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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
4
An advertisement proclaims Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills relieve various pains from neuralgic to rheumatic. Henry Courlen of Boonton NJ lauds their effectiveness for rheumatic pains headaches and side and back pains. Money-back guarantee offered if the first package fails to benefit.
FIFIELD Birdie Carpenter is on the sick list. Rev. C. De Haas visited the P. Van Den Berg home. Misses Kate and Anna Verwers spent Sunday with the Carpenters. Neal Robus was an Otley caller Sunday afternoon. Mrs. T. Robus and daughter visited Mrs. H. P. Lowe of Ankeny. Lena Carpenter and Verwers took a trip to Pella. Agness Benzema stayed with her sister Mrs. B. Kline. Morse Van Hamert and Maggie visited their sister Mrs. Neal Kleinendorat of Otley. Albert Verwers and Bentema family were at the parental Bentema home. John Waard fuizens noted along the road each Sunday evening.
Cordova residents noted visitors and callers with names including W A Richards Sam Emerson Blanch De Hey and J T Rikert along with Hart Hetherington and Shielings households. Social calls extended to Howell Des Moines Missouri and Cordova friends as part of a local weekend roundup.
Local social and visiting items from Silver Grove Otley and Prairie City include families at Van Ginkel and Van Houweling homes, calls in Oskaloosa and Pella, and a sick list. Mentions of Mahaska day attendance and several calls show community ties and civic activity. A quoted London Mirror piece compares American and English husbands with observations from Mrs Elizabeth York Miller.
Henry Welle visited Ottumwa last week while Ayhmore went to Ladora on Thursday and Saturday. Mothers day at Mission Hall featured white flowers and music by attendees. Rev Ayhnore delivered an address as a large crowd gathered. Nina Talbot stayed a few days in Pella and Garrett Wingerhof with family visited there on Monday. Mrs Minnie Quinn is ill with bowel trouble. Local residents visited Pella and Lynnville, and a Sully team loss to Lynnville 8 to 7 was widely discussed among the crowd. Pearl Howell from Grinnell stayed with her sister O Carpenter for a spell. O Holdsworth and B Maines business trip to Lynnville last Saturday.
A fragmented OCR item notes Mrs Pearl Greely and Johnson as business callers in Oskaloosa on Monday, with references to Barnes and his wife also connected to the scene. The text is incomplete but places multiple named individuals in Oskaloosa with brief social or business context.
In Europe and America debates rise over whether Englishmen are superior lovers. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton says she would marry an Englishman for interest though she remains unattached. Two English‑tied authors echo the view, noting English women seldom marry Americans and critiquing American male behavior.
In a District building tearoom a tale of a female reformer unfolds as she reports seeing a young girl dressed down at a side saloon door. Police investigate, discovering the entrance led to the saloon keeper’s house, shared by his daughter aged about twenty five.
The piece argues that a man should dress to fit his social circle and calling, as others assess him by outward attire. It notes that people infer a person’s inner worth from clothes, comparing opinions to judging a pasture by its mantle, and emphasizes the value of decent fashion appropriate to one’s status.
A police station attaches humor amid a report of a joke told to a reporter. The officer described the brief episode as a light moment during a routine day at the station.
The passage contrasts simplicity of style with artificial writing. It argues that simple writing reveals a writer’s sentiments and character, whereas elaborate style hides personal traits like a noble at court. Reading simply is like conversing with a distinguished person at home, revealing natural manners.
A quip records Sir Walter Raleigh leaving a cleaner with a muddy cloak. He muses that a passerby noticed her arctics, prompting him to joke that the mishap inspired him to take up smoking as solace according to a judge’s remark.
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