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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
2
Rates for one year in advance at 51.50 and six months at 25 are listed. All ads must be signed and published by Tuesday morning to insure insertion. The piece notes no prospect for settlement in the Anthracite coal strike and comments on political fundraising and a Republican broadside planned for October 11.
The city of Des Moines notes a consolation if bloodhounds fail to locate murderers. They believe a stray bullet or two from recent shooting scrapes may have left lead in the neighborhood, suggesting no solid arrest yet.
Kansas City reports Lieutenant Morris of the Maine died by his own hand in Boston harbor. An electrician aboard the Maine and hospitalized in Havana after the ship’s explosion, he allegedly knew the cause was faulty wiring. Friends at the Kansas City club recalled his reluctance to discuss the matter and suspected he bore crucial knowledge about the disaster.
Homeseeker’s tickets to nearly all points go on sale at low rates by the Chicago Great Western Railway on the first and third Tuesday of each month from June through October. For details apply to any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill.
Mixed commodities and transport timetable items with cattle prices, hog and sheep ranges, and poultry and produce rates. Includes several train car listings by number and destination westbound, agent signoff, and local market prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves with varied quality grades.
An old advertisement asserts that red blood originates in bone marrow and spleen and that Scott's Emulsion provides rich cod liver oil to nourish these blood forming organs. It targets pale schoolgirls and invalids, claiming it strengthens blood production.
The September American Boy centers on a frontispiece portrait of young Napoleon and a lettered history of Napoleon for boys, beginning with Corsica. It includes seventy five pictures and numerous articles and departments for amateur journalists, young scientists, stamp collectors, photographers, and boys in sports, games, and nature.
The League of Municipalities holds a two day program in Iowa City on October 8 and 9 with sessions at City Hall. Officials will hear addresses by university and city leaders, papers on street work and water, and reports on legislation, sewerage, and taxation followed by an evening dinner and talks on municipal topics.
Afternoon session opened at 1 p m with the supplemental committee on legislation and a full report from all other committees. A business meeting followed including the election of officers and the selection of the next meeting location.
A watch dog woke Mr. and Mrs. Will Ennis during a September 16 morning blaze. The defective flue caused the house to catch fire, engulfing it and its contents. They escaped through flames, with no fire alarm in that city edge lacking protection.
New students enroll across departments at Old Central. Out of town faculty arrive for registration week. housing tight as Cotton Hall fills. Nellie T Flint from Oberlin arrives to teach vocal. Van Zoren from Holland Michigan joins modern language. Hawley leads new Normal Department. Y M Y W C A begin work with motto Every student for Christ. Leland oversees gym start as Marion County men urged to apply for government service clerk positions in Cedar Rapids.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway offers two daily through trains with dining car service between Des Moines and Spirit Lake. A 1902 Summer Homes list is available from F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, by sending a two cent stamp for postage.
W A Greer of McConnellsville Ohio writes of his three year battle with piles and fistula. After good doctors failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him in two weeks. It heals burns bruises cuts sores eruptions salt rheum and piles with no pay if not satisfied. 25 cents at Keables drug store.
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