17 Nov 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1910
Page
1
A local note from Pella Iowa reflects on directing energy toward worthwhile deeds rather than sentiment. It criticizes selfish motives in employers and champions unselfish conduct, education, and disciplined athletics as builders of character. The column urges practical action like tidying lawns to improve the town’s appearance.
A speaker warns that a pessimistic kicker can deter business and capital more effectively than droughts, pests, storms, and other hardships. The message urges the kicker to retreat to a canyon and confront the shadow of failure to allow productive efforts to build up the town.
An editor shows St Peter a list of unpaid subscribers and jokes about those who slipped through. St Peter explains no one is inside yet but notes a postmaster marked a nonpayer as refused, a man who will be punished and sent to his proper place, meaner than any delinquent.
The country newspaper is shown to influence public questions more than city papers, guided by principle rather than selfish gain. City papers are often controlled by wealth and tied to powerful interests, making their moral or political stances less sincere and fettered.
The piece contrasts rapid movement across transport with the vast speed of light. It begins by listing fast runners such as a trotting horse and an express train, then expands to celestial motion, noting Earth’s diurnal spin and its orbit around the sun, and finally highlights light racing through 11,000,000 miles in a minute.
A citizen essay asks residents to support local schools by visiting classrooms, engaging with teachers, and showing active interest. It cautions against constant fault finding and urges practical involvement to improve student welfare and school success.
A humorous verse focuses on the father’s daily work at home and in the house, contrasting his hard labor with the mother’s chores. It ends with a toast to the father, noting his faults but affirming he is all right and will be missed when gone.
Frank J. Cheney testifies as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December 6, 1886. The remedy is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and testimonials are promised. Sold by all druggists and advertised in the notice. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Fragmentary protest rhetoric shows suffragists declaring they cannot endure the injustice of losing the vote. They vow to protest with vigor of womanhood against political slavery and NAD’s stance, challenging the state’s political constraints.
A fragmentary historical note cites Prince Bismarck on female suffrage as revealing a belief that women’s dialogue can trap secrets, while a London piece describes 19th century Church of England gender separation in services with rigid directions and social rules. The text preserves dated tone and quotes odd spellings.
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