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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
3
An 19th century self care ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for uterine derived symptoms misattributed to dyspepsia heart liver or nervous disorders. It claims to remove cause, boost vitals, calm nerves, and aid sleep while promoting the stomach liver and bowels with Pleasant Pellets as a easy to take aid.
Peter Muller a German instrument maker in Cincinnati kept $5,000 in a stocking for his future home. The money vanished and Muller suspected his foreman Hans Klockke. At a party Muller unveiled a talking machine that named the thief and Klockke fainted as the machine declared the culprit.
A motherly correction prompts Ralph to confess his longing for fruit at dessert. The hostess asks what he’s thinking and he reveals his mother’s rule about not taking two apples, hoping to get just one. The anecdote highlights candid child logic in a humorous dining-table moment from Lippincott's Magazine.
A barber shop quip features John Drew reacting to a razor operator’s suggestive remark about thinning hair. The friend from Maine laughs at the antifat comment, noting he never liked stout hair and has been treating it.
Harold and Miss Lively clash over a misheard compliment in a dialogue that reveals tension. The exchange turns on whether Fred Borem and the speaker are great friends or merely “great chumps.”
A comic exchange shows a client seeking a publicity free divorce from a lawyer, then discovering she is an actress. The dialogue juxtaposes a misdirected office visit with a humorous kitchen mishap and marital tension, reflecting light domestic satire of the era.
In a Washington Star cartoon style exchange a man at a freak exhibition notes most mind readers are worn out. He asks if the other man has noticed, then replies that most women are mind readers, highlighting a humorous gender observation from the era.
A collage of clipped jokes and quips from 19th century papers includes a Detroit Tribune tease about a poet wielding a fountain pen and a quip on paying an ressman, plus a Baltimore News line about divorce and Henpeck.
Office listing fragment shows an address label and a contact line for Pella with numbers. The readable portion mentions Office No 28 and a phone listing, with a second number or code. No clear event or outcome is present.
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