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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
3
Eyewitness accounts recount a swift fire at the Iroquois Theatre with people trapped in galleries and stairs. Hundreds died and survivors crawled through smoke as crowds formed outside seeking missing loved ones and morgues filled with remains.
Firemen worked in darkness to recover the dead as lanterns and electric searchlights illuminated the auditorium. The floor was strewn with money, opera glasses, pocketbooks, and ornaments while house employees gathered items afterward. Police removed thousands of wraps as custodians held belongings for identification amid severe burn injuries.
One Minute Cough Cure claims to kill the microbe causing cough and clear phlegm to heal the affected parts. It asserts strengthens lungs, wards off pneumonia, and suits all ages. sold by all druggists. Also notes annual stockholders meeting for People's Savings Bank in Pella Iowa at 2 pm January 11 1904 for director election and regular business.
The advertisement claims Wonderful Nerve sufferers can endur ing pains from cuts wounds bruises burns and sore feet. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is touted as the earth’s remedy to kill pain and cure trouble including piles and skin irritations.
An Albia despatch reports the sale of the semi weekly Albia Union to A L Anderson Ed C Sloan and D M Anderson. J W Johnson sells the Union and takes the Tri County Press at Bussey as part payment. The buyers promise a strong editorial and local paper in Iowa.
A young woman south of town caused a stir Monday morning by attempting to buy three 34-caliber cartridges. It later surfaced she intended 38-caliber rounds, with fears of self harm but no serious incident occurred.
E. C. DeWitt & Co of Chicago markets a witch hazel salve praised as a specific for piles including blind, bleeding and protruding types, plus eczema and skin ailments. It warns against counterfeits and urges asking for the genuine DeWitt’s salve sold by all druggists.
Plaintiffs G A Vandermeulen & Co file in Marion County Iowa District Court an action for eight dollars with six percent interest from November 16, 1993 on open account for goods sold in 1903. Writ of attachment issued against Kornelissen to secure the amount and costs, with levy on his team at Harvey by Sheriff. If Kornelissen does not appear and defend by noon of the second day of the February 1904 term at Knoxville, default will be entered and judgment rendered. Dated December 16, 1903. Bousguier & Lyon Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Notice from Frank Ross as executor of Samuel Mick's estate calls all debtors to pay promptly and all creditors to present claims verified by law. The rest of the text discusses South American interest and a Brady article in Cosmopolitan, not related to the legal notice.
Notice of incorporation states the Pella Creamery Co to operate in Pella Iowa with $10 000 capital stock, initial subscribers $8 000, 20 year term, five directors, annual December elections, and officers elected yearly. Names of initial directors listed along with signatures.
A brief advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a portable effective remedy. It claims easy carry, reliable results for headache biliousness torpid liver and constipation and notes sales through all druggists.
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