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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
6
A brief line shows the publication entered at the post office in Pella Iowa as second class matter in Marion County. The terse item records standard newspaper mail handling details for the local edition.
A roster of individuals from Iowa and nearby areas including Des Moines Knoxville Pella Albia Cordova Fort Dodge and Knoxville appears in a public political or civic listing. Names referenced include Woodrow Wilson George W Clarke A B Cummins John T Clarkson Geo Crozier W H Allen and others. The document outlines participants or signatories across multiple Iowa cities without detailing roles or offices.
A Knoxville Journal report notes a local minister endorsing Harding, hailing from Sioux City. The piece contrasts this with a former Sioux City minister who backed the saloon, and it surveys public concerns about railroads, watered stock, and government role. It also urges Pella schools to open next week and extols education as lifelong value, linking health and opportunity.
Congress acted to prevent a nationwide railway tie up by establishing an eight hour workday for trainmen. The bill passed in the Senate by a final vote just before the strike was scheduled, following earlier passage in the House. The move averts the threatened shutdown of U.S. rail operations.
A chronicle opinion argues workers won a skirmish against railroad capital, praising labor gains and urging deeper probes into railroad capitalization. It notes Republicans oppose the method, cites Wilson’s effort to resolve the strike, and predicts an eventual broad inquiry into rate hikes and land value inflation. It ends with a medical ad and a Biblical Recorder note.
A Pella resident D. L. Wynia claims his kidneys improved after a year of distress from backache urinary disorders gravel dropsical swellings and rheumatic pains. The stationary engineer at 228 H Third St says his condition began with dull pains that cleared after treatment.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Anurie as a remedy for backache rheumatism and dropsy tied to kidney weakness. It links uric acid buildup to gout sciatica and bladder issues, touts water testing at the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY, and offers free evaluation by Dr Pierce's staff.
An archival notice promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser 2 book with topics on hystology anatomy and hygiene. It invites readers to send three dimes or thirty cents in stamps to Dr W M Pierce in Buffalo NY for a cloth bound copy.
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