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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
8
A collection of humorous exchanges and regional dialect quips. Topics range from politicians and statesmen to religious collections and social manners. Several jokes hinge on wordplay about lords landlords and mistaken identities, with a playful country tone throughout.
Fertilizer makers announce planned standard analyses to replace hundreds of varied blends. States’ soil experts helped select about twenty analyses suitable for different crops and soils. Wheat guidance varies by manure use and clover rotation, with higher potash needed on sandy soils.
An urging guide on soil health and clover farming. It explains that sweet soil, lime to correct sourness, and proper plant food are essential for clover and subsequent crops. It argues against long term manure and sod turning alone, recommending upfront fertilizer to build humus and fertility for future yields.
Opportunity declares 120 million Americans more prosperous than ever and ready to win peace. She cites wealth from Europe, strong production, and a vast merchant marine, promising work, good wages, and rising prices for farm goods as the nation hustles toward big business rewards.
Lieut Gordon Allen argues in the London Mall that affordable cottages can be graceful by using local materials and sensible planning. He notes old builders favored comfort over ornament, stresses weathering local stone or brick, and suggests lower, spreading cottages with efficient ventilation to cut costs and enhance appearance.
Instructions advise hoeing and raking soil under trees, mounding trunks, and scattering poisoned baits in mouse runways and near burrow entrances. Use sweet potato baits or poisoned grains, with careful preparation and labeling, to keep pests from gardens, sod, and orchards through systematic annual control.
The speaker warns that housing problems are not confined to great cities. Smaller towns also have unventilated, crowded lodgings that breed tuberculosis, sometimes rivaling Chicago’s worst scenes within a short elevated rail ride.
Southern California's metropolis moves toward a billboardless city as reports to the city council show 840 of 927 signs removed since the new ordinance limited advertising in residential areas. A few remain due to wording disputes, but removal is expected to finish.
Legal notice announces a last will and testament of Peter Hessing, deceased, filed with the Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa. The will will come for hearing in September term 1919 on September 30 at Knoxville. Notice dated July 11 1919 with publication dates July 17 24 31.
A Savannah Missouri letter dated October 12 1916 praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing flux and dysentery. The writer says it cured a past attack and recommends it to dozens of people. The note ends with a Shakespeare quote and dealer availability.
A Victorian style health ad highlights renewed vitality for women through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims pallor and weakness fade, skin clears, eyes brighten, and cheeks fill after use. The remedy is described as purely vegetable, alcohol free, sold by druggists in tablets or liquid, with trial packages available from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
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