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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
3
Mary F. Butts recalls childhood visits to grandparents in a rural setting. The speaker longs for familial warmth of grandma's kitchen biscuits and honey, the garret bedroom, and the scent of hay and springhouse butter. Nostalgia frames aging and reunion with departed loved ones.
The explorers recover gems worth potential millions and plan another raid, then a Chinese lookout is suspected. A night guard fails, two native servants are found dead, and suspicions of spies grow. Hayle vanishes with loot while a British patrol at Nampoung encounters a starving Englishman later revealed as Gideon Hayle.
The Star Monthly details how plains Indians used smoke rings and stacked puffs to signal allies and warn of enemies. Three rings meant danger, two meant camp, one meant attention, with arrows used similarly. Night signals used fiery arrows conveying similar warnings across miles.
Toward the end of Rosetti life he rarely left home and kept a close circle of friends while avoiding intrusive strangers. A caller carrying an introduction was met by Rossetti who leaned from the banister and spoke firmly that he was not at home.
A Chicago Daily News note extols thrift with the saying a dollar saved is a dollar earned, praising frugality as steady work that multiplies modest sums through careful spending and discipline.
President Roosevelt will not retire Lt General Miles immediately after a White House meeting with Senators Allison Hoar Hale and McComas. The talks delayed action until after Secretary Root returns from Cuba, with Miles kept from Philippine affairs and given the option to retire by law in August 1903.
Washington April 18 labor leaders from the American Federation of Labor conferred with President Roosevelt on issues including Chinese exclusion an eight hour law a prison labor bill and higher salaries for letter carriers The President expressed support for an effective Chinese exclusion law and for labor demands while explaining his order on government employees aiding pay increases did not apply to organized bodies seeking change.
The Meteor is anchored off Hythe after a voyage from New York in 16 days and 2 hours. Captain Karpen reports all well despite stormy weather en route.
Wisconsin G A R announces, per Department Commander A H De Gro, the annual encampment will be held at Stevens Point on June 11 and 12. The general orders designate Stevens Point as the host city for the two day gathering.
Read testimonies from C I Given of Sussex New Brunswick Edward Laws of Crown Point Indiana and singer Julian Weisslitz of Buffalo New York praising Peruna as a reliable remedy for catarrhal ailments. They report rapid relief after trying the product and urge others with similar symptoms to write to Dr. Hartman for a free medical evaluation and advice. The notices come from readers of The Hartman Sanitarium press.
The text instructs ironing delicates on the wrong side and tying arrowroot in cotton rag to boil with linens for fragrance. It also explains softening hard water by adding one ounce of slaked lime per 40 gallons, stirring, then settling 12 hours to remove carbonate and soften the water.
Palmer Oregon April 14th W J Uppendahl reports a persistent back catching pain from light lifting. After four boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills his back is strong again and he can work normally. His wife also uses the pills and endorses them.
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