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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
4
A tale recounts giants twice as tall as the tallest man and elves tiny as a doll. The giants repay a past rescue with a lavish fete, grand castle, dancing, singing, and oversized wine but no danger to children, then send the elves home laden with food and gifts.
Prairie City and Otley residents are noted visiting relatives and towns in nearby Des Moines Monroe Pella and Knoxville. Local residents listed include Van Houweling Kaldenberg Klein Hendershot Harp and Hoksbergen with mentions of illnesses travel and a birth. Mrs Gerrit Klein dies. Dora Klein ill. births in Kaldenberg home. doctors visiting from Des Moines.
Kate Van Zante Leighton is spending several days with her brother Henry and his family in Eddyville and also visiting relatives in the area. Mr Swank of Lynnville is mentioned in connection with the visit.
Roelof Dulker returned to Hope College in Holland Michigan on Monday to resume studies after holidays at home. Lena Tyaseling clerks for Tyaseling and Meppelink and visits the Tysseling home near Pella. The baby of D Van Howeling sick with bronchitis improves. Lewis Van Roekel visited Eddyville for a week with relatives and friends. Letta and Gilbert Van Maanen spent days at the E Tysseling home. Miss Bessie Veenschoeten visited last Monday and returned home on the evening passenger. Prof A P Kuyper paid the city a visit Tuesday.
Cordova residents report Richard Wood ill for several days. R. Core, son, and W. B. Teeter shipped six cars of sheep to St. Louis last Monday. Mack Koon's family visit Clark Koon's home. Walter Amick visited Iowa's Capital City for business last Saturday. John Adams sustained a cut foot from a mislick with an axe last week. H. S. Graham hauled brooms to Pella and sold them to local merchants. Russel Emerson called on Cordova friends last Friday. Andrew Kadle left for Ottumwa to begin work in the Milwaukee train service.
Fred Wilson traveled to Knoxville on business Monday. John De Geest from Fail Missouri visited with his mother Adaline De Geest and relatives. Anna Rhoorda of Prairie City visited sister Mrs Charles Van Zante. Rev Conrad Van Zee spoke at Rock Island school house on Navaho mission work in Colorado. Dick Marsh of Tracy and Will Schip pers bought cats locally. Mrs Henry De Geest ill but improving. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs George Wilson ill with possible pneumonia but now better. Anthony and Elizabeth Van Zante ill with La Grippe. Mrs Fred Wilson visited sister Ollie Milledgt Sunday.
Mise Nella Haun remains on the sick list and cannot attend school. John S. Terlouw left for Holland Mich to resume his teaching. Peoria youths gathered at W. Vander Hart’s to celebrate Agnes’ birthday. Grace Eysink has been sick. Art Huyser visited Terlouw home. Jeanette and Peter Vischer visited their uncle Jake Vischer. Anna Roozeboom visited her brother D. Roozeboom. Sandridge Sunday school held its annual meeting at the Vander Hart home. The C. C. Club attended Bethany church services three evenings. John De Cook and Artie Eeling visited J. Terlounsa. Jake Swank and wife visited H. Parker. The Van Derland baby, ill with pneumonia, is improving. A letter discusses liquor taxation and the illegitimacy of liquor traffic.
Market report shows cattle receipts up last week with more good weight steers but late-week declines erasing early gains. Butcher cows and stockers strong. steers bulk $5.60-$6.25, top $6.50, heifers $4.75-$5.75, cows $4.00-$5.25. hogs up early then down, top $7.97, average $7.92 last week. sheep and lambs up 15-26 cents week, run 15,000. market nervous but prices holding. J A Rickart, Market Correspondent.
A concise survey traces indexing from early table of contents to alphabetical indexes after print and Erasmus. It recalls Wellington and Blucher anecdotes, including a London dinner remark, illustrating historical book indexing and notable figures.
The excerpt argues there are countless colors beyond visible hues and sounds beyond hearing. It compares color perception to heat scales and notes humans hear only a fraction of nature’s orchestra, likening our senses to prison walls.
An account, attributed to a court physician, recalls Czar Nicholas I seeking a painless poison during Crimea setbacks. The czar reportedly swallowed poison without hesitation, refusing antidotal aid even as the doctor warned of possible rescue. Official reports blamed a fevered child illness, but insiders say the ruler chose self-destruction over defeat.
Excerpt from Tobacco Leaves recalls Carlyle’s long smoking life. He reportedly smoked a rank pipe on an empty stomach, causing pains to him and distress to contemporaries. The text lampoons his habit and his failure to keep his pipe clean, contrasting him with Tennyson and Dickens.
Breaking the Sahka h tale follows two Scottish men one old one young setting out at dawn to walk ten miles along a fire road under a glorious sky. The younger praises the day while the elder questions the value of discussing days on such a journey.
A Washington Star quip recalls a West man noting a single trouble with a Chinese cook. The joke hinges on whether the cook is singing at work or moaning from a burn, a humorous contrast about performance versus pain.
Civil war era report notes a missionary accused of torturing captives. The Cleveland Leader highlights violent actions and calls for scrutiny amid claims of civilization rhetoric. Names and precise details are unclear due to damaged text.
Garrett P. Serviss discusses Arcturus parallax using Yale results estimating 0.066 seconds of arc, placing Arcturus about 290 trillion miles away. He compares brightness to the sun, noting Arcturus outshines ours by about 2,500 times and imagines extreme heat if Earth neared it. He critiques Dr Alfred Russel Wallace’s view as not aligning with astronomy.
A woman asks a judge for a warrant to arrest her husband after he assaulted her and damaged her property. The judge agrees to issue the warrant for assault and battery, but the petitioner delays, citing the husband's injuries and upcoming medical recovery. Doctors say he will be able to stand in about three months.
A Persian tale recounts a king who asks an astrologer for his remaining years. The astrologer says ten, the king desponds and falls ill. The vizier, wiser, asks the seer his own years two scores. The vizier orders the astrologer executed that hour, and the king approves, doubting the seer’s certainty.
The author notes how German legal language can inflate word count with terms like Zu ruckbehaltungsrecht for right of lien and gesamtgutsverbindlich kelten for mobilities of common property, lamenting the long sums used for what in English are simpler concepts and wondering about an equivalent for impro scriptioiity docket.
The Louisville Courier Journal describes a diverse vaudeville show featuring a baseball player, a champion pie crimper, a trained cockatoo, and actors performing in various acts. Audience reactions note the surprising variety and entertainment value of the performance.
Fragmentary quotation from Chicago Record Herald notes people strive for things yet fail to appreciate them when they lack tangible proof or action. The text hints at theme of value and realization amid distraction and doubt.
The fragmentary text hints at a quirky rural landlord scenario with odd phrasing and decorative diction. It references a gentler man and a grandfatherly image, but lacks clear names, dates, places or concrete actions to form a coherent event.
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