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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
4
A brief wartime dialogue features a farmer and a friend asking about a son in the army. The reply emphasizes strong discipline and security, praising an army that requires early rising and hard work, implying confidence in its effectiveness.
The verse urges boys to stride up hard paths with courage and grit. It emphasizes marching onward, tagging along, and not resting at the easy level. The message claims success comes to those who persevere, even when the journey is rough, until they reach the top.
For sale listing offering large Poland China spring boars one spring yearling from Miller's Timm and a registered Shorthorn bull thirteen to fifteen months old. Located G G Klyn Cordova Ind. tf Day. Cleaning service advertised by parcel post with prompt repayment. Factory warranty and guaranteed work. Special attention to ladies work. Lon Fritch 125 North Market St Oskaloosa Town.
An old potter loses skill but his son secretly adds a flawless touch to his father’s clay. The master workman Jesus Christ will take our imperfect efforts done in love and perfect them, and in the great morning we shall see them with gladness.
From The Central Ray. The piece urges honest steady effort as the path to real achievement. It argues that busy students should distinguish real work from mere activity, and that true workers strive to do their best, aiming to surpass prior limits and live up to their ambitions.
A Times correspondent describes a four-car pursuit across the Rahamna plain near Marrakesh. Drivers skillfully navigate stone and water obstacles as gazelles break left toward the Atlas foothills, then surge to boulder-strewn ground and challenging terrain before moving into a new chase path.
The text details a hunter’s view of gazelle pursuit from a motor car moving at fifty miles per hour. It notes the sport’s danger and skill required, mentioning four gazelle shots with one captured alive. The journey spans 106 miles across the plain, including travel to Marrakesh, highlighting the hunt's demanding conditions.
Washington reports total bituminous coal exports for 1920 reached 22,076,825 tons valued at 182,200,978 dollars, up from 18,152,887 tons worth 75,826,606 dollars in 1919. Canada bought 10,470,516 tons, Italy imported 2,862,773 tons, and Cuba took 1,248,088 tons. bunker coal abroad totaled 896,453 tons.
A fragmented 19th century style reminiscence tracks Tobias Levinson once a city peddler who owed $450. After moving to Boston in 1805 he failed, then went to Canada and Brooklyn where his accounts remain unsettled. He vows to find creditors and repay, seeking the Carlson of Brooklyn who lent $10 after his mother’s death.
In Quincy court Randolph Seoms was fined $100 for assault and battery on 15 year old Rena Moran. Court heard Seoms waited in a pasture with other children and kissed her when her friends had moved away. Rena reported the incident to her parents who brought him to court.
The piece laments students and workers who lack ambition energy and enterprise and rely on others to push them along urging self reliance while condemning coat tail hangers for not pulling weight. Mrs J Koopman and her children visited Oskaloosa on Saturday afternoon as noted.
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