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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
6
Chronicle comment urges support for the Liberty Loan while criticizing liquor debates. It questions Cardinal Gibbons authority, defends government information on the loan, and criticizes Roosevelt’s wartime rhetoric, noting the failure of a big army claim and urging patriotic action.
Pella residents plant about twice as much garden area this year hoping to boost home potato cabbage and onion supplies. Community effort aids national food relief for Europe in wartime but owners warn unruly dogs and chickens threaten orderly gardens. New laws may allow shooting trespassing dogs. gardeners may need self help to protect crops while balancing neighborly relations.
A wartime editorial urges focusing all national effort on winning the war while noting reforms like liquor restrictions and women’s suffrage, though not essential to victory. It argues prohibition and suffrage, while supported, should not derail democracy’s fight against autocracy, and stresses unity over domestic disputes.
Mrs. H. Korver of 410 University St. Pella reports kidney weakness and back pain improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. She purchased from Puritan Drug Co. and notes regulated kidney action. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
A bride who had been married before wrote across her wedding invitations a note that warned guests to attend seriously, quipping this celebration would be no amateur performance.
Allen's Foot-Hase antiseptic powder baked into shoes and foot baths helps break in new footwear. It relieves rubbing and soothes irritated feet, making uncomfortable wear more tolerable during shoe break-in periods.
A collection of light banter and sketches features a sun spots lecture joke about freckles the minister story about chin whiskers and jokes from Irish and American characters. The snippets capture social witticisms and crowd reactions in a vintage newspaper feel.
A compact sales blurb promotes a foot comfort product described as soothing tired swollen feet and claims wide distribution with a price of 26 cents. The line suggests a generic consumer item typical of late nineteenth or early twentieth century ads.
A local salesman M Vander Linden advertises carpet offers promising savings ranging from five to fifteen dollars on purchases of carpets and rugs with emphasis on a bargain price and customer value.
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