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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
7
Local items note Star brand butter at fair prices from Pella Creamery, along with social visits and regional insights. Reports cover residents visiting relatives, editor E C Varencamp's diphtheria recovery, mayoral speculation, Green’s Indian baseball tours, and upcoming game plans for a Japanese team on August 22.
The college music department presented the operetta Pauline at the opera house last Thursday under Miss Haas. About forty voices performed chorus parts with solos by Carrie Cox Beulah Drinkie Bessie Mauch Ethel Le Laura Kramer Miriam Haas and others. A Maypole drill featured sixteen girls and one man as noted. Des Moines pianist Emil Enna gave two solos.
Henry Ver Houl, represented by his attorneys, has received notification that his application for a new cultivator shield has been granted patent status. The announcement confirms official approval of the agricultural device.
The article describes a device with an old plate shield retained alongside a new shield made from several iron rods spaced a few inches apart. The bottom edge rods are adjustable to create openings of any size, preventing clods of earth from landing on plants while allowing loose dirt to pass and pack around the plants.
An advertisement promises a superior lawn mower grinder for maintaining lawns in top condition. It claims the machine will cut better than when new and invites interested buyers to visit for service or purchase.
A Pella Chronicle item discusses hardware advertising reciprocity, a student college picnic near Howells station with a minor injury to Anna Tospers, a May 25 1906 Mother Goose carnival at the public school, Alfred Leland's Dix Illinois visit and job, and a high school college production of Sweetbriar for library funding.
County Attorney Willard H. Ly of Knoxville visited last week and recounted caring for Charles Jeffers who attempted suicide with a razor. The youth, about six feet tall and over 200 pounds, became violently insane, making the medical task dangerous. The report also notes a Marion county weather bulletin and local social events including a fundraiser play for a new library, school happenings, marriages, and town visits.
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