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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
Local notes recount visits and travels of residents to Des Moines Newton Otley and Monroe. Mentions include Mr and Mrs Vander Pol Kool family health notes school trouble with a drunk student and plans of Rev J C Clark moving to Fairbank. Also notes on hog sale catalog and reminiscences from Coopersville editor about old Pella printing days.
The article notes pushballs are expensive to buy and maintain, costing about 300 dollars for a six foot sphere with cowhide panels, a 150 dollar rubber bladder, and a 10 dollar pump. It explains the origin in Newton Massachusetts in 1804, and describes field play with goals at each end, plus variants including mounted versions in Europe and the west.
A historical note on the Scottish bagpipe praising its loudness. It claims the instrument can carry about six miles in typical play and up to ten miles under ideal conditions. The Duke of Sutherland’s bagpipe, nearly two centuries old, reportedly could be heard eight miles away at Prestonpans.
In a brief strip, a boy recalls being disciplined by his father after the teacher became principal. The father turned the boy over to him, and the boy notes that was not the end of it. The line shows a child recounting a memory of corporal punishment and authority.
A Baltimore American fragment mocks gender roles as a woman laments attending a tedious gathering held by Mrs. Jiggers to appease her husband’s stubborn prerogatives. The brief dialogue contrasts boredom with marital expectation.
Blobbs asks if a universal language will arise while Blobbs counters that money already acts as the global tongue. The exchange implies finance drives communication norms.
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