Marion County Candidates Announcements in Pella Chronicle
Local notices publish candidate declarations for Marion County district races in the June 1908 primaries. Names include E. B. Buckman for Representative, C. M. Forrest for Senator, R. C. Converse for Board of Supervisors, E. C. Hon for County Auditor, and J. A. Bayless for another supervisory term. The text critiques Cheshire and notes prohibition advocates plan seven speakers this summer and fall.
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Pella Chronicle
Marion County
E. B. Buckman
Knoxville
the Chronicle
Board of Supervisors
R. C. Converse
Ed. Chronicle
C. E. Hon
Chronicle
Jacon Bayless
Harvey
Iowa
Paper church planned for Paris for 1000 worshippers
The plan proposes a fully paper built church in Paris sealed with lime and milk to be impermeable, housing 1000 people. In Rome House of Representatives votes 167 to 46 to oppose restoring the canteen at the National Soldiers' Home after two hours of debate. A stray remark references girls and a remembered school year.
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Paris
House of Representatives
Democrats plan convention trip and political stumping in Iowa
The Democratic National Convention will meet in Ottumwa and depart July 5 in a special Pullman car. Town HQ will be at Brown's Palace hotel with rooms engaged. Judge Orlando Burrell plans a stump for Congress on a white mule, while remarks on politics and war stir local interest as primaries approach. The Mt. Pleasant News labels Morehouse of Wayne township as the mean man for deserting his wife and home five years ago and now with small pox. Corot and Turner art sales are debated amid prices. The Atlantic battleship fleet is set to reach Hampton Roads on February 22 after a 16 218 mile voyage from San Francisco to the Philippines. Insurance tests show mice avoid matches, but rats ignite all kinds. safety matches survive.
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Ottumwa
Brown’s Palace Hotel
Orlando Burrell
Congress
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
Morehouse
Wayne Township
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Philippines
China
Japan
Manila
West Carmen must eat to live and money will flow
The speaker notes the Central West faces stringency less than the Hast yet warns of broader impact. Agriculture in Iowa remains resilient with cattle value steady and hog prices only slightly down. Demand for essential goods persists as people buy what they must and continue spending for necessities.
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Central West
West
United States
Iowa
Towa
Campaigns for education and fly control in modern times
The piece urges universal education and stronger school laws, noting the Senate's bill banning child labor during school hours in DC. It argues ignorance harms youths and society, urging county support for schooling. It also details a nationwide campaign against the house fly, stressing its role in spreading typhoid and the need for sanitation and screening to prevent disease.
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United States Senate
District of Columbia
Making a Burden of Life Life Is a Heavy Burden
A reflective column discusses how life can weigh on certain individuals highlighting personal struggle, resilience, and social pressures faced by everyday people in a changing world. The piece considers emotional weight, coping, and community support.
Pessimistic sermon sparks grim view of holiday fuss
The Ottumwa Courier notes Rev Frederick E Hopkins in Chicago criticized seasonal observances as empty rituals. He lampoons Christmas New Year Easter Fourth of July and Thanksgiving habits as mere show and money burning, urging genuine faith over compulsive celebrations. The piece frames his stance as unusually grumpy.
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Ottumwa Courier
Chicago
Frederick E. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
The Kleptomaniacs one act at Auditorium May First
The Philathea class presents The Kleptomaniacs a comedy in one act at the Auditorium Friday evening May 1. Cast includes Mrs John Burton Peggy Myrrel Wood Johnson Mrs Valerie Chase Armsby a young widow Nina Sadler Mrs Charles Dover Mable Muriel Leland Mrs Preston Ashley Bertha Leona Reavers Miss Freda Dixon Mary D Hollis Evelyn Evans Pearl Calhoun Katie and Leland Sadler. Proceeds go to their church pledge. DeWitts Little Early Risers pills sold at Langeraks Drug Store.
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John Burton
Peggy
Myrrel Wood Johnson
Valerie Chase Armsby
Nina Sadler
Charles Dover
Mable
Muriel Leland
Preston Ashley
Bertha
Leona Reavers
Freda Dixon
Mary D. Hollis
Evelyn Evans
Pearl Calhoun
Katie
Kodol Digestive Aid Promoted by Local Drug Store
An advertisement promotes Kodol as a cure for stomach trouble. It claims the product digests all classes of food and works directly on the stomach, noting it is pleasant to take and sold by Langerak's Drug Store.
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The
Shell Rock News
Langerak’s
German Physician offers free diagnosis and treatment in Des Moines
The German physician Dr. Bair promises one month of treatment with instructions or a thorough examination and accurate diagnosis free of charge for paralysis catarrh consumption rheumatism cancer piles tumors gall stones gravel liver or blood disease. Pay what you can when satisfied. Write your case fully at once to secure early attention. Address 1122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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Bair
6Th Ave
Des Moines
Iowa
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Allison
Polk County
Corot
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Geo. Gaass
Reading
Leona Reuvers
Messrs Fowler
Rhynsburger
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Shure
Hattie Cox
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Marie Lautenbach
Tunis Kempkes
DeWitt
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J. W. Hanson
Boulder Creek, Cal
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowall
Mass
H. C. Verploeg
Franklin Street
Chichester
Chicheater
Chlcnealer
Lake” Prairie
Fair Pella
C.M. van Cleave Chas, Porter
J. Oc, Mitten
van Hemert’s
M. Porter Auctioneer
Kleins Shoe Store
East Side of Square
M. Porter
Petia
Geo. J. Thomassen
Pella Poultry Association
Pella, Iowa
H. Rhynsburger
Chas Porter
T. T. Bakker
F. W. Frahm
Wormhoudt
Garden Square
C. E. Martin
Still College of Osteopathy
Boat’s and
Vanderpol's
S. G. van der Zyl
Poul Cry Pella
St Edad
John van Nieuwenhuyzen
West Side Square
Kennedys
Kennedy
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