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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
8
A playful poem extols planting a Jolly Tree with quick sprouting fruit that cures blues. The verses praise a smiling, giggle bud growing into hearty laughter and a benign fruit used like bread and butter as a treatment for bumps and bruises.
A Chicago stock yard magnate who despised cigarettes refused a youth's job, citing his appearance. The boy, John Harris, lamented his prospects until the mogul revealed the real issue: yellow fingers stained by cigarette paper coloring.
A historic ad touts 48 Emulsion as a medicinal nourishment that strengthens organs and expels impurities. It claims the product helps thousands daily who rejected alcoholic substitutes and seeks to restore health through purified blood and vitality.
Baptist Outlook prints a Santa Barbara Cal list titled The School Ten Commandments. It outlines polite conduct for children including respect for others, courteous speech, eye contact, avoiding rude actions, and proper manners in class and shared spaces. It emphasizes politeness toward parents peers strangers and hosts in daily interactions.
A Mother’s Magazine essay argues a boy’s pocket contents reveal character. Nature lovers carry pebbles shells bark bugs while a mechanically minded boy keeps knives rulers and simple tools. Idle boys stash random junk cigar stubs pipes and bad literature. Teachers note pockets expose truth about boys and their influences.
A list of duties for a Christian boy: be frank and polite, obey parents, keep tidy, refuse wrong, avoid profanity and smoking, help at home, avoid bad company, skip crude jokes, study well, keep quiet, respect the elderly, be kind to siblings, defend the afflicted, avoid gambling, pass exams honestly, refrain from sharing or hearing unbecoming tales, and lead companions to Jesus with a gentle word when possible.
A school scene shows Johnny returning home in high glee with an arithmetic medal. He explains the prize earned for solving a riddle about a baby’s weight, joking that by twenty years old the baby would weigh four hundred sixty six pounds.
The county board itemizes monthly settlements with the county farm steward and records numerous claims for shoes hardware labor and supplies. The minutes show paid amounts to Strausburger Avery Ferguson Bull Gamble James Vanderwilt and others, with many road and bridge labor entries and several rejections. The adjournment is noted for July 13 1914.
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