This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
13
Christmas suggestions that every man enjoys wearing with smart neat attractive shirts. Fabrics include percale madras satinette and wool in plain colors and colored stripes from 50c to 2.00. 1000 extra Pony Votes with each dress shirt purchased from Dec 24 to Dec 31 inclusive.
The Store of the Christmas Spirit invites shoppers to select gifts for men women and children as the season nears its close. Limited days remain to complete holiday purchases at OT Van Niewaal.
A local wrap announces gloves as pleasing gifts with superior quality at moderate prices. Women’s kid gloves range from 1.25 dollars, silk and capes, dog, and men's gloves from 50 cents to 1.25 dollars. An extra vote incentive is offered with each glove purchase from December 24 through December 31.
Gift seekers may obtain neckwear values at 25c 50c or 1.00. Those seeking patterns will notice tones and combinations found in more expensive ties. Each tie includes 500 extra Pony Tickets from December 24 to December 31 inclusive.
Fine quality all linen handkerchiefs new assortment in plain and initialled styles. Hemstitched options include Y%inch or 14 inch hems, with some hand-embroidered. A variety of patterns to choose from. Extra Pony Tickets with each purchase from December 24 to December 31.
A local ad lists rugs in Hearth and Room sizes with a claim of 65000 extra pony votes attributed to each rug from December 24 through December 31 inclusive. The fragment mentions complete assortment and pricing hints.
Lisle web suspenders fresh from factory with calfskin ends double sewed and extra elastic at 50c Paris Garters durable with finest elastic 25c apr Belts from calfskin with rubber or bronz gilt buckles colors tan black gray 50c 500 extra Pony Tickets with each pair of suspenders garters or belt from December 24 to December 31 inclusive
For The Baby To please the mother buy the youngsters some little token. What you can get at our store will more than surprise you. Wool and eiderdown sacques neatly embroidered in pink and blue patterns. Flannelette wrappers with reveres and cuffs trimmed with stitching and silk shell edged in pinks and sky. Infants flannelette petticoat with scalloped edge. Babies bath robes in all colors with pockets and attached hoods.
Local notes report Sam Sherman from Williams on a visit to his mother and friends while planning to supply materials for a Williams newspaper. Poland and Henry Kuyper of Pella Plumbing install a new feed underfed boiler in Des Moines. Various social items include a schoolyard court, Mrs. Hynes visiting Des Moines, a film at Electric Palace featuring The College Orphan, Miss Charlotte Hussey leaving for Christmas in Hills Kansas, and a surprise birthday at Connie Welle’s. Obituaries note John Vander Leest funeral attendance from Prairie City Keosauqua Hull and Sioux Center, and a lab anecdote about a patent compound with a salt trick. Then a pair of anecdotes on memory, pardons, and Charles Reade.
A Galveston News item notes a humorous missive about an appendix extract. The writer recalls the dentist pulled the tooth and removed the appendix, offering a wry personal reflection on the event and its misinterpretation.
The earliest Scriptural mention of eggs as food appears in John 6 6 asking about the taste in the white of an egg. A Thoreau quote follows: Men are born to succeed not to fall.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.