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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
8
Readily sketched notes show many residents visiting Des Moines Chicago Ames and Ottumwa for meetings travel or care. Highlights mention births visits and travels of Gambell Kuyper Fults Byers Van Houten Brom and Stonaker with references to conscription opinions and local schooling plans in early September.
Feed Administrator Hoever tests Iowa State fair exhibits focusing on meat handling and efficient consumption during the sem days of the fair.
Dairy enthusiasts visiting the state fair are urged to study the dairy exhibits from the cow test exhibit onward. The Iowa College of Agriculture at Ames will supervise the display, highlighting modern methods that replace old churns and laborious herding, promising both beauty and destruction to old practices.
A Youth's Companion report cites Sir Thomas K Rose noting finger grease accelerates coin wear beyond abrasion. Fatty acids corrode copper, forming salts that loosen metal. Utrecht mint findings show dirt on bronze coins contains copper compounds. After initial weight loss from abrasion, chemical action may drive further deterioration.
In a Richard Porson anecdote from Samuel Rogers and His Circle, the Greek scholar visits painter Benjamin Hoppner near London. With Mrs Hoppner away, Porson seeks a secret bottle, discovers gin in the bedroom, drinks it, and triumphs over the host. The next day Mrs Hoppner complains he drank her concealed stock.
A mother in law repeatedly stays with her daughter causing marital strife. She finds her daughter weeping in the drawing room and learns George has left her. The shaken wife confirms there is another woman involved in the case.
Stomach and liver disorders bring misery and suffering. Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended as a remedy and may prevent further discomfort. They cost a quarter. F. D. Stubenrauch endorses the product.
Bremen Hamburg and Lubeck are described as free republics with senates and a house of representatives. The piece recounts the Hanseatic league, its maritime piracy era, and the last assembly in 1669 before Hamburg Bremen and Lubeck formed a new Hanseatic union.
A passenger recounts a string of mishaps from a golf outing including crashes into a blackberry bush a tree entanglements and misadventures around a farmyard mud and a sewer as an old lady laments her companion Ed’s golfing fate in a car exchange report.
Chronic constipation is difficult to cure but can be managed by taking Chamberlain's Tabetea and following the printed directions that accompany each package. F D Stuben Raeul.
A reflective verse by Robert Russell laments gaps in education and honor among veterans and peers. It contrasts quiet wartime sacrifice with idle pursuits and questions whether fathers will answer their children about missing names on the list of Those Who Served.
Professor Comatock of the University of Wisconsin studies double stars and notes a new wobbling phenomenon. He concludes the irregularity is caused by a dark star closely orbiting two bright stars, an initially unlikely but now supported scenario.
A fragmentary note recalls an unusual tale tied to a double star, mentioning a past event about twelve years ago and implying a returning clue or significance in a strange beat. The text hints at a hesitation or twist in the recounting.
In a Harper’s Magazine fragment, Billy resists mentioning his birthday while his mother fears it looks like an invitation. After deliberation, Billy agrees to omit the birthday detail but suggests placing a cake with candles at the paper’s top as a subtle nod to the celebration.
A 30 year trusted remedy in many homes. Claims to break up colds in 24 hours, move and regulate the bowels, and destroy worms for children.
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