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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
8
The anonymous excerpt frames labor as sacred, praising farmers and workers who till soil and reap crops. It celebrates sun and rain in a heartfelt pledge to honor native earth through daily toil, culminating in work as a form of prayer and devotion. The tone echoes religious hymnography praising creation and labor.
A 40 year claim for Scott's Emulsion as nourishing medicine for strength and to avert tuberculosis. The message stresses moral guidance for boys by preachers, urging care for the young and the church's role in guiding future men.
A devotional urging mental housekeeping to replace jealousy hatred and selfishness with kindness courage and positive thoughts. It argues that mind cleanliness requires ongoing effort and new habit formation.
The Sunday School lesson warned against luxury and worldliness as the superintendent tested pupils. Dorothy, a well-dressed, well-behaved girl, declared the golden text that you cannot serve God and mamma. A second note recalls Mary seeing a Peacock and misnaming a chicken as blooming in the garden.
A note from a mother quoted in Tid-Bits mocks a teacher for insisting her son breathe with his diaphragm. She argues that poor families with five children cannot afford such expense while rich families have diagrams. The letter ends with the joke that the word diagrams is the worst yet.
The article argues boys belong in church and Sunday school, criticizing parents who neglect worship attendance. It warns against delaying or denying baptism or church membership and urges pastors to provide roles for boys, noting many pastors were once boys themselves and should guide youth into active church life.
A New York Times meditation on the prime minister’s heavy burden. It cites Peel Derby Palmerston Disraeli Gladstone and Rosebery noting constant pressure from sovereign cabinet parliament and public opinion. The piece reflects on the harassing laborious duties and the rare joys of entering or leaving office.
A ship Ben Joyce finds a drifting gig with two bodies and a living Englishwoman. She cannot recall her name or past, and the crew deduce she was being taken to shore from a ship near the Azores or Madeira. The captain falls in love. years later an English tramp captain claims her story, linking to a missing wife tragedy and a fatal shipyard accident.
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