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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1924
Page
7
The piece notes Shakespeare is now universally deemed the greatest figure in modern literature, contrasting his current prestige with historic dismissals by Dryden Pepys Hume Voltaire Goldsmith Byron and Sardan. It frames critical rebuke as encouragement for the unappreciated author.
An old newspaper notice offers a 14 percent ton truck in good condition for sale by H. R. Poffenbarger in Pella Iowa. It also seeks a married man with twenty five thousand dollars to invest and actively run a Des Moines wholesale business, with response to Jones at 1548 20th St Des Moines Iowa.
Oklahoma counties approve bonds to build a Lee highway link, part of a planned 8700 mile transcontinental corridor from Washington to New York and San Diego to San Francisco. Promoters tout a scenic, connected road spanning 8000 miles from coast to coast, boosting tourism and regional development along a 100 mile wide zone.
A summary of brake performance shows 175 cars tested by the Bureau of Standards in Washington reveals poor or marginal emergency and service brakes. Seventeen percent of foot brakes were excellent, forty-one percent good, nineteen percent poor. emergency brakes: three percent excellent, sixteen percent good, sixty-seven percent poor. A New York traffic count finds 195,660 vehicles enter Manhattan between 7 am and 7 pm, with mechanical counters at 28 points. The piece discusses urban planning, sidewalk width, and illuminated speed signs under a new highway law urging signs placed near city limits and six to eight foot mounting heights.
American Education Week runs November 17 to 23 with observances sponsored by the National American Legion and National Education Association. The schedule highlights Constitution Day Patriotism Day School and Teacher Day Physical Education Day Community Day and For God and Country Day emphasizing education’s role in democracy and national well being.
Citizens cherish public playgrounds nationwide as spaces where children play and families gather. Local officials highlight improvements and safety measures to ensure welcoming, accessible areas for all youths.
The audience enjoyed the second number of the lecture course. Paul Clark on violin and Hugo Brandt on piano opened with Mendelssohn in E minor and Liszt in E. Brandt invited the crowd to name five Grand Operas for a medley, and Miss Booth performed national airs in costume. A Masters Birthday, a Schubert themed original play, closed the evening charmfully.
The speaker blasts a tailor for piling on bills and growing fatter, claiming customers must pay more material for garments as expenses rise and service lags.
A compact historical note traces thirteen as a symbolic motif across early America. It cites the thirteen colonies, the flag, the eagle, motto, and other emblems, linking them to dates such as the thirteenth of various months and notable events like Perry’s Lake Erie victory and the thirteenth amendment.
A compact reminiscence contrasts past life with 20th century change. It notes no watch wearing none swatted flies no listening in on phones and no Bolshevists. It mentions livery bills low wages for hired girls liver with meat and bargains like suspenders with suits.
A report notes straw stacks were burned rather than baled while residents observed changes in grooming trends as a safety razor had not yet introduced the clean shaven look. Mrs F S Garlick of Valley Junction and Mrs Urban Sur and her young son from Los Angeles, California, were visiting Thursday at a local home.
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