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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1918

Page

8

County Board Proceedings April May 1918

The county board met April 10 1918 with all members present approving minutes. Claims were allowed for drainage work and expenses. Wages fixed for county road and bridge labor and bids invited for grading on Attica road. April 23 bids awarded for Lake bridge removal to James P. Biddle. May 6-7 continued with bids for Station D Attica road and numerous payrolls and purchases approved. Proceeds of the county road fund directed to Knoxville for paving Pleasant Street.

W. C. Price S. B. Hudson Des Moines N. D. Shinn W. H. Allen A. Kool Frank Crawford Attica Road Lake Bridge James P. Biddle Creighton Nebr Station D Highway Commission Frank Richardson Ewell Iowa Allen Hedrick James I. Chamber H. Y. Ames Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co Knoxville City of O. W. Lancaster F. C. Quick J. W. Robinson D. W. Ward Joe de Hoog W. E. Brent T. C. Anderson Dragging Road Avery, Cleland & Company Raymond Agan Maine Bridges Educational Supplies Co Harold Clements W. J. Casey C. van Domeelaar Charles Elliott Floyd Fortner C. F. Harrington H. H. LeGrand J. Klein W. T. Ridlen E. Cronkhite Seth Dean Polk Warren Marion Counties Alt E. Dille J.D. Adams & Co Boone Blank Book Co J. P. Amos Pauls Lumber Co Hamilton Board of Review BE. F. Duffy Dickerson & Savage J.R. Dyer Eva Elliott G. G. Galvin Chase Keller Golie Maddy E. C. Pringle Iile Harry Neely Nellie Matheny J. E. Kelly Raymond M. Jones Andrew Hoch J. J. Riggs Jacob Smith H. B. Smith Smith & Sons, Manufacturing Co W. A. Richerd J. C. Rinehart

Romanoffs Housed Plainly in Tobolsk Exile

In Tobolsk the former imperial Romanoffs live in a stark two story brick house stripped of comforts. Nicholas and Alexandra Romanoff endure a frugal, guarded life with limited outings and minimal contact, while guards and officials monitor all movements and mail.

Paris Romanoffs Tobolsk Romanoff Exezar Nicholas Romanoff Cathedral of the Annunciation Count Frederiks General Voyekov Voyekov Crimea Republc Alexandra Countess Narischkine

Repartee and Proposals in a Quiet Household

A humorous dialogue from Boys’ Life features a doctor urging a widow to remarry, a houseful of car pets and rugs, a boy’s misdirected answer about a birth or marriage in the paper, and an agent testing a boy at the gate with a mistaken assumption about his mother’s presence. The scene blends wit and domestic banter in a light, period voice.

Mouth Decorations Across Cultures

The piece notes how beauty standards differ by country. In Japan gold teeth are admired among professionals, in India red-stained teeth are favored, while in parts of Sumatra some women remove front teeth entirely and suppress them if they reappear.

Japan India Sumatra

Waterproofing Concrete with Zinc Sulphate Solution

To stop leakage through concrete such as tunnel walls, clean the walls thoroughly and apply a solution of eight and three quarter pounds of zinc sulphate dissolved in a gallon of water. The zinc sulphate reacts with lime in the cement forming insoluble calcium sulphate and lime hydroxide, filling the pores in the concrete.

Some Heat Regulates Climate Across Britain and Ireland

The gulf stream is described as delivering immense warmth, potentially moving a river of metal the size of the Mississippi and lifting air temperatures over Britain and France from winter to summer. Fogs in England are attributed largely to it, and western Ireland experiences milder coastal temperatures than the east by about two degrees.

Gulf Stream Mississippi British Isles France England Ireland

Sour Stomach Advice From F D Stubenrauch

A brief note explains sour stomach as a mild indigestion from fast or excessive eating or unsuitable foods. It recommends slow eating, thorough mastication, light meals, especially no meat at supper, and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion.

Chamberlain F. D. Stubenrauch

Musical Sense of Horses Shows Sharp Acuity

The musical acuteness of horses is shown by the rapidity with which cave alry horses learn the significance of trumpet calls.

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D. G. Gosselink the County Board A. M. Davis H. F. DeWitt Eugene Dietzgen W. O. Price Emery Morkert Voor Metropolitan Supply Co Knoxville Township Hemmond & Stephens Co Hamilton & Hamilton Tooland Sterling Wilson Concrete Co Thomas & Son Standard Oil Co Town Trading Co On Motion Board Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio Sone Selz Shoes Pop Son Tom Wolf Wolf Chemical CO Quincy Wander Linden Marion County Oskaloosa NEW Lacey Cafe H. Seebers VIA Rock Fale Pella Safety and Service First C. F. Dykstra DR. C. I. Fox Main and Liberty Sts A. J. Visser Veterinary College Don Burger's Sale P. A. Edmund Wagner's Clothing W. F. Crew North Side Square T. G. Fultz Main Street Vander Ploeg & DE Reus Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank Pell Lowe Vander Zyl Bros qQnarn F. F. Carpenter Citizens’ Nat'l Bank Georgia Chalfont Fowler Telephone Building Res
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