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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
4
Secretary Shaw has begun distributing a $40,000,000 relief fund to national banks to ease currency stringency as crop movement starts. He backs the move with depository approvals, claims no danger, while critics warn of looming cash stress and misdirected use of public money.
The Des Moines Iowa Climate and Crop Service notes unseasonably cold wet weather early in the past week with fair conditions later. Daily mean temps ran nine degrees below normal, frost occurred across all regions though extreme damage is unlikely. Corn largely escaped serious harm though some late frost affected tender vegetation. Harvesting began in tall regions while threshing was slowed by moisture and stacking suffered damage.
A panegyric advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claims it digests what you eat and sweetens the stomach. It asserts a universal cure for indigestion and all digestive gland and membrane complaints, improving taste and nutrient assimilation.
An official from the U S army ordnance department oversaw the creation of a sixteen inch gun, the first of ten, funded by Congress. The 150 ton, 49 foot weapon now sits at Sandy Hook near New York harbor. The trial succeeded but the remaining nine may never be finished.
A fragment from a Knox county notice describes a rift over stolen horses involving dealer Sstallings, a sheriff, and a bond. It recounts that Stallings shipped horses to Chicago, a seizure by stockyard officers, and a disputed payment by check to William Carr with funds mailed to Hedrick later. The text mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills in an unrelated ad.
About six weeks ago Seventh Day Adventists pitched tents and preached nightly except Sunday. Rev. W H Jones of the M E conference spoke in Union hall defending the Sabbath as Sunday, countering Adventist claims that the Pope changed it. Jones used catechism references and chart demonstrations to show the Sabbath changed at Pentecost and has been the first day since. Nearly four hundred people attended as Jones answered questions from laity and clergy, while local church choirs offered musical selections. Prairie City News notes the event as a decisive challenge to Adventist assertions.
An early 20th century style ad touts Scott's Emulsion with bold claims about flesh weight and price. It notes a young woman paying eight cents a pound for twelve pounds of flesh and one dollar for a bottle, suggesting regular dues raised weight, then offers a free sample and favors Scott & Brown chemists in New York.
Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana praises De Witt's Little Early Risers as a perfect remedy that cleanses the system acts on the liver removes bile cures headaches leaves a pleasant taste while other pills cause gripe and sickness. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement argues dieting invites disease and that starvation weakens the body. It touts Rogal Dyspepsia Cure as enabling digestion of any wholesome food and Kadol as digesting what you eat to sweeten the stomach, sold by druggists.
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