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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
8
A collection of light anecdotes and regional humor. It recalls a boy in England who underperformed against a girl and a parade scene with Uncle Rastus and Aunt Chloe. Also features a train robber, a clergyman, and a Canadian lumber camp joke about mixing up names and a doctor’s insomnia remedy.
Tito, a Crusader, brings home seeds from the Holy Land and plants a rosebush in Rome. The Da mask roses bloom red as satin, named after Damascus and the road of roses. A second ad touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine with testimonials and a one hundred dollar reward for failure to cure.
Notice that Harm Lefers deceased has a last will on file in the Clerk of District Court office in Marion County. The will is set for hearing in May 1919 on May 24 at Knoxville with all interested parties entitled to be heard. Dated May 12, 1919. Harold Clements Clerk of District Court, by L R Clements Deputy.
In a country town circus, a young child entered the elephant parade road. The herd leader gently lifted the toddler with his trunk and swung him to safety, leaving the child unharmed after a remarkable trunk swing.
An advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as kidney and back pain relief. Endorsements claim relief from lameness and headaches with renewed validation years later. Price 60c at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. address in Buffalo. Includes a joke blurb about mule trade in Arkansas.
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