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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
4
Morley Vernon enters a tense morning in a hotel lobby as he hunts for Amelia while Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop, now in command, guides senators and leaders. Vernon contemplates breaking away to talk with Amelia but fears disrupting fragile alliances. The scene centers on power dynamics among political players and personal loyalties.
Vernon faces a tangle of obligations as Mrs Overman Hodge Lathrop insists on moving Amelia toward a painful resolution. Greene’s striking beauty is noted while Vernon plans to address each complication in turn, after arranging travel to the capitol. (Continued Next Week)
Charles Lewis a six foot farmer from near Richland was picked up for intoxication in Oskaloosa. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Bacon and had no funds to pay a fine when informed by the police.
Mothers should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease colds feverishness constipation teething disorders headaches and stomach troubles. Sold by all drug stores 25c. Do not accept substitutes. A trial package can be mailed free to any mother who writes Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An Independent prisoner, Lewis, balks at five days of street labor in Oskaloosa for lodging and a small celebration. Mayor Bacon warns he will endure bread and water if he refuses. Lewis says he is not able bodied and will not work without pay, then is sent to Officer Ruggenburger to serve five days on bread and water.
At Monday night’s meeting the Prairie City school board re elected all teachers except Miss Crawford who was not an applicant. Miss Hon will teach the fifth and sixth grades replacing Miss Crawford. No teacher yet for seventh and eighth grades. Miss Crawford has taught three years and plans to spend the coming year in the West.
Washington May 1 1909 buyers are invited to homestead land in the Shoshone project at Powell in northern Wyoming on May 22 and 24. The second irrigation unit opens to homestead entry May 22 and Powell town lots sell at auction May 24. Farms cost 46 dollars per acre water charge, with 10 annual installments. Principal crops include alfalfa beets cereals and fruits. potatoes and wheat yields noted. Powell already has a school bank store and church services near Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Information from the U S Reclamation Service.
Kansas City stock yards report for May 3, 1909 notes a shift from last week’s gloom to a stronger market with closes 20 to 35 cents higher than the prior week and 30 to 9 cents above last Monday’s weak level. Receipts were light across markets as buyers improved demand amid a new trend in consumptive channels.
After weeks of tight supplies cattle and hogs showed modest gains while demand remained wary. Top steers hit 6 70 with most steers 5 75 to 6 30, calves 400 to 675, hogs steady with top 730 and bulk 685 to 725, lambs 835 to 875, yearlings to 7 65, sheep and goats also firm as buyers activity picked up slightly. J. A. Rickart and L. S. Corr report Texas muttons at 5 00 to 5 65 and fat goats 3 60 to 4 10 amid a generally active market.
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