Local notes from Pella area on Fourth of July
Pella Chronicle column records visiting friends and relatives in Oska loosa Albia Newton and Des Moines. Items mention fly traps for sale, restaurant recommendations, job ads for laundry work, lost pocket book, and several residents traveling or visiting events in nearby towns and cities during the Independence Day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nolen
Jess van Dusseldorp
Newton
Cole Vanden Berg
J. M Cox
Capital City
Pella
Dena Tillbuscher
Chicago
de. Ros
Gerrit Stegeman
Miller
South Oak
Jessie Dix
Emma
Lizzie Hamilton
Eva van Wyngarden
Oskaloosa
G. van Vliet
Des Moines
John Pos Jr
Albia
Charley
Ike Wormahoudt
Kate Thomas
Jake 1
Peter Baer
Eddyville
Leona Reuvers
Pella Park
Chronicle
Gerald Nollen
C. Breuklander
Valley Falls
P. C. Welle
Sully
Kamp Wormhoudt
Atlantic
Towa
J. H. McCrury
Fairfield
Vinton
Cecile
Magdeline Sheehy
Creston
Fae Lankelma
Blancheon
Rhine
New Sharon
Jas
Vanderpol
Geo.Reese
Lloyd Warner
Prairie City
Lovie DeBruin
Chas, Houck
Illinois
Brinkman
Sadie Rhine
Rain
J. Vanderpol
Gerrit Brand
Will Robertus
John Langerak
Heeren
T.G. Gilson
Knoxville
Ella Stoddard
Fred Scheffers
H. Vander Wal
Miss Marie
A July Sadness
A cheery visitor asks about prospects and a father warns of trouble as his son plays with gunpowder in the woodshed and his daughter bakes in the kitchen, suggesting danger at home and potential imminent issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Jemima
Why table knives have rounded ends
The story explains that Cardinal Richelieu had a guest who used a pointed knife to pick his teeth at table. To avoid insult and danger, the cardinal ordered the points rounded on all knives, and by century's end the rounded-end design became universal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richeleu
Loudon
Swimming Ghosts Observed By Camera Club In Fish Study
Dr. Francis Ward described a pond with an underwater observation chamber to photograph fish unseen by them. He found silvery fish are actually mirrors of their surroundings, appearing as gray swimming ghosts. Only when light reflected off the surface did a pike notice prey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camera Club
Francis Ward
London Graphic
England's Cream Ponies The sole survivors of a royal breed
The cream ponies used to draw the king's carriage are the last pure descendants of Hanover’s famed horses. Once the white and black Hanover stock died out, only the creams remained, now confined to England after Victoria sought fresh Hanoverian stock in 1890 without finding any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hanover
George I
English Kingdom
Victoria
Briggins praises his smartest handsomest youngster
Briggins boasts his son is among the country’s brightest and most good looking. Growdher retorts that such praise stems from others insisting children resemble their fathers, a habit he finds tiresome. Washington Star provides the quotation.
Fair Warning Prompt Unclear Dialogue from Philadelphia Record
A clipped exchange appears as a brief quotation from the Philadelphia Record. The line shows a father asking for support for his daughter and a reply about fault, illustrating a terse, confrontational moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotrox
Harduppe
Philadelphia
Fourth of July Forecasts Recalling a Nation’s Anguish
An evocative editorial imagines a fireworks age with youth and daring using devilish invention. It blends booms with a nautical theme as Captain John Paul Jones’s guns and a bloody deck scene evoke revolutionary fervor and wartime action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Jones
Traditions’ Absence a Serious Handicap for Adam and Eve
Ellis O. Jones argues in Judge’s Library that the garden of Eden lacked traditions and history to guide moral law and social norms. He notes no libraries, no notable families, no forefathers, no dates, and no established institutions for Adam and Eve to study or imitate, forcing them to create their own standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam and Eve
Garden of Eden
Baedeker
Ridpath
Macaulay
Gibbon
Homer
Vergil
Adam
Eve
Ellis O. Jones
Judge's Library
Poor Johnny and Nervous Mother Dialogue
A brief dialogue features a mother scolding for careless acts and calling for courage to confess folly. Johnny is found asleep while Mary reports to his nervous mother about his behavior and the warning to stop it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Mary
Is It Dangerous to Bathe Said Wright Lecture
Sir Almroth Wright warned in a London lecture that washing can remove microbes but also damages protective skin. He argued that excessive washing raises skin microbes and that cleanliness is not a hygienic method. The remark appeared in the Argonaut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almroth Wright
London
Argonaut
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H.C. Ver Ploeg
Robert McIntyre
H.D. Wormhoudt
Chas, Pel
Vander Wal
de Boer
Geo. Heeren
Doll’s Restaurant
Zae Aschenbrenner
Vander Wal & de Boer
Albert van Houweling
H. J
Bradgate
Anna Hollebrands
Marie Robbison
Chase
Lee Clark
Chillcothe
J. D. Gaass
Mrs. G. van Ginkle
Monroe
B. van Nimwegen
Doll's Restaurant
V. Gosselink
Omaha
Jennie van Zante
Jennie van Noord
Pagosa Springs
Colo
L. B. Clark
Webster
John A. Grant
J. M. Cox
Afton
Bessie
Jennie Myers
Ames
Mra
Dr. Fultz
L. van Maren
van Maren
Peter Dykstra
Geo. Heeven
Moores Fountain
Chronicle Office
R. T. Carris
Palmer
Howard
Keith
S. F. Cole
Carris
Cole
A. A. Goemaat
D. C. Logan
Laura
Baltic, So
Doll’s
Geo, Ramsey
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Newton Orchestra
Mr. Ramsey
Ed Pratt
Hamilton
D. W. Gaass
Etta
Wetonta
Dakota
J. B. Hamilton
Cornelia de Gens
Dora van Domselaar
Minneapolis
Minn
Sarah Gosselink
Miss van Zante
de Geus
Ted Elkins
Chas. Pos
Charlton
Mr. Elkins
Dr. Aschenbrenner
H. G. Shuts
Palo Alto County
J. A. Pettit
Baptist Denomination
Oregon
Washington
McMinnville
The
Baptist State Convention of
IF. N. Byram
Baptist Record
the Chronicle
Moxley
Boone
Centerville Dam
Worth Grégory
Competine
Elmer Swenson
Big Rock Island
Ed. Momyer
Worth
Scott
Clark M’adams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rousseau
Ideal
Kia
Cole’s Drug Store
South Side Square
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