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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
4
Patrons urge the board to declare Wednesday Thursday and Friday afternoons as holidays for the Lake Prairie District Fair. They argue it aids the fair’s success and provides practical lessons, while teachers could be paid for half or full days. The note notes Knoxville Old Home Week and Taft visit.
The Lake Prairie District Fair Association forecasts higher attendance than ever with tiger exhibits, music and free attractions. Dates are October 3 4 5 and 6. Also in this issue an election notice from the board of supervisors sets October 24 as the day Marion County voters decide on a $30 000 bond issue for a new County Home at the Farm.
The Georgetown Courier reports a coal slab mined seventy five feet deep near Colorado Springs containing a well preserved steel nail. Owner Alexander Patterson will seek analysis from Colorado College geologists to determine age and origin, noting nails modern invented within 800 years and early handmade nails used for centuries.
Otley callers Mrs Harlie Carpenter and Miss Birdie Carpenter visited last week. Miss Vinie Sable and Neal Robus were Pella callers Saturday night. Rev McKibbon of Bussey held services Sunday with poor attendance. Edd Kingery and wife took a trip to Pella Tuesday. Chas Houck and Harvey Fletcher were Capital City visitors Saturday. School opened with Miss Virie Stable as teacher. J J Woody moved stock to Harvey last week. Mr Van Vliet of Omaha plans a new stock this week. Mrs G W Carpenter and Birdie visited Pella. Harlie Carpenter and Pete Van Gorp returned to Runnells Monday after Sunday at Carpenter home.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin and others, it claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists.
A rugged engineer, Jack Howland, travels the Saskatchewan frontier toward a Hudson Bay railroad project. In a Winsor hotel in Prince Albert he encounters Lac la Ronge hunters and a wary Cree half breed, hinting at danger as he contemplates the northern route and a looming, enigmatic plot in the arctic wilds.
An ambitious engineer nicknamed the night bird notices a stunning stranger in a hotel window. In a Saskatoon teahouse the mute young woman writes to him seeking help. He offers tea, then agrees to accompany her to her hotel room to learn more about her trouble.
Howland, a Chicago man driven by a single dream, stands on a ridge in the Saskatchewan frontier. The north calls with aurora light and wolves, as he recalls a lifelong climb from farmer’s lad to builder of railways and bridges. He accepts a bold assignment to lay 300 miles of steel for Hudson Bay railroad.
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