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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1918

Page

3

Dr Stork Delivers Baby Boy Donald Odell at Chester Le Cocq’s

Dr Stork visited Chester Le Cocq's home last Thursday night at 10 25 and left a baby boy named Donald Odell. He and his mother are getting along nicely. Miss Wilma Lawrence leaves Saturday for Washington to join the war department and will stop in Erie for a few days with Helen Williams.

Dr. Stork Chester le Cocq Donald Odell Wilma Lawrence Washington, D. C War Department Erie Helen Williams

Prairie City notes on rain floods and holiday mood

Everett Rouwenhorst visits his parents in Pella while Prairie City copes with a heavy rain that flooded cellars and yards. A carload of flour ships from the Prairie City mill and families modify Independence Day plans to favor a quieter, patriotic observance with donations to support liberty abroad.

Everett Rouwenhorst A. Rouwenhorst Pella Prairie City Last Wek R. DeCook Lawrence Orange City A. J. Rovaart J. D. Straavers Frank de Vries Martin van Pearsem H. L. Bigelow Herbert Lyman, Jr Ada Florence Florence Kramer Keokuk Mr. Bigelow Uncle Sam United States

Eddyville News and Social Highlights From Eddyville Iowa

Eddyville residents travel to Des Moines Montezuma and Ottumwa for visits while relatives assemble in Pella for a birthday party. Des Moines river floods after a dry spell with four to six inches of rain, refilling the banks and affecting low bottom crops. Families including Dunkle Cornelius Bickford and Pickerell share updates on illness travels and the upcoming summer plans for June Eloise Cornelius.

J. A. Wormhoudt Wilbur Johnson Des Moines P. P. Dunkle J. E. Cornelius Pella Fin Bickford T. C. van Loon Will Slycord Montezuma Wi McNeese John Johnson Mary Stegeman Buxton No. 18 Eddyville Ottumwa N. B. McNeese Roy McNeese Buxton No. 18 June Eloise

Town News Roundup From Knoxville Journal

Dr F M Trimmer travels to Columbus for his mother's illness while Mrs J S Fulmer of Pocahontas Indiana visits Knoxvilles kin. Local happenings include school studies by Alta Rowland at Highland Park College and Miss Imogene Bellamy departing for Red Cross training at Vassar.

F. M. Trimmer Columbus Ohio J. S. Fulmer Pocahontas Ed Pratt Henry Gosselink J. H. Young Lewis Kendall Bussey Alta Rowland Highland Park College Marion Rowland Washington Township Walter Morehead Columbia Des Moines Mondlay Pearson Ervin Tanner Arthur Parsons Clay Township Noel D. Shinn Knoxville North Carolina Old Carolina Mack Kennedy Kansas Beloit Des Moines Mack Imogene Bellamy East Red Cross Vassar Miss Bellamy University of Pennsylvania France Northwestern University Chicago Randolph-Macon College Lynchburg Journal Joe S. Stone Breckenridge Stone Mack Stone E. W. Ridlen Macklin Copeland James Townsend Mr. Stone Fred Stone Montgomery & Stone Q Station Asute Roche Street J. M. Amos Burnham Winslow

Birthday Celebration at F B Bickford Home

A birthday party was held at the home of F B Bickford. The guest of honor’s birthday is June 30 but was celebrated on Tuesday due to her mother’s travel. The afternoon featured games, several thoughtful presents, and refreshments of ice cream and cake.

F. B. Bickford

Jelly Making Guide and Catarrhal Deafness Notice

The article covers jelly making tips focusing on sugar amounts and fruit juice extraction with water quantities and simmer times for soft and hard fruits. It also includes an advertisement claiming Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrhal deafness with a $100 reward for uncured cases and a circular offer from F. J. Cheney & Co.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio

A Cheering Word to Mothers Poem by Mrs. T. S. Brown

The poem from Mrs. T. S. Brown of David City Nebraska urges mothers to find courage as their sons go to war. It speaks of faith, hope, and steadfastness, praising the courage of mothers and the promise of victory and world peace through glorious effort.

T. S. Brown David City Nebr

Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed

A reader testimonial praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly effective. John F. Jantzen from Delmeny Lask and F D Stubenrauch claim personal use and strong recommendation for the preparation as an exceptional remedy for colic and diarrhoea.

Chamberlain John F. Jantzen Delmeny Lask

Sunshine Returns in a Box of Sunshine

In this Elva scene from Our Boys and Girls Sun shines through a cloudy morning. Uncle Dave teases about an April shower while explaining Sunshine is trapped by Good Temper and can be freed only by removing the cork from the smile bottle. Elva recalls her faults and releases Sunshine with a hopeful outlook.

Elva Mamma Uncle Dave Elve Sunshine Dave

Adler-ika Instant Relief Promises Quick Bowel Action

An ad proclaims Adler-ika as a instant mixture of buckhorn bark and glycerine that flushes the entire bowel tract in Pella. It claims to relieve sour stomach gas or constipation and to prevent appendicitis, noting the reaction pleases doctors and patients at Van der Linden's Drug Store.

Pella Adler-ika Adler Ika Vander Linden

One Mother's Method Set Up to Nurture Faith in Children

A wife described as cheery and religious kept peace with her atheistic husband by never opposing him or arguing. She read short verses from the Savior and prayed with the six children each night, placing Jesus’ words above human words and letting the truth work through quiet influence.

Chambertin's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad

Chambertin's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy offered as essential summer preparation. The advertisement urges buying now to be ready for family colic or diarrhoea attacks, stating the product is worth many times its cost. Endorsement by F D Stubenrauch.

F. D. Stubenrauch

Famous Writer and a Poor Physician in Prussian Guard

Schiller, famed author of William Tell, served as a medical officer in the Prussian guard. He proved incompetent, was expelled from his regiment, and later pursued his true profession.

Schiller Wiliam Tell

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