26 Nov 1903
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
1
Rich Glass showcases a vast Japanese wares line from 15c Satsuma vases to 6.50 dollar tea sets and elegant European porcelains. A large holiday display at Rich Glass highlights cut glass, silverware, lamps, jardinieres, statuary, books, and decorative boxes with prices from a few cents to several dollars.
In this November 26 1903 column the editor cites Mrs. Waterman, matron of Anamosa State penitentiary, arguing education cuts crime. It contrasts literacy with poverty, warns that wealth concentration risks reducing universal education, and ponders whether crime will rise with more wealth or fall with less punishment.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a powerful fattener and strength giver. It claims the product builds bone, flesh, blood, and nerve for invalids, convalescents, consumptives, and weak children, even after milk diet fatigue.
Notice from the Harvey Bottling Company promoting temperance beverages made from mineral water. Claims doctors favor their quality and health benefits. Encourages mail orders for picnics and salts with reasonable prices. Variety includes ginger ale and celery cola.
Travel bargains offered by the Chicago Great Western Railway provide one half fare plus two dollars to points in Arizona Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas Tickets go on sale October 6 16 November 17 for father information contact any Chicago Great Western agent or J P Elner G P A Chicago ill
Advertises rail fares from Valeria to Montana and Pacific Northwest with daily tickets on sale through November 30. Fares include 18.85 to Billings, 21.85 to Livingston or Hinsdale, 23.85 to Helena or Butte, 26.35 to Portland Seattle or Tacoma, and 28.85 to Victoria or Vancouver. Detailed passenger and shipment information available from Chicago Great Western agents.
A Fremont North Carolina man B F Bass writes that kidney trouble left him sick no more after taking Electric Bitters. He claims neighbors also found relief from rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. The note invites readers to see H Langerak druggist for purchase.
A Franklin Grove Illinois man J. B. Orner suffered a leg injury when a runaway bicycle injured him, ending with an ulcer that resisted doctors for four years until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it. The ad claims it also treats burns scalds eruptions and piles available for 25 cents at Henry M. Langerak's drugstore.
Notice is hereby given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Wm van der Linden, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the District Court's office in Marion county Iowa. It will come on for hearing on December 5, 1903, during the next December term of the court, commencing on Tuesday.
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