20 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
1
A compilation fragment from the Oskaloosa Herald highlights rural life and road improvement appeals in Iowa, quotes from the paper, and brief remarks on state and interstate commerce hearings. It mentions a murder suspect lingering in a store and notes ongoing Chicago hearings where a Town Commission provided representation.
A Boiled argument condemns liquor business as wickedly harmful. It links drunkenness to domestic abuse, crime, and social decay, urging readers to vote not guilty in the face of liquor’s alleged record. The piece contrasts frost damage to fruit with the offset of oil-burning orchards and mentions Iowa horticulture and a Ham burg exhibitor.
An exchange advocates a plan where young ladies attending church in the evening can register their names in the church vestibule so that young men lingering around the church door can see whether their best girl is present. The idea aims to calm troubled minds and deter boys who hang around after services to tell smutty yarns and smoke. The writer urges girls to avoid associating with such fellows, condemning them as poor excuses.
An opinion asserts that the country should favor youth over saloons as the saloon industry depends on boys for customers. The piece questions who would want to support shops that profit by encouraging youth to drink.
A list of Democratic nominees for state and local offices including Governor Claude Porter, Lt Governor Parley Sheldon, Secretary A J Anders, Auditor John Blake, Treasurer James Curran, Attorney General F. Walters, Superintendent H A Mitchell, Supreme Court nominees A Van Wagenen and P B Wolfe, Clerk Robert Van Boskirk, Reporter George Harnagel, Railroad Commissioners W H Dewey and Nixon Jones, plus congressional and county posts with multiple names and districts.
An old medical ad states deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the ear disease. It claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and nasal mucous surfaces, caused by catarrh, and offers one hundred dollars for proven cures, promising a free circular.
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