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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
3
Mr and Mrs John DeGraff visited Wednesday of last week with friends in Pella. Mr and Mrs George Ramsey and Verl of Pella visited Sunday with his mother Mrs Elizabeth Ramsey. Henry Ramsey of Oxford Junction came Monday for a few days visit with his mother Mrs Elizabeth Ramsey.
Don Anderson resigns as inebriate hospital supervisor to become engineer at a state hospital in Cherokee Iowa. Leda Hall undergoes tonsil and adenoids removal in Des Moines. James Sammons, nearly blind, raises hogs with a $400 pig crop last year and expects $40 to $50 per pig. Robbery attempt in Melcher nets about $125 from restaurant owner Perry. Miles Galvin sells cattle and hogs on Chicago market for $26,416, most grain raised on his farm. Steve DeMesa, slugged and left for dead in Des Moines, lies unconscious after three weeks. his brain injury worsens care options. District court April term nears end. public salt items noted.
Miss Wilma Lawrence visits family in New Sharon while Mrs. C. A. Pos earns praise as a top state sweater knitter by finishing an extra large army sweater in eight hours. The Star mourns the loss of foreman Cheo McMains and plans to bid farewell to second man Neil Crisman as they enlist in the navy.
Gerrit Kersbergen drove to Pella last Thursday to visit Mr and Mrs Sneller. Tunis Schippers left for Deming New Mexico to see his brother Arnold at Camp Cody and visit Monroe friends. Charley Sipe begins a new modern home east of a burned house. Rose Taylor plans a five room home foundation set near Mrs Hendershot. Ground broken for George Dearths new residence, promising a lasting stay. More building activity rumored in Monroe.
Mrs T C Van Loon and children returned from a week with relatives at Pella. Grays Creek visitors Henry Van Dene and family called on T Den Hartog. George Cummings of Pella visited the Van Loon home in Pleasant township in their new Briscoe. Hattie Nixon returned from Pella visit, spent Sunday at Van Loon home. White City site in Jefferson township plowed up by Charles Hartman to be replanted in corn. Kirkville Savings Bank door forced, money and a revolver taken, telephone cable cut. no clues yet, suspected inexperience.
An old advertisement urges readers to relieve rheumatism using Chamberlain's Liniment. It claims the relief is worth the cost and is endorsed by F. D. Stubenrauch.
Annie L Taylor sued Walter Bane as administrator of Patrick Fenton s estate for nursing care during his last illness. The court ruled in favor of Bane. Auto thieves Guy and Bassett received one year and six months respectively, later paroled for good behavior.
A wartime notice explains the U S Food Administration 50 50 wheat regulations and the need to substitute for wheat flour. Grocers and housewives display pledge cards and must buy substitutes such as cornmeal rice oats and buckwheat to accompany wheat flour purchases. Exceptions allow graham and whole wheat flour at three fifths wheat, and mixed flours with 60 40 ratios. The plan aims to free wheat for allies with 11 wheatless meals weekly.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as the disease sits in the mucous surfaces. An internal remedy is needed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine allegedly acts through the blood to treat catarrh and was prescribed by a top physician. The formula is said to combine tonics and blood purifiers, with testimonials offered.
A quotation attributed to Henry Ward Beecher emphasizes steadfast friendship with the heart like a bell that rings whenever a friend faces distress. The line captures enduring loyalty and mutual support in close bonds.
A historic call advocates biologic living as a universal supplement to creed. It outlines ten precepts: live and work in open air. eat natural foods. evacuate wastes thrice daily. exercise to induce perspiration. keep chest up. rest with varied work and eight hours sleep. bathe and sun harden skin. avoid poisons like alcohol tobacco tea and coffee. avoid infections. keep mentally and morally sound and free of worry.
Dr. Francois EK Nipher reports a year of experiments at Washington University in St. Louis yielding absolute proof that gravitational attraction between masses changes with electrical potential. The work, conducted in the university laboratory, presents a landmark in gravitational research.
The Geneva Tribune reports a syndicate plans to seek a 2,000,000 loan from the federal council for peat industry development. Peat extraction will start on a large scale across 24 peat fields, aiming to boost production and employment in Switzerland.
The text explains a contrasting gesture used by the Chinese, where beckoning is done with the hand and fingers curled downward sweeping the whole hand back and forth, rather than the palm up and fingers curling. It notes cultural difference in nonverbal cue usage.
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