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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
Andrew M. Camp town clerk of Durham holds the original 1708 charter dated and signed by Gov. Saltonstall. It was recently discovered among old papers in the garret of an ancient Durham house.
A dinner remark highlights Lord Charles Beresford’s shift to total abstinence from alcohol. A observing lady quips that even hard drinkers must come to this eventually, illustrating the temperance trend among prominent figures.
A reflection on virtue praising civil conduct as more pleasing than mere consciousness of good deeds. The speaker elevates well bred behavior to aristocratic esteem, likening it to the celebrated courtesy of Aristides as the ideal.
A curious river method uses midstream wheels turning to cast fish into troughs on the banks. The contraption yields about five tons daily, catching fish with rotating wheels as the river flows.
In Evanston Illinois Eaton Alexander runs an eatin house while a New York paper reports a beautiful widow, charmed by J Humbird Duffy’s singing, surrendered a fortune to marry him. The tale blends local business with a romantic fortune swap.
A country theater audience member heckled Mrs. Siddons during the climactic moment of a gloomy tragedy calling out a slang taunt, while the audience witnessed the actress portraying a scene of extreme distress.
A succinct quote asserts no man is born to fail and that each person acting on his best light and available opportunities is a success, reflecting a Vaughan philosophy on effort and achievement.
A humorous observation on heredity and environment noting that heredity prompts blame to the mother and environment to the wife and children, framing destinies through family forces with a tongue in cheek tone.
Fragmentary note critiques men and women on equal rights. Contains garbled phrases and unclear references to gender and opportunity. No coherent event or identifiable persons beyond generic societal terms.
The name strawberry comes from the running habit of the vine rather than a practice of stringing berries on straws to sell.
London World weighs the enigmatic power of women over men noting that a woman’s mind and motives remain forever hidden and unpredictable. The piece argues that this secrecy gives women unmatched influence over male expectations and choices.
A London Hospital note asks why doctors who fault women often attack the waist line and cosmetics, including face powders, hair dyes, and wigs, which are more common today than tight corsets.
The largest quill toothpick mill in the world lies near Paris producing about 20,000,000 quills annually. It began as a pens factory but shifted to toothpick production when quills fell out of use.
During excavations at Mt Independence, Amos Blood of Orwell Vermont unearthed 76 pounds of solid shot from two feet depth. The finds included five nine pounders a seven pounder and several smaller projectiles.
A Fitchburg advertisement features a dog in a red suit wearing a grove pipe hat and carrying a cob pipe, presented as a veteran smoker to draw attention to a tobacco brand. The scene has attracted considerable local notice.
An album of signed photographs was presented to Dr Warre former headmaster of Eton College featuring the faces of masters and boys who were at the school when he resigned.
A workman uncovered the skeleton of an Indian at the corner of Washington and Laight streets in New York City. The discovery occurred during excavation work and drew attention from local authorities.
Mrs Martin Robert Robertson of Swanville Center Maine reports her cat has a litter of four kittens born in the woods a quarter mile from the house. The cat brings two kittens indoors for two days then returns them to the woods and brings the remaining two inside. The owner has yet to get the two sections of the family mixed.
A German surgeon reports experiments showing that breathing and speaking around an operation can spread saliva containing about 4373 bacteria per drop, including disease producers, heightening danger of blood poisoning.
A Devonshire newspaper advert says a widower with no family rents a small farm near Kingsbridge and seeks a housekeeper who attends chapel and possesses charity, the love of God, with views of marriage if the Lord prospers his ways. Apply.
Father Bernard Vaughan casts a sharp eye on London calling it Europe’s nursery of vice while noting vice flourishes in Paris Berlin Vienna and Rome, asserting the metropolis surpasses them in immorality.
An Augusta Maine man faced an indictment alleging nuisance for keeping dogs cats and foxes around his home to neighbors' detriment. The jury returned a guilty verdict after brief deliberation.
The article explains the origin of the porterhouse steak name. A Harvard area hostelry kept by a Mr Porter popular for his meat led travelers to order the steak, later dubbed the porter house steak. The tavern was moved recently to make way for tenement houses.
A Denver Post report describes a young colored woman leaving a city streetcar tripping into the street. She gives a playful name Miss Pansy So-and-So when asked by the conductor, who seeks her name per company custom. She quips that the given name won’t do him any good.
The annual Surgeon General O Reilly report shows 72 071 sick admissions and 358 deaths in 1906 with a 6 11 per 1 000 strength death rate. Tuberculosis led deaths, followed by typhoid and pneumonia. gunshot and non gunshot wounds caused numerous admissions and deaths. Rates varied by region, with Alaska Cuba the Philippines and Hawaii noted for comparisons.
A severe storm in Greensburg Pennsylvania killed Jesse Weaver and Louis W Long both of Arena when lightning struck a heavy feed wire of the West Pennsylvania Railway Company splitting the cable and sending high voltage to a barbed wire fence. Richard Smith and Henry Long suffered severe shocks.
Miss Edith Pierce deputy for her father Clerk George M Pierce officiated the Ambridge wedding of Sofie Herbert and Peter Mueller. Her prompt consent arose while her father handled a murder case in criminal court, she replied yes and proceeded.
A fragment describing a patent remedy marketed to women for postmarital changes and childbirth recovery. It touts vitality, nervousness, and pelvic concerns as common issues and presents Favorite Prescription as a universal tonic. Mentions Buffalo New York as source and asserts safety and effectiveness.
The church directory lists multiple congregations with regular services morning at 9:00 to 10:30 am and afternoon 1:30 pm, Sunday School around 3:00 to 3:55 pm, and Evening services mainly 7:30 pm. Pastors named include Vander Werf Van Kersen Pietenpol Vander Ark Monkman and Grand with various lay leaders and class meetings noted.
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