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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1924

Page

5

Thanksgiving Football Clash At Pella High Field

Pella High hosts Tracy in a Thanksgiving football game at Athletic Field. The issue notes local illnesses and family visits, with several residents at risk, and mentions Dr. Hubert Hurt speaking at Penn College on democracy, power use, and Christian home influence.

Pella High Tracy Athletic Field Pella H. S Tracy H Hubert W. Hurt Chicago Penn College America Hart Oskaloosa Herald

The Late Immigration Bill Questions for Information

An inquiry piece discusses contrasts in views on a Japanese exclusion bill. It questions terminology, scope, and implications for Japanese immigrants and citizenship, asking whether other nations or Japan have similar measures and if all Japanese are barred or classified. Readers are invited to supply answers.

Review of Reviews Japan

Heirs Fight Over Wealth of Thief Bill the Brute

Clark Parker once known as Bill the Brute died a recluse in Pasadena in 1922 leaving a million to potential heirs. HisWill battles involve Dr Frederick Gay Jefferson H Parker and relatives, with bets on the Masons and Elks sharing $375000.

New York Clark Parker Bill Heira Eddie Guerin West Dread Devil's Island Dreyfus Eddie Bank of Lyons Pasadena Cal America Europe Boston Benjamin Parker Clark Pacific Coast Frederick P. Gay University of California Masons Biks Los Angeles Doctor Gay Jefferson H. Parker Masons and Elks Parker Massachusetts England France Canada Charles Parker Willam Stetson George Goodman Brute Chicago Guerin London

Five Pella People on December Jury

A fragment describes a jury panel of five Pella residents in December and notes a child health movement praising the Modern Health Crusade in schools with ranks like knight and knight banneret.

Banneret Knight of the Round Table

Childhood's Shining Armor Health Crusade

By Helena Lorenz Williams, the piece explains how modern health campaigns turn daily chores into battles against disease. It notes Charles M. De Forest created a score based system turning tasks like washing hands and brushing teeth into quests, aiding eight million children enrolled in a national program by the National Tuberculosis Association.

Helena Lorenz Williams Charles M. de Forest National Tuberculosis Association

Investment tips and loans from a streetwise father

A narrator seeks guidance on financing ventures with Papa offering market tips and the possibility of lending money. The sentiment centers on mentorship in finance and the hope of turning guidance into investment success through street wisdom.

Papa Wall Street

Sweeping the Clouds in Air Brushing Clouds by Flight

Lomdon Tit-Bits notes a scientific parallel to the nursery rhyme tale of the old woman sweeping cobwebs from the sky. Under certain conditions aviators can disperse small cumulus clouds by flying through them at high speed, roughly twenty flights needed for a fair-weather cloud.

Lomdon

Origin of the Word Thug Explains Its Brutal Roots

A historical note traces the word thug to a religious group in India that, under the guise of honoring the Goddess Kali, commits robberies and cold blooded murders. The account highlights how language evolves from a group name to a generic descriptor for lawless violence.

India Kall

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