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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
8
Charles Holmes recounts heart trouble before using Dr Miles Heart Remedy. He reports improved health, better sleep and appetite after treatment, stating he is now “a new man” at nearly 68. Holmes mentions prior wartime service with the late war of the rebellion.
A vintage medicine ad promises a dependable remedy kept in thousands of homes. It guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer if the first bottle fails. The Miles Medical Co. of Gilhart, Indiana, is named as the seller and retailer.
Religious lesson notes by Rev J M Coon on how to win souls through prayer fidelity in service and wide outreach. The outline covers God calling ministers, readiness to sacrifice, ministering in all places, and doing all in Jesus name with humility and consecration.
Farmer Merrion recalls visiting Widow Dilman and bringing home a cow. Daisy wonders how the widow will manage, while Joe calls the move mean. The widow had bought provisions and agreed that if her debt reached eighty dollars, Merrion could claim the cow.
A village tale shows farmer Merrion’s children learning generosity. Eva and others plead to buy back a cow for Mrs Dilman, who has suffered illness. The family sells the cow to themselves to help the widow, then return the cow with joy, teaching the lesson that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
A Marshalltown Times-Republican item recounts an Iowa farmer selling timothy seed for over 1600 dollars after hauling fourteen loads of barley and other small income sources. The renter homeowner accumulates cash, mortgages, and credits, illustrating farm wealth production in Iowa in 1911.
A missionary in a remote Indian village meets a fifteen year old boy who asks to join the church. The preacher delays baptism for six months to test the boy’s loyalty, promising to baptize if he remains steadfast. The villagers declare the boy as their teacher of Jesus Christ, and the story ends with the boy as a pivotal instrument in the spread of faith.
A light verse describing disruptive school behavior among boys and girls as they distract themselves and damage books. The speaker laments the chaos and the fate of the school book, presenting verses about wiggle and tumble and careless handling in a playful, old fashioned tone.
A compact verse from Castle Rock, S. D., admonishes readers to banish worry. It links trouble to sin and unbelief, urging trust in God and neighborly love to maintain peace. The piece counsels cheerfulness and faith as the path to blessing, asserting that keeping the mind on God yields perfect peace.
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