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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1902
Page
6
In a derelict house, the narrator reflects on a sheltering space amid a storm. The aged dwelling creaks as Time passes, while memories of a family fill the dim rooms. The scene shifts to a dusk of decay, then to a nostalgic vision of children at play and a lovers first kiss under a crimson rose wreath.
In London a blind man and his mute partner seek help to recover a treasure stolen in China. They accuse a betrayer who fled with 93 stones worth up to £250,000, asking detective Fairfax to locate the culprit and confront him. They promise to pay expenses and rewards.
A young woman named Kitwater arrives to see the famed New York detective Mr. Fairfax about her uncle. The brief encounter reveals her striking beauty, dark brown eyes, and a delicate hesitation as she explains her purpose and asks for guidance.
A jumble of anecdotes and sketches on avarice and human folly. The tale of Eugene Stanislas Kostka de Mitkiewicz, a promoter who pursued a China America bank purely for profit, dismissing morals. A sharp exchange with Li Hung Chang reveals a cynic’s view of venture and virtue. Also retold are a nurse’s doll fable and South American war anecdotes.
Special Washington Letter reviews Congressional Record debates on government clerks sick leave, 30 days annual leave, and 7 to 8 hour work norms. It defends clerks against attacks, notes abuse cases, and highlights sympathy for public servants including many women, while urging fair treatment and integrity.
Special correspondence discusses a Fort Dodge dispute over whether a railroad may break contracts with a city to move shops. The Mason City and Fort Dodge line, now part of Chicago and Great Western, is enjoined while courts decide if public service authority overrides private contract. A Texas federal ruling is cited on agency of public service and damages for removal.
Senator Hoar quipped about a friend misdiagnosed with appendicitis, noting the trouble is in the table of contents not the appendix. The Alaska land plan proposes 320 acre homesteads for 200000 families to settle the territory.
About 5000 dollars in prizes will be awarded to cantons of the patriarchs militant at the sovereign grand lodge meeting in Des Moines in September. Rules specify grounds at the state fair and free admission to chevalier uniforms, with daily drills and dress parades September 17 18 and 19. Awards are to be presented by September 20.
Iowa cities face a test of duty when the state board of health charges communities for inspecting suspected smallpox cases. Dr. Fred Powers filed a $75 claim with Waterloo for visiting and confirming disease presence. Waterloo council refuses, prompting court action. A Wallace circus agent reportedly used similar ruses to solicit food funds.
Love’s sudden call sends Miss Imogene Luske from a country school near Epworth to wed William Field from Richardsville. After a hurried council, she hats, drives away, and the schoolhouse is left to its pupils as the couple begins married life. Sunday School convention at Sioux City June 10 through 12 features E C Excell choir and notable speakers.
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