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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
2
This item discusses mounting photographs and the care in outdoor and studio portraits at the New Model Studio. It emphasizes selecting appropriate mounts or cards, arguing that a stylish mount enhances a photo’s value akin to a diamond in a proper setting. It includes a local note on agriculture and a few regional incidents and weather observations from Iowa towns.
The text notes that mankind has to contend with typhoid fever and diarrhoeas, diseases of infants, and many tuberculosis cases. It emphasizes that these illnesses have caused thousands of deaths and are linked to contagious disease spread.
The notice stresses immediate action to curb flies this season, urging thorough cleaning of premises, proper disposal of manure, covered garbage receptacles, fly proof privies, screened food displays, and limited entry of flies into homes. It calls for neighbor compliance, health-board enforcement, and guidance on building a masonry silo, with Director C. F. Curtiss in Ames, Iowa, issuing the free bulletin.
The agricultural engineering section of the Iowa Experiment Station developed a new hollow tile silo named the Iowa Silo. It is as permanent as a cement silo, easier to build, and costs no more than the best stave silos while lasting many times longer. Since its invention, thirteen have been built in various locations.
Iowa brief notes claim Professor H J Hoeve of Drake University will obtain John Junkin’s remains after his July hanging at Fort Madison. It also reports a $50 payment to the condemned man and outlines resignations and local incidents including a barn fire sparked by a boy’s moonlighting smoke, a Fort Dodge mayoral special election, and railroad survey activity northwest from Decorah toward Owatonna.
In Des Moines at the thirty first Iowa Pharmaceutical association convention Frank B Clark of Ottumwa urged repealing the itinerant drug vender law. He said licensed itinerant vendors move about with wagons selling patent medicines and hurt legitimate pharmacies, noting 880 licensed wagons in Iowa and annual business of 10 to 15 dollars per day per wagon. He urged druggists to enter politics to back repeal and supported reciprocity of licenses with other states.
A compact verse reflection on civic mood and personal resolve in bustling days of change. It asserts life is real and earnest, urging steady effort as each dollar earned helps the town progress despite uncertainties.
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