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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
8
From the Bussey Record we learn that G. A. Visser Babe, former Central College student and football player, was elected mayor. Congratulations to Bussey and best wishes for his honor. Some good advice: learn from others and watch different methods.
An old advertisement notes that poisons in blood are filtered by kidneys and liver and claims drinking water and using Anuric will dissolve uric acid, easing rheumatism. It urges a milk and vegetable diet, limited meat, daily water, and a month of Anuric three times daily, with a trial package available for 10 cents. It includes testimonials and mentions Dr Pierce’s Pills for liver and bowels.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports the May 21 2017 Atlanta blaze was a shingle roof conflagration. It criticizes building dynamiting and notes hoses lacked standardized couplings. Emphasizes roofing conditions and rapid spread in cities with wooden shingles despite strong fire departments.
Plant avenue trees with ample spacing to grow into perfect specimens. Avoid close planting and short lived silver maples or Carolina poplars. Elm is fastest growing among long lived options. Skip hedges in front yards as fences deter animals more effectively.
A call for individual action to reduce fires echoes from Scientific American. York Chamber of Commerce enlists business leaders to lecture in schools as part of a 1910s civic education push, building on prior volunteer efforts in 1915 and 1916. A domestic vignette closes with a Washington Star quotation about army exemption.
A wartime policy urges farmers to back a U S shipbuilding drive to lower overseas freight costs. Building thousands of freighters will aid Europe’s war needs and postwar trade, letting farmers receive higher prices as cheaper transport reduces prices abroad. The piece links farmer support to national security and postwar prosperity.
Movie star Lillian Gish recalls harrowing war scenes from London and Europe to urge readers to buy Liberty bonds. She describes bombed schools, mangled bodies, bombardment sounds, and civilian suffering to emphasize the urgency of supporting the war effort.
In a crowd of men a poor spender is seen as lacking discipline. The message urges readers to resist dipping into pockets and to buy Liberty bonds while others invest.
A correspondent from Neah Bay Washington in March 1918 writes of rough seas from Seattle to the Cape Flattery area, pirate-like isolation, and daily life among Tulalip and local Indians. He notes constant drizzle, bears in pine forests, and basket weaving.
Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois describes severe indigestion and constipation after moving there. Food distress and a heavy pressure in the stomach and chest kept her from rest and left her worn out. One bottle of Chamberlains Tablets changed her condition. F D Stubenrauch.
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