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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
8
Iowa news notes Tama hosts the annual Indian pow wow from August 16 to 21 with participants from four states and a spectacle of war dances and feasts. The event draws large crowds and significant commerce as performers showcase wild and romantic traditions.
Worth Nelson four year old son of Mr and Mrs Shater ick Nelson of Olmitz near Albia died after being bitten three times by a rattlesnake in a mining camp. He was picking blackberries with his father when he stepped on the snake. The bite was severe and poison spread rapidly. The area reports more snakes than usual and calls for efficient extermination methods. Two other bite cases were treated at the miners hospital in the past week.
The article outlines Arizona’s origins from early CIM Dwellers and Pueblo links to Coronado’s 1539 exploration. It traces Spanish control, Mexican province status, U S territorial changes after the Gila region cession, and the 1863 Arizona split from New Mexico with a possible Spanish meaning for Arizona.
Official publication invites sealed proposals for repairing resurfacing and repaving streets in Pella Iowa with plans on file. Bids due August 21 1922 at 7 30 p m. Contractor must post 5000 cash bond and 100 percent performance bond.
The story recalls Old Jim Baker, ally of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, trading near the Green river where emigrants crossed the Oregon Trail. A drinking duel with a French rival ended after hours of firing from cabins a hundred yards apart. Baker, born in Illinois in 1800s, survived bear attacks, guided Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston in 1857, helped found Denver, and died in 1908, leaving a life of frontier exploits second only to Bridger in notoriety.
A long respected doctor, Dre RV Pierce of Buffalo, N Y, established over fifty years ago a herbal tonic for women called Doctor Pierce s Favorite Prescription. The remedy, made from plant-based ingredients, is touted as safe for backache headaches and various female disorders and sold by druggists in tablet and liquid forms. A trial package and free medical advice are offered through Dr Pierce s Invalid Hotel in Buffalo.
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