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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
3
A Pittsburgh Press note contrasts British and American terms for natural features and weather. It lists examples like creek versus run, swamp versus bog, millennia terms, and storm names, highlighting distinct regional usage and naming preferences.
Ten axioms from the U S department of agriculture on road improvement emphasize sharing benefits and burdens, proportional investment to traffic, cash taxes over labor, continued upkeep, and using state agencies and specialists for efficient road construction and maintenance beyond convict labor.
Five cent jitney buses spread from Southern California to the nation, challenging streetcar interests. San Diego failed to bar jitneys, Judge Sloan ruling no franchise needed without a highway appropriation. Cities may regulate routes, passenger limits, and safety. absence of law denying use as common carriage leaves injunction unlikely.
The piece recaps Lord March’s wary return to a duel with an Irish opponent and a coffin bearing the death inscription, ending with Cecil Rhodes quipping that cold mutton fueled his rise to riches rather than noble sentiment.
Brief humor item quoting a Chicago News line about married life. A man notes his wife’s quarrels mirror mother’s past rows, reflecting a lighthearted domestic joke from a period publication.
H W Slauson argues that rural road improvements threaten to overlook local street conditions in towns. He notes that advocates push coastal highway projects while town streets suffer, urging attention to municipal repairs alongside rural improvements.
A correspondent disputes a Scientific American gyroscopic method used in Strassburg for watering city trees. He favors simple holes bored near the tree, filled with horse manure and night soil to absorb water, maintaining moisture around roots and aiding growth during dry spells and rainy seasons.
Social workers in Missouri propose a bill to establish in every county a public welfare board administering all county social service activities. The boards would replace the advisory boards of county visitors, following Kansas City and St Joseph examples.
Toledo Ohio ad copy proclaims sale of used organs and pianos by Groet and Co. Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co. swears to an Ohio oath promising one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason acknowledges this December 6, 1886. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as blood and mucous system remedy with testimonials available. Pills for constipation also sold.
Rail notice lists southbound No 3 and Nos 60 61 2 with arrival at 9 25 am and 7 36 pm respectively. Trains run daily including Sundays, stops by signal for passenger pickup only. Howell Station lies four miles south of Pella.
A short ad notes Smoke George the Fifth Cigars and invites customers to bring egg tickets. It promises two cents per dozen more in trade from H. D. Wormhoudt. The wording has the feel of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper trade note.
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