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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
6
The Cedar Falls Record notes Miss Vera Short as a bride to be in the city soon. It comments on the groom’s finances after furnishing a home, and criticizes sly liquor use and public suspicions about vice. It also discusses political fairness, taxation, and opposition to graft in Iowa, urging reform and honest governance.
An editorial laments slow public and editorial engagement on reforming property tax law and critiques politicians for exploiting tax confusion. It notes a state board of equalization readjustment exposing local assessors neglecting fair valuations and calls for clearer education and action.
An ad argues kidney weakness causes backache dizziness and nervousness and claims Dean's Kidney Pills quickly aid the kidneys. It features a testimonial from Mrs. H. Stone of Newton Iowa noting relief from lumbago headaches and kidney discomfort after using the product.
A brief ad note sells Doan's Kidney Pills at price 50 cents, available through dealers nationwide. It names Mia Stone and the Foster Milburn Company of Buffalo New York as the sponsor or distributor.
A large house with barn, chicken house and out buildings offered by the Chroniicle Adv for a retired farmer. Property is on one acre in Pella and can be bought at a very reasonable price. Enquire of the Editor.
Universal claim that deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and is curable only by constitutional remedies. Advertises one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. sold by druggists for 75 cents from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
During the Cuban War return earlier transports bring back cold sorrow. An old mother seeks her son Henry Ashurst among waiting soldiers as adjutants and surgeons conceal truth with half lies about fever wounds and survival. As weeks pass and records remain missing the camp hides the fatal truth.
A Cuban hamlet tale follows a religious mother who believes Providence foretells her son Henry Ashurst will return. On Easter dawn a missing man awakens at her doorstep, explaining he survived in Cuba after a skull injury and had been living under another identity.
Chromic iron ore occurs in Maryland Pennsylvania North Carolina and Wyoming but only California has operated deposits in recent years. US Geological Survey notes numerous deposits in thirty two California counties with many workable if demand and ore value justify exploitation. Available and reserve deposits exceed local refractory demand extending toward the Rocky Mountains.
Three experts in Chicago sanitary policy call for consideration of filtering Lake Michigan water to improve clarity and taste. They note current quality is adequate but turbid water from near-shore intake cribs harms acceptability, urging distant intake or filtration measures.
In rooms and stairways the hardest dirt to clean collects in corners. Install a two inch brass or copper triangle in the corner, fastened by a single centered nail. These corner metal pieces are especially useful in public buildings.
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