Pella Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Flour Ads
Local notes recount visits by Charles Houck and Claude Howerton with relatives to watch football, and appearances by Ed FitzGerald and others from Oskaloosa. HHJ Green & Son advertise White Pearl flour at $1.59 a sack with guarantees, plus Minnesotabased claims and promotions. A new baby arrives to Mr. and Mrs. Weilaard, and a sale of a sixroom residence is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
New Prague Milling Company
New Prague
IU. J. Green & Son
United States
Canada
H. J. Green & Son
N. J. Green & Son
Hy J. Green & Son
Roosevelt's Daughter Engaged to Wireless Inventor
Reported around Washington that Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, is engaged to Guglielmo Marconi the wireless telegraph inventor. Marconi has been seen at the White House mansion often and might gift a wireless instrument for long distance talk with Alice.
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Businss
Marion Couny
Island
Harvey
Rock Island Railroad Company
Evans
Oskaloosa
Washington
State Line
Knoxville Journal
Roosevelt
Alice
Marconi
White House
Royal Baking Powder: A Great Bake Day Help
Royal Baking Powder Company of New York touts its product as the best aid for home baking, promising superior results and consistent quality in everyday cakes breads and pastries.
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Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Little drops of water and busy germs fable
A compact Indianapolis Journal item presents a fable verse about germs and a foxy doctor using elevated terms. The piece hints at health, science, and caution about tiny organisms, framed in a poetic or moralizing tone typical of the period. The context and specifics are minimal, focusing on a moral about small dangers.
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments And Hall’s Cure
Mercury-containing ointments harm the sense of smell and the whole system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheeny Co Toledo Ohio is mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and includes unrelated Kansas City Times anecdote about a woman, a former domestic, and a stage show.
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Hall
F. J. Cheeny & Co
Toledo
Wall
Ohio
Kansas City
Kansas
Pike
Hagenbeck
Blank
Jennie
Arnica Salve Promises Safety From Burns and Sores
An 1890s style advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as life saving for burns sores ulcers and piles. It invites readers to buy at Henry M Langerak Drug Store and to request maps and leaflets from W J Reed Industrial Agent at 34 Endicott Building St Paul Minnesota.
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Henry M. Langerak
Puts an End to It All By New Life Pills
An advertisement notes a long period of illness due to over taxed organs including dizziness backache and liver complaint. It claims Dr King s New Life Pills end the pain with gentle but thorough effect. The notice is signed by Henry M Langerak drug store.
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Dr. King
Henry M. Langerak
Prug
William Van der Horst dies at 82 near Bussey
William Van der Horst aged 82 died this afternoon at the home of his son Walter one mile south of Bussey. A retired farmer born in Holland he had lived near Pella for 40 years before moving to Bussey. He came to America 50 years ago settling in Chicago then Iowa. He was twice married and leaves four sons, Walter Bussey Peter Chicago William and stepson G Westilee Liberty Center. Funeral planned in Pella Saturday Tri-County Press report.
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William van der Horst
Walter van der Horst
Bussey
Mr. van der Horst
Pella
Holland
America
Chiccago
Ton
Iowa
Jennie Wellenstine
Walter
Lena Milenburg
Peter
Chicago
William
G. Westilee
Liberty Center
Tri- County
Rev J G Lemen Dies Founder of Iowa Orphan Home
Rev J G Lemen founder of the Christian Home at Council Bluffs died at the Home on October 27. He devoted his life to the orphan and homeless children, leaving the institution valued at about $150000. Many admirers in the city contributed to its support.
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J. G. Lemen
Council Blutts
Lemen Vie Fe
Iowa
Tie
Lemon
Drunken inmates set fire in jail. faces public property charges
VerMeulen and Wesley Morrison, jailed for drunkenness, attempted to burn hammocks and bedding in their jail cells causing alarm. They slept on the hard floor and now face a willful destruction of public property charge in court.
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VerMeulen
Wesley Morrison
Oskaloosa Herald
Why Not A Man Who Wipes Dishes Like A Dish
A quirky letter cites 2 Kings 21 13 to argue dishwashing is not just a woman’s task and notes a man who offers help without complaint. The piece reflects on marital roles, quoting Bible text and a modern reaction from Newton Daily News. It ends with a brisk pitch: business opportunities for Mer witts bankers blacksmiths towns along the Great Western Railway, with W J Reed in St Paul offering maps and leaflets.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
W. J. Reed
Endiett Bidg
St. Paul
Min
Jerusalem
Newton Daily News
Merwitts
Great Western Railway
Iowa
Hainois
Minnesota
Misssouri
Endicott Bldg
Minn
Bed
The Other Lads at Lake Bluff Orphanage
Jim arrives at Lake Bluff Orphanage after a rough past and sleeps in a real bed for the first time. He joins a large group in a evening prayer led by a deaconess who asks for prayers for friends and family. Jim recalls Tommy Murphy and the harsh street life as he considers whom to request prayers for.
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Jim
Lake Bluff
Hfe
Tommy Murphy
Tommy
Zeke Williams
Perfect Love Teaches and Styles From Two Waus
A compact note on ideal Christian virtue and fashion sense. The text links perfect love with teachable conduct and Scriptural pliability, while praising the DP shoes as leaders in style and wear at the Two Waus event.
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Charles Houck
Illinois Central
HH. J. Green & Son
Ed. FitzGerald
Central
Claude Howerton
Maude
Gordon Ferguson
Lillian Hughes
Mabel Hoff
G. Green
Coles’ Seed Store
Hamburg
Harry Payne Whitney
China
California
I. J. Green & Son
Michigan
State
The
Union
Andrew N. Vandermeulen
F. D. Stubenrauch
McCormack
Harley Stonaker
Knoxville
Knoxville High School
Penn College
Oska- Joosa
Gamble Commons
Penn
Ed. Gesman
Omaha
City
L. I. Barnet
Elijah
Poean Boys
Daniel Regan
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Widton
Howard Ramsey
Ayer
Pagal
May
Indianapolis Journal
Dayton
Mary Simpson
Baby
D. Stubenrauch
the Little Chronicle
Cole
Administrator's Sale
C. Verploeg
Leighton
Old Road Morse
Old Road
I. P
Neyenesch
Walker & Porter, Auctioneers
Conrad Verploeg
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