17 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
1
The issue features a September October mood with a Pan Handle harvest image on the Western rail front page. It quotes President Hill on traffic outpacing rail capacity and shares anecdotes about frugal, practical wisdom from everyday life, including a Worcester girl’s 5 cent apple repayment and a call to elect Iowa born men to Iowa offices.
The group that warned of drought in July flood in August and frost in September now growl about an unexpected corn surplus they cannot manage. Their forecasts proved incorrect yet their alarmist tone persists as farmers prepare for a bumper harvest.
After Fry completes work on the Seymour bank the result may prove the venture unsustainable. A pretended 880,000 paid up stock will not endure in Iowa if only 40,000 has been paid in.
The editor asks readers to share any points of public interest to help make the Chronicle the best paper. It welcomes feedback and suggestions from the community.
The piece comments on a habit of overemphasizing events or items from abroad. It notes that Americans discuss these abroad matters with great interest while observers from the Eastern hemisphere visit the United States to study American practices.
The speaker warns against reform zeal that masks greater crime and compares the American public to a flock of sheep that follows a leading gap.
A Cedar Rapids Republican comment cites a Keokuk Gate City report that historic psychology finds most geniuses are not first born. Across samples from Coleridge to Napoleon, many were youngest or lateborn, suggesting birth order may influence perceived genius and achievement.
The passage notes several artists and composers as the last or final child in their families, including Rembrandt Edwin Landseer Joshua Reynolds Maria Weber Richard Wagner Mozart Schubert and Schumann. It suggests President Roosevelt could use such results to argue for large families, as smarter children appear toward the end.
A Des Moines Capitol column argues ministers face rising living costs with stagnant salaries, claiming 40 percent cost increases over the past decade. It urges church members to support pastors, noting ministers deserve fair compensation like lawyers doctors farmers and mechanics, lest pulpits become vacant.
A young lady seeks a typesetting apprenticeship at Rice University asking in what years such opportunities are offered. If details exist, she plans to apply and begin training in the approved period.
Alicia Reese sues Charles Reese for divorce in district court Marion County asserting cruel treatment habitual drunkenness and adultery with a claim for temporary and permanent alimony of 1000 plus other relief. If no defense by December 3 1907 a decree and alimony order will be entered.
Notice records incorporation of Waterloo Pella and Southwestern Railway Company under Iowa law. It names Waterloo near Black Hawk County to Pella and Chariton Iowa, with power to build operate rail lines telegraphs buses coal mines and more. Authorized capital stock 150000 dollars in 1500 shares, 1907 start, 50 year term, eleven directors (may rise to thirteen).
A 1907 notice outlines how a corporation selects officers from stockholders or directors, schedules annual meetings on the second Wednesday of January, and requires six executive positions. It names the board then and describes vacancy filling, executive committee duties, and voting by ballot. It closes with liability limits and signatures of B F Keables and P H Bousquet. An accompanying ad notes Casca syrup sold at local drugstore.
Geo J Thomassen offers practice in all courts with emphasis on writing and probating wills. Collections made. Office on south side of Park residence No 12 Phone Office 28. Pella Iowa.
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