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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
2
A directors meeting declares the Eldon Big Four fair will be discontinued due to sustained debt and inability to cover annual interest costs. The decision ends the long running community event after years of local involvement and financial strain.
An ad copy promising rodent control products proclaims unbeatable effectiveness for rats and mice sold nationwide by Drug & Country Stores. It mentions an economy size and a free promotional image, with contact details in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Stomach and liver disorders cause misery and suffering, but Chamberlain's Tablets may help. The ad urges a trial, noting they cost a quarter. Endorsed by F. D. Stubenrauch.
For nine more months of thorough work we offer books for every grade and for high school including rural school algebra. The volume covers arithmetic algebra literature and science with durable editions suitable for classroom use.
A September Popular Mechanics article outlines a plan to defeat German submarines by drifting explosive nets across key sea lanes. Nets of single strand telephone wire with 15 to 20 ft meshes would hold bombs that explode on contact, hanging about 200 feet deep with buoys marking the lines. This scheme, detailed and ready for consideration, would threaten U boats attempting to breach such nets.
Appointed administrator of the estate of P. Groet, deceased, seeks all debtors to settle with 345 H. 8. Keables, two doors south of the post office. Creditors are asked to present their accounts duly verified according to law.
Advertisements offer five cents per insertion with a ten cent minimum. Listings include male pigs for sale by Len Kaldenberg and hay and straw bailing by Robert Kaldenberg of G B Ver Steeg. A lost black driving glove is reported near Pella with return requested. Also selling fall and spring boars and Poland China hogs from G G Kamerick with papers. Domestic Supply Co. in Binghamton buys old false teeth up to six dollars per set and offers mail-in value.
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