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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
3
A new drug store clerk refuses to fill a prescription for a local resident, saying he can fill it for strangers but not for locals. The note appears in Success Magazine and invites readers to submit requests for job printing.
A speaker argues against a curfew, claiming parents know when children should return home and that keeping the house clean is easier if kids stay out. He asserts personal freedom and questions government or communal control.
A collage of quotes and notes on prohibition hardships, political rifts, and public sales. It cites a divorce after alcohol troubles, a widowhood in old age, and fear of social reintegration, alongside jests about Cannon, insurgents, and a “Dollar Friday” sale in Jacksonville.
A reader recalls a letter from Pella's Weekblad about mothers and daughters. She notes mothers often fail to supervise as daughters aged fifteen moonlight strolls with young men, while neighbors witness troubling scenes. The piece emphasizes parental dialogue and vigilance.
A seven year ago story from the American Magazine recounts a man who lost his civil service job and a lodge placement due to drinking. He describes trying reform while separated from his wife and child and drifting to remote backwoods areas of Florida to guard his sobriety.
Dr. George Webster, president of the Illinois State Board of Health, denounces liquor as a greater menace than tuberculosis. He cites more than 2 billion dollars in direct loss and claims liquor causes at least ten percent of U S deaths, lowers immunity, harms vitality, and raises mortality across diseases and surgeries.
Parched town residents face continued thirst through a court decision by Judge Nichola upholding a temporary closure of saloons. Dry status hinges on securing a petition signed by 80 percent of voters. Local temperance groups and the Anti-saloon League of Des Moines led the effort, with the prospect of Pella becoming permanently dry.
A newborn boy arrived at the Richard home last Friday and another at the G B Johnson home Saturday. Ray Shilling and Raymond Hart visited relatives Sunday. A fire destroyed Ira Van Waardhuizen tenement with little insurance on Baltimoor belongings. Etherington moved from Howell to Cordova to work for Sam Emerson.
Silver Grove on one For, tke WEGn, T. H. Klein and wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Klein near Otley last week. Albert Dykstra visited with Jake Slot Thursday afternoon. G. T. H. Klein spent Tuesday with his daughter Mrs. Ned De Reus. It was Miss Gertie Van Pearsem birthday anniversary last week. Friends sent ninety one postal cards. Gradys and Gerrit Dykstra were business callers in Pella last Thursday. Henry De Kock from Pella called at the A. Dykstra home last Tuesday. Mrs. A. Wittenburg was guest of Mrs. Jake Slot last Tuesday afternoon.
Sam Smith and several Misses Thompson called in Oskaloosa on Monday. Mrs Richard Thompson visited son Connie in Harvey. Edward Matthews and crew from Oskaloosa started cement culvert work, boarding at John Moodys. Local club and visiting musical from Leighton highlighted a busy week with many neighbors attending and hosting. A new baby, described with humor as an anarchist, prompted chatter at Moody home.
A compact literary snippet quotes Countess Vera de Talleyrand noting that when a woman loves she pardons crime but when love ends she does not forgive even virtue. The line reflects a late 19th to early 20th century outlook on gender and morality.
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