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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
2
A vintage health warning compares fear of ghosts with fear of germs. It argues germs thrive where vital force is weak and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as fortifying medicine, listing its non alcohol content and transparent ingredients while urging reader recommendations.
City council roster lists J. Plender J. Faassen J. Wilson B. Sack A. Waechter K. Vanisseldorp G. W. Kimmell and clerks incl Gesman Kuyper Marshall Buckingham and Buckingham. Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month in the evening per local notices.
A visiting professional booster tells Clintonians to grow their newspapers and boost the press of Iowa. He praises Iowa editors for arousing public sentiment, forming booster groups, and funding efforts to aid eastern papers, while noting some boosters now travel to promote papers.
It is another case of the egg being wiser than the hen. Burlington Hawk Eye notes a wary, practical tone about arranging banquets for business men as a metaphor for wiser planning and outcomes.
A Birmingham Post item recalls an English traveler needing a doctor in Peking. The servant praises Sing Loo as the savior after two doctors worsen the condition. Sing Loo finally saves the life, while the others fail.
A sequence of transfers includes J Bousquet et al to David S Huber for a small Lake Prairie tract, David Dixon and wife to Herman A van Zante for a lot in Otley, and W F Ulrich to A W de Bruyn for part of a Pella lot. Other deeds cover Chas E Snow and spouses to David S Huber for two Pella lots, Lizzie Hackert and then her husband to Herry van Oene in Lake Prairie, Garden City Pickling and Canning Works to Bousquet & Rhynsburger for a small Lake Prairie tract, Henry A Pruitt to W C Laird et al for 49 acres in Indiana township, and Pella Cemetery Association to Mrs Lucy Roelofsen for a percent of Oakwood cemetery lot.
A window notice seeking an assistant lists many virtues and elicits many readers. A daring man proposes his brother fits perfectly but reveals the brother has been dead for seventeen years, leaving the auctioneer stunned. The belligerent ruse exposes the absurdity of the ad.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to pay $100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Document sworn December 6, 1886 in Toledo Ohio before A. W. Cleason Notary Public. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucus.
Juliette, guided by Madame Fantella, believes a clairvoyant forecast will bring a theater invitation from Charles Charleton. The date proves pivotal as Juliette hopes for a future with a charming, bachelor lawyer, but Charles reveals plans to move to New York and marry only after his sisters wed, shattering her illusion.
Mayor Gaynor of New York visited Great Barrington and noted the town’s lack of a Bible in its library when he summered there in 1883. He donated a copy and penned a remark about libraries lacking the Great Book. Since 1897 the Bible has remained prized, mostly untouched, with pages even uncut.
A partial readable fragment notes an incident involving a person named Mrs By Ken and reference to reserved or confiscated items. The text is incomplete but implies a local news brief about a bust or arrest and a related reservation. No further verifiable details are present.
A guide to making a quaint boy’s trunk inspired by a Salem Massachusetts museum piece. It covers cutting two inch diameter circles from a board, spacing, lath covering, smoothing, and hinging the lid to the body to form a compact, nostalgic storage trunk for treasures.
A selected set of vintage DIY notes on making a leather hair trunk with Canton flannel and brass tacks, plus a comic urban tale about a hungry motor car and a runaway pie wagon in Kalama zoo. It mentions a derailed wagon, drifting pies, and a cherry raspberry rainbow splatter on a car. The piece ends with a curious note on land title disputes in Hindustan and two holes dug for rival litigants.
Mrs Kennigdale Cook reveals the cruel toy dog trade in which tiny pups are selected and fed with restricted raw meat and sometimes alcohol to spur appetite. Breeders use inbreeding and selective culling, causing lasting gastritis, illness, or early death. The piece condemns the practice as producing degenerate animals lacking constitution.
Walter W. White of Denver Colorado describes a low cost wrestling mat made from six used bed mattresses. He bought a canvas bag sized 18 feet 8 inches by 12 feet 9 inches from a tent company to cover the mat. The piece notes how small clubs struggle to afford mats and shares a DIY solution.
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