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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
3
The piece stresses strict hygiene in bedrooms to prevent dampness and disease, advising dry warm winter conditions, decrying wallpaper, and urging plaster walls with alabastined finishes. It then notes Australia as a leading sheep-raising nation, second to Argentina, with 72 million sheep after historical droughts and introductions in 1790s.
Walter W. Paglusch of Chicago reports a yearlong eczema burden with intense itching at night. After using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills at a total cost of $1.25, he is completely cured. Dates given are October 8 and 16, 1906.
Nankin prepares modern electric light system and a new water works. Garfield Tea promotes spring use as a blood purifier and system cleaner, advertised as herbal and law compliant. The text also notes a note on theatrical stars and astronomy.
A Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama tornado disaster left 25 dead and many injured across four towns. Alexandria suffered wiped homes and damaged businesses while Jackson and Bayou Sara reported fatalities and wrecked ships. Carson Miss railroad depot church and school were destroyed before the storm moved into Alabama.
The steamer City of Troy of the Citizens line was burned to the water's edge at Dobbs Ferry New York Friday night. All passengers about sixty five were landed safely. The steamer and its freight were destroyed including thirteen horses. Street Car Men Get Higher Pay in Columbus. The Columbus Railway and Light Company raised wages for conductors and motormen by one half cent per hour for about six hundred workers.
The Iowa legislature wrangled over the anti pass bill with the house refusing to concur in senate amendments. Conference reports, pardons for one life convict, and calls for Roosevelt’s renomination dominated the session along with bills on stock watering and campaign expense publication.
Philadelphia Senator Penrose rejects a Washington report about a rich men's conspiracy to block President Roosevelt's chosen successor. He says he never heard of a $5,000,000 fund or any cabal, never attended such a dinner, and remains a supporter of Roosevelt. The White House sought the conscience behind the disclosure, but Secretary Loeb withheld the name.
At 2 25 p m Thursday the general managers of 43 western railways and a union committee of conductors and trainmen settled to prevent a strike that could have halted western traffic. Commissioners Knapp and Neill, Roosevelt's Chicago representatives, proposed the accord, granting a ten hour day in work train service and a small passenger service concession. The same terms are announced to apply to locomotive firemen talks.
El Paso reports Silvestre Terrazas editor of El Correo Chihuahua jailed for urging that Enrique C. Creel not be elected governor. The arrest sparks protests across northern Mexico amid Diaz government opposition. Also notes Judge Josiah Turner’s death in Owosso aged 96 and a Norfolk rescue of ten aboard the Louis Bossart after a northeast gale drove the schooner ashore at Nag’s Head Station.
A Maryland jail revived the whipping post after 20 years as Saylor Brooks colored was given nine lashes for wife beating. The incident occurred Friday and the punishment was administered in the city jail.
A long testimonial claims Dr Williams Pink Pills are a trusted household remedy in the United States. It cites a Boxley Arkansas resident, Mrs N B Whitley, who describes years of stomach trouble, faintness, and heart fluttering improved after taking the pills. The ad asserts the pills make new blood and treat conditions from rheumatism to anemia and nerve disorders. Sold by druggists or prepaid at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady NY.
The text traces euphemisms for death from ancient Latin to modern English, noting phrases like passed away and demise as softer expressions. It then shifts to textile care, highlighting how fine wash goods gain appeal from laundered starch and recommending Defiance Starch for improved results.
Arizona recorded the largest gain in copper output among copper states in 1906, producing 284,228,252 pounds compared with 239,848,008 pounds in 1905.
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