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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
6
A local column discusses national fate amid European conflict, praising Woodrow Wilson as a peaceable yet firm leader. It also critiques militarism, notes Chicago time change talks, and reports on a January 12 water mains expansion vote while recalling Theodore Roosevelt’s political silence and evolving stance.
Mrs A Jackson of 420 North West Fourth Street Newton Iowa reports relief from distressing back aches and pains across the loins extending to the shoulder after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes the kidney-specific remedy priced at 50 cents available at dealers, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Readable fragments describe a patent remedy called Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh by absorbing through mucous surfaces. It is presented as a non quack medicine prescribed by a respected physician and promoted as a regular patented formula with two ingredients.
A New York Herald report describes leopards and a young tiger reacting vividly to catnip. The leopard sniffed, rubbed, and lounged amid the scent, while the tiger resembled a playful kitten after inhaling the herb. The parrots nearby reacted with alarm as the plant spread through their cage.
In his autobiography Admiral Dewey recounts the moment when his ship neared sinking after passing New Orleans forts. With the crew evacuated in boats and a potential magazine explosion, he jumped into a boat to urge the rowers to return, risking his life to save the crew before the magazine finally held.
A 19th century claim ranks 1809 as the year producing many celebrities. Births cited include Abraham Lincoln Edgar Allan Poe Oliver Wendell Holmes William Ewart Gladstone Charles Darwin Lord Houghton Alfred Tennyson Edward Fitzgerald Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Mendelssohn. A correspondent lamented village street conditions with water in ditches for days.
The readable text features disjointed phrases about doctors, lawyers, ears, and a jumbled dialogue. It includes broken lines and names that suggest a damaged OCR of a dated article, with no coherent event or identifiable entities beyond scattered references.
The piece recalls Hokitika's gold discovery on New Zealand s west coast and a rush of ships and agents to the Māori town. Two bank agents set up a tent bank with a safe and scales, guarded by revolvers, as diggers bring gold to be weighed and tested, amid wary crowds.
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