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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
8
A quiet social period limits elaborate entertainments as debutantes forgo grand balls and gowns. Dressmakers note a shift to simple, inexpensive blouses and home sewing, with velvet and zibeline fabrics featured in refined yet accessible outfits.
Washington Jan 10 official notice announces the Carnegie Institution is formed with a $10,000,000 gift in five per cent bonds to trustees. The board includes the president, Senate and House leaders, Smithsonian and National Academy heads, plus 20 named trustees. aims include strengthening universities, promoting research, funding scholars, and accelerating publication of findings.
Peking reports the dowager empress asserts supreme authority by granting a formal audience in the Forbidden City's most sacred hall. Officials note her move may allow her to supervise diplomacy as foreign diplomats plan talks with the emperor. Concurrent briefs note averted garment workers strike in New York and a lawsuit in Chicago over alienation of affection against Alexander Dowie.
A Lansing physician extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female disorders including ovarian trouble and womb ulcerations. He claims cures for barrenness and asserts the testimonial is genuine with a $5000 forfeit if false. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Mass.
The article notes a 320 member American consular service and rising coffee production tensions. It highlights St Louis set to host the world's largest white lead plant with a $15 million capital, growth of large dry goods firms, and smaller wholesalers exiting. A record towboat for Mississippi development, 1200 tons of steel for horsepower, and a 275 by 63 foot craft are described. California fruit growers plan a cooperative to market orchard products across the U S and Europe, avoiding brokers. Oil tests by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New York comparing Texas oil to coal power indicate potential fuel shifts.
The article surveys early practices of inoculation by the Chinese using nasal virus From English physicians Gilbertus Angelicus and John of Gaddesden to Ahron of Alexandria It notes the 683 AD guidance on treatment and cooling rooms and recounts Testy and his Dorset farm family allegedly cutting for cowpox before Jenner.
George Humbug of Long Stream L I has inherited 10000 and faces marriage proposals from eager ladies. Prof Willard Fiske of Villa Lander Florence plans to write a life of Paul Morphy, a famed chess master, with Morphy as a close friend. Mrs Charles M Schwab, wife of the US Steel president, travels widely and collects miniatures while aiding industrial schools and mentoring young acquaintances.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wis. suffers severe kidney disease stopping him from walking across a room. After trying many medicines with little relief he read of Dodd's Kidney Pills in a newspaper and improved from the first dose. He used several boxes and is now well and strong, grateful for the restoration of health.
A long vintage advertisement warns of kidney trouble and backs Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Co. It claims backache signals kidney issues, promotes sample bottles by mail, and lists numerous associated symptoms and endorsements from readers. It also mentions Peruna almanac and Queen & Crescent Route travel items.
The Wisconsin Central Ry offers daily trains from Chicago to northern points, with convenient hours and meals included on board. Tickets available from local agents. inquiry by mail or at the Milwaukee general office for full schedule and pricing details. A lighthearted note references Miss Dashaway with military air and a quip about engagements.
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