16 May 1907
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
1
Monroe Mirror notes residents uneasy over counterfeit goods and scarce authenticity while reporting Reverend Billy Sunday’s double-strength campaign arousing Knoxville crowds. The piece frames Sunday’s protest as a symbolic blow against faked products and modern culture.
A Des Moines Capital report notes an Iowa woman who has not washed her face for fifteen years is described as strikingly handsome. The Chicago Post adds the remark that her beauty may run deeper than skin. The piece also mentions Grover Cleveland as a potential presidential candidate, a notion likely to find support near eastern duck ponds.
Evangelist Sunday holds revival services in a large Knoxville tabernacle near the Express office. City hope rises that the gospel wagon will draw the unregenerated Casey to join and find a safe seat.
A bouncing baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. King Fonse at their Madrid home last Friday. Mother and baby are reported healthy and the doctor believes Fon will recover well. The note mentions Lottie Lee's Fonsey smokes.
The Holden Democrat argues external pressures barely affect a town while internal blows cause real damage.
A Springfield man tired of staying alone devised a plan to lure his wife back. He mailed her copies of the home paper with some items cut out, and the scheme worked within a week as she returned home to discover what he did not want her to know.
A Town man claimed he was 65 and found as a dollar, then collapsed dead. The event provokes debate about pride, with the St. Louis Republic noting that death might have come at that moment regardless of the boast, even if he had merely said pass the bread.
A Chicago survey shows auto fatalities last year were low with four deaths and all drivers cleared of blame. By contrast three hundred fifteen streetcar deaths and 175 from horses occurred. The city had 4000 automobiles and 2500 streetcars in operation at the time.
Fragmentary OCR shows an obituary note for a 102 year old man from Shawnee County Kansas. Details are incomplete but indicate a residence and death context.
Sioux Falls Press notes a $200000 starch plant at Marshall Iowa was dismantled and sold to a scrap iron firm. It claims the starch trust, a producer restraint, buys and destroys factories to curb competition, inviting DOJ scrutiny before Decoration Day. A new state law bans ball games and racing that would disrupt observance, with fines from five to one hundred dollars.
The Commoner says Mr Shonts gave a scholarship to Drake University of Des Moines Iowa and the Boston Globe admits it never heard of Drake University. The piece notes Drake is a large denominational school named for a gallant soldier who later became Iowa governor and remarks on the westward stretch of the United States beyond Massachusetts.
A country teacher near Otley reported a pupil’s parents refuse to buy a grammar book for Jennie. The note states they prefer Jennie study French drawing and piano singing and claim two grammars did them no good. The parents offer to teach grammar themselves.
A reader argues the pass system abatement is biblically supported citing verses like Thou shall not pass and Suffer not a man to pass. The note lists passages from Numbers Judges Nahum Mark Jer and Jonah and an Exod reference as justification for the policy.
A Friday mass meeting at the Chariton courthouse discussed raising 40,000 dollars for a new steam railroad from Waterloo. A subscription paper showed partial pledges and was sent to promoters. Early payments were set at two and a half percent at survey start, one third at grading, another third on steel laid, and the balance when cars reach Chariton. F R Crocker gave 1,000 dollars, A B Gogkin 500, with others lifting the total to about 4,000 as a preliminary push. If approved, the stock drive moves forward. Chariton needs more engineers and fewer brakemen.
W G Hollis of Minneapolis, secretary of the North Western Lumbermen's Association, urged merchants to back local papers with heavy home advertising. He warned mail order houses threaten retail sales nationwide and said local merchants must match catalog prices at home to keep trade from leaving town.
A 16 year old Indiana teacher near Reinbeck used a poker to restrain a defiant father who blocked his son from entering class after a misconduct incident. The community rewarded her with a $100 diamond ring and raised her monthly salary from $30 to $50. Her bold action inspired stricter classroom discipline and sparked broader talk on teacher authority.
The Kansas City Journal warns against overreliance on unwritten law in jury decisions. It cites the Thaw case where jurors erred, suggesting a dangerous meltdown where anyone could kill a rival rake over a lover, and argues against treating such motives as acceptable law.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, visiting Chicago, rebutted reports of widespread crop damage due to unseasonable weather and bugs. He noted spring seedings lagging slightly from cold weather but predicted ample time for crops, with plenty of time between now and the last of September.
Weather quotes say the ground is prepared in several states for seed with warm temperatures expected in a few days. Officials express concern about preventing crop issues and anticipate a normal spring wheat crop there.
A collage of quirky clippings from Iowa and Missouri papers pokes fun at society, folly, and local life. Jests on mules, a Dubuque shoemaker, a tax on cats, a bogus Montezuma train tale, runaway buggy tops, gophers in Knoxville lawns, and Fairfield evangelist giving drive a $3,000 push reflect rural era humor and daily news tone.
A verse urging boys to value schooling and hard study. The speaker reflects on wishing to attend school daily instead of playing, stressing earnest effort yields future rewards. The poem closes with a call to little boys to go to school and obey teachers, signed L A Sents of Pella Iowa.
A letter dated 20 February 1907 from My Kyew Kin, a Baptist College student in Rangoon, Burma, thanks the Hamburg Iowa Ladies Missionary Society for support. He reflects on family faith, weather contrasts, and his wish to visit the West while remaining devoted to his Burmese homeland. He mentions Saya and Mama Rice and notes his studies, prize essay, and prayers.
A legal notice states a will claiming to be Henry E Verploeg’s last will is on file in Marion County Iowa District Court. A hearing is set for May 27 1907, at the Knoxville court, with interested persons to appear on that date.
An old advertisement touts Cascasweet as the best remedy for colic summer complaint diarrhoea and sour stomach It is recommended for teething irritation affecting the stomach and intestines Sold at Langerak s Drug store and Wander Einden s Bazar.
The piece notes that famed women abandon corsets to pose as models in face and form after embracing Hollister's Hacky Mountain tea, priced at 35 cents, and mentions Dp Stubenrauch in a brief, fragmentary fashion.
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