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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1921

Page

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Tivoli Unearths Augustus Votive Statue and Hall

Archaeologists in Tivoli uncover a Roman hall with a white and green marble pavement and a lifelike head of Emperor Augustus. The votive statue, dating from his lifetime between 31 BC and AD 14, bears an inscription praising the emperor’s health, signed by M Veranus Dufilus, linking the piece to Tivoli’s public weights and measures.

Rome Tivoli Tibur Augustus Augustus Caesar M. Veranus Dufilus Naples Suetolus

Navy not quite sober yet in fiscal year trials

Washington reports ongoing drunkenness as the main cause for navy enlisted men facing courts for desertion or overstaying leave in the last fiscal year. Rear Admiral George R. L. Clark, Judge Advocate General, notes 1 725 cases with pleas of drunkenness cited as the reason, reflecting a broader trend despite attempts at discipline.

Washington Capital George RL. Clark Daniels

Aged Husband Sues Over $980000 Accounting in Atlantic City

William P. Biffle of Uniontown Pa. alleges his nineteen year old wife and her uncle and aunt Frank and Mrs Mathews diverted nearly $50,000 he entrusted for real estate. He claims furniture, clothes and jewelry were bought in his absence. He left his wife in March after failing to raise more funds.

Atlantic City William P Biffle Uniontown Frank Mathews New York Biffie Mathews

Wife Justified in Hair Pulling Says U K S Judge

Lynn Massachusetts court record recounts a divorce case where Mrs Lillian Miner challenged Mrs Catherine Curtis wife of a Boston policeman. Associate Justice Edward B O'Brien ruled the aggrieved wife justified in resisting and even pulling hair if arising from spouse conflicts.

Lynn Edward B. O’brien Lillian Miner Catherine Curtis

Love of Music Traps Robber of Poor Box

Jacob Katz twenty four entered Emanuel Lutheran Church Philadelphia shortly after midnight and emptied the poor box of three dollars He then played the organ becoming absorbed in the instrument he forgot his location and pulled out the diaphone alarmed by the sound the pastor Rev Rudolph Nieder who lives nearby notified police whence Katz was arrested for the theft and unlawful entry into the church.

Philadelphia Jacob Katz Katz Emanuel Lutheran Rudolph Nieder

Robber offers victim $10 in Steubenville incident

Pottery worker O Daniel Cable reported a highway robbery on his way home in a suburb. The robber overpowered him and offered ten dollars after learning he was penniless. Cable said he was too surprised to accept the money.

Steubenville Daniel Cable Cable

Annette Walker Returns to Lead College Revival

Freshmen and seniors flood a dorm corridor as Annette Walker reappears at college after years away. Amid cheers, she is urged to run for class president and lead new efforts, including a hockey club, while reporters quiz her about her abrupt return and family worries. Annette reveals she came back to help.

Annette Annette ‘Walker Annette Walker Gretchen’ Hartmann Cyrano Gretchen Hartmann Grettie Mater Annette “Walker

Young Kindersley completes three month Far North canoe trip

Sir Robert Kindersley, governor of the Hudson Bay Company, returns from a 90 mile from the Arctic Ocean journey in a 19 foot canoe guided by Capt. Tom O Kelly. They travel from Athabasca Landing through Athabasca River to Fort Yukon via Rat River and the Yukon, enduring mosquitoes, glaciers, and continuous daylight.

Winnipeg Hiagh Kindersley Robert Hudson Bay Company Canada Auska Tom O'Kelly Athabasca Landing Athabasca River Athabasca Slave River Slave ‘Lake Mackenzie River Arctic ‘Ocean Hudson Bay Fort Good ‘Hope Arctic Circle Fort McPherson Arctic Red River Rat River Yukon Rocky Mountains Fort Yukon Dawson White Horse Klondike Skagway Vancouver House of Kindersley

Ontario buys up railways and power firms province wide

Ontario completes a deal to buy virtually all MacKenzie power interests in and around Toronto for 92.884 million dollars subject to government ratification. The purchase includes suburban railways and Niagara Falls Electric Development with its Toronto transmission line, ending two years of negotiations between Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Adam Beck. The move leaves publicly owned most large hydro concerns in the province except Dominion Power at Hamilton.

Toronto Ont Ontario MacKenzie Power Electric Development Company Niagara Falls William MacKenzie Adam Beck Dominion Power Company Ham- Miton

Wax Figure Kiss Fait Accomplice

Philadelphia reporter details Louis Katraly from Coatesville who smashed a department store window to reach a wax figure of a smiling girl. He grabbed the figure around the waist and attempted a kiss before a policeman intervened, ending the incident.

Philadelphia Louis Katraly Coatesville Louis

Reward Found Hidden War Savings Stamps in Trash Heap

Guthrie Oklahoma reports W F Davis found an old vase under a moved house. The vase lay on a yard trash pile until hauling began. Under a false bottom were war savings stamps totaling 1100 dollars. Inquiry revealed the vase contained the hidden stamps.

Old Vallee Guthrie Okla Okio F. Davis

Tragic Burial Noted in Greenview Memorial Service

A cryptic clipping records a tragic event ending in a burial at Greenview, with vague references to a "Nunbel" and Madisonville. The fragmentary text hints at a fateful role and a memorial service nearby, leaving several details obscured.

Nunbel -Madisonvil Lia Grevine

Wonderful Procession in Christ’s Holy Week Lessons

The January 30 lesson outlines Matt 21 1 46 with themes of the Triumphal Entry the kingly mission fulfillment of Zechariah prophecies and the rejection of Jesus by Israel It highlights the disciples obedience the crowd’s acts of homage and the forthcoming judgment parables of the two sons and the householder illustrating spiritual leaders and publicans in conflict and the nation’s estrangement from God through unfruitful rulers and priests.

Christ Lordship of Jesus Zechariah Jerusalem Israel God Sanhedrin

Hog market corrections from Farm ers Co operative Exchange

Market listing shows hog prices corrected by the Farmers Cooperative Exchange with figures for corn oats wheat and produce. Items include hogs per cwt with varied values and small quotes for poultry like ducks and geese, alongside phone contact lines and partial place names.

Ers Co-operative Exchange C.diele“Man Mer Springs Clare

Rock Island Train Schedule at Howell Iowa

Westbound and eastbound passenger and freight train numbers with times. Freight shipments must be at the station by 5:00 p.m. the prior evening. Locals may carry passengers. Wabash Time Table Howell Iowa shows times for morning and evening departures.

Wabash Howell Iowa

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