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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1914
Page
3
The article explains how a one inch fall in mercury represents massive atmospheric shifts. It details the weight of mercury, roof and body implications, and a fall over 400 miles square removing enormous earth surface weight. It compares this to train lengths and wind noise, citing the Kansas City Star.
The article argues that the biblical term lilies does not refer to the modern real lily. It notes common belief that saily means a true lily and states the white lily Lilium candidum is not native to Palestine.
The excerpt discusses the wind flower or anemone in biblical context, noting its crimson blossoms and the windborne seeds spread by some species. It explains ancient usage of terms lilium lirion and krinon for ruplike flowers and how modern science names like water flies or lilies of the valley reflect historical references rather than true species.
Mrs Sourspite warns against marriage and predicts regret. Mrs Newed admits she regrets the warning rather than the marriage, noting it kept her from marrying for nearly a year.
A 1914 business creed urges Americans to buy locally and support home merchants to strengthen communities. It argues mail order reliance harms towns, promotes fair dealing, and ties economic virtue to moral conduct, urging citizens to back home shops for schools, churches, and the needy.
A countryman from beyond London recounts a day in the metropolis buying provisions. He buys shoes for 7 cents, a sheep 10 cents, chickens 11 4 cents each, beef five cents, cod for 10 cents, rye per bushel 15 cents, homespun cloth at 12 cents per ell, wood 0 cents, all claimed accurate reflecting late medieval prices.
A reader cites Mossar Laeien Larkin in the New York American arguing there is no centrifuge force in nature. He says gravity’s reaction is due to Earth’s motion and that even a trillion meteors daily would not alter the sidereal year length. The Greenwich clock era shows no yearly variation.
In Wadebridge Cum Cornwall England a bridge rests on a novel foundation of wool bags placed in the stream with piles driven in causing the structure to prove firm and satisfactory after earlier attempts with stone foundations failed and other devices proved ineffective.
A quip from Mr. Bickers to his wife notes a court decision allowing in some cases the wife to head the family, with Mrs. Bickers retorting that courts are slow to learn such facts. The remark appears in Puck.
The clipping cites dialogic lines about neighbors, prison rules, and social introductions. It juxtaposes remarks from the Birmingham Age-World and Boston Transcript, noting miscommunications, excuses, and opportunistic timing as social commentary. The piece ends with a zinger about opportunity.
The piece traces umbrellas from ancient times to 18th century London, noting early ridicule and the lasting shift in usage. It cites Persepolis carvings, Niebuhr’s observer, Chinese and Indian origins, Baltimore’s 1772 adoption, and Jonas Hanway as a pioneer in popularizing umbrellas amid coachmen’s protests.
An article from Farm and Residence advises treating tree cavities promptly to save shade and fruit trees. It describes removing decayed wood, washing wounds with copper sulfate solution, filling cavities with a lime cement mix, and cementing patched areas. For splits near forks, an iron bolt can brace branches until cement sets to halt decay.
A snippet from An Idler in Old Prince imagines restoring dinner etiquette across French reigns from Francis I to Louis XIV. It recalls formal napkins, tablecloths, and pages of scandalous laughter as guests overstay, with footmen lifting the cloth to reveal the banquet’s excesses and abrupt substitutions for ruined table settings.
In 1784 M. La Combe’s A Picture of London notes highroads within thirty to forty miles of London were guarded by armed highwaymen and footpads. He adds Londoners’ manners have changed with bold women and rising crime including bankrupts, beggars, spies, robbers, and pickpockets. He also cites adulterants in bread beer and milk.
Liverpool Mercury reports a dialogue where a friend calls Icing Lear a great character and an actor questions remembering his first season performance. The exchange shows mutual surprise and recognition of a notable role.
Wile The idea. Why do you think that? Musband This thing of tryive to look at all ine come and our expenses at the same time is slowly but surely getting Its work in. Chicago News.
The text notes heartbeats for a standing tug eighty one per minute, a sitting robe seventy one per minute, and sixty six per minute when the oni r lies down, indicating a whimsical measure of resting versus active states.
A notice reports an absence of tuberculosis malignant diseases rheumatic fever and infectious illnesses in the Falkland Islands. It notes a South African gold mine reaching one mile in depth.
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