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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
4
Regular class recitations were suspended to mark a national Day of Prayer for Colleges. Rev. A LeGrand, newly appointed Baptist pastor, preached a sermon at the college chapel at ten o clock.
At his residence opposite Oakland cemetery on Wednesday evening the death occurred of C F Van der Veen aged 76. Funeral services will be held at his home at 1 pm tomorrow and interment is in Oakland cemetery.
Miss Bertha Nollen hosted friends for a song guessing game and parlor contests with a bob sled ride home. Herman Soetens won the grand prize, Rich Sybenga took a parlor match booby prize, and guests enjoyed refreshments before departing for out of town parties.
A New York Post account notes that the electricity habit rivals drink and cocaine in persistence. It describes how currents are administered for illnesses, the craving after recovery, and that some individuals hire others to provide regular galvanic shocks to maintain their vitality.
A man, mocked by two women in a railway compartment, seeks revenge in darkness. He kisses the back of his hand loudly, creating suspicion and doubt as the two women accuse each other. Upon light return he winks and leaves, claiming he will never reveal which of them was kissed. The tale quotes a Frenchwoman on courtesy and reaffirms that discourtesy rarely pays.
Mrs. Grant Shy of Springfield praises Bucklens Amelia Salve as a household essential for healing cuts burns wounds and eruptions. Guaranteed by druggist Henry M. Langerak with address 1130 I Reynolds St. Springfield 111. Customer confidence claim emphasizes universal efficacy.
POS and CO operate as cattle and hog dealers with offices at the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the New American House. Contact via phone SI for inquiries and sales.
An 8 F Keables druggist listing from Pella Iowa advertises English Shavin Liniment for horses. It claims to remove lumps blemishes and cure splints ring bone stiff joints thick throats and coughs. The ad touts a $50 savings per bottle and warrants it the most wonderful blemish cure known.
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