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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
A collection of market quotes with corn at 48c a bushel oats 45c rye 80 85 barley 52c hides 7c per lb cows 3 004 350 hogs 5 005 65 eggs 24c butter in trade 17 19c. A Trinity school scholar recalls history’s revolutions. Jokes about mining schemes and a suitor avoided by a wary father. The Dress of a Good Wife notes prudent, plain attire over fleeting fashion.
A humorous Harper's Magazine excerpt critiques store practices that charge customers for entry. The narrator recalls a Salem shop where a stern maid charges ten cents for admission, illustrating thrift and fin de siecle commercial propriety.
Dr Johnson doubted the Lisbon earthquake yet Parisian society likewise resisted belief in a giraffe newly added to the Jardin des Plantes. Levaillant first described the creature in 1787 after travels among the Hottentots and Kafris. The explorer faced Munchausen rumors until living specimens arrived in Paris and verified his account.
The Chinese government relies on provincial revenue but arbitrarily fixes yearly quotas for each province. Provinces then tax goods entering from neighboring areas, a system extended to subdivisions so that goods pay taxes every few miles in transit. Interior taxes, called likin, become terror to importers and can be prohibitive.
A magistrate declared that petty squabbles ruin more homes than affinities, showing no mercy for wife-beaters and expressing skepticism about how disputes escalate within families. The remarks highlight the high stakes of domestic discord and the magistrate’s stance on handling abuse cases.
The piece argues that the middle class faces moral concerns about marriage and faithfulness, condemns nagging and overwork, and links faithlessness to a cloudy home. It then criticizes modern novels for sensational or wicked content, likening them to a poisonous literary diet that leaves a bitter taste.
In Richmond a traveler hires a carriage and notes the driver’s ignorance of local landmarks. At Hollywood Cemetery the driver confuses presidents with grave markers, mistaking Monroe, Tyler, and Jefferson Davis for directions and mistaking a factory president for a president.
A promotional notice extols the 1909 World Almanac and Encyclopedia as the best ready reference for facts on politics, geography, wars, sports, and more. It urges readers to order or buy at newsstands, with pricing 25 cents and 30 cents west of Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
A condensed reflection on amiability and dissent features a contrast between the ideal of saying yes and the necessity of saying no. The passage highlights a dis senter who lacks weaknesses, portraying him as a polarized figure unlikely to share common human infirmities. It ends by noting that Stevenson contrasts Thoreau’s single, foresighted life with heroes who can inhabit many roles.
The passage urges maintaining a free speaking voice with relaxed cords and practicing in private to discover the natural register. It warns against declamatory talk and suggests exercises that involve deep breathing chest expansion and an erect head to project tone without raising pitch.
A humorous exchange between a cultured mother and her small daughter. The daughter asks about Africa’s lakes as it’s school time, and the mother teases her, offering to write the answer after locating the geography. The line ends with a playful punch.
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