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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
3
Dr A H Weber at Keables' Drug Store treats Bert Steiner a well known local druggist who was cured of serious optic nerve disease by the physician after a Monday February 24 appointment.
Des Moines Iowa April 1 1903 Bert Steiner thanks Dr Weber for eye care after six months of worsening vision and looming blindness. He describes optic nerve disease once deemed incurable and credits a new method for restoring sight, enabling him to return to work as a pharmacist.
Dean Hugene Davenport of the College of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota notes that scientific agriculture has become popular as farmers increasingly seek talks, bulletins, and advisory letters. He cites a shift from rural doubt to seeing agriculture as a business, with middle west farmers aiming to profit, while New England farmers focus on livelihood. Michigan had the first agricultural college.
A natural phenomenon in the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff features a moving wood sliding after two months of loosening soil and rock. The hilltop mass now blocks a road several feet wide, with watchmen directing traffic at the scene.
A French chemist has patented a method to moth proof furs by freezing a skin stretched on a frame, then slicing the ice cake, applying rubber in layers to form a flexible coating that becomes a leather like, insect resistant finish. The process yields fur treated as leather and resistant to insect attack.
An ill organist substitutes a friend who plays lush full chords in the Hallelujah Chorus at a country church festival. Wind fails mid piece. the organist discovers the blower departing home. The blower quips that constant puffing cannot be outdone, claiming knowledge of the choir’s demands.
In Winchester Virginia workers unearthed a Civil War era cache weighing over 200 pounds. Five thousand minie ball bullets were buried several feet down near a Main street rear alley, likely left by Union soldiers during Lee’s retreat. The discovery adds a rare battlefield artifact to local history. Train passage noted: B. 8. Rolliford, Chicago grain broker, rode Santa Fe No 20 solo from Los Angeles to Hutchinson, the De Luxe’s last weekly trip.
A fragment discusses a baby taking after its father and the strangeness this provokes. The speaker notes the father’s compulsive grip, implying possessions and absence of anything left for others. Subtle social tension hints at the father’s controlling nature.
Sea buoys, massive iron structures with whistles, warn mariners of shoals. A buoy tender must replace worn units, battling waves and barnacles to swing new buoys aboard safely. crews risk the deck as they maneuver three ton masses with ropes, springs, and careful lashings amid rolling seas.
A man over 30 travels by horse and buggy in Marion County to purchase stock condition powders. The notice lists $75.00 per month and gives an address at 1106 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
Describes an excellent gardener’s site located one and a half miles from Court House and three blocks from the car line. Indicates willingness to exchange for Pella property and directs interested parties to contact Dr. W. F. Crew in Pella, Iowa.
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