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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
4
A Boston transplant in New York notes pledges against vice and even literary and musical bans as part of a broad reform movement. The piece cites humane, botanical and patriotic groups urging abstentions and predicts a future millennial impact on the city.
A fragment recalls a commuter scene where a porter hints at making observations about a train and its cars while a passenger comments on etiquette. Separately, Sir Henry Layard recounts Charles Alison and the grand vizier, a Turkish dignitary praying and cursing Christians, with Alison joining in a Turkish prayer to illustrate shared duties.
A New York business man tests a eggs market claim seeking “fresh eyes” three hen eggs laid the day left at his door. A collection of humorous social vignettes follows, contrasting humor across races, capital punishment symbols in Paris, and speech conventions.
A London and Northwestern railway veteran recounts aboard the Charles Dickens train asking the driver about how much of the original engine remains. The witty exchange hints at preserved engine parts and humor in railway culture.
The Manufacturers Star Auto Company states it has accepted all orders possible through August 1 1913 for all models except Town Cars and will not accept more Touring Cars or Runabouts. Total orders on file may push production into late July with potential cancellations. Customers may cancel now. additional orders before August 1 will be advised if feasible.
A letter from Star Auto Co urges buyers that Ford supply will not last long and August 1 arrives soon. It warns this season offers a last opportunity to purchase a Ford car and advises customers to visit the dealership at once.
A 1913 sketch portrays Mrs Abigail Longbody of Farmdale, an aesthetic widow who reshapes a red bridge and a fenced street by insistence on color, piping water from a hill spring, and finally accepts Jim from Waverville after a quirky romance.
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