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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1902
Page
8
A fragment from the Chicago Daily Sun portrays a critique of luxury and social excess. It references wealthists who rule and rob, fashionable elites, and merchants profiting while others bear burdens of debt. The piece questions motives behind displays of opulence and social calm.
An excerpt shows a bustling crowd outside a new playhouse with a young man Griffin or Raymer interacting alongside a doctor and a solicitor in a tense moment. Characters discuss seating, a missing companion, and a plan to manage the situation amid a lively Bayou Bank setting.
Griffin probes upper crust intrigues while tracking a bank robbery suspect, forging a theory that the culprit is a selfless monomaniac in love with Charlotte. Margery guides Griswold's novel to broaden its scope from pure protest to narrative drama amid labor tensions and evolving loyalties.
Chapter XXII shows Griswold's first visit to the Grierson mansion on the lake, leading to a budding intimacy with Margery. He enjoys a constant welcome at Mereside and begins altering Margery's surroundings to fit his influence as the book's rewrite proceeds.
A strange hobby notes the ex queen regent of Spain collects playing cards as a principal pastime. She owns many curious packs including an ivory set believed to have belonged to Prince Eugene and to have traveled with him through Marlborough campaigns. Queen Christina also owns rare cards of Egyptian Arabian French and Spanish manufacture.
A blond cautions on a suitor's intent, urging to learn what business a man is in before marriage. A brunette recalls an engagement ring and curiosity about its cost leading to a hidden bargain behind a jeweler's counter, highlighting caution in courtship.
A federal grand jury in Keokuk indicts Adams Ex Press for alleged internal revenue law violations related to C O D whisky shipments. The ruling treats C O D as a sale by the carrier requiring a retail liquor license. Separately, four floods swell, with Skunk river 2000 acres submerged and Des Moines river flooding again above the mouth.
A fire in the cupola of the J A Lockwood and Co elevator at Ames caused about 30000 in damage. The Northwestern freight depot burned completely, its contents saved, with company losses around 1000. Strong southerly winds spread flames across the business district, threatening the town’s main area.
A gang operating across eastern Holinois, northern Missouri, southern Iowa and reaching into Arkansas has been broken up by Keokuk police. Members are being brought in and the grand jury is indicting them. All recently stolen horses have been recovered except one from Muscatine, expected soon.
Scene at Jerome home where Mrs. John Kreebs allegedly used a public safety device after her husband threw water on her. He was seriously injured by a device discharge. Police report states Mrs. Kreebs refused breakfast, leading to further confrontation. Detective inquiry underway into possible murder charge.
In Prairie City the state safe was blown open by dynamite, robbing $4474 and leaving 20 cents. Five men carried out the heist while a deputy town marshal and two dentists watched but could not alert others. The quintet fled the town after the robbery.
In the case of the state of Iowa against A M Lucas for the murder of Emma Moore near Clarinda in May last, the jury after 20 hours returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty as life imprisonment.
A stream of obituaries and accidents recounts Charles Winseke gored by a bull near Muscatine, deaths from lightning at Marshalltown, a railroad collision near Brighton, and the funerals of local leaders like Banford Burnham. Accounts from Dubuque, Ottumwa, Davenport, and Manitou add to the era’s somber roll.
A plain Glasgow man and his daughter ponder God’s handiwork after peeking into a mirror. The girl asks if God made her, receives a yes, and remarks that He seems to be turning out better work lately. A Rogers Park wife suspects missing letters from her husband’s pockets. A cheerful man finds humor in losing a job, imagining the raise he didn’t receive. The piece closes with a quip about bonbons and romance from The Smart Set.
A collage of dated quips and social commentaries shows a tide of courtly scandal chatter from Washington Star and New York Weekly, with deflated moral irony in Time and Los Angeles Herald. The pieces lampoon high life, inheritance fears, and shifting quotes on charity and behavior.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a father and son discussing bravery during a battle. The father claims the son was calm as captain, while the son notes the father appeared frightened, revealing contrasting perceptions of courage.
Leas and Lena note the advent of wireless telegraphy and the horseless carriage, then caution that a coalless winter may be on the way, as reported by the Chicago Record Herald.
A mash of brief dialogue lines and quips from Yonkers Statesman Chicago Tribune and Judge. Snappy exchanges touch on sequestered spots conference appointments church preaching Eve and Adam apple and a playful remark about religion worn as a label.
A fragment from a 19th century exchange shows Mamma insisting on a social ritual, Minnie retorting that she belongs to an early family. The Yonkers and New York newspapers snippet features humorous malaprops and a quarrel over wedding arrangements and a promised room.
In a fragment from Ally Sloper, a reserved man is described as having a sweet patience, suggesting love and loss. The cod character speculates on being loved and married, hinting at romantic tension and self-reflection within the dialogue.
A collage of witty lines on sports power and politics from N Times and Brooklyn Life contrasts with jokes about Cholly the swimming professor, Jack and Mabel Galey, and a wry Chicago Post quip about a son’s value to a champagne house.
A playful riff on the nursery rhyme about an old woman in a shoe. The verse suggests a Chicago origin for the character, contrasting with a Philadelphia press claim and noting no explicit contradiction in the rhyme.
Mrs Porkey shows a sunset painting by her daughter who studied abroad. Mr Olderabb remarks he has never seen such a sunset in this country. The brief dialogue captures a moment of pride and cultural exchange in Chicago.
A playful exchange features confident bets and sharp lines about timepieces and nerves. Ally Bloper, Miss Tartley, Madge Brown, and others exchange quips in a lighthearted Philadelphia and Cleveland context, ending with a wry question about a growing world.
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