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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
2
Daddy tells Evelyn and Jack a fairy tale from England about a farmer who shares a field with a red clad elf. The farmer outwits the elf by taking the better parts of crops and sabotaging the elf with hidden iron bars, leading to the elf losing the field after a mowing contest.
A Chinaman in Yellowstone Park drops soap into the Beehive geyser, causing a spectacular eruption and symbolically likening it to Theodore Roosevelt stirring national politics. The column riffs on Taft, insurgents, and looming party conventions as 1912 era rhetoric.
By order of sale from a District Court decree 1910 in favor of William Van der Wilt against Gerrit Van der Wilt et al the sale of 99 acres in Marion County Iowa is set for February 4 1911 at the Gaass law office Pella 9am to 4pm with 10 cash 40 in 60 days and balance Sept 1 1911. Referee John Van Vliet signs dated January 2 1911.
Last Wednesday War Van Houten was operated on at Methodist hospital in Des Moines to remove cancer from inside the mouth. He stood the operation well and indications are he will recover.
December activity shows books issued and days open for issue, with averages on orientation, and measurements for largest and smallest categories. The report notes adult fiction, periodicals, books repaired, new readers registered, overdue fines, charges to non-residents, and total. A donation to the juvenile department by Julia Van Zante, librarian, is announced.
Central University wins 28 to 23 over Ottumwa January 2 under Coach Johnson. The team, touted as fast, opened by defeating Ottumwa YWCA and will seek a strong season with games at Oskaloosa Pella Des Moines Indianola Fairfield Mount Pleasant and Des Moines throughout January to March.
A brief verse asserts that strength for today suffices since tomorrow brings only another today with its joys and sorrows. It urges practicing forbearance, scattering kind words, performing loving deeds, and maintaining complete trust in God within home and life.
In a brief exchange, Clarice expresses curiosity about music, and another speaker offers to play. The moment centers on a shared interest and invitation to perform, hinting at a developing musical interaction. The scene foregrounds personal rapport and potential performance.
A shopper demands a pair of white gloves and clarifies she intends to buy them, not hire them, in a brisk exchange with a young clerk at the counter. The brief scene captures a moment of shop friction and everyday commerce.
A man described a puzzling incident to a policeman at a street corner. He claimed a drug store clerk offered his wife a quart jar of cold cream for a dollar and then pointed out cheaper twenty five cent jars, prompting questions about a possible trick. The exchange ended with the clerk’s denial.
A reflective poem urges walking softly and steadily into the new year with kindness, humility, and shared purpose. It invites fortitude and charity, hoping for better deeds, steadfast work, and guidance from God as time remains brief.
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