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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
6
A motivational piece from American Magazine urges readers to seize the day. It argues that weather, past or future woes matter little. today is a chosen life. It encourages stepping forward, doing good, and pursuing happiness now.
A woman told an inquest she could not recall her husband’s exact Christian names, saying he was one of twins and the names were mixed up. She stated she believed his names were James Jonathan or Jonathan James.
Far from roads and white residents, the Ontario province village of Sawhill, once a bustling mining camp with hundreds employed, ends abruptly as a dynamo project halts and workers abandon tools and homes amid a sudden desertion.
The Ontario Globe recounts Sawbill shift from booming claims to failed prosperity. After a 1901 closure, town shops emptied, a watchman stayed, and Sandhill emerged from a gold strike. A massive mill and power plant failed to pay costs as ore veins dwindled, leaving decaying machinery and encroaching forest.
James Bryce describes the startling approach to La Paz Bolivia from Lake Titicaca via Viacha. The railway climbs a dusted plateau to a hidden city, where travelers glimpse llamas, donkeys and pedestrians converging on a cliff edge before the line seems to end.
A vivid description places a red roofed city 1,500 feet below in a winding gorge. The bottom and slopes hold every street square yard and garden under a clear, thin air, with the imagined thrum of distant traffic on stony pavements.
A rousing Mendelssohn Quartet program for Chautauqua promises varied musical numbers readings and instrumental pieces. The ensemble offers popular selections designed for broad appeal, avoiding heavy classical fare and targeting a hot summer audience.
The Mendelssohns provide a splendid vocal program with a reader and many humorous stunts. Their characterization of The Old Masters is a fine piece of humor, and throughout the program a strong humorous strain shines. All should hear them for music and laughter, uplifting listeners of all ages.
Ex governor Robert H. Vessey, famed reform advocate and champion of equal rights, will address Chau taugua at the event. The Irish-descent leader is noted for public experience, authority, and fearless pursuit of reform.
The text laudably profiles Governor Vessey as a long active public figure and businessman who entered public service, became a state senator in 1905, led reform efforts, and passed tools against corruption including a reform divorce law and anti lobby measures. His tenure as governor emphasized enforcement of liquor laws, and he proclaimed Mothers Day.
The passage extols a Chautauqua as a communal, inclusive event that grows yearly and serves as a midseason feast and rest for workers. It invites all to be boosters and share in the experience, highlighting its social and motivational value among attendees.
A Pittsburgh Post humorous strip captures a quip about wimmen and consistency. A man explains his wife chased him with a rolling pin and cried later over a goodbye kiss, illustrating domestic comedy with sharp punchlines.
Maeterlinck in Le Mort outlines four possible fates after death beyond religion: total annihilation, survival of present consciousness, survival with no consciousness, or survival with a universal or differing consciousness.
A man pleads to Annie to reconsider a breakup threatening self harm. Annie responds with a quip that mocks his claim about his father, implying the father does not believe his son's threats. The fragment reads as a dark domestic moment cited in a Ladies Home Journal quotation.
New York Globe quotes a brief exchange where a patient asks Binks to lend one dollar until Saturday and Jinks notes he will be broke until then. A separate Emerson quote about nature adding difficulties and brains appears.
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