Local Opera Night and Neighbors in Brief
Local notes from town include February 23 opera house event and Henry Welle visiting Pella from Sully last Friday. Ads mention Rev G Netmeyer furniture sale, Cole’s seed store visits by Mrs Frank de Reus to Prairie City, and J L Warren Knoxville visit tied to Chronicle paper ads. Community notices mix ads, quotations, and humorous snippets from nearby papers.
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Henry Welle
Pella
Sully
Rev. G. Netmeyer
Frank de Reus
Prairie City
J. L. Warren
Knoxville
Chronicle
Inebriates To Serve Full Term At State Hospital
Inebriates now to serve full terms at the Knoxville state hospital under a new law. For years they escaped from institutions after short stays, returning to saloons. The board will provide restraints and enforce longer confinement to ensure treatment and cost savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
News Hospital
Knoxville
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
A historical advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure cases caused by catarrh. It offers $100 for any case not cured, credits F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with pharmacies selling Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Sam Kirkpatrick convicted in Mahaske County theft case
After a twenty minute jury session, Sam Kirkpatrick was found guilty of stealing harness. His brother Will already serves time in the penitentiary for the same crime. Ed Dimmit of Buxton changed his plea to assault with intent to murder Ed Parker and robbed him. The woman he lived with fled with cash. Fred Cummins implicated Lawrence Davis in a bank robbery case. Davis admitted taking $500 hidden by Stephenson in a hay bucket.
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Sam Kirkpatrick
Will
Dimmit
Buxton
Ed Parker
Fred Cummins
Lawrence Davis
W. F. Stephenson
Stephenson
Davis
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism With Pain Balm
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania reports his mother suffered rheumatism for years, could barely move, but after using Chamberlains Pain Balm she can walk with minimal pain. He notes she never travels without it and keeps pain at bay with occasional applications. Rock Island officials visited Oskaloosa yesterday to consider acquiring local coal mines and possibly extending their Knoxville branch to Indianola.
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W. H. Howard
Husband
Pennsylvania
F. D. Stubenrauch
Rock Island
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Indianola
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised as Best Made
Mrs. Cora Walker of Portervile California says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the best made for colds. She asserts it cures a cold quickly and prevents pneumonia better than any other remedy, and is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by F D Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
Cora Walker
Portervile
Calfornia
F. D. Stubenrauh
SHAL OF MINNESOTA ad promotes baked goods at shop
An old ad touts SHAL OF MINNESOTA four as ideal for bread cake and pastry. Cole's seed store is mentioned with a jocular line about stovepipe installations and watches.
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Minnesota
Cole’s Seed Store
Seal OF
Cole
Value of Rural Telephones in Rural Districts
A farmer benefits from a house telephone by checking market prices and securing faster parts, saving money and time. Rural phones connect farmers to the outside world, aid extended business, and foster community discussion, making rural life less isolated. The author argues rural phones surpass rural mail delivery in value.
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Chicago
Chicago Commission
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promises Safe Use for Children
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is harmless for children and effective for coughs colds and croup. It warns against medicines with injurious substances and says the product is safe to give to youngsters. Sold by F D Stubenrauch.
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Stubenraneh
Father and son drink poison by mistaken eye medicine
In Colfax a father Charles Bowers and son William Bowers nearly died after each drank from a cup containing eye medicine left beside a bed. They grew suddenly ill, doctors removed the substances from their stomachs, and both recovered with only serious fright.
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Willian’ Bowers
Charles Bowers
Colfax
The Wonderful Jep in War News
The Japanese have shown potent power capable of halting Russia in the far east as terms of peace from Tokyo seem to yield to dictates from the czar. The Commercial Tribune discusses Japan's perceived dominance and its impact on peace demands.
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Russia
Far East
Tokio
Cincinnati! Commerical Tribune
It Wasn't Law Senator Blackburn tells Kentucky tale
Senator Blackburn recounts a Kentucky lawyer famed for winning lower court suits yet reversing on state supreme court decisions. On a Louisville train, the attorney reads a vast volume on Kentucky Supreme Court decisions, claiming it is not law but a study of rulings rather than recent cases.
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Blackburn
Kentucky
Supreme Court of the Commonwealth
Louisville
Supreme Court of
State of Kentucky
Colonists Rates to Southwest Points Advertised by Great Western
The Chicago Great Western Railway will on January 17 February 1 and March 31 sell one way Colonists tickets to Frisco and Rock Island points in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas and Colorado at greatly reduced rates. For more information contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Frisco
Rock Island
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Colorado
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Railroad Rates to Southeast on Select Tuesdays
Settlers rates to points in the Southeast offered on the first and third Tuesdays of January through April for one way tickets to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia at very low rates. For further information apply to any Great Western Agent or J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago office 46 6
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Great Western
J.P. Elmer
Chicago
sOhe
Bucklen Arnica Salve Cures Skin Troubles, NY Woman Says
Harriet Howard of 209 West 63rd Street New York writes that Salt Rheum or Eczema plagued her for years until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed her skin. The quick and sure healer also treats cuts burns and sores and sells for 25 cents at Henry M. Langerak's drug store.
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Harriet Howard
Grth St
New York
Bucklen
Henry M. Langerak
Stomach Trouble and Constipation Cure Promoted by Potterville Druggist
J. R. Cullman, a Potterville Michigan druggist, hails Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best stomach trouble and constipation remedy he has sold. He says they are easy to take and always satisfy customers. He offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied, with I. D. Stubenrauch selling the product.
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Hollister
F. D
Stubenrauch
Chamberlain
J. R. Cullman
Potterville, Mich
I. D. Stubenrauch
Itch Cure Promises Fast Relief at Pella Druggist
Itch cured in thirty minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion sold by B. F. Keables' Drug Gist at Pella Texas. The ad claims reliable relief with a quick result and targets local customers seeking a skin remedy.
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Woolford
B. F. Keables
Gist
Pella
Texia
Globe Tanning Co promotes high quality robes and leather
Jacob Bayer, with forty years tanning experience, leads the new Globe Tanning Co department. He formerly ran Bayer Tanning in Des Moines and WintherSett. now returns to offer seasoned workmanship on hides with fur, hair on robes, harnesses, and leather. Send in your work for guaranteed satisfaction.
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Jacob Bayer
Bayer
Winterset
Iowa
Des Moines
Bayer Tanning Company
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John Alex. Dowie
Reading
Caesar
Cassius
Brutus
Ayer
Pomeroy
Appleton
Alan
Egathan
Ayers
Mahaske County District Court
Coles Seed Store
Pella, Iowa
Jep
M. Porter
Klein's
East Side of Square
Coal Port
Reynold’s Bank
the Globe Tanning Co
J. A. Smith
South
Fides Moines
Pella Chronicle
the Pella Chronicle
Farmers’ Voice
Farmers’ Tribune
Middle West
Wayside Tales
Poultry Tribune America
Green's Fruit Grower
Horticultural Magazine
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Farm Journal
Blooded Stock
Kansas City Star
St. Paul Dispatch
Total
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Rex Hog Remedy
W.M. Kruger
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