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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
8
A devotional verse urges daily remembrance of Jesus in all seasons and moods. It affirmations his love and protection amid mockery and temptation, advising prayer and faith to gain strength and calm in duty and daily life.
A Sunday School note on John 13 1 20 describing Jesus washing the disciples feet in the upper room as a supreme act of humble service. It recalls the disciples quarrel over greatness and Paul s reference to foot washing as a task for deaconesses, warning against building doctrine from a single passage.
Narrative outlines John G Paton born 1824 in Dumfries Scotland and a lifelong call to missionary work. It details his youth, Glasgow city mission, and selection to join Rev. Inglis in the New Hebrides, his battles with cannibal fears, parental consent, ordination in 1858, voyage to Aneityum, Tama and Aniwa postings, and the transformation of Aniwa into a Christian society before his death in January 1906 at age 82.
A humorous collection features a precocious child named Johnny discussing zones masculine and feminine in a geography lesson. Other vignettes include a lunatic asylum visit where a patient wheels a wheelbarrow upside down, a trustee’s quip about turning it over, and a six year old girl Helen dining publicly for the first time with a tutor-like waiter earning a tip reference.
A fragment from Our Little People notes a child’s quip as she recalls the family dining room scene. She tells her father he forgot to dump the waiter, a humorous line reflecting rural or domestic humor of the period.
The article discusses the historic KO blow in boxing and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and other digestion related diseases. It asserts the medicine has no alcohol, uses glycerine, and offers free booklets and the Common Sense Medical Adviser by mailing to Buffalo, New York.
An old classified style notice touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a stomach toner blood purifier and tonic for kidneys liver and bowels. It promotes tea or tablets for 35 cents with F D Stubenrauch address 14 18.
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