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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
1
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a rising pay rate in Sicily as many emigrants depart. It contrasts local views of a neighbor’s child labeled as a brat with broader labor trends and social tensions in the region.
Hon Bernard Murphy long time Vinton Eagle editor since 1874 enters race as Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. The item notes public disagreement with comparing his standing to a fad and references a Globe Democrat remark about intelligent liars.
The Cedar Rapids Republican and the Evening Times report plans to relocate to new quarters at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Third Street by March, signaling a fresh start for the papers.
The statement notes many workers rely on wireless telegraphy as it becomes widespread. It cites fifty five vessels and their crews continually employed in laying and repairing world submarine cables, highlighting potential employment impact.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes a down easter built an amphibious automobile with a balloon. The Chicago Tribune warns an innocent bystander to seek refuge in the subway as a quick escape.
A vivid remark suggests Indiana judges should treat Booth Tarkington like any other inebriate, criticizing leniency for celebrities. The speaker mocks the notion of special mercy and calls for stricter discipline to enforce accountability.
Old time stage driver Billy Warren is dead at Stuart. He began stage driving at nineteen and in 1845 drove a line out of Chicago. He moved to Iowa in the early 1850s and then drove a Davenport to Cedar Rapids route, as noted by the Herald.
The Vindicator edited by E Lobbins will publish monthly until enough support is secured to become a weekly. The first issue reprints the speech by Liston McMillen from Buxton’s New Year’s Day Emancipation celebration.
Readers question where the 46th star will sit on the flag. The historic design discussed shows rows with eight or seven stars in alternating patterns, while modern proposals from unnamed organizers and periodicals suggest new arrangements.
The fragment notes a sequence where the sixth item includes eight stars while the second and fifth items each show seven stars. It suggests a stylized display or rating scheme within a larger listing. Further context from the article would clarify what the stars signify and the relation among items.
William Perico of Clinton reports a corn ear weighing three pounds with a circumference of fourteen inches and a length of fourteen inches containing about 1,400 kernels. Believed to be the largest Iowa ear ever produced. readers are asked to report any larger finds.
The custodian of the building and top officials estimate costs this year for the county’s famed court house rise above expectations. Seventy-person staff including 17 elevator men 15 window washers three janitors 30 assistant janitors and 90 janitresses and scrubwomen contribute to the larger total.
A campaign forms to protect the lakes at the river’s head from timber cutting. It is claimed deforestation is drying the headwaters and reducing water volume. Without action, the Mississippi may lack sufficient water to float cargoes once the waterway is completed to the gulf.
Readers applaud Justice Dowling for barring women reporters and Thaw family members from the second Harry K. Thaw trial courtroom while criticizing the delay and expense. They urge extending the rule to all men and pushing the proceeding through in days rather than weeks or months.
The writer laments how public discourse labels events as jokes from Des Moines College voting plans to Davenport saloons and the Kulp case verdict. The piece argues laughter hides serious costs and calls for accountability in military and state spending, noting a $2000 expense amid excess.
The cafe manager announces that from January 1908 all ladies may smoke cigars or cigarettes in every room. The policy sparks debate about gender norms and public behavior, contrasting with men’s established liberties in public spaces.
The passage argues men should set examples amid alleged female overreach, urging women to refrain from acting like men. It stresses early public school education shaping farm life, urging boys and girls to learn nature and nature’s laws to avoid ignorance and drudgery, and highlights the farm’s reliance on public schooling for future livelihoods.
A sample book from Ginn and Company titled Agriculture for Geyinners by Burkett Stevens Hill is praised for presenting farming to public school children. It links history and science through tales of Squanto Jethro Tull and Saltz wheat, arguing farming is teachable and should be taught alongside arithmetic geography and grammar in state colleges and schools.
A compilation of curiosities covering railroad equipment costs, per mile construction costs, locomotive earnings, a US president who learned at work, the fastest birds, Alexander the Great funeral length, and horse meat consumption in Paris restaurants. Includes Andrew Johnson’s schooling, frigate bird speed, and hummingbird speeds.
A teacher, explaining a ten dollar subtraction example, asks about spending on a hat, gloves, and other items. After a pause a pupil named Isaac sharply asks why the change wasn’t counted, highlighting a moment of humor in a classroom with Russian parents’ children.
It fills the arteries with rich blood and fosters new flesh for healthy men women and children. No remedy has done so much good as Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c Tea or Tablets F D Stubenrauch.
An old newspaper item promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills claiming prompt relief for back ache and weakness. Sold by Langerak's Drug Store. The notice also notes that states with power to regulate their affairs are to be congratulated.
Langerak's Drug Store advertises Kodol as the best remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and stomach disorders. The copy claims it is pleasant prompt and thorough and invites customers to call for job printing services as well.
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