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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
7
The text notes that many customers ask the best time for photos, recommending forenoon sessions. It then advertises the Charter Oak wagon as best, along with Xray Sulky and Gang plow as top, and directs readers to H. Van Maren for prices.
An advertisement proclaims eye strain as the unseen cause of many complaints and asserts relief when removed. It states eye strain affects the nervous system and is the indirect cause of more ailments than anything else, promising a cure for thousands suffering without realizing the cause.
A collection of short notes lists goods for sale and rentals at Vander Pols and other stores, names residents on business trips to Des Moines Ft. Dodge Prairie City Ottumwa Oskaloosa and Chicago, plus social visits, ailments like whooping cough and colds, weather notes, a pumpkin price, and upcoming railway talks. Multiple residents’ activities and community notices paint a snapshot of daily life in the area.
A series of farm listings describe 160 acre parcels west of town with low prices from 4.75 to 26.00 per acre, plus 400 acre creek bottom land at 30.00 and a five mile east site near Aurora. Some land fenced or rolled with good soil, near elevators and rail lines. Also notice Bernhardt Van Spanckeren plans Alberta departure and his store closing, with local merchant ad endings.
Prosperity in Iowa is noted as a money making state with ongoing external investments. A Corydon resident sold a span of mules for 710 dollars and a Marion County buyer paid 217 dollars for timothy. The common day laborer earns 1.50 dollars daily and framed as a seller’s market with buyers ready for goods. The piece stresses surplus cash and rising wealth and production each year.
Notice that an instrument purporting to be the last Will of Aart Kaldenberg, deceased, is on file in Marion County District Court. A hearing is set for October 1, 1907, at Knoxville with all interested persons entitled to be heard. B. Kersbergen, Clerk. September 21, 1907.
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