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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
1
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a complete stomach liver and blood cleanser. It claims the product restores weakness and laziness of the stomach and liver and emphasizes a known composition with an ingredient list approved under oath. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for regulation and Invigoration of stomach liver and bowels.
City directory notes officials including N. J. Gesman A C Kuyper Marshall John Buckingham Assessor G W Kimmell Treasurer A N Van der Linden Jacob Plender John Faassen J S Wilson H Sack A Waechter K Van disseldorp. Council meets first and third Tuesday night of each month.
A mix of verse about winter and the Frost King with notes on mica production worth over a quarter of a million dollars mainly used in electricity. It urges parental visits to schools, references Lincoln’s Birthday and a Taft letter promoting total abstinence, and ends mid-thought about personal restraint.
A newly revealed battleship gun, fifty three feet long and sixty five tons, is shown as a formidable weapon for the New York and Texas. It costs 74700 to build plus 53000 for the mount, fires 1400 pound shells at 2600 feet per second, effective to twelve miles, with shell and powder discharge costing 700 per shot. The article notes the weapon's deterrent value versus its immense expense.
An essay on advertising stresses that live people drive commerce and a town prospers when traders study customer needs and engage buyers directly. The piece also reports on a county fair with good exhibits and racing, noting weather impacted attendance and aviator contract failures, yet overall success and plans for 1912.
Howland and Gregson dine at Le Pas inn while a mysterious note warns of danger at Wekusko camp. Howland suspects Gregson’s involvement as they depart with Cree driver Jackpine for the cold trek, guarding secrets and one missing finger as a clue.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any case of catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars available. suggests Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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