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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
6
A speaker extols the power of a sunny smile to dispel gloom and urges young men to avoid idleness and selfishness. The orator warns that leisure by indulgent parents can lead to crime and weak character, advocating honest work and a hopeful outlook.
A note from a mother excuses a boy named James for truancy while describing a chain of licks from family and others. A preacher’s age riddle about John and five children tricks him, ending with a quip about Methuselah. Then a baptismal tale yields the name Original Story, misheard as a family name, linking to Reginald Story.
A zoology professor known for quirks opens a noon lecture with two parcels on his desk. After lunch he reveals only one, a ham sandwich and a boiled egg, prompting the remark I have eaten my lunch. The moment underscores his odd habit as he transitions from frog anatomy to the gastrocnemius muscle study.
A reflective piece laments summer’s departure and garden losses while contrasting lingering sadness with hopeful renewal. It notes the quieting of brightness, echoes of past joys, and suggests nature will brighten again, with autumn bringing health to some and a reminder of enduring cycles.
The passage frames a woman as holder of deep knowledge with a diadem and mystic keys, while muscle signifies material strength but not superiority. Her shining powers exalt her above necessity, armor, and corporeity, with a swift vitality and empyreal sceptre grounded in secure authority.
The piece argues there is no limit to a woman’s influence and that women shape character and society. It salutes wives as home masters while praising kindness, courtesy, and varied female pursuits from motherhood to charitable work, noting women’s superior creative energy and elegance beyond mere domestic life.
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