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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
4
Fall indoors invites decorating walls with wallpaper as the best value for improving mood and ambiance. The message promotes paper wall coverings as a highly effective use of money to brighten living spaces.
Henry M. Frazier of Ravenna Neb arrived in Pella for a short visit with old friends. Harry Renaud of P. A. Renaud & Son joined five men including John Schakel and Henry Kool on a trip to South Dakota to view land for sale. M Hollebrands of Chicago returned home. The First Reformed Church extended a call to Rev Vander Werf of Holland Michigan as pastor. Manson of Barrington will conduct services next Sunday.
In a curious exchange a boy asks if the term Papa refers to a person, while a woman clarifies that Rotterdam is the city in Holland. The dialogue reveals confusion over place names and language in a lodge setting.
A local ad promotes trusses that are guaranteed to work without discomfort. It urges customers not to accept painful or poorly fitted devices and invites them to seek expert fitting with no extra cost. The vendor touts long experience and offers an assortment of high quality trusses.
A June sale at Gaass' offers men's and boys' all wool sweaters one third below regular prices. The itemized ad also includes a legal notice from Frank J. Cheney asserting Wy. 3. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with testimonials available. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and Sleepy Eye flour with local distributor claims in Toledo, Ohio.
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