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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
4
The article promotes Dr. E. A. Boyle as an engaging speaker for the Garden City Chautauqua. It highlights his rare blend of scholarship and oratory and invites audiences to attend for an entertaining, witty, and eloquent lecture that inspires personal growth.
The grounds were cleaned and grass seed sown with new flower beds prepared on Friday May 1. Crowding in grades leads to converting the gymnasium in the Lincoln building into a classroom for next year likely for first grade. The baseball team has been some-
This year see many first year players with little practice yet they performed remarkably well. Senior class has 13 girls and 5 boys. Commencement Friday in the Auditorium. Annual sermon May 11. Fire escapes installed on both buildings with two egress options per room. Visitors Day Friday May 1. Showcases of pupil work in each room with no special program. All are invited to visit rooms and observe the year’s progress.
The Canning Company advises that reports of all tomato plants being frozen are unfounded. Farmers with no plants or frozen stocks should inform the manager, as warm days will yield transplantable plants. Planting should be delayed until May 26 or June 1, due to wet ground and possible frosts. Farmers with surplus plants should notify the company.
Unseasonably cold and dry conditions marked the week with brisk northwest winds and frequent frosts. Temperatures ran 12 to 15 degrees below normal, lowest at 13 degrees on May 2 in Cherokee County. Fruiting crops suffered more in the south and center, while northern areas show better prospects. corn planting likely to begin in earnest if weather improves. Small grains, pastures, and meadows remain in good condition. copious rains ended the week in southern counties.
Farmers are urged to plant tested seed corn this season to avoid poor stands and subpar yields. The piece argues that choosing only well tested seed saves money, stresses early planting, and notes authorities from agricultural colleges warn the 1907 crop seed may be faulty.
In Brownwood Texas a farmer and his 12 year old son uncovered a nearly intact skeleton atop West Twin mountain. The remains wore a tattered U S Army uniform with epaulets suggesting the rank of brigadier general. Artifacts include steel bridle bits saddle buckles a dirk a butcher knife and old cavalry spur. Local army men speculate the savage killed a general and buried the uniform with him. The grave lies near the old Camp Colorado site once guarding pioneers and featuring Robert E Lee early in his career. The clay preserved the remains by keeping moisture out.
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