Local notes from Otley and Pella area
J B Vriezelaar traveled to Pella on business while J P Price returned from Des Moines. A T van Houweling’s hands improve slowly. Rev Dykema preached in Leighton. Mrs Over Dugt came home from Des Moines after an operation. Farmers move equipment as roads permit heavy loads. Albert Hiemstra and Wm van Aulzen returned from Orange City and South Dakota with a cousin. Brofnekool’s accident left him with a leg fracture. Dr C P Cook attended the fracture and Henry transported him home.
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A T. van Houweling
Pella
Dykema
Leighton
Reformed Church
Albert Hiemstra
Wm. van Aulzen
Orange City
South Dakota
Albert
Brofnekool
C. P. Cook
Henry
A Robberly Plot and a Blurry Chronicle Scene
A rambling tale opens with rural mischief and mistaken romance as Farmer Brown wakes to news that Jack has run off with Maud. The scene shifts to a science note about a pyrheliophor heat device melting metals and magnesia. A brief discussion links animal coloration to blindness, ending with a nudge to see The Chronicle for fine Sure Bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trowbie
Ife
Farmer Brown
Squire Tompson
Jack
Maud
London Express
Allenist declines opinion on prisoner's sanity
The distinguished allenist tells a reporter he cannot assess the prisoner's sanity. He explains that both sides have sent him retainers of identical amounts, leaving him temporarily unsure how to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allenist
Philadelphia Ledger
Cautions Doctor and a Farce Set in Odd Patient Fee
A humor piece from Harper's Weekly features a patient seeking medical help with memory lapses and a sharp bite about paying fees in advance. The cartoon recounts a mountain summer where a grandpa’s room faced the piazza and the chorus of lovers keeps the household awake, followed by children rising after bed.
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Doctor
Mountains
Piazza
Harper's Weekly
Fragmentary quotation in a civic discourse fragment
The readable lines present a citizen speaker asserting a universal claim about men and a lobby reference. The source text is garbled OCR with missing context and unclear人物 or events. No clear date, place, or organization can be determined from the fragment.
The Girl Opposite by Byrobe Gardiner
A nameless narrator recalls a summer resort encounter with the alluring girl opposite his room. He watches her beauty and hair, kisses her in a moonlit gorge, and flees when guilt overwhelms him, later fearing a perpetual trap in longing. Years later a hair restorer ad mirrors her striking image and fate.
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Diazza
Bybrote l, Gardiner
Wise Ostrich and the Desert Camouflage
The author argues the ostrich head in sand is not foolish but a survival trick. Male guards eggs and brood, sounding a warning call while chicks hide motionless with sand colored bodies. Hawks, foxes, and gauchos scan bushes, often missing hidden young when the head is buried.
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Cape Horn
Pampas
Whistler Pastels Outshine Russian Rival in Venice
In Venice Whistler created seventy pastels before finishing his famous etchings. A Russian painter dismissed the works as tricks and bet he could imitate them. Whistler’s pastels swayed the jury, the Russian lost, and their Rialto confrontation ended with a sharp quip about artistry.
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James MacNeill Whistler
Venice
Whistler
Mr. Whistler
Philadelphia Record
Mystery Manuscript Window Pane Tale from Hoddesdon
A 19th century note recalls Harriet Auber writing Our Blessed Redeemer on a Hoddesdon house window pane. The pane vanished after her 1862 death, despite a dealer’s bid. The article also cites Theodulph of Orleans writing All Glory Laud and Honor on his Metz cell window, inspiring a Palm Sunday procession.
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Glans
Harriet Auber
Redeemer
Hoddesdon
Incurlos
Orleans
Metz
Eatch
May Live 100 Years Inspiring Haynesville Woman Claims Electric Bitters
Mrs. Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Maine, aged 70, asserts Electric Bitters cured her twenty years of chronic dyspepsia and restored vigor. The advertisement touts benefits for stomach and liver ailments, blood disorders, general debility, and bodily weakness, with Langerak drugstore as the seller.
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Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
Langerak Drugstore
Florence Stahl Healed By Dr Weber For Eye Trouble
In Manning Iowa on February 10, Florence Stahl suffered recurring headaches and eye pain from an optical condition and lid disease. After a visit to Dr Weber at the Park hotel his medical treatment and special ground glasses restored her vision to normal.
Pella Markets Grain and Feed Poultry Prices
Market report from Pella lists prices for young chickens old hens ducks and hides with category codes Green No 1 and No 2 alongside cattle horse and live stock items. Provisions and FOB figures appear incomplete but indicate a general agricultural goods listing.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otley
J. B. Vriezelaar
J. P. Price
Dea Moines
Cholly City
Dale
the Chronicle
Gladys
Reggie
Taining and Practical Magazine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Stratemeyer
Tomlinson
Trowbridge
Munroe
Shute
Educa- 7
Hic
Lyr
Miss Cutter
Mr. Gaply
Awkward
Walt
Miss Graceful
Plain Citizen
Phila
Dr. Weber
Florence Stahl
A. H. Weber
Wilboat
H. S. Keables
Pella Markets
Grain and Feed
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