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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
8
Train schedule notice lists Wabash trains at Howell Station four miles south of Pella. Southbound No. 50 and northbound No. 61 with passenger No 3 and 17:36 p.m. No. 2 and No. 8 stop only on signal. All trains run daily including Sundays.
W C Jones of Burford North Dakota describes a severe two week diarrhoea attack two years ago. He used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and recovered within two days. The note adds that many druggists recommend this reliable remedy sold by F D Stubenrauch.
A Century excerpt argues elephants dominate sport and industry, praising African elephants as dignified kings while contrasting captive Indian elephants. It claims ivory wealth, fearlessness, and intelligence place elephants above all rivals, and ends with a quote about captivity not yielding submission.
The text notes Sir James Simpson of Edinburgh university medical department is linked to the first use of chloroform as an anaesthetic in surgical practice around 1848. It contrasts claims of earlier discovery by Guthrie and Souberian and recalls the era when operations occurred without anaesthetics and whisky held by strong men.
The passage notes a demonstration of a remedy by participants who collapsed beneath a table. It cites Sir James describing the medical profession’s resistance to chloroform, once blamed for harming health morals and religion, as Pearson's Weekly records.
An heiress escapes her guardian and a farmer, offers to pay to marry him, and seeks help from a rector. The rector hides her in a church then arranges a swift marriage to a Methodist minister with witnesses. The guardian is outmaneuvered, the ward gains freedom, and the marriage endures as a tale of clever, quiet resolve.
The article traces seal rings to Old Testament glyptic art noting stones named in Exodus as sardius topaz carbuncle emerald sapphire diamond figure agate amethyst beryl onyx jasper. It cites signet engraving on hard stones, Egyptian influence, and lapidary tools. It mentions Assyrian and Babylonian finds of signets on gems, many set in rings.
Dublin Castle traces seven centuries of defense and grandeur. King John ordered its 1204 construction, Henry III era additions followed, and later rulers including the Duke of Clarence funded improvements to widen halls, glasswork, and comfort for courtly use.
In a playful quarrel, mother complains about the constant doorbell while Edith and Alice persist in playing house with Freddie as the collector. The scene, as relayed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, captures a domestic vignette of children entertaining themselves.
In 1912 rain fell in the nitrate territory of Chile for the first time in nearly fifty years. For the first time in memory coastal towns were spared the dust, bringing relief to residents and altering the arid landscape.
The piece explains how Colonel Edward Buncombe lent his name to a term of reproach after Felix Walker used the phrase I am only talking for Buncombe in Congress. The origin tale ties Buncombe county, named for Buncombe, to the familiar expression buncombe later shortened to bunk.
An Indianap olis News item cites a French savant Henrison claiming Adam stood 123 feet 9 inches tall and Eve 118 feet 9 inches 200 years ago, with rapid degeneration since. It notes no explanation for the estimates and jokes about a Sicily giant with a 30 foot walking stick.
In 1785 a haughty French noble loved a Paris tradesman’s daughter. Rejected, the tradesman was imprisoned in the Bastile. The heartbroken girl fled the city to Constan, fearing an arranged fate and seeking escape from ruin.
A young man fled his untended bride to volunteer under the grand seigneur, later returning to Paris at the revolution’s outbreak. He is famed as the grenadier who first scaled the Bastille breach and freed the father of his future bride from the Bastille dungeons.
The hardness of water is measured by degrees. One grain of lime per gallon equals one degree of hardness. With hard water about two and a half ounces of soap per hundred gallons are needed for each degree of hardness to overcome it. Soap combines with minerals to form a product, and only after enough soap dissolves to counteract all hardness does it aid cleansing.
The Parana real estate prospectus hails the river as the state’s most watery and among the world’s longest, navigable for deep ships, with rich fishing. It also touts resinous, oily, and gum plants as a strong botanical exhibit, while a conversational aside about a hair trigger and a firearm made from human hair adds odd humor from a Florida Times-Union reference.
A playful dialogue cites a quote about a statesman as a politician who spots a bandwagon. The Indiana Star vignette reflects on memory through action. A Bonaparte aphorism anchors the exchange about posterity and conduct.
An advertisement promotes home based income claiming easy profitable work with no risk. It urges readers to send name, address and one reference to L. Brown at 66 Murray Street New York City to become their own boss and start a lasting business.
The largest bloom known to botanists is the boo m named Rafflesia Schadenbergia found only on Mindanao in the Philippines. It was first discovered in January 1889 by an expedition led by Dr. Alexander Schadenberg. A single flower weighs eighteen to twenty pounds.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for shaking into shoes and foot baths to ease hot tired swollen or aching feet. Claims it makes tight or new shoes feel easy and promotes widespread sale at 25 cents. Warns buyers not to accept substitutes.
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