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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
2
A grateful patient praises Dr Weber for curing optic nerve disease after six months of progressive blindness. The writer, a pharmacist, details failing sight, the diagnosis, and successful treatment restoring vision, urging others with eye troubles to seek his care.
Durham news notes announce H D Wormhoudt selling shoes cheaply. The column covers local travels to Lincoln for a wedding, relatives visiting in Ottumwa and Pella, road work by W M Roberts, family visits by the Whaleys from Burlington, and a lively Saturday night with Edison records, rain reviving crops, and fires from lightning near Henry, Handy Parsons, and other properties.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Jackson last Friday July 24 in Peoria Win. De Bruyn of Missouri visited over Sunday with his brother John De Bruyn Mr Johnson of Leighton was in town Monday and bought cattle from G Vander Hart Clarence Warren injured his foot by a nail last week The two daughters of Join Smith of Newton visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Rile Smith for a few days The young son of Al Hofland age six fell
Otley updates report visits, new houses under construction, and school board choices. Dirk Van der Ploeg and Albert Van der Ploeg are noted, with Miss Katherine Reitveld elected teacher and Rev M A Clark visiting from Pella. The column also reflects on local religious leaders and community remarks.
The Daily Inter Ocean offers subscribers six months for $2.50 and the Pella Chronicle one year for $2.50 as a presidential campaign reading bundle. If paid ahead, both renewals extend at the same rate. The offer expires August 20, 1908.
Grain dealers nationwide back the National Corn Exposition to be held in Omaha from December 10 to 19. They stress the chain from farm to consumer and note Chicago Board of Trade grades show urgent need for grain improvement to yield better flour and foods. The dealers, millers, and wholesalers see the expo as broadening education and urging higher standards across all related industries.
Plans for grain dealer day include excursions from all parts of the country and extensive entertainment. The elaborate arrangements promise thousands of leading grain men will attend, highlighting the event as a major industry gathering.
The Extension Department will add a horticulture department led by G. R. Bliss, a 1908 horticulture graduate. The program starts in August, focusing on general instruction through local institutes and short courses, teaching fruit culture, forestry, post treatment with creosote, and farm beautification. Bliss, an accomplished speaker and former college leader, will guide the expanded effort.
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