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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
3
Central College presents its 1916 17 lecture series with seven events including the Marigold Quartet on Oct 18 and Dr E B Hager man on Oct 31. Tickets cost two dollars for the season with thirty five cents extra for reservations, and sales outlets include Star Auto Co Van der Linden's Drug Store Boats Store and Two Vans Shoe.
Announcement of Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin coming tour notes the company grew from a ten person troupe to fifty with own Pullman cars and touring shows. It emphasizes authentic production values, top talent, and elaborate scenery and bands. A noon parade and an evening performance at Pella on Friday October 13 1916 are listed along with egg ticket trade incentive.
Richard Olney, former attorney general and secretary of state under Cleveland, praises President Wilson for averting the railroad strike and keeping the country out of war. He criticizes Hughes and warns voters against turning policy over to interests backing him, lauding Wilson’s diplomatic steadiness and support for international law.
A brief partisan exchange contrasts Republican emphasis on farmer interests with a Democrat reply about bias. The dialogue notes interest rates of 8 to 12 percent as part of the discussion.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a strength sustaining nourishment that revives energy by nourishing the blood. It claims to sharpen the appetite and restore health naturally for those run down or overworked, noting it is free from alcohol and produced by Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.
The article recounts Tom Thumb's early life with P. T. Barnum showing he stood under two feet and weighed sixteen pounds at fourteen. He married at twenty five to a woman under two feet, their child died young. After his death in 1883, his widow remarried Italian dwarf Count Magri and is living at seventy five.
An old notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to cure despondency caused by indigestion and biliousness. The ad asserts users feel better in a day or two and notes availability from F. D. Stubenrauch.
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