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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
12
Observations from a Convention Teacher on Jesus teachings in Matthew five to seven. Highlights include the meek inheriting the earth the pure in heart seeing God and the enduring joy of the spirit amid persecution and trials.
In a Boston dry goods store a shopper and friend seek black dress goods. After brief, discourteous service from two clerks a third clerk promptly offers help and says he will wait on them, contrasting with prior treatment. The excerpt ends with the shopper’s reaction to his courtesy.
A shopper recalls a dress goods sale where a clerk refuses personal gain and credits the sale to the office. The encounter highlights honesty when a sample mix up could have benefited the clerk, but the salesman chooses integrity, promising to remember the conscientious clerk in future purchases.
A father asks his son a playful riddle about pigs. The boy explains a pig has four legs and a no pig six, prompting the doctor to pause his paper and puzzle it out. The exchange is a lighthearted, quaint family moment from a selected tale.
The text explains the word VIBGYOR as the memory aid for rainbow colors Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orange Red. It notes April showers may bring rainbows formed when sunlight strikes clouds and cites a poet’s line about a rainbow. It concludes the rainbow symbolizes God’s promise to Noah and a call to trust Him.
In a Wilmington school a teacher explains adding subtracting and multiplying require same denomination. She gives examples with apples and oranges, prompting Sammy Stilton to protest with questions about mixing units and quantities, illustrating classroom confusion.
Old advertisement touts "Cray's Sweet Powders for Children" claimed to cure colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Sold by druggists for 25 cents. Address Allen L. Ommsted Roy New York.
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