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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
4
Notice explains partnership dissolution of The White Way Auto Co with John R Dieleman withdrawing. Remaining partners continue business at same location and assume all obligations. Creditors urged to settle promptly. Dated Pella Iowa January 11 1916. John R Dieleman John VanHemert A T Boat
The London Missionary Society trims its 1916-17 budget by 50000 dollars signaling withdrawal from Calcutta and a projected income shortfall of 75000. Kansas City residents dream of a dry city before 1916 ends while Billy Sunday reports vast revivals and large offerings.
The article recounts Cesarea’s layered history from ancient ruins to medieval rebuilds by Crusaders. It notes a green crystal vase found when Baldwin I captured Cesarea in the early twelfth century and links it to the Holy Grail myth of the Last Supper.
A magazine style treatise argues sex attraction dominates nearly all human endeavors, shaping war, art, literature, work, and daily life. It claims science remains the exception, driven by dispassion rather than passion, while human effort centers on love and desire.
A northern visitor in Baltimore asks a small polished shoe shine boy his name. The boy responds Gen, sah, explaining Genesis as his full name. The man accepts, pondering the notion of abbreviations while the youth notes Genesis xxx 33 as a biblical cue. The tale blends humor with a glimpse of identity.
The article notes corn and hogs as Indiana's key products. It claims Chinese domestication 4000 years before Christ, Egypt’s monuments show hog depictions, and Jewish, Mohammedan, and hot-climate prohibitions on pork. It also traces the hog’s introduction to America by European navigators and wild hogs in South American forests from Spaniard introductions.
A cockney angler tells a land boatman he should respect his station claiming 200 years of arms with a mocked reply that ancestors bore bare legs for 2000 years in a London Mirror anecdote.
A traveling salesman complains about hotel management while the Pruntytown tavern landlord notes the need to entertain all guests. A dialogue unfolds with witty exchanges from Silicus and Cyn icus about choosing a wife and discovering the right one.
A brief montage of quotes contrasts courtship boldness with measured hope. It highlights a Detroit Free Press remark on love at first sight and a Sir Philip Sidney thought that doing good yields true happiness, framing questions of choice and virtue.
A Mantell staffer recalls overheard talk near a Hamlet stage in a western town. A young woman laments Ophelia's drowning and Hamlet's death as tragic, saying they should have wed. Harry sighs he’s not fond of tragedy but would exit by marriage. This light anecdote reflects backstage attitudes toward the famous play.
Mr DeBryan a former Pella resident now doing Indian missionary work near Wichita Kansas spoke at Y M C A Thursday morning. He shared life experiences and conversion mirroring Pauls path and urged faith in Christ to receive enduring joy and saving power from the Savior.
Sherman, Wyoming 80, named for General W T Sherman, marks the highest point on the Laramie range reached by the Union Pacific railroad. From this vantage, on clear days, Pikes Peak 165 miles away, Longs Peak 60 miles south, and Elk Mountain 100 miles west are visible. Nearby Buford offers distant Rocky Mountain views. north Twin Mountains are tied to the outlaw Slade, famed in Mark Twain's Roughing It.
A young millionaire flirtatiously quips at a moonlit dance about Shakespearean lines and declares hoops of steel vs hoops of gold. The moment contrasts romantic idealism with material wealth in a playful social exchange quoted by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A brief humor sketch notes a couple claim no quarrels since marriage and recalls a granddaughter joke. It includes a quip about marriage timing and a child’s dinner preference, illustrating light domestic humor from a hometown column.
An English questions an American friend about the eagle on the currency. The reply: it represents swift flight as a symbolic emblem.
Fragmented OCR text shows a private remark about faults and marriage, with unclear punctuation and missing context. No identifiable names, places, dates, or events present to anchor a proper news-style item.
Last week a fire destroyed the First Congregational church of Sioux City with an estimated loss of 60000 dollars, reportedly about covered by insurance. The report lists pastors and campaign notes from various churches and mentions George W. Truett for a three month regional campaign and his preaching at the University of Chicago on February 18 and 20.
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