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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
4
Price list for children's cotton and wool garments, including ribbed fleeced underwear in sizes No 16 to No 18, for men and boys while noting the best $1.00 garments. Various materials such as camel hair and Egyptian union suits are mentioned with price notes including 48c and 25c.
Classified listing of men’s coats in black beaver and kersey fabrics with Italian lining and good value. Prices range from 4.49 to 16.50 with notes on weight color and quality. Some terms appear garbled but indicate standard retail fashion items and discounts.
City lacks night watch and plans to link the fire alarm bell to the telephone office to wake sleeping officials. Most calls come through telephone networks, and extended water mains stretch protection territory, making foot response unreliable for distant fires. Also notes Edna Morells marriage to Joe Miller and local concert pieces. Mary de Bruyn earns praise after rescuing a prairie wolf shot by Wim Gregory. wolf pelt bounty offered by county awaits Emery.
A plain coyote drew crowds as a great curiosity while a 55 year old man declared it his first sighting. The item mentions local shops, including Frank de Reus' bathrooms open late and flour promos from White Pearl and H J Green & Son with price notes. Ike Wormhoudt of Eddyville visited the city, returning Saturday morning.
Last Saturday night at ten o clock Jake Blum was brought to Drs Payne and French with a small scalp wound. After dressing he walked home. The report says he was struck on the head with a club, a cowardly attack if true, but Blom escaped with only a scalp wound.
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