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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
6
The chronicling note covers a night clash between landowners, tenants, and farm hands in Clarkton Missouri over wages, reflecting broader tensions after a rejected single tax amendment. It critiques Post Office rural route shifts, praises county highway law and engineers, and praises alfalfa research as profitable for Iowa and potentially for Missouri with adaptation.
Travel notes observe fountains kept running through winter in Pella with ice forming at the jet but water continuing. The Journal reports Knoxville bids for old water mains fell short and were rejected. city's street department completed the work at 89 cents per section. Pella’s practice is praised as pioneering year-round drinking fountains, though extreme cold may force a shutdown if prolonged.
A Washington attaché of the German embassy is accused of aiding in equipping German war vessels in violation of neutrality. The piece argues war justifies ignoring law, warns against arming the U S, and questions democracy under pressure from European despots. It cautions that building a war power would threaten liberty and invite despotism at home.
The piece notes boycott as a common method for expressing displeasure and suggests it’s beyond the law to stop. It mentions Americans with German sympathies attempting to mobilize a boycott against banks and financial institutions that supported the Anglo.
A Catholic letter in the Chicago Tribune advocates boycotts against a play and actors over convent life portrayal. It argues against mob action and supports legal remedy for those harmed, warning that conspiracies to injure others should be punishable. It calls boycott promoters contemptible and urges enforcement against inflamed persuasion.
Pella residents report kidney trouble symptoms and backache improves after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. C. Rus of 306 B Third Ave. Pel la shares she bought them at Keable's Drug Store and were effective. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as the makers and lists 50 cent price at dealers.
In Diagonal, Ringgold county, a local Chuck Hole Committee sent two men and a team to survey and fill buck holes along six miles of roads from town. They began at seven in the morning and completed the work that day. The piece urges auto owners to demand proper fills and criticizes graders left improper, dangerous road work that harms business and travel to towns like Garden Grove.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo that the firm will pay 100 dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witnesses on December 6, 1886. Cure sold by druggists at 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation marketed.
House with seven rooms and garage is for sale on Main Street north of Pella National Bank. Furance and city water are included. Contact H. S. Keables for details.
Des Moines Orpheum announces matinee daily at 2 45 pm and an evening show at 8 15 pm. Saturday and Sunday feature two evening performances at 7 30 and 9 16 pm with admission 10 to 20 cents matinees and 15 to 36 cents for night shows.
A quoted voice debates the value of breathing, asking which of two imagined costs would be higher. The fragment questions if the act of breathing yields profit or loss over a day, reflecting economic language applied to a simple life function.
Reasons to choose Chamber Lain’s cough remedy include its established reputation from long use and good works. It is esteemed by long time users, helps loosen and relieve cold symptoms, aids natural recovery, contains no narcotics, and costs a quarter and is widely available.
Public sale dates have been reported by auctioneers including N Middlekoop in Pella on December 2, Ora Clevenger in Monroe on December 27, Art DeHeer in Leighton on December 9, Henry Thomassen in Mon roe on December 10, Wm Van Baalen in Pella on December 22, Yeu in December 28, and Sneller Bros in Pella on December 28. See advertising columns for details.
Mrs R G Neff of Crookston Ohio praises Chamberlain's Tablets claiming she was invalid two years ago from stomach trouble and after three bottles has enjoyed excellent health Obtainable everywhere Booker T Washington has died at Tuskegee funeral drew thousands Whites and Blacks gave tribute to a remarkable leader Wash ington rose from hardship to prominence and dedicated his life to uplift Word and Way
A health note extols laughter as a helpful exertion for digestion and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as an even more effective aid. Priced at a quarter, they are sold widely. The piece also notes about 750000 Mexicans in the United States, largely in Texas, Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico, with roughly 15000 entering annually.
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