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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
6
The Lake Prairie District announces a larger and more ambitious fair this fall with the finest display space and the stock show billed as extraordinary. Officials urge every Marion county resident to attend and bring items for premiums, noting Lake Prairie offers generous awards and leading premiums compared with other district fairs.
A collage of 19th century ad copy and economic data. Contains Hall's Catarrh Cure claims and endorsements, a US foreign trade summary showing 2.6 billion dollars in total trade with exports over 1.5 billion, plus commentary on balance of trade and ocean freights. Includes a joke about a mother-in-law remedy and agricultural yield anecdotes comparing Maine and Colorado with fertilizer costs.
An ad copy notes that keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand prevents trouble. Sold by F. D. Stubenrauch.
The Canadian parliament increases member pay to 2500 dollars with reforms. Former cabinet ministers with five years in cabinet receive pensions equaling one half of their former salary. The opposition leader gains a special 7000 dollar salary atop the standard 2500. The premier's pay rises from 9500 to 14500 dollars.
For sale a few quality thoroughbred Buff Cochins and Rosecomb Brown Leghorn cockrels. They are healthy birds suited for improving flocks. Contact for details and availability.
A Saturday afternoon and evening benefit featured the Pella band with Monroe Band members Geo Kodér Wallace Sea Robt Loar and John Vandermast Jr aiding in music. A large Monroe turnout with about twenty five locals supported the event as Pella seeks to recruit Monroe players for positions in their band.
Railroad low rate excursion notices detail return options for Lewis & Clark Exposition G. A. R. Encampment Battle of Chickamauga reunion Kansas City Fail Festivities Missouri State Fair and home seekers trips. Tickets vary by city with sale dates from August to November and extensions to use by specific return limits. Addresses A. E. Waitts Moberly Missouri for details.
During August the Chicago Great Western Railway offers discounted tickets for groups of five to towns in Minnesota North and South Dakota. For more information contact any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer G. P. A. St. Paul Minn.
The Chicago Great Western Railway will, on the first and third Tuesday of each month through December, sell round trip tickets at one fare plus $2.00 to destinations in Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming Virginia Alberta Assiniboia Canadian Northwest Manitoba Western Ontario and Saskatchewan. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G A St Paul Minn.
Ingram and Mara Everton foil a stage robbery in a mountain depot ambush. Mara’s daring use of pistols and a rope, aided by Ingram, secures two outlaws and the mine gold while the sheriff arrives to praise the couple. Mora’s line about red apples seals the happy ending.
A bachelor recalls a morning meal where the waitress serves Oolong’s tea. He quizzes the misnamed beverage, and the exchange ends with his resolve to avoid that place. The anecdote captures clumsy humor over a simple tea order and a wary humor about staff.
A Scottish clergyman, bachelor in his manse with Janet the housekeeper, complains that she sleeps through his sermons but stays awake for visiting preachers. Janet explains she trusts lay preachers only briefly as young sermonizers might mislead, while the word of God remains safe in the old man’s hands.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger presents a domestic exchange where a child named Tommy asks to help himself to cake and a motherly figure admonishes self-help. The tone echoes early 20th century period speech and domestic manners.
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