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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
7
A vintage fountain ad touts low prices and value per drink. It claims many flavors at five cents and ten cent specials with generous ice cream portions, highlighting the drink as healthful and satisfying with a ginger grapefruit flavor profile.
Vanderpols big sale advertised in last week's Chronicle drives town talk as Jim reports selling more goods Saturday evening between 6 30 and 10 15 than in any entire previous day, while about a dozen teachers sat for county certificates at Pella under Supt. F M Frosh, amid hot weather. J M Cox paints and improves his residence.
Prairie City visitor Miss Nettie De Gooyer returns to Pella while Vanderpol racks up record sales from seven to ten on Saturday night. Local events cover visits by Mra Wilson and baby from Hillsboro, library business runs in Oakaloosa, and numerous family travels and social updates across Pella, Eddyville, and Des Moines.
Mrs. T. T. Bakker injured a finger in a clothes wringer Monday morning. The South Pella Birthday Club celebrated Edna Van Doren and Chas Schweide birthdays at H. M. Fisk home with gifts and lawn refreshments. The club, nicknamed the Jolly Ten, awaits the next anniversary as husbands were added. Dorothy Visser of Tracy visits Chas Schneide. B S Kelly of Omaha plans a brief stay at H. D. Wormhoudt home. Pella ball team played Monite ZUMA. results unavailable by press time. The 3rd Reformed church Young People Society holds a social on church yard Thursday July 10. A. E. Dennis notes brother George and son leave for sixty days to Gettysburg reunion and visit former home. Josie Ver Ploeg, Martha De Cook, and Minnie De Cook visited Otley Friday.
Weather crop bulletin for the week ending June 29 1913 Des Moines Iowa notes corn rapid growth reaching average stage in many areas southern counties about one third laid by in good condition high temperatures daily excess about 6 degrees four days over 90 degrees heavy showers on the 24th and 25th greatest amounts in southern and extreme northern counties 1 to 3 inches Winter wheat and rye ripening in southern and central counties harvest to begin next week Tontues heads short but filling well Local wind squalls damaged small grain oats especially in Pocahontas and Cherokee counties dry weather hurt oats haying in progress potatoes and pastures doing well apples dropping Geo M Chappel Section Director.
A Pella citizen testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved weak kidneys years ago and provided permanent results. Photographer F M Rederus corroborates lameness and kidney action improvement after using the remedy. Sold at Cole's Drug Store with Foster-Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
On June 25 through July 2 a weather summary was reported by John H. Ver Steeg, Cooperative Observer for the Weather Bureau of the U S Department of Agriculture, detailing atmospheric conditions and temperature trends.
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