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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
1
Local listings show Evirok and a business manager position based in Pella Marion County Iowa. The brief item notes appointment or hiring activity impacting local commerce and administration. Entities include Evirok, Marion County, and the city of Pella with minimal additional context.
A concise reflection on how fierce competition fuels trade activity. Markets observe intensified rivalry among firms, pushing innovation, pricing strategies, and consumer choices. Analysts note competitive pressure elevates efficiency and market vitality, shaping economic outcomes.
The Atchison Globe notes that low success rates stem from limited efforts, arguing persistence is key to achieving goals and urging readers to persevere despite challenges.
Harvest workers are scarce yet there is an abundance of idle men. The city focuses on building a market and sustaining the trade as its core business.
Auditor Carroll reports total livestock value near one million dollars in Iowa. The count lists 1,123,419 horses and 43,170 mules, totaling a substantial equine and mule population.
Iowa funds a new women’s infirmary at the Mt Pleasant hospital for the insane. The project, budgeted at about 80,000 dollars, is described as the finest structure the state has yet erected.
The saying contrasts four mindsets toward chances: some miss chances until after, some await and greet them on arrival, and some actively pursue opportunities and seize them as they arrive.
The remark praises all presidential candidates as true Americans with unblemished characters and expresses belief that the campaign will pass without depression, offering hope for future prosperity.
The Congregational church at Eldon has been without a pastor for a year due to minister scarcity. The church will pay $65 per month and offers a fine parsonage and other inducements to a young minister who can rebuild the congregation. Oskaloosa Herald.
Des Moines reports show prisoners were fed last month at an average cost of 6 cents per meal. Tramps seek meals and receive more generous handouts from sympathetic housewives, beating the jail meals by a two to one or three to one ratio.
A Texas Confederate veteran refused to fire on the Stars and Stripes during a mock battle, declaring We stopped doing that in 65. He argued such unpatriotic acts harm national harmony and should be avoided even in jest.
The Keosauqua Republican urges unwavering party unity this year, calling for straight Republicanism and the embrace of a single Republican name. It argues Republicans should discard unnecessary terms, stand firm, be progressive, and recognize only the one name Republican in the context of Taft’s election prospects.
A girl wins the United States spelling championship. Joe Gans is hailed as the world lightweight boxing champion. Booker T. Washington is praised as a leading uplift figure. A one-armed man who recently swam Niagara Falls is described as white, highlighting a controversial racial note.
Rev. Miles seconds Rev. Walburn's motion to attend services in shirt sleeves with new shirts and simpler attire. He argues to break tradition and prejudice and invite comfort for men and women to leave hats gloves and heavy garments at home, promising the cloth will suffice.
The District of Columbia examined 1 700 children under the new labor law. It found 75 boys rejected and only two girls. A death rate comparison shows females of all ages live longer than males.
In a Cin Cincinnati address, President Ilill of Lebanon University argued that fifty two years of free intermingling of the sexes produced 10,000 matches. He concluded that coarse behavior can be curbed only by mutual influence, asserting that five women will humanize at least a hundred men.
The Hull-Prouty contest exposes flaws in the Australian ballot, where a mark in a square may be treated as a valid vote, undermining individual balloting. It hints that both Mr. Prouty and Mr. Hull intend to mobilize friends to vote for them, raising questions about the primary law.
A group of Vassar College girls spend vacation acting as probation officers for the city of Porghkeepsie. They examine why boys miss school and whether bad behavior causes truancy or results from it, arguing for more college courses on the topic to reduce future truants.
Pawn brokers and money sharks face pressure as hogs corn and politics stir concern on the eve of a presidential election. The piece argues the nation is greater than any man or party and that people can trust themselves to avoid dangerous actions against government while business remains steady.
An inventor has unveiled an electrically heated bath robe woven with numerous fine wires that warm when plugged into a light socket. A pocket switch controls the heating, offering portable warmth for lounging and cooling devices.
A critic condemns an idea for an electric apparatus with a time lock to force a husband to work and support his family. The proposal would burden taxpayers with a chrome for winter coal costs, leaving the county to provide aid for unable households.
The Herald reports twins born to Edman Stafford and wife at 1547 Washington Street Des Moines may alter the family order based on November election results. The two boys named Bryan and Taft become the thirteenth child depending on which candidate loses the presidential race.
A call to readers to scrutinize city officials, participate in elections, and engage in civic service. The piece then endorses a broad public health campaign by the Board of Control to combat tuberculosis through education, precautions, and community action, stressing lessons about transmission, responsible behavior, and cooperation with local governments. It notes that knowledge empowers suppression of the disease and invites correspondence for cooperation with towns and cities.
A county citizen reflects on a ten year cycle where his initialed dollar circulates through locals and merchants, returning repeatedly until four years ago when he sent it to a mail order house and never saw it again. He notes the bill’s loss to school and road tax funding and to communal usefulness.
The piece argues that tuberculosis causes over 2000 deaths and more than 4 million in losses in Iowa annually. It condemns accepting this preventable disease and urges action, noting the state's intelligence yet inaction on eradicating tuberculosis.
A discussion on how marriage and motherhood alter women, citing neglect and pelvic drains as causes. Promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a health remedy for weak and sick women, touting its all natural roots and safety. Offers free medical consultation via letters to Dr. Pierce at Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York.
Wanted immediately from owner a medium size farm or small business for sale in a prosperous locality. Please provide price, description, and reason for selling plus possession date. No agents. Reply to Lock Drawer 984 Rochester NY.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Cascasweet as a quieting remedy for babies and children, noting it works quickly, lists ingredients on the bottle, and states it contains no opiates. Sold by Langerak's Drug Store.
The German physician Dr Bair will provide one month of treatment with instructions or examine and give an accurate diagnosis and consultation free of charge in any case of paralysis catarrh or consumption rheumatism cancer fistula piles tumors gall stones gravel liver or blood disease. Pay what you can when satisfied. Write your case fully at once to secure early attention addressed to 1122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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