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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
10
The piece surveys wartime grain tariffs, political fights over postmaster duties, and editorials from Iowa papers like Pella Booster and Oskaloosa Globe. It highlights Lutheran chaplain debates, a Nebraska electric co op model for farmers, free trade views, and a cautionary parable about obedience from Susie M. Best.
A five year old boy named Peter defies his mother and the tinner by grabbing red hot soldering irons after being warned not to touch them. He screams in pain as he holds them briefly, learns a severe lesson, and is cured of his contrary habit.
For the week ending Sept 20 1915 the average temperature was slightly below normal with frost on the 21st. Frequent showers hampered corn ripening and threshing while delaying plowing and seeding. Grapes harvest nears completion in western counties and many apples have been picked. Pastures remain excellent though reports of potatoes rotting in the ground continue.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames inflamed mucous linings of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urging readers to send for free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
For the week beginning September 22, 1915, fair weather and moderate temperatures early, with frost likely Wednesday. Warmer, unsettled by midweek in the upper valley with scattered showers, then generally fair later in the week. E H Bowle District Forecaster.
In a brief notice M. Vanderlinden advertises Holeproof Sox at 25 cents a pair. The guarantee covers holes for six months, appealing to readers who prefer quick fixes over time spent darning.
Popular century edition from New York City offered by Vander Linden's bazaar. Not trashy mass print but standard music on good paper priced at 10 cents.
Louis Kuyper and friends drove by train to Keota to retrieve P H Kuyper's Ford, detained by mud. Mr and Mrs M Sheehy returned from Creston after a two week visit with his son. Frank Ohmart and family visited the Huber home in Grinnell. The national tuberculosis campaign spent over 20.5 million dollars, with 66.8 percent from public funds. Institutional care accounted for the largest share, including sanatoria and prisons. Cole's Hot Blast Heaters advertised as a coal-saving option. Freemont Gazette reports Mr and Mrs C C Triplett won second prize with their baby Mabel in the Iowa state fair health contest. Henry Van Ergen family visited Des Moines over Sunday. Anie De Rues visited his children.
A small ad offering to inspect and maintain carriages and wagons at low cost with the promise of expert repairs. The notice invites readers to visit for upkeep and servicing of rigs to keep them in fine condition.
The Gezels Reasner enjoyed a brief layoff at Feeder Works while Mrs. Hugo Steenhoek and her baby returned to Prairie City Saturday after visiting her parents south of town. Miss Luella Herbig of Des Moines visited J. H. Reuvers and family. Jacob and John Rus came home Saturday from Prairie View Kansas after a week with relatives. Jacob Jonker returned to Pella from Grand Rapids Michigan. Miss Bessie Hopkirk of Sigourney visited Pella friends a few days. Mrs. S. G. Vander Zyl hosted sister Harmer from Colorado Springs for a several weeks stay.
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