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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
6
Friday night featured a basketball game between Central University and the Ottumwa Y M G A, Ottumwa winning 35 to 26. Reports note injuries to Te Veltrap and a rival player, while J O Clark and Stella Clark plan a March trip to Nashville for an international Student Volunteer Movement convention.
A woman promises to answer Reginald Keen at his Ackermans ball as to marrying him, signaling red or white rose. A mysterious double in white rose mirrors her, perplexing Reginald. The original narrator confronts the deception, while Reginald courts the impostor and later marries the double.
H L Stanley of Bruno declares his wife cured after five years of coughing and lung bleeding. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, noting improvement after one dose and full cure after twelve bottles. Guaranteed relief or money refunded. Trial bottle free at Henry M. Langerak, druggist. 50c and 1.00.
A machinist named Moore of rd City Pennsylvania suffered severe burns after an electrical accident. Bucklen's is noted as a remedy in the terse report, with the brief item outlining the injury and treatment.
Sighs of wear in stockings show as thin places and holes. Darn thin spots on the wrong side with a crochet needle, leaving loops at both sides to pull through. For large holes, lay a strong net over the area and stitch over it for a neater, longer lasting repair.
The article advises using crude petroleum or kerosene to remove stains from furniture. Wet a muslin rag, apply to the stain, let soak briefly, then rub vigorously with a clean rag. Persistent stains may need a second treatment, and petroleum also aids polishing for dark oak furniture with thorough rubbing to avoid odor.
When a fire will last hours bake the sauce in an earthen pot like a bean pot. Use sweet or medium sour apples, pared, cured and quartered. Add two to three tablespoons molasses and enough sugar to taste. Add one cup water for a two quart pot. Cover and bake five hours to yield a dark red sauce.
An old newspaper item hawks Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims of happiness and health from a clean smiling face and bright eyes. It notes springlike weather and possible snow, then references a local trial where a woman acquitted for killing her husband in self defense. It also mentions Mrs. Mary C. Smith visiting Otley and returning to teaching near Van Zante school.
The Yellow Fever Germ has been discovered with resemblance to malaria. Dr. King's New Life Pills are promoted as the effective remedy to cleanse the system and cure disease germs from malaria poison and constipation. Available for 25c at Henry M. Langerak's drug store.
Instructions describe making a smoked beef pickle with water brown sugar saltpeter and salt then brining drying and smoking for weeks. The second passage details white glove cleaning using cream of tartar magnesia alum fuller's earth bran and whitening to remove stains.
A furred kettle cleans by heating empty over a clear fire to loosen chalky deposits. To prevent refur, place a marble or oyster shell inside. Also provided is a tooth powder recipe: two ounces each of orrs root and camphorated chalk, twelve drops eucalyptus oil, mixed and stored airtight.
A small amount of pipeclay dissolved in wash water reduces labor and soap use, and thoroughly cleans the dirtiest linen. Useful where outdoor bleaching is impossible.
A fragment describes a remedy against biliousness using tincture of nux vomica two drams salicylate of soda five drams and essence to total four ounces. Adult dose given as one teaspoonful every two or three hours. The text notes yellow skin and biliousness among affected persons.
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