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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
6
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post excerpt reflects on Christmas stockings hung by the hearth. The narrator recalls memories of "Mary" and a little boy, contrasting festive cheer with financial worries as mortgage bills loom. The piece frames Christmas as a hopeful, uniting constant despite strain.
Felicia, a journalist, discovers Prof. Max Eger's fierce concern for stray cats. After an awkward confrontation about his humane care for a litter in danger, they reconcile as he asks Felicia to let him raise the kittens with affection, revealing a warmer side behind his stern persona.
Fashion notes on shopping gowns for winter, focusing on the plain tailor made in broadcloth and other fabrics. Describes materials, colors, trims, and styles, including gowns on a Fifth Avenue matron, street costumes, and new coat silhouettes with fur collars and military-inspired turns. SARAH DAVIDSON.
A call to share unused items rather than spends during Christmas. Readers are urged to pass on books, duplicate presents, scarves, gloves, or unused musical instruments to enrich or comfort others without impoverishing themselves. The message emphasizes generosity and the sweet aroma of friendship.
A Catholic institution in Ohio reports that Dr Hartman’s Peruna was recommended for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis and proved highly effective. It notes Hartman as a prominent physician and invites readers to write for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
Florida Special via Big Four Route starts January 6 1902 running from Chicago and Indianapolis to Jacksonville and St Augustine. The service includes through Pullman sleepers via Cincinnati Queen and Crescent and Plant systems. Daily except Sunday dining car details and agents J C Tucker Warren J Lynch or W B Deppe at Chicago address for full information.
The calendar features six sheets reproducing Moran paintings, issued by General Passenger Department of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. It costs twenty five cents and requests mailed requests to A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Twenty seven hour trains proposed between New York and Chicago. A 12 000 ton hydraulic forging press to be erected in a major armor plate plant. Texas to employ 4000 convicts on 5000 acres of sugar cane. A Mississippi River to Rio Grande canal project six feet deep and 60 feet wide costing 1500000. California railroad boom targets 500 miles, connecting San Francisco with San Joaquin and other central cities.
In Hester Missouri December 16 an unusual case excites medical interest as Mrs Eleanor Guardhouse who suffered sciatic rheumatism for over forty years reports dramatic relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She took eight boxes and now claims complete permanent cure though she has remained symptom free for months. Doctors were initially skeptical but now are amazed.
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