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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
6
The piece recalls an all night session in the Australian parliament with bells and snores. Joseph Cook denounces the “dumb, dead silence” as a minister’s head droops while he seeks warmth. A point of order is raised over loud snoring and the scene contrasts with a Black Country chainmaker’s harsh, child‑in‑arms toil and meager pay.
Ambrose Spencer reports a dramatic tale where Winslow Manchester confronts a dangerous seductress who ensnares him into marriage to save his friend Wirt Dixey from a defaming duel. The plan collapses as legal moves force an annulment, and Manchester and Dixey reconcile. The woman dies weeks later.
A man recalls a theater sighting of a young woman who stared at him through a lorgnette only to reveal they shared a past from a Madison Avenue home. After exchanged notes and calls, the pair meet and she acknowledges a lifelong devotion sparked by a shared high school memory. MDWORD 8B. LINCOLN
Rural Durham district notes haying and oats harvest underway. Visits from Rev J E Beard and family of Pella and Eureka Baptist services. Odd Fellows install officers James Breckenridge Rev O H Fitzsimmons J H Laren Dr James and J W Scott. Local tradesman from Knoxville supplies McMillan store. Eureka Cemetery Aid reports $50 on treasury for improvements. Miss Myrtle Sharon visits with McClure family in Lacey Iowa. Miss Loie Ames and Geo W Helin visit grandparents O H Durham. Hein to Corning on return trip. Samuel Smith and family away.
At the home of Mrs H Pethoven the children are ill with diphtheria Mr A Van Diest from Prairie View Kansas visits with friends in the city Assessor John Vrolijk married to Miss Hattie Mulder and left for South Dakota Neal Visscher and family from Beacon visited over Sunday Neal Visscher and family from Beacon visited over Sunday with Mr and Mrs J Visscher J Vermeer improving J Poelstra and family from Oatly visited Sunday at the home of J H Dykstra
A fragment noting a wish for love wealth and health, mentioning Rocky Mountain Tea and names FD Squbenrauch. The text reads as a clipped advertising or personal line with cultural phrases and appears to promote a tonic or remedy in a dated style.
In a Paris sidewalk tale a thin ice coating causes horses to slip. One horse falls but is unharmed as the coachman removes his coat to lay it before the beast. He bows and asks the mare for the honor, aiding her rise and guiding them away amid cheers from the crowd.
The British Mediterranean fleet commander observed battle practice when a gun misfired. Fearing accidents, the crew waited half an hour before opening the breech. Lord Charles Beresford ordered extra security and a full hour before reopening. The breech revealed the crew had forgotten to load ammunition.
The London Chronicle reports a sale by auction of Fanning Island under the British high commissioner's Fiji registrar. The 150 inhabitant island was seized in 1888 as a potential submarine cable route from Canada to Australia. Purchaser may profit trading mother of pearl coral and guano.
Honolulu bankers shipped 700000 in gold coin by registered mail from Honolulu to San Francisco to place funds beyond territorial tax on December 31 when a one percent levy applies to all money in banks. The money will be returned immediately after. Deductions for shipment costs and savings amount to about 7000.
In White County Georgia a mountain spring ejects water with strong force, sending it uphill for nearly a half mile. Observers describe it as a geyser-like phenomenon, remarkable for defying gravity in a localized display of flow.
A New York Times piece recounts Colonel Charles A. Edwards of Texas telling a subscriber he would kill every printer and reporter to please all readers. The anecdote shows editors facing disruptive opinions and the extreme reaction of losing temper in print.
Bram Stoker recounts a Sir Henry Irving tour anecdote in which Irving sought a one night engagement in an Indiana town. The proprietor’s reply questioned if Irving would parade, prompting Stoker to answer Irving was a tragedian not a minstrel. The manager then stated he did not want Irving unless he paraded.
A crowded pier sees a hurried man sprint toward a ferry just as the craft nears. He dives and lands on the deck, knocking down a bystander. The fat man recovers and jokes that the boat was coming in, while the jumper apologizes and says he caught the boat.
Judge Aldrich, a known dyspeptic with a sharp temper, had a daughter married to a Boston lawyer. While presiding in Boston over a case where his son-in-law represented the plaintiff, he suggested postponement to the defendant’s lawyer who revealed a blunt reply: I hate the old man but will try the case.
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