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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
8
A vivid fragment paints the sea in bright moonlit danger, with emerald light, trembling crests, and a stormy blast. It recalls wanderers and homesteads near the shore as the ruthless ocean roars under sable wing in Golden Days.
A banking house drama unfolds as Sturgis and Dunlap reconstruct a bank theft using blotter reflections footprints and a coded telegram. They trace Arbogast and Chatham through slick misdirections, a torn envelope, and a tense chase ending with a fatal confrontation.
A stout teamster on Market street hill loses a horseshoe during a brake grab. An 18 year old stylishly dressed girl swiftly claims the shoe with a playful cry for luck. He returns to his seat, bowing gallantly as she walks away up the hill.
The London Daily Mail notes that many overestimate big cats and carnivores. It cites a lion needing around thirty to forty pounds of flesh per meal while weighing over 450 pounds on average, a bear’s appetite surpassing a lion, and wolves able to gorge on a large meal after a long starvation period, sometimes consuming a third of their weight.
Town Toples reports a curious exchange where Mr Giddings asks an agent to supply a gun with a guarantee that it will spell correctly. The agent agrees to provide proper assurances in exchange for the requested firearm.
Prominent Americans including Amos J. Cummings and John L. Sheppard praise Pe-ru-na as effective for catarrh. Letters from Chief Justice William Lee Chambers and A T Goodwyn echo positive results after limited use. The appeal invites readers to request testimonials and consult Dr Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
Facts briefed include Chicago outlawing cigar butt gatherings, lungs holding about a gallon of air, Spain's 1900 mineral output valued at 57,714,651 dollars, cranberry bogs costing 300 to 500 dollars per acre, ambulance stations being set up with first aid requisites, and England where 97 percent of money dealings are by checks, three percent by notes and gold.
Benjamin Major of Detroit reports a personal cure after long suffering from kidney and bladder troubles. He tried many medicines before using Dodd's Kidney Pills and was completely healed. He cites widespread reports of cures as supporting evidence.
Comfortable, convenient trains with Pullman sleepers and dining cars leave Chicago daily from Central Station, 12th Street, and Park Row via Wisconsin Central Railway to St. Paul, Milwaukee, Ashland, Duluth, and the Northwest. Agents can give further information. Sas. C. Pond, Gen’s Pass. Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
Dialog from a 19th century Somerville Journal snippet shows Cholly and algie debating how to fill an idle afternoon. One proposes visiting a girl or two to propose, reflecting light social norms of courting and spontaneous outings in the period.
An old advertisement promises lasting health by correcting bowels with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It claims natural relief from headaches to cancer prevention, urges quick action for a 10 cent start, and warns against imitations with the C C C stamp on every tablet.
A brief comic exchange notes Smily’s loose manners and Fant’s amused restraint. The dialogue highlights Smily’s habit of being overly casual versus Fant’s tighter sense of propriety. Chicago Daily News tone reflected in a sharp, witty exchange.
The passage promotes daily through trains on the Queen and Crescent Route from Chicago to St Augustine via connections in Cleveland Detroit Pittsburg St Louis Louisiana and Cincinnati with through service to New Orleans and Florida. It mentions diners observation cars and palace day coaches and poses a bantering question about a rich man who hasn’t endowed universities.
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