This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
1
Issued every Thursday by Sadler Bros Co. C L Garrett H H Sadler for your six months business. Editor manager 1.60 78. Entered at the post office at Pella Iowa as second class matter. Pella Marion County Iowa.
The city directory lists Mayor Gesman Clerk Kuyper Marshall Assessor Kimmell and councilmen Plender Faassen Wilson Sack Waechter Vanidisseldorp. The council meets on the first one third Tuesday night each month. A Newton Daily News report notes delays in sewer acceptance due to Conry bond issues costing 2000. The piece laments care for yards, promotes spring clean up, and mocks habitual critics as mentally unsettled.
Today's readers seek service cards in the Chronicle to hire painters carpenters plasterers plumbers and other tradesmen. An enterprising ad brings work and demonstrates that judicious advertising pays in this paper.
The local editor reflects on reporting duties and community pressures as Mayor Reynolds of Oskaloosa enforces law in police court. Seven hundred twelve dollars in fines signals a harsh start, while political talk forecasts business shifts and calls for removing immoral conditions from the city to protect its interests.
A Palmer committee report reveals $680 salaries and dubious perks in the Capitol payroll. Lena Lyon, 18, listed as clerk to the doorkeeper at $1,200 yearly plus an annual gratuity. thirty-eight extra policemen cost $39,000 annually, with hopes of cutting jobs. Telegraph operators kept pay for years after use ceased, while the clerk’s document room continued drawing $6,250 yearly even after abolition in 1895.
An advertisement warns against mercury containing catarrh treatments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urges authenticity, and notes price 75 cents per bottle. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Road reports show payments in 1910 to J T Parker sup t, J C Fall supt, Midland Metal Mfg Co culverts, and others. Items list dates from June to December with sums including 60.00, 39.75, 20.00, 157.00, and 4.50, reflecting repairs, culverts, and clerical commissions.
Ledger of Pleasant Grove and Lake Prairie townships detailing receipts from county treasurer and tax collections for 1910 1911 and numerous line item disbursements to road builders suppliers and laborers including culverts tiles lumber and trustee fees. Names listed include Porter Conrey and Ken dall with multiple vendors and labor payments totaling $2878 25.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.