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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
8
Advertisement promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for children and families. Claims improved digestion prevents illness and supports school performance. Includes testimonials, pricing, free trial offer, and doctor contact in Monticello Indiana.
Baptist notices invite attendance at all services with Bible in hand. Sunday school and evening programs listed, including Young People and prayer gatherings. Second Reformed Church welcomes all to Sabbath school morning worship and various Christan Endeavor societies with Wednesday prayer and conference.
The schedule lists a Holland preaching service on Sundays at 11 with Sunday school at 3.00. An English preaching service is held every other Sunday, followed by a prayer meeting and teachers meeting on Wednesday evening at 7. Moonlight Mission Band gathers Friday evening at the home of a member. 308 oun.
The Illinois Supreme Court refused citizenship to a man who kept his saloon open on Sundays. The decision argues sustained law observance is essential for government safety and continuity, warning against naturalizing those who repeatedly disregard laws and oathful duties.
Notice is given of the incorporation of the Lake Prairie District Agricultural Society under Iowa law. The corporation, to promote agriculture horticulture floriculture mechanics and arts, may own real estate leasehold rights and mortgage property to secure its operations. It is based in Pella Marion County Iowa and aims to hold fairs and expositions.
The document outlines the powers of a stock society including buying selling and contracting for property. It specifies authorized capital stock of 10000 dollars with 5000 shares at five dollars each and full payment on fifty shares. It sets a fifteen member board elected by stockholders and limits corporate debt to fifty percent of capital stock. The charter dates April 16 1909 with terms of office and officer roles and liability provisions. The signature section shows T D Tick as president and J P Kurt as secretary dated June 28 1909.
W N Watts a plumber regains his voice from a whisper after years of nerve trouble caused by chronic croup Doctors in Pella suspected the condition would fade as mysteriously as it came His voice unexpectedly returns when he speaks to his daughter at the street and again at a store drawing smiles from friends across town, per the Oskaloosa Times
The Register and Leader promotes its reputation as Iowa’s top newspaper with strong Iowa news coverage a Washington bureau and market reports. It advertises a trial subscription and a daily rate of $1.00 to Oct 25 1909 and daily and Sunday at $1.50, with subscription options through publishers postmasters newsdealers or direct in Des Moines Iowa.
The Sixth Day meeting on June 12 1909 records approval of yesterday's minutes and a granted road petition for J E Watkins of Liberty township. Action on a vacation petition by C J Gilson et al was deferred to September. Claims were paid and the board adjourned to July 2 1909.
N J Gesman mayor of Pella proclaims the June 7 1909 election legal and declares the July 27 1909 vote unnecessary yet required by strict law. He says two elections are needed to fully cover the ground and prevent future trouble.
Naivasha in British East Africa reports the Roosevelt party enjoying hunting success. Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt each claim multiple big game including a mane lion, a lioness, and rhinoceros, with further assorted gains. They plan to use a launch at Captain Richard Atterborough’s farm on the south shore of Naivasha Lake for hippopotamus hunting.
Eddyville forms Palmer Sand Co with C. C. Palmer as president Carl C. Powell secretary and Fred Palmer treasurer and board members. The firm has completed a road about half a mile long from the Iowa Central.
The new sand men plan to haul sand west to the Des Moines river using wagons and load it on Iowa Central cars this season, with a potential switch to machinery next season. They are described as progressive and expected to find success in the venture.
Ed Van Tine returned Tuesday from Oakdale near Iowa City where he entered the state sanitorium for consumptives in early May due to poor health and fear of lung trouble. He returns greatly benefited and much increased in weight, and he described the sanitarium methods to the Eddyville Tribune.
A Dayton balloon carrying a miniature printing press and journalists passed over western Butler County, Ohio, dropping tiny newspapers. At Woods Station eight miles east of Hamilton residents read reports of an exciting flight at Darrtown as farmers fired rifles at the craft. the balloon remained unharmed.
Kodol supplies the same digestive juices as a healthy stomach and starts digestion immediately as a liquid. It claims to digest food and let you enjoy every mouthful while promoting strength and health. When digestion fails, Kodol supposedly gives the stomach complete rest by doing its work naturally.
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