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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
3
Corrections indicate Van Stock and Deryll B. Cattle trade hogs and poultry items. Listings show hogs, corn, wheat, oats, and duck prices with figures from 8.50 to 9.10 per cwt and various per pound rates for hens, roosters, and other fowl.
A collage of local affairs reports include new hotel plans at cost 150000, Dubuque and Clinton fire losses around 304000, Arbor Day designation for April 28, and Elizabeth Whitlock's death near Knoxville aged 93. Other items note Buy at Home campaign, Memorial Day monument, Creston police cut, and legal-technical mayoral issues in New Liberty.
J H Sheppard was elected mayor of Farragut by a large majority but resigned ten minutes after the council was organized. The article also notes the death and estates of Patrick T Walsh of Davenport and other Iowa particulars including automobiles, deaths, prizes, and local events.
Public notice in Marion County Iowa that a last will and testament of B TenBrook is on file in the District Court. Hearing set for May 9 1916 at the court in Knoxville. Interested parties may appear and be heard. H Clements Clerk of District Court. Deputy Walter Kester. April 11 1916.
A compact declaration values girls and women advancing through learning service and work. It promotes dignity in education, practical labor, and moral growth, embracing beauty at home and in life, laughter, love, faith, and hopeful striving.
Many people troubled with digestion and constipation have benefited from taking Chamberlains Tablets. They contain no pepsin or other digestive ferments but strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. Obtainable at Stubenrauchs Drug Store.
A devotional saying urges living well not just dying well and asks for the harder lesson of life. It urges training in life’s school, being fit for conflicts through the Spirit, and becoming more than conquerors, noting sins are harder to keep out than driven out and conscience as the eyes of the soul.
In a domestic scene from the Atlanta Journal Dinah Snow a colored cook at the Smith home reveals her husband beats her and defers legal action due to lack of money to pay a fine. The exchange ends with a courtroom quip as Judge questions Rufus about resigning his job.
A sad-eyed man tells a group of girls he is taking a daughter to an asylum after revealing that his three sons have died in battle. The remark highlights the social stigma and personal tragedy surrounding mental illness and bereavement.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A. W. Gleason. Cure taken internally, claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. price 75 cents. Sold by all druggists. Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
Eastbound passenger Nos 470 472 474 and westbound Nos 475 473 471 appear with local freight No 82 81. Freight for shipment on the locals must be at the station by 5 00 p m the evening before. Both local freights carry passengers.
The text questions parental double standards about smoking, urging self-correction before criticizing a son. It contrasts a cigarette in the son's mouth with a cigar in the parent’s mouth and warns that one must remove the cigar first.
A German newspaper recounts three Bremen girls who learned a hard lesson after displaying peculiar behavior, with the note that their actions will be remembered for life. The report underscores solemnity over mockery and the impact of prudence.
Wabash trains run daily and Sunday at Howell Station four miles south of Pella. Southbound No. 2 departs 7:40 am, No. 50 at 6:27 pm. Northbound No. 51 at 9:15 pm, No. 3 between 7:36 pm and 9:18 pm. trains stop to receive passengers only on signal.
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