19 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
1
The Cooperaville Michigan Observer reflects on life as a school and Earth as a class. It laments that people fail to learn their lessons and become gentler thoughtful and unworldly as years pass.
Grinnell Herald protests federal handling of prohibition in Grinnell where express offices store whiskey despite the law. Critics urge Congress to amend the interstate commerce law to stop corporate saloons and protect public sentiment. The piece also shifts blame to road officials for winter blockades and weed clearing duties under a new law.
The Oskaloosa Herald notes that a new road law shifts weed and grass notice duties from the county auditor to the district road superintendent. Farmers seek interpretation, unsure what they must cut, as complaints must go through the superintendent who can order cutting and bill the cost to the property owner.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr was mildly injured playing football and the president moved to curb the sport as brutal. He convened east coast coaches and advisers at the White House to push for a code excluding teams guilty of brutality, with roots in his Harvard Harvard Yale Princeton circle and Secretary Root attending. He urged strict rules to purge professionalism money making and fouls while stressing rugged outdoor games.
A Times-Republican editorial argues that hush-ups of drunken violence breed crime. It cites a Des Moines baseball player stabbing incident as evidence that lenient punishment and “good fellows” immunity cultivate a rising criminal harvest, urging decisive law enforcement action.
The Sioux City Journal presents a moral tale on New England protection and free trade through the dialogue of two Irishmen debating socialism. Mike defends sharing possessions while denying sharing his goats, illustrating differing views on wealth and communal responsibility.
A brief note urges readers to lay in a supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during this season. It claims the remedy is almost surely needed before winter ends and promises quicker, more satisfactory results when taken early in a cold.
Proponents praise able prosecutors for integrity and reform. Figures like La Follette Folk Hock Jerome and CH Hughes gain prominence for graft exposure and the life insurance inquiry. Hughes could emerge as an independent mayoral candidate in Greater New York.
A pastor mulls Christ’s call to aid the least fortunate. A drunken cabman, urged to pledge, slips again and is met with a firm hand. The tale contrasts preaching from a steeple with Christ meeting followers among his people in need.
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell round trip tickets at one fare plus $2 to many states and Canadian regions on the first and third Tuesday of each month through December. Destinations include Alabama to Virginia plus Alberta and Saskatchewan. Contact any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., St. Paul, Minn.
An ad announces Crown Fleshworm Eradicator available at Van der Linden’s Bazaar. It markets a cosmetic product claiming to remove pimples and improve skin, reflecting period style commerce and local shop promotion.
Speaker Reed described his calm resolve amid the fifty first congress turmoil. He said a planned contingency makes one untroubled and ready to act, likening it to knowing the exact weapons and chain length when a big creature charges. This certainty underpinned his noted serenity.
A Montreal Star clipping presents two certificates from Allahabad Hospital for Women illustrating gratitude from native patients. One husband requests a visit and thanks the doctors after his wife’s cure, while the other mourns his wife’s death and expresses reverent gratitude for the care received.
A bachelor recounts at a restaurant where a waiter served Oolong tea instead of breakfast tea. The girl jokes that Mr. Oolong makes it, provoking the bachelor who prefers not to argue and vows to avoid the place for tea.
A Scottish bachelor preacher recalls Janet the housekeeper who sleeps during his sermons but stays awake for visiting young preachers from St Andrew's. He confronts her about the inconsistency and learns a frank, humorous explanation about his audience.
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