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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
1
The piece riffs on a sensational editorial claim about Pel la and local students, then shifts to political heat toward Gov. Cummins with a taunting note about invading counties. It ends noting a reader response about treatment in his own county.
Two men were tried for stealing four pairs of pants from a local clothier in Newton. After a court case and roughly twelve hundred dollars in costs, the jury returned a guilty verdict. The piece notes the steep price of the apparel and cites a Greenfield Democrat remark on Iowa legislature action.
John D. Rockefeller and W. R. Hearst faced criticism in some quarters but after Hearst funded aid to San Francisco fire victims and Rockefeller donated one hundred thousand dollars to the relief fund, opposition voices dwindled and few complaints appeared.
The Colfax Clipper notes a Jasper county farm near Newton township produced a baby girl, two calves, and thirteen piglets in a single day. A Pella hen hatched eighteen chicks from eighteen eggs and still had an egg ready for another batch.
Editor of the New Sharon Star mocks Democratic praise for Cummins in Iowa politics. The Knoxville Journal notes Marion county split opinions between Perkins and Cummins, with Postmaster Mentzer and Senator Warren signaling support for their favored candidate. The piece questions funding sources behind Perkins' campaign.
The article discusses a proposed electric line between Albia and Al toona parallel to the Rock Island. It notes local support from Paras and warns against bribery by promoters, citing a past Rock Island scandal involving Pella officials and Howell station as a debunked rumor.
The article lists elected state officers including governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor of state and more with two candidates for supreme court clerk and railroad commissioner. It notes the republican state convention in Des Moines on August 1 1906 at 10 30 am and that the democratic convention date is not yet set.
A Kansas woman was kicked by a mule and bit off the end of her tongue in the incident. Her husband refused a thousand dollars offered for the mule as compensation.
A prominent Pleasantville Republican criticized the town for lacking a Republican paper saying it is a pity that Knoxville, a fine town, cannot have such a paper. The quote reflects local political journalism tensions and media representation.
A bulletin outlines preliminary road census results and soil area relations to construction and maintenance. It includes illustrations of culverts and drag use, notes Cedar county’s success with a split log drag, and invites observers to submit field notes. A forthcoming bulletin will tally drag numbers, soil efficiency, and practical guidance.
High Pressure Hot Air Interurbans W. Brown, formerly a Q telegraph operator, draws 75000 yearly as first vice president of New York Central. J. W. Johnson, once a Knoxville small newspaper owner, now works on building Interurban roads across the western country on paper. Railroading holds vast potential.
Advertising costs are high this week and would-be clerks and delivery wagons cost too much if used intermittently. The message urges constant operation, insisting the advertising wheel must turn daily and suggesting a six month sustained effort to prove its value.
A Mason City Times-Herald half-column editorial backs Hon. Lorenzo Dew Teter for Speaker of the next house. The piece notes a Marion county Democrat will be represented, arguing L. D. cannot expect to be speaker under those dynamics.
The 1904 estimate of hauling by Iowa farmers shows over 32 million ton miles on country roads. This figure reflects vast agricultural transport by farm teams and carts, illustrating the scale of rural commerce and the burden on county road systems.
The Times of India reports William J. Bryan addressed 3,000 people in Bombay on March 28, delivering The Price of Peace. The cosmopolitan gathering, diverse in creed, stayed attentive for an hour, and observers praised his heartfelt, impressive oratorical style.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the supreme curative power. It promotes tea or tablets at five cents and credits F. D. Stubenrauch as the seller, claiming it addresses weakness of the stomach back or any organ.
Eminent Boston physicians testified at a Massachusetts Public Health Committee hearing against rochelle salts in baking powders and urged a law to prohibit sales of creams of tartar blends that leave this drug in food. They praised Calumet Baking Powder for purity and absence of rochelle salts.
A corrupted OCR snippet attributes health claims to a liver cleansing concept. The fragment hints at a slow liver affecting overall wellbeing and mentions cleansing, but lacks coherent details or sources. The visible text is incomplete and does not name people or organizations.
An advertisement argues deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case, with circulars available and Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
Real estate notes advertise 130 acre tract near Mahaska county with 83000 improvements in five years and level 801 land with tile at 1300000. Another 80 acre tract near Oskaloosa with barn and house priced at 85 per acre. Also a help wanted ad seeking an industrious young man for Dakota land business in Bondurant. Written by O Caves New Sharon and Olinger Bros Maxwell.
Barbers of Pella Iowa announce daily closing at eight p m except Saturdays with a set price schedule including neck shave hair cutting shaving shampooing sea foam shaving beard trimming and neck shave. The code takes effect May 14 1906 signed by Frank De Reus A P De Reus J Sterrenberg John Hollebrands.
A morning rider hears a passerby singing I m the child of a King then finds the singer, an Irishman with a pipe and a pick, near a hillside tent in worn surroundings.
A wandering Irishman digs with a horse nearby while a skeptic taunts him about religion. The Irishman replies with verses about Jesus and a heavenly home, finally silencing the doubter as he rides off hearing the chorus proclaiming the singer a child of a King.
An advertising notice proclaims Dr. King’s New Life Pills reduce deaths from appendicitis in ratio to their growing use. It claims these pills save from danger, relieve constipation, and restore strength and vigor. Guaranteed by Henry M. Langerak Druggist for 25 cents. Try them.
140 acre farm for sale twelve miles from Pella fenced and cross fenced with first class buildings and 15 acres in pasture. Land lies well and can be cultivated in good neighborhood near church rural mail route and telephone. Bargain at 875 per acre. Also DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for burns, sunburns, cuts, bruises and piles. Sold by H. M. Langerak in Pella. DeWitt & Co. Chicago named on box.
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