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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
1
City directory fragment lists Gesman Kuyper Buckingham Bloem Kruger and council members Grundman DeBruine Plender Faassen Waechter Vanisseldorp. Council meets first and third Tuesdays. election day is Monday. mystery over Gesman or Van den Berg. Wry quotes about youth westward and quiet spots end with a lake breeze remark.
A speaker attacks proposed laws restricting doctor price agreements and imposing strict rules akin to Perkin's bill, while deriding political demagogues and moral suasion on temperance. He condemns alcohol insanity and notes public indifference, urging suppression of such folly.
A veteran warns a rising businessman about three dangers. First, drunkenness destroys potential careers. Second, speculation clashes with steady manufacture and often ends in ruin. Third, endorsing others’ debts risks personal financial harm unless one can cover them without damage.
The article notes French scientists experimenting with radium claiming it rejuvenates an old ox and may one day restore youth in humans. It reflects on the age struggle and the dream of halting decline, expressing cautious hope about a possible life extension breakthrough.
The passage ponders mortality and the crowding of the living as the old give way to the young. It dismisses radium as the supposed source of perpetual youth as a likely delusion, likening it to Ponce de Leon’s dreams and urging acceptance of natural cycles.
Chariton Leader editor H W Gittinger mocks a Washington letter from Congressman Billy Jamieson asking if the newspaper wants garden seeds. He urges the harm of germs and locust eggs as worse than Payne Aldrich tariffs, ship subsidies, and other evils of Joe Cannon era legislation.
In Toledo Lucas County Ohio last week Editor Casey of the Knox ville Express aimed an editorial dig at Bro Parisho of the Lucas Ledger. Parisho retaliated, leaving Casey looking rumpled as if ground through a press. Also included is an 1886 affidavit from Frank J. Cheney promising to pay $100 for every uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with standard druggist selling info.
The County Board met in adjourned session with D G van Zante John W Fisher Allen Anderson present. Petitions granted include refund for J W Sherwood and reappointment of George W Kim mell as overseer of Pella city poor. Ida Galloway’s assessment referred to Knoxville city council for recommendation. Road reports approved and bonds for J W Lancaster and several justices of the peace and township clerks approved. Hearing on road establishment pursued with attorney for claimant.
Dr Van Zante serves as chairman for a March 6, 1911 meeting. The brief minutes record the chairing role and date with no further action details or attendees listed.
The famed Spanish matador Reverte faced a triple bull attack in Bayonne. After mortally wounding a third bull he knelt amid the ring as the charging beast skewered him, yet he remained unmoving until crew carried him away to treat a grievous thigh injury.
A city salesman recounts a method learned in a drugstore to swallow unpleasant medicine. He describes asking for cracked ice, having the dose dissolved in the mouth, and letting it melt to mask the taste. The ice dulls the nerves and helps the medicine go down without a lingering taste.
Hattersheim burgomaster launches crackdown on gossiping wives blame for libel prosecutions and costly litigation. Proclamation urges police to target scandalmongers and warn landlords and tenants amid neglected children and strained households. The mayor says men work while women chatter causing nightly disputes and false narratives.
In the Madeira islands no wheeled vehicles exist due to rough mountainous roads. Heavy sledges pulled by bullocks exist, but natives most commonly travel by hammocks strung on poles and carried by bearers, with basket pledges used for descending mountains guided by a runner behind.
Australia relies on butter as a major prosperity source alongside wool wheat and mining output. Butter production is rising steadily reflecting strong agricultural and dairy sectors across the nation.
An insinuating man asks for advisory help to borrow $10 by swapping places with the other person in a tense exchange. The moment highlights manipulation and test of trust in a small, charged interaction.
A terse note suggests a playful method for guessing a girl’s age. If you estimate twenty one, subtract two. if you estimate twenty three, subtract three. if you estimate twenty five, subtract four. and add eighty. The tip claims this rule will make you popular.
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