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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
3
Local notes report the Van Haaften brothers purchasing a farm near Oskaloosa. The item lists social visits, family events, a notable land sale in Marion County, and a fatal mining accident in the region with details on victim Tony Tonda and aftermath.
An editorial mocks early women suffrage in Iowa noting new voter roles for women and offering humorous cautions about registration voting and etiquette. It jokes about age honesty at the polls, election board attire, and the simplicity of casting a ballot. The piece ends with a light call for fairness as husbands wait at home.
Miss Lelia Droz and Miss Edna Horn spent a weeknight visit at Edna Horn's home in South English. The Monroe Mercantile Co traded its hardware and implement business and store building for a farm near Osceola this week. Ira Short becomes the new proprietor of the farm operation.
Miss Pearl Whiteman of Pella visited her mother Mrs Lizzie Sipes on Monday. Mrs Felix Schneelock went to New Sharon to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Garrett Verrips and Adam Hasselman traveled to Pella for the Fourth. Miss Helen Awtry spent the Fourth with Miss Mattie and Carrie DeBruyn. The family celebrated in Pella. Mr and Mrs Dick VanLoon and children and Mr and Mrs Cummings visited relatives in Pella for the holiday.
Miss LaMerta Wagaman visited relatives in Pella on Saturday. John Rouwenhorst and Everett Rouwenhorst aided farm work in Colfax area. Mr and Mrs John Roorda of Pella stayed with W H Giles family over Sunday. Herman L VanDellen from Pella organized a new Sunday school at Sand Hill north of Colfax. Prairie City plans a local American Legion post for World War I veterans.
A New Sharon item says Ira DeBruyns' son is convalescing at Mercy hospital in Oskaloosa after mumps. Mr Blommers and son Paul visit Chris LeCocq home in Pella. Matthew VanGorp sustains a broken arm from a Ford car kick. The piece humorously critiques Henry Ford and notes age-related healing differences.
Mr and Mrs Walter Maxson spent Friday with Mrs Maxsons parents in Pella and other relatives. Miss Lucile Kerr and Miss Alma Jenking returned from Monroe. Dr Marie Verhey and Maude Davis rode to Des Moines for surgery plans for a sister in Polla. Mrs Schemerhorn stayed with relatives during Ming Nell Grants absence.
Public notice filed in Marion County Iowa district court clerk's office that a document purporting to be the last will of Peter Hessing, deceased, will be heard in the September 1919 term on September 80, 1919, at which all interested parties may appear. Harold Clements, Clerk, Knoxville, Iowa. July 11, 1919.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages by acting through the blood. The ad claims constitutional treatment and offers $100 to any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 76 cents.
Calcutta report from June 2 1919 notes a hot 108 degree spell and imminent return to England and the United States aboard a steamship. The writer describes Calcutta’s rapid growth, churches, mission activity, and a desire to return to North Lakhimpur Assam to see local supporters.
Mrs. B Korver of 410 University Street in Pella reports kidney weakness with dull back pains and irregular action improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises relief from backache and urinary issues after using the product from Puritan Drug Co. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes Doan's Kidney Pills.
Government tests in Dallas Texas show dipping poultry with one ounce sodium fluoride per gallon water at 70 to 85 degrees on warm days provides a faster, more effective control of chicken lice than dusting. Earlier dusting methods were slow and wasteful for large flocks.
A Savannah Missouri reader praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for flux and a later attack, noting repeated cures and recommending it to many in the area. The notice also touts Chamberlain's Liniment for lame shoulder caused by muscle rheumatism, urging rest and few applications.
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