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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
3
A Philadelphia Record item notes musk in cheap perfumes comes from animal sources notably civets and musk rats. Civet musk is strong and lasting, enabling small amounts to scent perfumery. Zoo attendants collect musk from civets for sale, providing minor revenue to the zoo.
Sailors dread ships that kick, a savage stern surge when the rudder shifts from wave force. The kick can fling a steward from the wheel or cast men overboard, with fatal blows like a cook’s strike. Some crews fit kicking straps to cope, others refuse such vessels.
In Passions of the French Romantics the Monte Cristo villa is depicted as a lordly pleasure house combining Bohemian and Arabian Nights flavors. Exotic spoils mingle with costly home treasures amid Gothic turrets minarets an artificial lake and a star studded blue ceiling to honor the master playwright.
In a tale from Youth's Companion, a man recalls how four nephews and two grandsons share his name and a locally built business block bears his name. A friend notes the town’s “Howard's Corner” origin, tied to a past mishap involving a turn and a toppled buggy, a remembered courtship, and later marriage.
A 19th century note cites Roman remedies for dental pain. Magicians advised exotic injections and objects such as dog head ash with cyprus, a water snake vertebra or lizard bone for gum scarification, dried chicken bone, lemon with macerated bugs, and even a worm or cabbage caterpillar in a hollow tooth. The piece jokes that prevention means eating two rats monthly per London Hospital.
A war reminiscence contrasts pessimism and optimism amid a field hospital scene where wounded soldiers joke about being missed by Johnnies. The piece also cites Tennyson and George Hakewell on six generations, tracing lineage and descent across centuries.
After Keeler led Lick Observatory and died there his ashes were returned to Allegheny for burial. His friend Brashear sealed them in a hollow within the supporting pillar of the thirty inch reflector, a memorial to Keeler.
A quip from the Baltimore American reflects on a young man entering the newspaper field. It evokes a brisk race toward success, noting he “won by a nose” and the pun hinges on a keen sense for news. The line captures newsroom boast and humor.
The Philadelphia Record reports a magistrate ordering six months as the sentence. The exchange centers on the judge offering time to consider the matter, and the prisoner being pressed for the clock to think. The quotation reflects a legal proceeding with a terse exchange.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a travel notice or maritime snippet with scattered words about passengers, food, a steward, and a crew. The legible parts reference deck passengers, steering, and meal service aboard a ship, suggesting a nautical notice or brief travel record.
An eyewitness account recalls 19th century classroom discipline from Horace Walton’s nut tree fall to a brutal flogging. The master’s method ordered daily routine with a final “lick Walton” cue, a sharp memory of stern schooling.
Strand Magazine depicts women as good winners who cry over losses, facing resistance from brokers. It notes many firms avoid women’s speculative accounts, accepting only via personal connections. The piece highlights male distrust of women’s business sense and the challenge of calming emotional investors after losses.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt notes the carabao's slowness and stubbornness compared to a camel and a male, arguing its chief aim is to lie down in water. As carts and guards cross streams, soldiers beat the animals while bystanders, including soldiers behind guards, push to keep the beast moving, though sometimes they succeed.
Jacobus Noieras notes a 1408 capture of a sea siren in the Zuider Zee. The creature was brought to Haarlem, clothed, taught to imitate a Dutchwoman, and could spin and perform maidenly tasks yet remained mute to her days.
A Detroit Free Press quotation defines a philosopher as the person who tells others their troubles do not amount to much. The aphorism frames philosophy as minimizing others’ concerns and elevating detached judgment.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller by using Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for swollen tender walking feet. It relieves bunions, redness and pain, and makes walking comfortable. Sold everywhere with no substitutes. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
Legal notice states an instrument on file in the District Court of Marion County Iowa purporting to be the will of Albert Van Demeelaar deceased. A hearing is set for May term 1911 on May 30 at the court, with interested parties to be heard. Clerk Meyer Langerak to oversee proceedings. Apr 28 1911.
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