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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
6
In a tense domestic scene, Tom debates pursuing law with Major Peters, while neighbors split along old loyalties. The conflict centers on a boundary and inheritance in a divided valley, with familial pride and long-standing prejudices threatening harmony.
Dorothy confronts an old boundary dispute tied to Civil War graves as Major Loudon helps reveal a deed and mislaid title. In a turn of reconciliation, Hartwood learns the truth, returns the land deed, and vows fairness while Dorothy lays wreaths on seven graves and honors the fallen soldiers.
An Austrian medical student’s attempt to extort a rich widow with threats to release disease germs highlights vast dangers from bacteriology. The article warns that culturing typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, or yellow fever microbes could unleash epidemics by contaminating water or air.
The essay argues the teacher should foster a taste for reading over mere grades. It contrasts the library as a reservoir of books with a fountain of distribution and urges focus on reading quality, not quantity. It advocates careful, brief notes and guiding readers to best books to improve librarian and reader outcomes.
D. A. Kent, newly appointed deputy state dairy commissioner in Des Moines, reports Washington talks hint at resuming negotiations to send an American to Turkey for teaching scientific agriculture. Kent recalls his earlier commission, recalls Turkish agrarian stagnation, irrigation history, and hopes governments will renew the mission despite Turkish reluctance to modern methods.
The state historical department lists numerous Philippine artillery relics secured by Congressman Hull during a visit last summer. Crude bamboo cannons, a brass saluting mortar, and a gas pipe rifle with wooden stock and iron bindings show mixed construction. The items range from five feet bamboo tubes to a large heavy weapon, mostly decorative or noisy displays rather than practical arms.
Special correspondence describes E C Williams near Palmyra using a water tank wagon to flood holes. He reports 208 gophers killed in one day, aided by two dogs, with few escapes. Farmers have faced heavy crop damage as gophers multiply and resist other methods.
Judge H M Remley in Cedar Rapids ruled hard cider falls under whisky in Iowa law based on evidence of actual sale and intoxication, noting six percent alcohol in tests. In Eddyville, White Cap Lette Buck and L Cond lead church crusade against saloons, receiving a threatening letter from a 13 member committee warning of consequences if the campaign continues.
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