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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
4
On a Tuesday afternoon Mrs Van Cleave faced a party of 26 neighbors bearing baskets who poked Cy on the ribs with an umbrella and urged surrender of the premises. He led them inside where his wife learned she would depart for Oskaloosa later that day. Coffee brewed, eats served, and the visit became a cheerful farewell from old neighbors.
A Dalton grocery firm kept a seven foot rattlesnake in a cage for a window display. Two large gray rats attacked the snake, each latching on as the other bit the snake. After more than an hour the snake died, one rat nearly dead and the other unscathed, which was freed as a tribute to its valor.
A fragmented report notes vast sums spent on advertising along Broadway with a firm offering forty thousand dollars for exclusive use of a tall illuminated tower overlooking Times Square. The detail appears in a district where wall space and publicity reach are highly valued, reflecting the scale of promotional spending.
A severe accident at the southeast corner of the square last evening around 5:30 involved three teams and an automobile. O A Sama of Indianola drove the wagon overturned, injuring Mr and Mrs Sams, their five year old son, and a ten month old baby. Mrs Sams shielded the child as the brain concussion was diagnosed by Dr. Cornell.
An insanity commission heard Maggie Den Hartog, a 57 year old widow from Pella, in her second attack. She has four grown children and prior asylum time in 1602. She showed no dangerous intent but is talkative and hears voices. She was taken to Mt Pleasant hospital after the Monday hearing.
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