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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
8
The verse asks for divine guidance through hardship and solitude. It expresses reliance on God to choose the path, provide grace, and keep the speaker faithful until heavenly assurance. It emphasizes trust, spiritual need, and protection from temptation.
Reverend Chas A Tenny from Newton, Iowa, discusses decision making in youth on August 18, 1907. He defines decision as cutting off options and urges prompt, principled choices in life, noting three major turning points, including choosing a life work and schooling path, with emphasis on college or technical training as pathways to advancement. He compares procrastination to a to be a recurring fault seen in various cultures and stresses decisive character.
The piece urges early life inclinations, choosing a life partner with shared values, and the decisive step of accepting Christ. It warns against unequal yoked marriages, highlights three keys to lasting happiness, and cites biblical references. Also promotes CASCA SWEET for upset stomaches and local drugstore ads.
Miss Mary F Rauch of the Ames state college domestic science department plans a first state contest to award scholarships to Iowa girls for cooking skills. Two regular course scholarships valued at 100 and 59 dollars and a two week summer course scholarship worth 25 dollars will go to girls showing the most efficient food preparation and best reasoning for methods. The contest targets girls ages about 11 to 12, with a note of a crowded event on a Monday in late August featuring the town’s brightest and most civic-minded girls.
A reflection on burdening self and freeing inner struggles by surrendering personal tendencies to divine care. Includes an advertisement for DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, promoted as rapidly healing and effective for piles, sold at Langeraks Drug Store and Vander Lindens Bazar.
The Wellspring notes that long exposure to evil warps character like an old driver’s hooked fingers. Yet virtue likewise grows by habit, shaping gentleness patience self control and love. Practice becoming what you wish to be for growth acts daily and reliably.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are promoted as non gassy and gentle relief. The small pills are described as easy to swallow and are sold at Langeraks Drug Stores and Vander Lindens Bazar located at 31 35.
Polly Moris endures a chastising scene as Mamma holds a grade-book showing sixty in spelling. Miss Hills notes Poor daily grades, and Polly pleads the exam was hard while Keith, a visiting boy, chides her for not meeting expectations.
A blind girl Polly visits a city school where children read and spell by touch. They learn with tactile books and fingers, while Polly realizes she relies on sight and vows to improve. She confesses her shame to Mrs Keith, and afterward Polly earns better grades.
A well known artist says there is always room at the bottom for workers who start in low level jobs and excel. The rising talent moves from advertising pages to front page work, proving diligence opens doors. Those who neglect bottom job chances complain of hard starts.
Susie Blake longs for a palace and leisure. Ella Dudley wishes for beauty and admiration. Dora Kyle craves wealth. Maggie Wilkins longs to be bright and write. Katie Otis wishes to be good and beloved.
The text outlines reasons for a lack of promotion including poor punctuality frequent grumbling repeated lateness and continual excuses. It cites failure to learn from mistakes favoritism toward inferior peers and a complacent second rate approach hindering independent judgment and decisive action.
Imperial University of Japan scholar studied the quake in San Francisco and warned much damage came from defective masonry caused by dishonest mortar a corrupt mix of sea sand and lime. The remark may apply to individuals as well.
A fragment discusses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and its ingredients like Golden Seal root and Unicorn root. It mentions Dr. John Fyfe and medical college authorities endorsing its efficacy for weak conditions and menstrual issues, noting claims of usefulness for uterine hemorrhage and related symptoms.
The excerpt compares fragile character to a house built on sand, doomed to fail under pressure, while a sound character withstands hardship and honors its maker. It warns that dishonestly built character brings disaster, humiliation, and suffering to many when crises arise.
A well known English evangelist seeks faith in a home moment with his paralytic daughter Minnie Minnie asks to carry the package to mother and says she will carry him in return The tender exchange centers on a child’s simple faith and mutual care in a domestic scene
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