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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1901
Page
2
The text lists newspaper details from The Chronicle G A Stout editor, publishing Friday afternoons. It notes post office registration, subscription rates, advance payment durations, ad submission deadline on Thursday, and policy that all letters for publication be signed.
In October 1901 Harvey News Volume 1 Number 1 appears under L. L. Byram, praised as a clean up-to-date sheet. The report notes September postal receipts at the fifty largest post offices totaled 4,225,752 dollars with an 8.2 percent rise from last year, led by New York at 881,500 and Chicago at 697,160. Jersey City and Grand Rapids declined.
Milwaukee editor Lansing Warren, editor and publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel, died Sunday in Milwaukee. A young, energetic journalist, he led the paper to a commanding position in the field during the brief period he controlled it, and his loss will be sincerely mourned.
New York dispatch notes the Tribune’s London correspondent discussing General Kitchener’s proclamation and the strategy of martial law in Cape Colony. It suggests success could end the rebellion, while Boers face starvation from Natal’s invasion, with reprisals risking Cape allies’ support.
A partial OCR passage references tense measures as Botha Dewet and Delarey face exhausted resources. It notes retaliation by shooting British soldiers in response to hangings of Cape farmers and a death sentence for Lotter, indicating a volatile period in colonial conflict.
Edward A. Cudahy of Omaha withdraws his 25000 reward for the arrest and conviction of kidnapers in the December 1900 abduction of Edward A. Cudahy Jr. The city council, meeting Tuesday, is expected to withdraw its 15000 reward as well.
The fiscal has handed an indictment to Havana’s audiencia names Neely Rathbone and Reeves as defendants. They face twenty four to twenty five years in prison and heavy fines in a case with more than fifty charges. The defense has twenty days to prepare before a trial date is set. The Gazette publishes a new election law changing general elections to December 31 and detailing a central board of scrutiny to report to the military Governor.
In Deerfield Massachusetts six years after a respected town woman died friends funded a Village Club Room as a lasting memorial. The space includes an open fireplace cosy window seats low bookcases a coat room small kitchen and closets. A piano and other furnishings were donated and folding chairs and tables acquired to seat audiences or serve suppers. The Martha Goulding Pratt Memorial is owned by a registered body overseen by seven trustees with a twelve member committee to maintain order.
A man known around the White House and State War and Navy buildings this past year called at the executive mansion this morning to drop off three large boxes of medicine for all occupants of the house including the president and others.
Report describes a man distributing tiny envelope doses claimed to treat many ailments for Mrs Roosevelt and servants. Forty envelopes per box, ten dozen daily, with a dispenser touting cures from headaches to tuberculosis. Investigation reveals the substance is pure pulverized sugar.
Cornelius V. Collins will request Secretary Hay to signate an official government representative for the electrocution of Czolgosz. Only twenty six witnesses may attend the death chamber with Auburn prison head Mead handling attendance amid a flood of requests and consoling letters and gifts from cranks. Chicago oil inspector defends himself claiming a conflict between city ordinance and a state statute, highlighting political maneuvering and public skepticism.
Smallpox cited at West Liberty. Hon J A T Hull reported seriously ill. Cecil Rhodes curably ill with stomach tumor. Molineaux of Buffalo given another life chance. Thomas Hines killed in Valley Junction by an engine. Bank robbers dynamited Rudd bank, $1500 taken, escape by handcar. Des Moines saloons pass critical test. Anarchist Johan Most sentenced to a year for seditious Freiheit article after McKinley shooting. Pat Crowe to surrender for trial.
Popular songwriter Chas Harris and Chas B Brown release new composition The Mobile Prance with a catchy melody. Also debuting a ballad My Heart for You marking Brown as a prolific author in contemporary tunes.
A Journal of Commerce note says soft coal operators in Milwaukee aim to export coal on a large scale via a joint selling agency to New York. The plan is led by McKee Coal and Coke company of West Virginia, a major New River district miner, with an annual output near one million tons. They propose chartering coal carrying steamers and buying land with foreign firms to store coal in Mediterranean ports.
The Christian Foreign Missionary society began its annual convention in Minneapolis on Monday. The treasurer reported year receipts of 171,883 dollars, down from last year, with President McLean blaming Mark Twain for the decline due to his attacks on foreign missionaries. E. E. Farris delivered the principal address, criticizing the Belgian administration in the Congo Free State as corrupt.
The Rev and Dr van Brockhuizen from Transvaal South Africa arrive next Monday evening and stay through Wednesday. A Tuesday afternoon address at the 1st Reformed Church and a Wednesday 7:15 p.m. talk at the same church will be followed by a collection for Boer widows and orphans in reconcentrado camps. Roth speaks in Dutch.
Since the last report th eses to marry have been granted to Bert O Fast Grace D John C 2 Mary Gelderblom Bert Leutzinger Cleo De Witt.
The article explains how vast amounts of material are needed for modern magazines. It cites the Ladies' Home Journal to illustrate scale, noting a one foot wide strip would circle the earth about six times and reach over 140,000 miles, with a single issue piled to nearly two miles high and printing consuming about 6000 gallons annually.
The national organization for the William McKinley Memorial Arch association convened in Washington naming officers led by Henry B. G. MacFarland as president and Lyman J. Gage as treasurer. Vice presidents include Fuller Dewey Miles Gould Fairbanks Logan Carroll Torrance Gordon Cardinal Gibbons Potter Andrews. Mrs Conger Leaves for Pekin to rejoin her husband in China after the Pekin relief.
E C Clarke of Boston president of the united societies of the Christian Endeavor and leaders from Harvard Yale Princeton Chicago Stanford Catholic University presidents are named as honorary members. An executive committee will direct subscriptions for a memorial bridge, with two vice presidents per state to be named. Subscriptions already flowing amid plans to coordinate with a Canton monument effort.
Campaign to appoint a new pensions commissioner heats up as Kansas politicians press for former Representative Peters. McKinley era promises cited. Roosevelt delays action Pending full inquiry by Judge Torrance new G A R commander, who will probe Evans charges.
The New York Yellow Journal paints a vivid, admiring portrait of Senator Depew's fiancée, praising her height, graceful neck, dark brown eyes and hair, frank face, poised carriage, and perfect English and French. The tone emphasizes elegance, charm, and social stature.
The November Delineator highlights warm winter fashions and crafts. It covers coats, Thanksgiving and Christmas gift needlework, winter crochet projects, and rose pruning and protection. The magazine promotes value and household savings through stylish sewing, gardening, and domestic tips for women.
A London rumor claimed General Botha was captured but a Pretoria dispatch shows no new event beyond a weekly capture summary. It states Kitchener’s columns advance toward a Boer force near the Natal frontier and notes Scheeper’s Cape Colony command has been broken up.
An advertisement claims Maple City Self Washing Soap makes washing easy and saves work and clothes after one use. A final report from American Agriculturist states the commercial apple crop reached 23,000,000 barrels, up from 48,000,000 the previous year and nearly 70,000 in 1896.
Market list notes eggs not candled but merchant able eggs candled. Prices given in cash or on account at any store. Spring chickens per pound. Old hens per pound. Old roosters per pound. Ducks per pound. An order on any city store is available on poultry if desired. Rhynsburger: sf x.
The markets are changed every Tri day evening with price ranges for cattle at 2.50 to 3.00, sheep 3.00, hogs 5.50 to 5.90, chickens with spring at 6 cents and old hens 5 cents, old roosters 2 cents, ducks 4 cents, geese 3 cents. Produce shows butter Irre, eggs 12 cents, merchantable candled sf, potatoes per bushel 1.00.
Grain and livestock prices listed with bids for wheat cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle range from 1.25 to 5.90 dollars with steers and calves around 3.00 to 4.00, hogs from 5.75 to 6.50, sheep from 2.70 to 3.95, and western/nativen terms noted.
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