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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
8
Wabash and Bock Island train service details at Howell Station four miles south of Pella. Southbound Passenger No 2 and No 50. Northbound No 61 and No 3. Locals stop on signal. all trains operate daily including Sundays. Freight for shipment must be at the station by 6:00 p.m. Local freight No 81. No. 82 westbound freight.
W C Jones of Burford North Dakota recounts a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week. He took Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which relieved the illness quickly and restored his health within two days. Druggists widely recommend it for its reliability, with F D Stubenrauch selling it.
Short verse by James Whitcomb Riley praying for relief from pain and fatigue for loved ones. The speaker asks for ease for the sorrowing, laughter returning to lips, and shared contentment among the needy through divine grace. The tone is earnest and devotional, focusing on solace and generosity.
A writer in Answers recounts a dramatic escape told to a pretty listener. The tale features wolves bearing down in a tense pursuit, with a woman reacting by noting the narrator’s implied danger and the wolves' muzzles. The exchange mixes bravado with a humorous remark on the wolves’ muzzles.
Beatrice Fairfax laments lost neighborliness in urban life. The piece contrasts cold fashion and suspicion with village warmth where neighbors share, greet, and help one another. It urges reviving country manners to restore community ties amid city bustle.
A classical remedy note explains rheumatism as blood impurities causing painful stiff joints. It claims cod liver oil emulsion strengthens the blood and tissues, improving general health and offering relief during springtime.
A Pittsburg Christian Advocate reprints a banker from New York who warned that neglecting home and family life jeopardizes national virtues. He said men chase external aims while women overcommit outside, eroding the home’s dignity, security, and sacredness, which could doom the country.
Advertises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for feverishness stomach upset teething disorders and to regulate bowels and expel worms. Billed as a safe, pleasant remedy used by all mothers for 28 years and available from druggists for 25 cents with sample by mail from Mother Gray Co Leroy N Y.
The opening of public schools in New York, planned for September 11, is indefinitely postponed due to the ongoing infantile paralysis epidemic.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt advises on harmonious living and self control. It urges saying kind things, avoiding angry retorts, and tempering irritations with prayer and self awareness. It notes everyone has an evil nature and forgiveness should be forborne as we seek forgiveness.
A Webster City Iowa man Joe Ding man reports twice yearly liver trouble with side back and stomach pains. He says after half a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets his pain ceased and he felt fine. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
The editor comically flatly rejects a manuscript, praising its supposed perfection as if omnipotent, claiming printing it would offend the Emperor and never be matched for 10,000 years, then begs forgiveness and returns the work.
Henry Watterson suggests purchasing Mexico as the solution to border trouble. He argues that acquisition would permanently remove border issues and eliminate the need for further border enforcement.
In an Alabama school a pupil crafted a sentence using the word amphibious. The boy, son of a local preacher, offered Most fish stories amphibious, as reported in The Friend for Boys and Girls.
People are urged to work from home with easy, pleasant, permanent profit and no risk. Become your own boss, build a personal business, and earn money alongside. Send name, address, one reference to L. Brown at 60 Murray Street, New York City.
The Geological Survey reports 261 million tons of bituminous coal mined in the first six months, up 35 percent from 1915. It marks the highest half year production in U S history. Dr A C Dixon leads the London Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association with doorstep missionaries in 44 districts. The year sees sales of 10 677 Bibles, 62 644 books, 122 149 magazines totaling 17 810. The organization conducted 5 266 services and made 138 320 visits.
The call of the school bell will be heard on September 4 and September 11. Vander Linden's Bazar offers to supply school needs at lowest prices.
From the Register and Leader comes word that Dr. A W Reynolds of Caledonia Iowa reports losing $2,450 in cash after burying $2,000 received from a farmer to cancel a loan and $450 on hand in a fruit jar. He buried it in his garden around 3 a m Saturday then went to Kansas City and returned to find the money gone.
Quote from Ida Q Moulton praising a daily 24 hour routine of synchronizing clocks across Madras and 72 000 miles of lines to the sun. It argues the same care should be given to the soul for eternal ages, in a moral reflection on government and time.
A Methodist pastor argues in a letter that one may be a local Christian without a church paper but cannot be a state, national, or world Christian without supporting and reading his church paper, a stance labeled strong.
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