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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
8
The London Chronicle recounts Horace Walpole’s note of the Duchess of Tyrconnell, Frances Jennings, arriving in England during the 1688 revolution and selling small haberdashery from a stall under the Royal Exchange to survive. She wore a white dress and a white mask that she never removed, drawing curiosity.
A shopkeeper assists a child returning a recent purchase, the child pleading for a small barter or debt courtesy. The scene centers on a domestic exchange over a cheese item and a request tied to a father’s approval.
A Sunday School lesson links First Kings chapter 20 to temperance, showing Benhadad II and Ahab. It defines drunkenness as habitual use of intoxicants, argues drink makes rulers unreasonable and boastful, and asserts God and virtue oppose alcohol. It concludes that drink attracts only the weak and fools and will inevitably fail against righteous forces.
Harvey Van Lissel moved from the Dennis property to rooms over the bank. Mrs F A Converse, recently ill, is improved and will soon be mobile. Mrs Harriet Maddy of near Attica visited her son W G Maddy and left for Chatanoga Oklahoma to stay with daughter Mrs Arthur Spaur. First annual Clay township Sunday school convention held at Methodist Church on Sunday February 26. sessions lengthy and convention deemed a grand success with an interesting program. I Visser injured a leg after contact with a horse’s hoof. Thirty young friends of Robbis Bier surprised his mother Mrs Beaver in Beaver, Durham with games and a good time. Robert goes to Adair county to work on a farm. C B Gearhart named new agent at Union station. Marion Myers transferred to Pella as second trick operator. Myers well liked but will be hard to replace. Wart the Q agent noted as comparison by locals. News
A Pleasantville resident from Quincy Ill is expected to arrive to wed a local man. Harry Sterling broke his leg when his horse fell during stock driving at J B Sterling’s last Thursday. Ida Freeman resumed teaching at Washington School east of Dallas after weeks of rheumatism. E M Jones, former Pleasantville resident, visited from Altona to see his mother Mrs Mary Jones and celebrate her 81st birthday.
Alpha Minnesota social and church notices list residents visiting, trips, and moves. J A Snyder returned from cities with spring goods. Miller and Simms families hosted visitors. Rakness and Lundahl families visited. Agnes Miller and Annie Julia stayed for teaching terms. Anderson family moved 12 miles south of Willmar. Elizabeth Clark of Welcome Will speak on temperance. O Mikeleon family became Alpha residents. several joined Presbyterian church. Rev L Badger to begin revival in Enterprise town hall March 3. Mrs Getty ill reports and other local happenings.
Fragmentary OCR buttons mention Mrs Toomey Amingwville Pa and Alannon Michigan with other names and a Dr Caldwell building Monticello IL. Readable fragments suggest a plea or notice inviting letters or inquiries tied to a medical or charitable request.
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