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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
2
Mrs Laura Jones writes from Radcliffe on March 1 2003 recounting years of eye trouble and failure with Iowa ocologists before visiting Dr Weber who examined her and fitted glasses restoring clear distance sewing and reading vision She notes continual improvement and urges others with eye trouble to seek his treatment.
Local items list sickness, visits, travel, and events in Pella Iowa and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs J Andeweg Tillie Ver Steeg Van Nijwegen Lautenbach Den Hartog Ganss Flint Kruidenter Van Vilet and others with mentions of trips to Orange City Des Moines and Knoxville plus socials at First Reformed church and Y P S GC EB and a playful essay on advertising read alongside community notices.
The speaker, Governor Stephen B. Packard, notes Iowa has supplied much of the earnest effort behind the national reciprocity convention. He is set to preside at the meeting, with discussions reflecting Iowa’s influence in the political fight.
A fragment notes 623 acres located one mile west of Grove in Morris county Kansas. The terse item hints at a land sale or acreage listing in a historical newspaper snippet. No further details such as price or exact boundaries are provided.
Seventy six counties show a decrease with Cedar Rapids rising to fifth in size and Burlington sixth, while Council Bluffs drops to seventh. Des Moines posts the largest gain among cities, aided by a 13,289 rise, and Dubuque remains second with Sioux City moving ahead of Davenport to fourth.
The biennial report of Iowa state mine inspectors shows a 600,000 ton increase in coal output last year, with Monroe Polk and Appanoose counties producing over 60 percent of the state’s total. Fatal accidents were down to six, with 184 serious incidents, among 17,624 workers involved in mining 6,808,011 tons.
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