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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
2
Local notice lists C L Garre and H H Sabi in a year six months entry matter. Registration details reference a post office box at 91.50 718 Pella Iowa with Pella city designation.
A booster appeals to investors to build at least 50 new houses in Pella this year. Several families would move in if housing were available, and renters face a shortage across all types of cottages and residences.
Eastern Missouri farmers push to revive tobacco industry with Granger Twist, recalling a history of a million pounds yearly and the plant's origin at Shelbina. If transportation costs rise, growers may expand local production to sustain the crop.
The Y. M. C. A. is growing rapidly with over 130 yearly member ship pledges and new members joining daily. The small current quarters cannot hold the crowds, arc lights are planned for the lawn to support tennis and basketball as weather allows, and the secretary and members seek broad community support for youth development.
Olivet Correspondent in Oskaloosa Herald describes a friendly clean town of about 4000 in Pella. He praises Dutch industry thrift and quiet streets, stays at Schubring Hotel run by an aged couple, notes calm behavior and clean hostelry, and plans a future visit to learn more of local schools.
Delta Press notes Cary Garrett’s six day trial as city editor for the Pella Chronicle ended with an offer of the job at a good salary. The piece wishes him success and notes the Chronicle secured a capable writer. It also reviews electric lighting economy, urging use of lower candlepower lamps to cut bills.
Senator Morley Vernon interrupts a visit with his fiancée by a call from his political boss. A red rose and a Chicago suffrage advocate Miss Maria Greene lead him to back House Resolution No. 19 while she persuades others, and he grows fond of the suffragette as chapters reveal political pressure and romance.
Vernon frets before delivering a long-awaited address as he smokes and wanders the rotunda. He recalls past speeches, worries about performance, and battles nerves amid curious bystanders and pamphlets from Miss Greene.
A man in the Illinois senate chamber imagines how his public speech will reshape his life and the town. He envisions newspapers, loving reactions from Amelia and Maria Greene, and a political rise sparked by a suffrage measure. An eager Miss Greene rushes him toward recognition, claiming the lieutenant governor promised support.
Vernon rises in the senate chamber to address the body, outlining a lawyerly argument on woman suffrage. He cites Bradwell’s historical limits and the 1872 employment act, 1885 drainage act, and 1890 sanitary district act while Maria Greene watches.
Des Moines Iowa physician Dr Bair offers one month treatment with instructions or a free accurate diagnosis and consultation for paralysis catarrh consumption rheumatism cancer fits piles tumors gall stones gravel liver or blood disease. Pay what you can when satisfied. Write your case to 1122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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