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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
4
The article extols the 3400 r p m Chalmers with six compact cylinders and a small combustion chamber delivering 18 miles per gallon and up to 60 mph. It highlights rapid carburetion, minimal energy loss, and superior pickup, calling the car cheap to run and easy to drive with a price of 1050 dollars in Detroit.
Daily notices show Mr Don DeMoss traveling to Minnesota while Dirk Freeken made business calls in Prairie City. Various locals hosted clubs or visited relatives, with a river rise delaying Knoxville visitors and a theft at Vriezelaar's mine prompting a dog search but no arrest.
Mr Guy Williamson plans a move to Beacon while J W Binns works on a new home at eighty. John Moody and Lacey Rickey load a wheat car at Leighton. Mrs Stella Oswandie and child visit the John Moody home. Andrew Cole and wife move into the Ryan place with Leighton friends visiting. Viola and Nellie Moody visit Knoxville to see Aunt and Uncle L O Clark. Weather is fair but roads muddy.
A column recounts Billy Sunday rebuking presumptuous sinners and asks who knows most, God or man, while referencing Roosevelt and Ford. It notes Sunday’s tour to Trenton after a Syracuse crusade ending with 22,499 attendees, and mentions California prohibition pressure on Southern Pacific dining car sales.
New candies line at 9c adds to existing high quality selections priced at 12c and 24c. The store emphasizes having the best candy offerings and invites shoppers to visit Vander Linden's Bazar for the updated assortment.
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