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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
8
Local and passenger numbers listed for a Wabash line at Howell Station four miles south of Pella with times and train identifiers including Passenger No. 470 472 474 and No. 2 50 and freight No. 82 Testh and times 9:42 am 5:00 am 9:00 am 12:64 pm
A Youth's World article extols the essential boy in all sectors of society. It lauds honesty, teachableness, loyalty, and readiness, arguing the right kind of boy supports offices, education, and industry alike and is a treasure to any employer. The piece celebrates service, enthusiasm, and potential for advancement.
Eugene S. Knight of Wilmington North Carolina reports Chamberlains Tablets as the best remedy for constipation and indigestion. His wife also benefited from the tablets for indigestion. Obtainable everywhere.
A Chicago stationer meets a jobseeking boy who declares he is already there and ready to work. The youth left school yesterday and insists on immediate employment, arguing he cannot waste time and will stay only where he is paid. The exchange ends with the boy stating he is “here now.”
A surveying party in Florida rests in a forest when a crow drinks from an air plant growing on a cypress. The men learn the inverted bell shaped leaves trap water, forming natural cisterns. The surveyor cuts one to prove it, draining nearly a pint of fresh water.
A narrator recalls reliable results from Calumet Baking Powder during family bake days, praising doughnuts, biscuits, cakes, and pies as consistently delicious. The ad copy highlights Calumet as the sole powder ensuring uniform outcomes and mentions awards and a new card deal.
Miss Wilcox recalls a school prayer life in Himeji showing diffidence yet earnest faith. She describes how, amid suspicion after a dishonest act, students prayed for confession and divine guidance. A later letter said the guilty party, outside the school, was found, confirming the power of prayer.
A Weatherby, Missouri reader reports rapid recovery after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy during a severe cold last December. The note endorses the remedy as widely available and effective, urging others to ask those who have used it.
A Mandalay schoolteacher, raised in a mission school, kept his vow to confess Christ after his wife fell ill. He set out for baptism despite strong opposition from family and community, and his wife recovered as he declared his faith.
Legal notice states a last will and testament is on file in Marion County District Court Iowa for Govert Ver Ploeg deceased. Hearing set for February 21 1916 during the February term with interested parties allowed to be heard. Clerk H Clements and deputy Walter Kester are listed in Knoxville Iowa.
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