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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
6
A rural journal laments national talk of debating "pressiness" with Bryan and Roosevelt while condemning local murder convictions and pondering civic charity. It criticizes beggars from Des Moines and Oskaloosa, questions wartime armament plans, and applauds President Wilson for exposing pro-armament interests.
A poor blind Parisian woman donated twenty seven francs to a missionary meeting, despite others asserting she could not afford it. She replied confidently, claiming she could. The incident illustrates her resolve and belief.
An 1886 Toledo advertisement from F J Cheney & Co promises Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The notice includes a sworn statement by Frank J Cheney and a notary, with testimonials and a 75 cent price, plus a note about Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A colored man brings two clock hands to a watchmaker claiming the clock keeps poor time for six months. The watchmaker asks where the clock is, the man replies at Injun Creek house, insisting on the clock. The tale ends with a moral about regulating conduct from within.
The passage mocks New Year resolutions as a virulent epidemic that spreads each year. It describes how people begin December with vows to change, then January 1 triggers a widespread involuntary pledge to follow the straight and narrow path, a social fever that resurges annually.
The Albany Knickerbocker Press reports a January ailment described as a national question impacting major industries from feminine apparel to cigar stores. It notes a rapid but temporary recovery, with smoking rising again after January 8 and consumption peaking early in the month as victims return to normal life.
Jesuits worldwide observe New Year’s Eve services with the pope attending in person at Gesu church in Rome. The service features The Miserere and benediction, marking a universal religious custom.
Miss Elderleigh pleads inability to commit further to Mr. gutaietin while Singleton interrupts praising having two scandmothers. The dialogue hints at complex romantic entanglements and social expectations in a Boston Transcript publication.
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