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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
2
The notice promotes travel to Dalhart through Ware in Dalham and Hardy Counties with service on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays monthly. A special car departs Union Station via the Great Western at 9 30 p m. Free berths are offered and fare is refunded to buyers.
Leighton Herman Tysseling visited here last Monday. Miss Mabel Grandia spent Sunday at the Grandia home. Mrs. Paul Synhorst traveled to Pella Wednesday to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Vander Kamp of Pella stayed with the Vander Zyls last Friday. The Johnsons plan to move to What Cheer. Rev Wm Duiker of Gibbesville Wis preached for Ebenezer Reformed Church last Sunday and is awaited by many locals. The W W Girls held a Halloween social last Saturday night with many attendees and festive decor. About fourteen dollars was raised.
Lankelma made a business trip to Volga South Dakota last week. Mr and Mrs A Van Pelt have gone to Volga South Dakota on a visit. Mrs C Rhynsburger returned to Pella Monday after a visit here.
The article lauds the International Live Stock Exposition held November 28 to December 10 as a premier event for breeders and feeders. It emphasizes education, demonstrations, and the value of attendance for advancing American livestock, with calls for farmer support to maintain its status. It also notes local visit updates and a health remedy claim for kidney relief, urging readers to consult home druggists.
Community health note suggests a home remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion and Compound Syrup Sareaparilla from a pharmacy. Mix in a bottle and take teaspoonful doses after meals to ease rheumatic complaints.
A Department of Agriculture chemist team claims cornstalks can replace wood pulp for cheaper paper. Large scale production could cut costs by at least half and avert pulp shortages. Dr Bristle and assistants produced five shades, including white from stalk shells and yellow fibers resembling linen. Millions of tons of cornstalks would be available. current use is winter fodder. Manufacturing is easier than making wood pulp.
Letter from Iowa State College professor R K Bliss urges a November meeting in Pella to organize a three day Short Course next winter. He notes a prior Elkhorn turnout of 200 and stresses thorough advertising and committee chair presence to arrange buildings, corn, stock, and other logistics. The meeting is set for Central building at 10 o'clock, with the organizer J A Lapham confirming details.
The National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 9 to fig offers premiums including an $800 Belle City Threshing outfit and $1,000 grand trophy. Exhibits of five half-bushel oats lots may win prizes, with gold rewards and farm equipment up for grabs. Grain and implement dealers urged to organize local shows and send top entries to Omaha. Premium lists and advertising material available to applicants.
Mr Bert Steiner of Des Moines thanks Dr Weber for a successful treatment of optic nerve disease. He recalls six months of worsening vision, eventual blindness risk, and a thorough eye exam. After adopting Dr Weber's new method his sight gradually returned, enabling him to resume work as a pharmacist.
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