29 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
1
An advertisement lists Lend to and the Savings Bank and Child's Sketch with Good Luck SCOTT and BOWNE at 409 Pearl Street N. It references two banks within the ad and names the printers.
A period advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild liver and stomach aid. It offers a free sample by sending an address to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello IE and notes endorsements from a Postmaster and a Plainview resident. It emphasizes affordability and guarantees refunds if not satisfied.
A 300 acre farm in southern Iowa offers excellent soil and full cultivation this year except for 20 acres in pasture. It features a 10 room two story house, new barns for horses and cattle, multiple outbuildings, wind mills, a soft water well, and good fencing. Located near school church and store, with improvements valued around $10,000 and terms of one half cash and balance at 6 percent in Pella Iowa.
A brief note from Pella Iowa lists a yearly amount of 1.60 and mentions the post office classification as second class matter in Marion County. The text hints at a commentary on payment timing.
A reader questions renewal timing for the Chronicle as excessive cheer reportedly spurred some sewer gang members to seek new boarding places before part of last week.
Pella residents anticipate a strong year ahead as progress continues. The community expresses confidence that 1911 will bring further growth and collective effort to advance local plans and developments.
Local quarrel unfolds as Oskaloosa residents push to close thirsty parlors, targeting competition that draws Pella trade due to open saloon. The dispute centers on business impact and community values amid ongoing tensions between the two towns.
The note invites every Chronicle family member to send a helping hand throughout 1911 to deliver the best and most current news to readers across Iowa. It calls for participation to keep the paper strong and reliable.
A reflection on how daily annoyances shrink with perspective, urging readers to consider how insignificant present troubles will seem a year from now. The note suggests cultivating equanimity by recalling the lasting futility of momentary irritants.
The excerpt contrasts two personality types: those who dwell on aches and failures and spread gloom, and those who embrace joy, successes, and blessings, spreading sunshine and cheer while uplifting others.
The study notes that successful business men who built reputations began by saving a portion of their initial earnings, no matter how small. This saving habit is identified as the first fundamental for success.
The passage asserts that theories in politics theology and science fade, yet character endures. It emphasizes that people value how one lives over elaborate doctrines, noting they care little for theories and much for the conduct and example set by a person.
A community is described as a common home for all residents, large or small. Each member should take personal interest and pride, contribute to welfare, and strive to make the home prosperous, attractive, and a desirable place to live.
The Corning Free Press notes a shift in county sale advertising over years. Farmers moved from 200 to 300 cheap notices to larger paid ads in the paper, discovering bigger ad sizes drew more readers and buyers. They progressed from 500 or 1.00 to 2.00 and 3.00 ads, and now use quarter page advertisements.
The advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as internal, blood-acting, non quack medicine, prescribed by leading physicians, and formed from tonic and blood purifying ingredients claimed to produce remarkable cures.
The text describes an advertising sales pitch promising vastly increased profits. It claims that adding $3 or $4 to a base amount from $50 to $1,000 can multiply profits by about a hundred times versus other investments. The fragment notes the high return but lacks full context or concrete figures.
Iowa discussion urges replacing the state board of health with a three member health commission a lawyer sanitary engineer and physician all devoted to public health duties. It warns current board remains largely honorary and health matters suffer from internal strife and neglect. The piece frames health reform as essential and cites infant mortality and tuberculosis as motivations for businesslike health administration. It also includes farm and home advice from January Farm Journal.
A column of homely advice urges patience with a good wife and kindness to others. It notes the value of effort, steady work, and improving one’s home. It ends with a quip on taxes and the relentlessness of the tax collector, reflecting farm life observations.
A compact column of aphorisms and quips on work virtue and character. It blends quotes from Daussen Whippe Bacon and others about listening, perseverance, self reliance, and social behavior with a humorous exchange about handwriting and manners. The piece notes farmers value work, youth etiquette matters, and self sufficiency attracts aid from others.
Observing on rural route No 1 Charles Paul reports a large caravan of poultry buyers visiting Mount Vernon and nearby townships. He notes 72 teams each about 2 miles apart traveling from east to west, describing a widespread livestock market movement through the region.
A Cedar Falls Record report exposes a bold scam where drivers haul poultry to a Ohio headquarters and trade it for cheap pottery or chinaware valued at cents, leaving farmers with few dollars worth of fowls. Dogs trained to catch poultry assist the thefts as drivers work Cedar Falls and Waterloo teams. Authorities urged to act and Ames College shows referenced grain show.
The 1911 Short Course in Agriculture at Iowa State College, January 2 to 14, is expected to attract more attendees than any prior year. Hundreds of inquiries have arrived about the program including animal husbandry, farm crops, soils, poultry, dairying, horticulture, agricultural engineering and domestic science with lectures, demonstrations and exhibitions. Special emphasis this year on strong courses in farm crops and soils. A trained staff is preparing hundreds of samples of corn and small grains for student study and annotation.
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