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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
6
Opinion letters discuss prohibition reasons, immigrant assimilation, and a claim that ending land monopolies would welcome immigrants as assets. It cites a Watchman piece arguing Greeks abroad prove love of liberty and calls for open shores, while critiquing Carnegie and urging assimilation for citizenship.
The article recalls Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy and the public reaction as gifts funded libraries churches and colleges, noting concerns about motive and potential influence. It cites Bryan’s earlier opposition and questions whether immense fortunes grant unwarranted privileges and monopolize resources amid labor capital tensions.
The public school report urges immediate relief for crowded Pella High, praising the superintendent and teachers while arguing for a new building with laboratories and shops. It notes enrollment growth, limited seats for about three fourths of pupils, and previous bond defeat. It calls for action to avoid degrading the school and outlines options including enlarging the Webster building or purchasing a new site.
In a February 107 scene at Liebererda castle Swedish Count Gustaf Bertelskold sits among huntsmen and nobles as King Charles I of Sweden is famed to arrive. A boisterous toast contest with a Saxon captain ends with Bertelskold lifting two rival nobles and parading them around the table before seating them at King Augustus's feet, while the Polish royal toast provokes cross rivalries.
A compact reflection urges forging a self shaped by steady effort and discipline rather than dreaming oneself into a role. It emphasizes practical work, persistence, and daily habit as the path to embodying a desired character.
A London Chronicle excerpt notes women gamblers are calmer, luckier, and more stable than men at casinos. Women survey figures, back their partners with bets, and carry heavy velvet bags while men fret over numbers and systems. The piece argues games are fair and misfortune stems from players, not the casino.
Recollection from Major Truman in Century describes Andrew Johnson as scrupulously neat in dress and appearance. He wore black broadcloth attire for decades, made his own clothes, and changed linen daily. Johnson impressed with his figure, eyes, and restraint, shunning theater and gambling while preferring work over entertainment.
An art critic traveling in Italy misreads an Italian train timetable in Florence discovering piano as floor or story of a house. He encounters houses with multiple pianos and complains of their abundance, only to learn that piano means floor, revealing a linguistic, comic misunderstanding.
An angry resident storms the city editor’s office complaining about a resignation published under the head Public Improvements. The editor confirms he released the story, sparking the quarrel over sensationalized labeling.
In dialect with humor the speaker asks Mandy why she is not regular at the post office and if she is corresponding with another woman. They mention reading about conscience funds and hope to receive a letter from the minister who married them.
In a brief dialogue from the Statesman, a teacher asks Tommie when shingles first came into use. Tommie recalls being between five and six years old, reflecting on past times and routine home life.
New York Times reports Hokus-Old Gotrox died a wealthy figure valued at 5.9 million dollars. He never took a vacation in his long life, a contrast to modern leisure norms. Pokue-Ah is noted as “Gone to big Gret Fest” in the paraphrased notice.
The New York Tribune reports on opium use detailing how smokers prepare a pill with a yen hok dipper and peanut oil lamp flame. The pill is rolled and heated, then placed into the pipe bowl to emit fumes drawn through the stem, lasting thirty to forty seconds before reloading.
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