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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1914
Page
3
A partial OCR snippet lists state offices including Auditor of State Treasurer of State and Attorney General. The readable fragments suggest a governmental roster or official titles without clear context or complete names or actions.
A collection of student and citizen pleas arguing the current high school is inadequate. Vocational labs lack space and proper equipment, classrooms are small and poorly ventilated, and lighting and heating are subpar. Advocates contend a new building is essential for domestic science, manual training, physics, and chemistry, while also boosting property values and civic life.
Described as printed in large type in The Register and Leader, Billy Sunday delivers stirring sermons in Des Moines. The paper urges readers to hear every message, noting his popularity and the strong reaction his preaching provokes among audiences. The excerpt ends abruptly with a stray character.
The Register and Leader promotes a trial subscription for $1.00 to receive the Daily Register and Leader from now until February 25, 1915. Readers are urged to send the payment through the Chronicle editor to obtain every sermon and content.
A London street tale from Strand Magazine recalls a halfpenny bun prank. A timid boy asks a baker to shove a bun down his back to hide it from onlookers while a larger companion raids the till. The baker misses the humor as the two flee with the loot.
A vivid portrayal of New York City praising its stature as the world’s greatest capital of finance, trade, architecture, transport, and hospitality with bold claims about its Stock Exchange, port, bridges, and rail hubs.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes New York leads in published popular songs, exceeds Pittsburgh in millionaire counts, has a bigger Irish population than Dublin, a larger Jewish population than Jerusalem in its heyday, and more native New Yorkers than Cohoes, per estimators.
A short anecdote about a boy slipping into an office and answering a stern cashier who recalls him by name after a long absence. The piece ends with a quip about kindness as music in the world.
London Punch notes a candid hostess describing a fiancé's photo and the awkward meeting with Reggie's fiancée. Washington Herald jokes on legal practice, questioning why two men hire four lawyers for minor matters and the slippery nature of law.
A paradoxical note on Footlight inheriting fortune making him both the richest and poorest actor on stage. The piece also mentions Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an army officer, discovering Pike’s Peak on November 15, 1806.
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