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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
6
The piece discusses building a municipal ice plant to supply the electric plant market, comments on sock sizes from a health editor, compares Pella and Des Moines graduates and populations, questions moves to relocate Central College, and calls for enforcing crossing obstruction ordinances.
For six weeks or more it has been impossible to buy a through ticket at the Rock Island station for Ames Webster City or other Northwestern points. The writer calls on railroad commissioners to issue an order requiring roads to provide ordinary accommodations such as transfers, arguing that the people of Iowa have paid enough to justify such service.
The toll exemption repeal bill has passed both houses amid senate publicity by many lawmakers. Opponents are not aligned with shipping trusts and many seek publicity or personal reasons, not party lines, as voters are urged to rebuke the small political maneuver.
The Rock Island Railroad is accused of violating a city ordinance by blocking Main and Broadway crossings for over twelve minutes on June 12 when locomotive 718 paused across Broadway from 12:59 to 1:11. The note argues enforcement costs and lax compliance erode respect for law.
A Davenport meeting of the Iowa State Federation of Labor debated a prohibition opposition resolution. Signed by several workers from Davenport Dubuque Albia and Des Moines, the measure was tabled 70 to 35. The piece argues organized labor backs the push to abolish the legalized saloon.
Advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining, not local applications, offering one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. Toledo firm Cheney & Co. sells through druggists.
The advertisement promotes Doan s Kidney Pills as a remedy for weak kidneys and backache. Mrs John P Barber of 321 N Vine St Newton Iowa lauds the product saying it relieved her backache and strengthened her kidneys. Price 50c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Props Buffalo NY
A New York Sun writer recalls accident adjusting horror. An elevator shaft demonstration caused fatal injuries and amputations, prompting insistence on full details rather than duplicating the mishap. The narrator urges precise, non sensational reporting to aid settlements.
The article describes a lake west of Dubuque known as the Walled Lake with a stone wall on the bottom and top differing in height, built from heavy stones with no local sources. A half mile oak belt surrounds it, the wall and stones appearing mysteriously without known origin, and the lake remains fresh, deep, and clear despite a 1856 storm damaging much of the structure.
Since 1861 Mendoza Argentina has avoided tall structures after a catastrophic earthquake leveled the town. The great cathedral ruins remain a stark warning and the old abandoned quarter sits a mile from the new town, with most houses destroyed and no rebuilding above one story.
An 1855 Indianapolis News excerpt prints a punctuation free letter that can be read in multiple ways, yielding opposite interpretations. The piece lists acts of wickedness and virtue alike, presenting a paradoxical moral critique as a single continuous sentence without punctuation.
The National Capitol’s great dome houses a gymnasium used by lawmakers and staff for exercise. Its main feature is the lantern stairs rising 287 feet, offering a rapid climb and descent in about five minutes. Visitors see workers and Mercuries ascending and descending for fitness and fat reduction.
A London house renting firm received a curious inquiry seeking a reputed haunted house with rent waived. The applicant said he was not afraid of ghosts and would testify if no ghost appeared, offering to live rent free for any term. The firm replied it had no haunted houses and would contact him if one became available.
The city solicitor and a esquire attend the royal reminder on the last October day to summon tenants of waste ground known as the moors in Salop to perform service under penalty. The solicitor halts two fagots with a hatchet and a bill hook, then summons tenants of a forge in the Strand and pays six horse shoes with sixty one nails that are reused yearly though the forge is long gone.
In a coastal village a fisherman, grieving for his wife Delia, discovers a fresh grave behind hers. He asks the undertaker who lies beneath the new plot, speaking in the local sea folklore dialect about life, death, and a possible companion of Delia.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt quotes critics moved to tears by poetry. The dialogue reflects longing to reach the author and the impact of literary emotion on readers today.
A quotation notes the kitchen as the most important room in the house, followed by the bathroom. The remark appears in Howe's Monthly highlighting practical home priorities.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon exchange has a man and woman debating jelly labels. He jokes he cannot taste the labels while she notes you can tell flavor by the labels. A Seneca quote follows about fortune and a son free from debt.
A fresh price for a complete Adder is announced from a rapid full-size machine built in a leading metal working shop by skilled men. The advertisement touts precision and reliability in this latest model from a major producer.
A short clipping notes a warning about harmful humor toward a young child, suggesting repeated joking with a small boy can lead to troubling behavior. The Atchison Globe mentions social unease and calls for mindful communication with youngsters.
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