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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
4
Worth Gregory bought rattlesnake oil sold by a fakir at street stalls and the Marion County Fair grounds. The bottle was touted to cure ailments from bad disposition to corns. He used it on his rheumatic arm and shoulder and was blistered across exposed skin. At Dr Roberts' office, doctors removed skin patches to apply a healing lotion.
Central College freshmen and sophomores staged a tug of war at Ver Meer's pond east of town on Wednesday afternoon. The sophomores won as the freshmen and sophomores slipped into the water within five minutes and remained in the pond for about a half hour.
In Pella Iowa on October 3 1921 Ding and Batts complain that G O P Manufacturing Co Washington DC promised a superior prosperity product but delivered inferior samples. They ordered after a Cummins visit on November 4 and refuse to sell the goods, holding them awaiting instructions. The letter cites Woodrow Wilson brand as the standard and warns it would harm their business to market the inferior imitation.
The Bureau of Public Roads reports that concrete roads curl as slabs expand in heat and contract when cooled. The effect, observed at Arington experimental farm, Va, causes the edges to rise or fall by as much as one tenth of an inch. Though not inherently harmful, warping may lead to surface failure under vehicles.
Sam Sherman, retired to a Williams Minnesota homestead, captured the blue ribbon for preserves at the Dutchie fair, causing local ladies to shrug off competition as he strutted about the grounds with a boastful air.
G R Hagens and family from Casper Wyoming arrived in Pella for a visit with relatives in and around the area. Four property owners had their claims settled at yesterday's meeting related to the purchase of an additional right of way to permit improvements.
The sixth grade under Miss Martha Ver Heul organized an Iowa Program on Wednesday afternoon. Visitors enjoyed several selections including original poems performed by the students.
The Mahaska county board of supervisors met Monday afternoon to review damage claims of property owners along the White Way west of Oskaloosa as primary highway improvements proceed. The road had been narrowed in Black Oak Township from 60 to 50 feet in width years earlier by a prior board action.
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