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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
6
An industrial school session at First Bohemian Church centers on a Christ story. Jimmy quietly copies a nursery picture, kisses the image, and sings The Little Lord Jesus. Miss Gray plans follow up to nurture the child’s reverent memory. The piece closes with a note on national reserve strength.
The dragon fly is described as endlessly feeding on noxious insects with vast eyes and rapid digestion. A separate scene shows a man hesitating to speak, urged by a smiling woman to act on his impulse, leading to joy.
A tale of a would be spy who joins a gang to study criminals then gets trapped. After a failed police raid he is jailed and later acquitted by an ingenious alibi using another man’s identity and witnesses. The narrator, weary of the romance of detective work, ends his brief foray into the field. Joe Petrosino is cited as a famed but killed investigator.
A humorous tale shows a young man asking his father to back a $300 horse purchase with a chattel mortgage while the old man, counting a half dollar, realizes his son should enter the loan and trust business instead. The exchange reveals entrepreneurial hustle and a sly economic lesson.
A summary of the historic 10 percent tax imposed by the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands and Spain, detailing its 1 percent real and personal property levy, 5 percent realty transfer tax, and the resulting riots and torture until a temporary compromise allowed towns to pay two million dollars annually through 1571.
The piece explains Persia’s plentiful ice due to porous ground and scarce rivers. Ice forms in shallow pools protected from sun by high walls. Persians feed the pool at night, building up ice inch by inch until a usable block is cut.
A woman browses expensive jewel cases in a high end uptown store admiring their ivory like finish and gleaming surfaces. The scene captures the allure of luxury pieces and refined display.
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes including garish leather touted for armor among Indians, a humorous exchange about a beautified Willie in New Orleans, a child dentist moment, parish baby show praise, a Browning quip on unfulfilled aspiration, and a warning about a deadly canned green pea bomb linked to a Paris hotel.
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for goitre with a free to learn about remedy. It claims many cures once thought incurable and encourages readers to write for no obligation, suggesting a complete cure is possible. The notice presses the potential for a breakthrough with no cost to start.
Young Comet No 0757 bay stallion with white hind feet stands 16 hands tall and weighs 1300 pounds bred by T D Tice. Described as an excellent Great American Trotter with strong bloodlines Geo Wilkes and Dictator dam, a noted brood mare. Terms 15 dollars to insure in foal with payment due when facts are known. ARIE BOGAARD Keeper.
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