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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
6
Today’s offer showcases a free 64 page illustrated catalogue with school views, student groups, portraits, testimonials, penmanship samples, and a graduating class. It includes tuition rules, book and board costs, and guidance for youths seeking stenographer or bookkeeper positions. Address provided.
An advertisement claims Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch in thirty minutes with certainty. Sold by B. F. Keables' Druggist in Pella, Iowa.
A fragment notes that Rocky Mountain Tea by D Stubenrauch promises clear skin and lasting complexion without rubbing off. The text frames it as a well known remedy and hints at its favorable reception among users.
A local notice references admissions to events at the hauaauqua grounds to hear Geo. W. Bain and Booker T. Washington with price points of twenty five and fifty cents respectively. The Chariton Leader notes a controversial claim about racial hierarchy, suggesting the Caucasian race may rise to a thirty three and a third cent notch in worth and intelligence over ten thousand years of breed ing and culture.
A patient shows strong nerve with no drugs given during treatment and is hopeful for recovery. medical staff report a positive.
The fourth class postmasters of Marion county met August 3 1905 in Knoxville in the supervisors room of the court house and formed a County Postmasters League. John Metz and Jane Stradley elected temporary chair and secretary. officers named A R Miner president Jane Stradley secretary T N Munsell treasurer delegates Miner and Metz to state convention. Second meeting set for August 23 1905 with all fourth class postmasters urged to attend.
An old advertisement proclaims a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. It asserts the firm is honorable and capable, promotes internally taken medicine, and notes testimonials and price. The message shifts to a Chariton Herald report on a chautauqua with discussions of moving pictures and their photographic length, citing The Moonshiners and other titles.
If you are troubled with dizzy spells, headache, indigestion, constipation Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well and keep you well. If it fails get your money back. That's fair. 35 cents. Fy D. Stubenrauch.
A June date despatch reports Miss Jennie Carden a type setter in the Sheldon Daily Sun office scalped when her hair became entangled in a press shaft. She was rushed outside to the street and transported to Dr. Cram for care.
A series of transfers records conveyances from Geo. L. Crookham to Frank O. Ewing for 90 acres in Knoxville township valued at 26 400 dollars and multiple parcels in Clay Harvey and Pella townships. Transfers include Empire Coal Co. quit claim for 7.45 acres, 81. Frank Campbell purchase of a Bussey lot for 500, W. E. Foshier and Nerman Rietveld exchanges in Harvey, Kittie Wise dealings, and Eva Engelina Baron trustee to Ann Sybenga for a Pella lot valued at 83 000 dollars. Names include Crookham, Ewing, Manhardt, Empire Coal Co., Johnson, Campbell, Brees, Masteller, Foshier, Rietveld, Wise, Baron, Sybenga, and locations Knoxville Clay Harvey Pella and OsKaloosa road area.
A Des Moines incident saw dentist J. H. Dwight at 610 Walnut Street injure none but cause a large blast that blew out a wall, shattered a window, and wrecked bottles and tools. The blast damaged property estimated at $100 last week.
An exchange presents an essay claiming to be by a boy about girls. It questions authorship while noting originality and reflecting a youthful perspective. The narrator describes girls as sisters of boys, mentions fashion and beauty, and hints at growing older and family dynamics.
A rambling piece discusses girls and their varied traits and desires, then pivots to a broad survey of climate, geography, and agriculture in Kansas. It highlights Mor tis county and Kansas wheat, corn, rye, oats production, and livestock value, with distant notes on land prices and a local ad segment.
The Iowa conference of the M E church will convene in Albia on September 6. For administration the church divides the state into four annual conferences named Iowa Des Moines Upper Iowa and Northwest Iowa. The Iowa conference covers about seventeen counties in the southeast and includes 150 000 lay members 1 395 churches 1 336 preachers and 144 418 Sunday school scholars. It is split into five presiding elder districts with about twenty eight pastoral charges per district.
A short note promoting Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy notes that keeping a bottle on hand saves trouble. It cites that the product is for sale by F D Stubenrauch.
T J Williams a humanitarian and druggist cared for a dog named Gip after a train accident in Hamilton left Gip with two legs missing on the left side. Williams treated the wounds and kept Gip as a pet, who recovered and enjoys car rides and attention.
Des Moines reports an ideal week for crop growth across most of the state with good conditions for harvesting oats and threshing cereals. Oats are largely in shock, spring wheat nearly finished northward, and general crop health remains fair where acreage is greatest. Rust damage is minimal and corn advances with heat and moisture, fields beginning to ear.
Apple crop has declined with experts estimating not more than a third of normal yield. August 1 crop reports show percentages for crops: corn 94, spring wheat 03, oats 97, flax 78, potatoes 12, pastures 103, apples 40, grapes 91. Last year at the same date totals were corn 88, spring wheat 75, oats 80, flax 94, pastures 96, potatoes 101, apples 13, grapes 86.
Wood Adams, former Merchants Hotel clerk, tried to kill Mrs. O S White, then attempted suicide with a razor. He had been discharged for incompetence and revenge. White and Porter found Adams in a room, covered in self-inflicted wounds, with eleven gashes near jugulars. Mrs White was battered but survived. Adams likely will recover.
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