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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
6
A busy prairie city notes visitations, births, a cattle sale, education milestones, church work, and civic projects. Highlights include a 14 pound birth, cigar industry business, an interurban line plan, a cattle sale reaching 4330 dollars, and community programs from Labor Day to county institutes brimming with local names.
Chicago Great Western Railway advertises a special sale to Chicago from June 16 to 20 offering one fare plus 25 cents round trip. Tickets valid for convention attendees, with agents and PB J. Eimer listed for information inquiries in Chicago Illinois.
The May term of the district court concluded Monday evening with a few probate matters remaining to be closed by Judge Gamble on June 7. Nuisance cases against W A and Bert Richards give defendants to July 1 to file bill of exceptions. Hunt pleaded not guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses after being arrested in Albany Missouri for a $220 bad check. Damages actions against Wabash R R Co settled for $500 with costs borne by plaintiff. Marion County road dispute awarded $480. a divorce by default. a $1500 personal injury verdict for Davis by next friend Rachel A Davis. Myrtle Snider vs Gosport school district dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.
Since our last report the clerk has granted licenses to marry. Amos S Hedge and Marie Hoogenakker. John E Loynachan and Nora E Christ. David F Kingrey and Elva J Brewer. Albert R Gluck and Laura L Harvey.
Records show transfers across Franklin Pleasantville Lake Prairie Knoxville and Pella townships including buyers like W A Gaston I F Polson and Mary B Kitzmiller with parcels ranging from 65 to 119 percent acres. Several quit claims and undivided interests noted with prices from 1000 to 3500 dollars. Also a note about Cosmpolitan reproductions on Paris Pantheon paintings.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets to Atlantic City from June 1 to June 10 at one fare plus $2 for the AMA Annual Meeting. Return allowed until June 13 with stopovers in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Apply through any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago II 413.
A Jewell City schoolboy writes a playful essay on ducks describing a duck as a heavy meat and feathered bird with a hoarse voice from frogs in the neck, liking water, carrying a balloon in the stomach, and notes about drakes having curled tails and differing from hens. The piece ends with the boy's cheeky claim he would be a drake if he were a duck.
A humor piece recalls Mr A helping himself to hash at a summer boarding-house while his wife questions why he eats hash away from home but not at home. The quip suggests trust in a stranger's hash versus domestic meals, with a wry closing attribution to J H Bournaon Vin June Lippincott.
Central College releases the June commencement program with events from June 10 to June 15. Activities include graduations for the School of Oratory and Academy, baccalaureate sermons, farewell meetings, literary society addresses, Medal contests, board debates, athletics, and the conferring of degrees with prizes and receptions. Notable speakers include Rev L A Garrison, Rev Henry Alford Porter, Judge J J Powell, and Rev EB Jones.
Notice states the partnership DeCook Iros has been dissolved by mutual consent and will continue by the undersigned. All accounts due the firm are payable to the undersigned and creditors are asked to call and settle promptly. Dated 11-14. Juo. DeCoox & Co.
The annual convention of the Travelers Protective Association of America in Springfield is noted with a June 4 to 6 sale of round trip tickets at one fare plus $2 to Springfield. For details contact Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer in Chicago. Also commentary on Times Journal reporting costs and space.
Dempseytown Pa resident D H Turner touts Dr King s New Life Pills as restoring youth after two weeks use. The entirely natural vegetable remedy is said to ease liver stomach and bowel issues without gripe. Available for 2 shillings and 6 pence at Henry M Langerak s drug store.
The Chicago Great Western will, on the first and third Tuesday in October, sell tickets to Alberta Arizona Assiniboia Canadian Northwest Colorado Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Saskatchewan Texas Utah Wyoming. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G PLA Chicago Ill.
A reflective line about ruin visiting every life, urging wise action over despair, and suggesting departure from danger by choosing a safer path. Stubenrauch.
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