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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
13
R M Floyd a Shelbyg le Indiana druggist cleans pennies he handles daily to curb illness. He notes pennies pass through many hands and often mouths, carrying germs. Floyd uses Spanish whiting to scour and cleanse coins, calling it the cheapest method.
Chinese officials victims and neighbors place a coffin in the road near the summer palace to protest a fatal speeding accident. A prominent official’s car killed a child, the driver paid a small fine, and traffic halted on the main road as officials watch over the coffin.
Sadie Topper, five, nearly suffocated when playmates hid her in a trunk on a second floor to spare her a whipping. Mrs Diehl Mildred Diehl and Beatrice Bookmyer were present as peaches were taken. Future discovery left the child unconscious after about three hours.
Eleven year old Christy Stigmaier left Klamath Falls Oregon for New York City where his father waits. He travels solo carrying a note with his identity and destination and asks train officials to help him reach his father safely. The boy came here with his mother to Langell Valley to visit his grandfather postmaster Jorge Malone. the mother has died, and he must return alone.
Mrs. Temple's Telegram a Federated Club play at the high school auditorium March 29. Various residents attend visits and trips to Des Moines Monroe Knoxville Perry City Camp Dodge Fairmount and Otley. Thirteen year old Henry De Borst to start farm work for $20 monthly. Show a good time March 29 by attending the Federated Club play.
To Whom it May Concern take notice that certain Tornado insurance policies executed in blank by the Standard Fire Insurance Company of Hartford Conn numbers C 65651 to C 5700 inclusive have been lost or misplaced. These policies are not negotiable and the company is not obligated thereunder and any person who receives purchases or holds said policies does so at his own risk as no one is authorized to issue negotiate or deliver said contract of insurance for or on behalf of the Standard Fire Insurance Co.
A Dallas News quip argues a good husband must notice small household changes such as curtains moved from the sitting room to the dining room, framing the test of domestic attentiveness as a measure of character.
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