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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
8
The February 24, 1907 Sunday School lesson on Gen. 16 1 5 16 notes Abram’s faith counted as righteousness and recounts his victorious rescue of Lot after Chedorlaomer’s raid. It contrasts his peaceful nature with a fighter’s courage and reflects Melchizedek’s symbolic authority and Jehovah’s guidance through dreams and future promise.
Chas W Moore of Ford City Ky suffered a severe hand burn in an electrical furnace. He used Bucklin's Arnica Salve with a quick and perfect cure. The salve is touted as a great healer for burns wounds and sores and is sold for 25 cents at Langerack's Drug Store.
Mrs Haynes chastens her children for litter as five pairs of feet trudge over grass picking up scraps. The tale compares idle words to scattered litter and recalls a girl who gathered driftwood for a fire, urging kids to tidy while imagining a sea voyage cleanup.
The piece traces the ancient Lupercalia ritual and Saint Valentine’s martyrdom under Marcus Aurelius, noting the shift from pagan feasting to a saintly name. It describes how the Valentine lottery evolved from Rome to Europe and Britain, then to America, and into modern Valentine cards.
H L Stanley of Bruno proclaims the luckiest man in Arkansas after his wife’s health returned following years of coughing and lung bleeding. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, claiming a full cure after twelve bottles with a first bottle showing improvement. Available at Langerack’s Drug Store with a free trial bottle.
A mother with a burned hand explains to her daughter how self sacrifice saved the child from fire and how Christ suffered for humanity. The story links maternal sacrifice to salvation, noting heaven reveals Christ’s wounds as a comfort for sin and death.
The Rev J C Warren pastor of Sharon Baptist Church Belair Ga calls Electric Bitters a God send to mankind. He credits the product with curing his lame back stiff joints and physical collapse. He reports walking a mile took 30 minutes then three miles in 50 minutes after two bottles and feels able to walk more. The tonic is advertised as a remedy for weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints sold at Langerack's Drug Store for 50 cents guaranteed.
A fragment discussing readiness to help others during real trouble and the ease of practicing the spirit from early years. It notes a few selfish people who avoid helping and the value of ceasing self focus, urging practice of generosity and neighborly aid.
Elizabeth Bradbury, calling herself an automobile widow, seeks a divorce from Ned Bradbury amid courtroom quips. She plans to seize Ned’s big car, faces legal antics, and ends by arranging a meeting with Ned after discussing the car’s color and future travels.
A naturalist describes the male spider as bold in courtship performing a vivid circular dance. He then writhes and charges about the female, who, stronger than him, may tear him apart if she rejects him, a stark contrast to human romance.
A Scots language dialect story from Aberdeen University shows the gap between written and spoken Scots. An English clergyman and a Lowland Scots examiner pose questions. students answer plainly, with the mispronounced Pharaoh question ending in a student chorus: He was drooned.
A Connecticut farmer’s observations amuse as the phrase That spirit of thrift pervades New England appears in summer and autumn reflections. The good man, though seriously ill mid summer, rallied quickly due to strong constitution and answered cheerfully when asked in autumn how he felt.
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