to 4.1 percent, signaling educational gains and stronger schooling for the new generation, with children consistently less illiterate than the general population.
Indian natives, not stock traders, adopted a cotton market bet based on five daily New York quotations. Players guess the five figures to match the total, with the closest winner taking the prize. Authorities grew irritated by the popularity among poorer natives.
At a New York luncheon the discussion centered on the arrest of Mayor Lunn and Rev. Algernon Crapsey of Schenectady for street speaking during the Little Falls Strike. John D. Rockefeller Jr. offered remarks without endorsing or condemning the men or the strike.
After nearly two years a missing captain returns to his wife Sarah to find her selling meat pies and baked beans to make ends meet. He fears she may have remarried, but a quiet reunion unfolds as he explains his shipboard captivity in the Andes. Their shared gratitude centers on a ivory tobacco box he had kept as a memory, now perched on the mantel as a pledge of enduring faith.
France celebrates the Bastille’s destruction on July 14, 1789 with scenes of triumph. Prisoners freed after years of harsh confinement are paraded, while columns and embrasures are hurled into ditches in a volatile display of popular emotion. A bronze column now marks the site in memory of the patriots of 1789 and 1830.
Reports from Berlin recount Emperor William II being deceived during a Corfu visit when local authorities staged archaeological finds. Statues shown to him proved to be counterfeit, bought by officials as a surprise and later revealed as apocryphal.
A Tremestieri fisherman reports a massive sea creature in nets near Messina. Descriptions note a 600 pound, nine foot eight inch long back, two large earlike fins, a rectangular mouth, six breathing apertures, and a skin like human skin with mole-like spots. Scientists rush to the scene but struggle to classify the animal kept in a small inlet.
A discussion contrasts women’s roles at home versus independence. English and American views debate whether homebound women risk becoming parasitic, the impact of caring for children, and whether elevating domestic service could attract college educated women.
A historical quip credits Isabella of Bavaria as shaping fashion and traitorially selling half of France to England. Sarah Bernhardt memorializes Isabella in a sharply critical aside, praising the corset’s invention while condemning the consort’s alleged misdeeds.
A dialogue set in Hartford Times depicts a man facing a sharp rebuff from a woman. She remarks on the emotional blow and the difficulty of such rejection, illustrating social tension in a terse exchange. The snippet captures the era's conversational tone and gender expectations.
Fragment of a historical newspaper item mentions parched corn and the telegraph service of the country. Sindy.
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