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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
Advertises a specialist who claims eye strain causes headaches nervousness and dizziness and offers glasses fitted to stop nerve drain. Promises relief when current glasses fail and notes yearly city visits to treat sufferers.
The partnership of Versteeg Bros general merchants is dissolved as G B Versteeg withdraws and sells interest to Charles P. Dykstra. The business continues at the same place as Versteeg Bros & Co under Dykstra and partners, who assume all debts and are entitled to debt payments. Signed at Pella Iowa August 19 1908 by A Versteeg N Versteeg G B Versteeg.
Local notes report H D Wormhoudt selling carpets and rugs in Peoria C. Brief items mention Byers buying a new buggy, visits by P H Jackson of Oskaloosa, J H Thomassen's business trip to Des Moines, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives. Family health updates note a sick baby girl, a slowly improving child, and a hand injury with slow recovery. Andrew Dunleavy's Canada trip is also recorded.
Rev J G Brouwer preached at Tracy Iowa and Dr Heyns visited the Van Houweling home while the school board prepares the schoolhouse for next week. R F D carrier’s horse fell on a bridge and a replacement was needed. Creger family trips include Mexico and New York with relatives in Truro Iowa.
September notes record visitors and social visits from Pella to Percy and Dunneath. Interviewing Cordova merchants Saturday, and church gathering at the school house drew a large crowd. Families from Eddyville Glenwood and Peoria spent time with relatives here during the week.
Des Moines Iowa reports cool start to week and warmer finish with above normal average temperature. Local showers across state delayed thrashing and damaged grain in shock but losses are expected small as shock thrashing ends. Rain benefits pastures meadows late potatoes fall plowing and late corn. Moisture should insure corn crop with warm dry spell. clover seed prospects favorable. fall plowing advancing. large peach yield and good grape crop. pastures at peak. Geo M Cuapret, Section Director.
The September American Boy features The Young Ranchman on the front cover and continues serials by Houston Tomlinson and Optic. It highlights stories like Kenton’s League with the Sun and The Penance of Michael Moran, plus departments on boy hobbies, with 80 illustrations and a yearly price of $1.00 from Sprague Publishing Co., Detroit.
Porfirio Diaz Jr the Mexican president’s son will attend the December exposition in Omaha. He will be joined by Lic. Luis Gorozpe who will lecture at the Agricultural Congress on Agricultural Conditions in Mexico. Gorozpe may present in English if time allows.
The waistband of the Best-Every Suit is crafted to extend as a wearer stoops and retracts when standing. This feature promises a comfortable fit through bending and upright posture, maintaining a smooth, tailored look.
The lecture and exhibit will showcase Mexico and a sister republic at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha. Instead of selling large corn lots, growers may exhibit ears of corn or small grain for a chance at pedigreed bulls and fancy swine. Livestock men bolster the show with thousands in premium livestock, while Nebraska breeders already subscribe numerous pedigreed bulls from Poland China Duroc and Berkshire lines.
Octave Mirbeau offers a vivid character sketch of Emperor William in a September issue. The piece recounts an extraordinary anecdote from the late Prince Bismarck on William asserting authority over his mother at his accession and details Empress behavior, William's cool view of his father, strained maternal relations with spies, and Edward VII's mockery of William's pretensions.
Wanted notice seeking immediate contact from owners of medium size farms or small businesses for sale in prosperous localities. Requests price description and selling reason plus possession date. No agents. Respond to Address Lock Drawer 984 Rochester NY.
The Model Kitchen Section showcases labor saving home equipment from manufacturers, aiming to reduce housework labor. A milling test on wheat oats and cereals with chemical analyses will allow demonstrations in sponge and baking tests to show why some flour yields poor bread.
For sale a fine 80 acres near Taintor Iowa can be bought cheap for cash. Also 120 acres near Otley Iowa can be bought reasonable and will leave $7000 for five years at five per cent on the land. For further information see J. S. Jelsma.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are described as small easy to take gentle and sure pills sold by Langerak's Drug Store. The listing notes quantity 36 to 39 as part of the product description.
Expert tuning and repair of pianos organs and pipe organs with repolishing. Old instruments made new using latest tuning methods. Trial offered with guaranteed work. Prof. P. Grort claims twenty years as a manufacturer. Residence near Waechter's Lumber Yard, phone 16 Red gutf.
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