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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
1
A compact item notes titles and roles with a price reference. The fragment lists EpDiTor and H J Shutts as business manager figures and a monetary amount of one dollar fifty cents.
Reports say Senator La Yollette plans a Wisconsin newspaper modeled after Bryan's Commoner. A promoter touts the electric typewriter. Om aha Bee notes it does almost everything but chew gum. Henry Watterson cited disinterested journalism as essential.
In the neighborhood The Stairfield Ledger represents, the loudest boosters of two cent passenger fares on Iowa railways now denounce poor service. The same group seeks value without cost, showing hypocrisy in their complaints.
The passage notes hope for a revival as factories restart, mines reopen, and laid off workers are hired again, suggesting improved incomes and consumer confidence if plans proceed successfully.
The Register and Leader notes Polk county election gear worth 35750 will manage every election except the Primary. It contends Illinois primary results show voters care about party nominations as much as final ballots, not influenced by local leaders' midnight caucuses.
The strike in Paris on the evening of the 6th between 9 and 11 o clock plunged the city into darkness for two hours. The piece argues arbitration is needed to settle the difficulties and condemns criminal acts that exploit the blackout, harming innocent women and children.
Dr Flemming of the German army reports balloon voyages show germs exist in the atmosphere well above 13 000 feet. Bacteria survive at high elevations and their numbers stay nearly constant for the first 1 600 feet, challenging the belief that upper air is germ free.
At Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland Ohio Dr Charles A Eaton warns that civilization may fail if the daily press panders to baser elements and prostitutes its high vocation while praising journalists of high ideals and urging discriminate judgment of the press.
The speaker argues that if the direct primary is flawed democracy must be corrected with more democracy. He calls for amending Illinois primary law to promote broader participation and for updating ballot systems to resemble Massachusetts and Minnesota models in regular elections.
The Public argues that incentives rather than hindrances should guide independent voting and suggests a strong advance in self-government. This brief notes a civic stance advocating proactive voter motivation and democratic autonomy.
In a brisk social exchange the speakers discuss unusually high sugar prices and egg money while noting hens laying sparingly. They mention consuming small fowl and smoked meat, with hints of a social event the next evening as they trade household shortages and the need to economize amid rising costs.
Representative Sul zer predicts Alaska will supply wood pulp for white print paper for a century. He argues a new pulp plant in southeastern Alaska would outcompete Canada, lower prices, and challenge the trusts. He sees Alaska gaining control of the pulp market and cutting paper costs by at least half.
The Waterloo Pella and Southwestern Railway seeks permission from the executive council to issue stock to a contracting corporation under the Peterson law. The line from Chariton to Waterloo, 120 miles, would cost about 31,000 per mile, with capital raised to 5,250,000 and bonds of 3,500,000. B F Keables is president, the route passes Traer Toledo Tama Grinnell Pella Sulley Howell Durham Attica Columbia Olmitz Sheridan Chariton.
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription are touted as potent alteratives and tonics. They purify and invigorate, aiding nasal passages and bronchial tubes, digestion, and female health, with non alcoholic, non secret formulas. Sold by medicine dealers. pellets offered as a substitute.
The proposal maintains the regular steam rail road passenger and freight service while adding a motor or local interurban line. It promises extraordinary local movement benefits for the people, expanding mobility and easing transportation within the area.
A Metropolitan Magazine early advice piece urges simple free health routines. It recommends bathing and skin rubbing after washing, cold water capstone friction for body toning, plus deliberate deep breaths taken at every street crossing and before important tasks. Over a year these small acts improve breathing, endurance, vigor, complexion, temper, and form a lasting habit.
Advertisement notes that Kodol should be taken only when needed to prevent sour stomach belching and gas. Mentions Langerak's Drug Store as the seller and concludes with a line promising our Job Printing will please you.
The German physician Dr. Bair will provide one month of treatment with instructions or a full examination and accurate diagnosis free of charge in cases of paralysis catarrh consumption rheumatism cancer fits piles tumors gall stones gravel liver or blood diseases. Pay what you can when satisfied. Write your case to secure early attention at 1122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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