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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
4
Local notes report numerous visitors and travels among Pella residents and nearby towns. Births, engagements, and upcoming events are mentioned with names such as Van Zee VanderZyde Bousquet Dennis Waechter and others frequenting Harvey Lynnville Otumwa Des Moines and nearby communities. The piece also notes reunions and a forthcoming marriage in Pella and nearby towns.
A Kansas editor writes to the Chronicle describing a harvest troubled by heavy rains from June to August. He notes wheat yields at about 27 bushels per acre, high quality grain, and current prices around 75 to 80 cents per bushel. He discusses corn promising well, abundant hay including alfalfa and wild hay, and details a new flour mill with capacity 300 to 350 barrels daily, four stories tall on a 172 foot plant.
A Des Moines Daily warning recounts Dr. William Frye of Kansas City losing 36,520 hidden savings after thieves broke in. The piece urges readers to trust banks over home storage, urging opening an account to sleep easier and avoid ruin by housebreaking.
A Ga man recounts a long fight with an abbess over his lung ailment and credits Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption with restoring his health. The product, offered by Henry M. Langerak Drug Store, promises relief from coughs colds throat and lung troubles with trial bottles available. Also notes discounted rail fares to multiple western cities with return validity to Oct 31.
Summer travel is promoted with affordable round trip fares offered by the Chicago Great Western Railway. The deal applies daily through the season ending September 4, inviting travelers to explore destinations served by the line.
Special Great Western offer to St Paul and Minneapolis with one fare plus 50 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale August 6 to 11 inclusive, good returning until August 20. For more information contact any Great Western Agent or J P.
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