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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
8
Four miles south of Pelia Howell Station lists southbound No. 2 and No. 60 and northbound No. 51. Passenger No. 3 at 7:36 p m signals only. All trains operate daily and Sundays.
A Bu ford North Dakota resident recounts a severe week long diarrhoea attack two years ago. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with rapid relief and full recovery after two days. The piece notes many druggists recommend it as reliable and lists F. D. Stubenrauch as a seller.
Town lists sixteen state institutions under the board of control and plans a state fair exhibit. Livestock farm goods manufactured items and fancy work will show the employment of inmates, totaling about 10 000 people. Superintendents stress the exhibit’s impact on welfare and health, inviting visitors to view the psychological angle.
The Milwaukee Journal argues youths should balance leisure with duty. Real happiness comes from work well done and pursuing earnest purpose, not chasing constant amusement. It warns folly has consequences while acknowledging innocent joys and the value of character backing clever company.
You can make money right around your home as hundreds do. Easy, pleasant, permanently profitable work. Be your own boss and build a business with no risk and sure profit. Send name, address, one reference to b Brown at 60 Murray St New York City.
A brief local item notes the J B Doll restaurant in Oskaloosa offering special dinners on Sundays with automobile headquarters nearby. The fragment emphasizes dining options and a related auto focus in the area.
In a meditation from Dr. Charles Slattery’s Why Men Pray a Confederate sentinel on an ocean liner finds courage through a hymn. A Union scout recalls the moment when the hymn Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of thy wing leads his squad to lower rifles and retreat home.
In South Yorkshire a boyish memory recalls wives slashing a cross on dough before rising. Debates swirl on whether the cross lets out a witch, helps dough rise, or is merely a fashion. If baking fails after interference, blame falls on the child for spoiling the cross.
A new arrival who joined a boarding house recounts arctic survival tales at dinner. He claims comrades cut up boots to make soup when the group nearly starved, but the listeners hush to avoid the landlady overhearing.
In a New York studio tea, a fashionable painter defends his practice amid a picture trade scandal. A noted etcher probes if he paints all his own work, prompting the claim that he does so with his own hands and hints at starting an art factory.
A feature on women in early motorsports notes Ruth Law will demonstrate aviation skills while Miss Hifrelda Mais competes in auto races at the Iowa State Fair. Mais drives a Mats Special built for Indianapolis in 1915, has clocked high speeds and earned numerous trophies, and is famed for hands on car work and courage.
Margaret and Belle Whitcomb debate women’s roles then pursue business. Margaret becomes a secretary to a factory, mentors Johnny Hartwell who excels and eventually heads the firm, while she fails to advance and retires. Belle marries a businessman, but a nose remark helps reveal a swindler in a major deal.
The Shorthorn breed shines at the Iowa State Fair with rising popularity and record sales. South American buyers have bid aggressively, including a $10,000 bull, while last year's fair boasted 27 exhibiting herds and earned praise from judges as the greatest show of the breed in the nation. The upcoming August fair is expected to surpass 1915.
A schoolboy writing on Quakers ends with a quip. He says Quakers never quarrel or fight and never claw or scratch, then adds Paw is a Quaker, but I really don’t think maw is. The remark highlights a humorous voyage from classroom to family.
The adjutant or marabou bird of India valued for its feathers will swallow a hare or a cat whole. It stands five feet high and has a fifteen foot wingspan.
Mrs. Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York recounts her seven year old son being cured of cholera morbus as a baby by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She notes continued use by family for colic and bowel troubles and endorses its merit. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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