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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
2
A newspaper ad lists fabric and sewing supplies including Dimity and Batiste Amoskeag Shirting, feather ticking, novelty tissue, Lustre Beige, unbleached and bleached muslin in multiple yardages. It promotes a great variety of fabrics and a perfect fitting ladies shirt waist with prices from 98 cents to 3 dollars.
Rates listed show S150 for one year and S450 for six months or similar intervals. The OCR fragment implies pricing tiers with annual and shorter-term options, but exact terms are unclear due to text corruption.
The Register-Leader plan merges Des Moines Leader with the Iowa State Register under a single title. The Marion County News claims the Chronicle and Reporter seek total political control. The Chronicle rejects being a leader, asserting democratic principles for the people.
A pastoral reflection argues for more rainfall to revive dry earth and lush pastures while warning against overindulgence and debt. The author notes thriving cattle and crops, laments rising prices and wealth, and urges gratitude for blessings like weather, soil improvement, and farm productivity.
The speaker notes two kinds of people in the world those who see bad in everything and those who see good. They express hope both persist to balance life and faith, trusting rain will continue to do good rather than curse God.
An advertisement notes that colds trouble people in summer as well as winter and promotes One Minute Cough Cure from Cole and Langerak. It claims the remedy acts immediately and is absolutely safe for coughs colds croup throat and lung troubles.
The Garvin family presented two programs at the Baptist Church on June 23 and 24 to strong audiences, praised for forceful delivery and uplifting themes. A broad call from British churches urged China opium trade reform, while U S politics featured Shattuck immigration bill actions and House debate over liquor sales at immigrant stations with notable amendments adopted.
Rafford Pyke discusses marriage and gender dynamics in The Woman's Side, a piece sure to draw broad reader response. The July Cosmopolitan divides interest between men and women with An Experiment in Domestic Finance and a new Captains of Industry series, profiling leaders in finance, manufacture, and commerce.
Summer days invite children outdoors and open air sports. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is promoted as a quick pain stopper for cuts and wounds, with testimonial from L. B. Johnson of Swift Texas praising its effectiveness. Counterfeits are warned against with Cole & Langerak cited as sellers.
Over-taxed organs suffer from dyspepsia pain nausea dizziness headaches and liver and bowel disorders. Dr King's New Life Pills offer a prompt remedy. They are gentle thorough and guaranteed to cure. 25c at Keables' drug store.
Reading plan for the week centers on Exodus chapters detailing manna from heaven and quail provisions for Israel. It outlines daily gathering rules, the sixth day double portion, and the Lord’s guidance as Moses and Aaron lead the people. Includes daily readings from Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms, and John with a closing line from the Lord's Prayer about daily bread.
Real estate transfers show multiple deeds across townships including Lake Prairie Knoxville Pleasant Grove and Knoxville. Transfers involve buyers such as John C Williams A J Harvey William Ver Non Isaac Mick and others with parcels ranging from 1 to 69 acres and totals from 60 to 4600 dollars.
The Tom Williams drug store in Hamilton is blown to pieces by 5 to 10 pounds of dynamite set underneath it at 3:15 this morning. The building and stock, valued around $1,000, are destroyed. no one was harmed. No motive or suspect is identified. Williams had refused whisky earlier, but no enemies or crimes are proven.
A first class 171 acre farm is offered for sale seven miles from Pella and one mile from Knoxville. The property is described as a bargain and ready for inspection by interested buyers.
A Lansing town journal writer cites a family case cured by Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He stresses the medicine should be on hand in summer and notes Allen & Stubenrauch sell it locally.
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