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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
4
Leighton residents report a pleasant Friday evening with friends. The J Rillihan family plans to move to Pella next month. Several locals visit, shop, or work on projects including concrete fences and a new bridge east of Burgraaf. Snow falls Tuesday night as farmers begin cribbing corn.
Miss Cecile Mincks will give a junior piano recital in the auditorium on Tuesday evening November 4. The Ladies Auxiliary presents Prof. Clayton in a voice recital Tuesday evening November 11. A Camp Fire play is planned this fall under Miss Barnwell with Roy Hillyer expecting his brother Loyde back in school after holidays. Last Wednesday afternoon’s recital featured Gladys Neiswanger, Mary Bell, Aroline Lunt, Florelle Fradenburgh, Carolyn Clark, Edna Horn, and Guy Churchill. Gradus VanderLinden shows prominent yelling leadership. Mary Bell performed Invitation by Ketterer at Friday chapel. Mrs. Bell hosted the Ladies Reading Circle Friday afternoon. New conservatory students Miss Greiner, Miss Droz and Miss Van Dorén begin work with Prof. Sadler this week. There was no school Tuesday.
Preliminaries for the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago November 29 to December 6 are complete as entries are tabulated and facilities expanded. A record display of pure bred, fat livestock and draft horses is anticipated amid a bustling program of new buildings and improved accommodations for exhibitors and spectators. With beef, pork, and mutton shortages looming, producers across the United States and Canada are boosting production and adopting new feeding and breeding methods to meet the needs of the expounding expo. The event promises unique instruction and diversion, distinct from prior similar gatherings.
Mrs Emma Rickabaugh visited sister Esther Adams in Prairie City last Thursday where Mr Adams works at the grain elevator. About 40 youths attended a Hallowe en party at Wm A Vriezelaar s home on Friday. A group enjoyed taking wheels off buggies but missed the cake. Mrs Portinga and son Don visited George Portinga family near Monroe Sunday. Henry Vriezelaar and John Pringle biked to Skunk River to view the dredging machine. W A Vriezelaar and wife Albert Hiemstra and wife spent Sunday in Prairie City. R Bakker rented a farm north of Fairmount from John Strauvers. John plans near Prairie City. H Brunikool and family visited Vriezelaar neighbors east of here and A L Dykstra s farm. Henry Kenning returned from the old country, Albert staying behind. Mrs Dr Rawson and children left for Gallipolis Ohio to visit her parents. Mr and Mrs Fred Lankelma spent Sunday in Pella. Mr and Mrs Frank Walker hosted Halloween guests with games, music, and a late supper. Mr and Mrs S Steineman and daughter Helen spent Sunday with relatives near Coal Port. Mrs H L Renaud hosted the sewing club Wednesday afternoon.
WM H Nolin advertises sale of 28 Poland China boars including Giant Lad 198441 and Big Standard 166621 with 25 spring boars by Big Standard and Prospect, plus 28 breeding ewes and 81 lambs, White African Guineas and M B Turkeys. Location 3 miles east of MetYoe near Reasnor and Monroe Iowa. Phone numbers 3-3 and 35-22. Breeders guaranteed, priced to move.
Paris correspondent of the London News reports Fanelli hid in the highest gallery during a Queen's Hall concert to observe the audience. He felt overwhelmed by emotion as the public listened attentively, and after trying to descend he got lost in a maze of passages, missing the stage moment and angering friends for not acknowledging the applause.
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet notes a couple known for having open quarrels with windows left open, making them the most popular pair in the flat. Neighbors say they would hate to see them move, while curiosity grows about the reasons for their appeal.
The phrase emphasizes daily discipline and perseverance as keys to success, urging steady application toward goals. It underscores that effort, not luck, shapes outcomes, aligning motivation with measurable progress over time.
Pearson's Weekly notes how periods of court mourning vary by capital with white garments common in eastern cities and purple preferred in Europe. It cites strict enforcement at St James Madrid and Austrian courts, exaggerated etiquette in Berlin, and restricted black in evenings while empresses favor white dresses with black trim. Denish officials’ wives may wear high peaked headdresses during mourning.
London Chronicle notes Montenegro's stones shape its fortifications and recalls Napoleon's offer to fund a road across the principality. His later threat to burn the land to Monte Rosso is mentioned, but never carried out, under King Nicholas era.
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