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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
Gerald Holland races to Crestcliff after a chilling radio chat reveals Enid Allen alone at the Allen home with a loaded safe. A burglary plan unravels as hostile sounds disturb the line, ending with a deadly fall and silence.
Gerald confronts a female burglar in a library as a safe is breached. Enid, disguised in her father’s coat, fires a revolver at a supposed threat, wounding Gerald slightly. She explains the scare started by a mouse, then vows romance and recovery.
An Irish rector and family faced jeering crowds over tithe conflicts. Poet Anstey, arriving with the dean from Limerick to Dublin, misheard cries as cheers during a carriage ride. At dinner he quipped about being well known, unaware of the hostile reception until later.
The wealthy stage driver Scroggins in John Ari Lloyds story Scroggins vows the university gift is not for fame or glory. He stresses he has harmed no one and won't seek praise or a heavenly reward, preferring to return to driving the gulch stagecoach.
Fragmented OCR-style text discusses the Greenland birch and its growth terms. It mentions a midget tree within a family context and hints at an allotted number of years tied to a term ax. Context appears scientific but text is garbled and incomplete.
Anger fear and anxiety are described as poisoning the blood and harming the body. The text cites scientists and naturalists noting venom from anger and fear concentrates in the body and disperses in the blood, harming the owner rather than the target.
A New York Press piece reports movers avoid Friday moves due to superstition and fear of accidents. The trade notes many customers shy away from Friday despite potential savings, arguing Friday moves suffer higher risk and worse outcomes for furniture.
The article traces the royal veto from Henry V through Queen Anne who vetoed the militia bill in 1708, noting it has not been used since 1708 though feared in later reigns. It cites Lord Bagehot on the veto's extinction and quotes the London Standard on Victoria’s potential signature.
A 1812 geography text called California a wild, largely unknown land kept in fog and damp health problems. It mentions northern shore reports of anthropophagy and interior volcanoes with vast shifting snow plains, claiming trustworthy travelers back the accounts and other startling details.
A London producer sought permission to stage Oedipus Rex to promote Greek study. The lord chamberlain refused, noting Oxford performs it in Greek. When pressed, he said permission would be granted only if played in Greek for universal understanding.
Fragmented notes describe sunrise over the Grand Canyon with hints of water erosion shaping the canyon. The text claims long hours of light and a claim that running water carved the canyon, mentioning caverns and depths in a poetic, uncertain tone.
Time schedules list Wabash service between Des Moines and St Louis and Kansas City with routes at Howell North and South stations. Key times include 6 31 A M 8 21 A M and 7 32 P M for Des Moines and 8 00 A M 7 56 P M and 6 23 P M for the St Louis direction. For further information contact C S Crane G P T A St Louis or L R Davis T P A Des Moines.
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