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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
4
Community members gathered for a social event described in local notices. The gathering drew residents from nearby neighborhoods and featured informal conversations, shared refreshments, and neighborhood updates among attendees.
Edmand Mair and N Brand visited Otley and Oskaloosa areas, with residents constructing homes near the college and park. The week notes progress on several properties including C De Geus near the College and Mrs Gerritse’s house, while other locals travel to Knoxville, Pagosa Springs, and Sac City on various errands and engagements.
The county clerk issued marriage licenses to John L. Willis and Ora V. Wendel Charles L. McCoy and Clara Belle Brooks.
A sympathetic strike by over 700 packers workers in Chicago worsens the crisis as Chief O Neill and 753 officers try to keep order in the stockyards. Packers hire non union men under police guard. Mayor Harrison offers readiness to act. The nation faces growing labor unrest and urgent calls for a peaceful settlement.
An advertisement for Gem City Business College Quincy Illinois touts a free 64 page illustrated catalogue. It features school room views student portraits testimonials penmanship samples graduating class attendance list and tuition costs and room board information aimed at youths preparing for a good position.
In Kansas City on July 26 1904 the stock market discussess the labor strike by meat cutters and the unity of unions and packers. The piece notes potential gains for unions and urges shippers to organize for leverage. It surveys prices for stockers feeders and cattle with figures from 300 to 400 per hundred and details recent car sales and expected market trends. It ends with a promise of reliable inquiry response from Rice Brothers Live Stock Commission Merchants.
The August issue of Cosmopolitan is praised as the most diversified and best illustrated low-priced magazine of the month. It features Lake's submarine Protector, mountain railways in Railroads above the Clouds, Wall Street speculation methods by Henry Clews, and a highly regarded Twentieth Century Home section with strong typography and art.
Iowa requires all automobiles to be registered by the secretary of state in Des Moines. A numbered aluminum plate is mailed to the applicant and must be attached to the car and on the back of the go devil in large figures with Iowa beside it. The law grants limited speeds in different areas, requires stopping on horse drawn signal, and notes other requirements like night lights. The tone implies the law is not severe.
The annual gathering of the Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will be held in Cincinnati Ohio from July 18 to 23. The Chicago Great Western railway offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 225 to Cincinnati for travel July 15 to 17 with return by July 23. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill.
A Chicago packing house blaze at Swift and Co lard refinery D started as incendiary with $100,000 loss. The building and contents valued at $400,000 soon controlled by firemen under Louis F. Swift. Later findings show the cause was an overheated dynamo.
In a Worcester Post tale, Mrs. Mouse Moes and six little mice cry over cold tails. The girl’s dream helps, via a dream mouse, to provide six white muffs from a velvet coat. The next day the muffed mice follow their mother to Sunday school, tails warm and grinning in sleep.
A vintage ad touts Dr King s new life pills as transforming weakness into strength and lethargy into energy. The copy claims they boost mental power and health for only a penny or so per box, sold by H M Langerak, druggist.
F A Golledge of Verbena Alabama writes that years of fate pursued him with a terrible pile condition forming 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica salve cured him and he praises its effectiveness for burns aches and pains. Available at H M Langraks drug store for 7 25.
To avoid clashing with the State Fair and per business leaders petition, Monroe Old Settlers Day is moved to Thursday September 1. The week between the State and county fairs will be open and aimed at boosting attendance.
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