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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
3
Henry Courlen of Boonton New Jersey touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as unmatched for rheumatic pains headaches and side and back pains claiming perfect satisfaction. He asserts pain stems from tortured nerves and pressure anywhere in the head or body.
The advertisement promotes Dr Miles Antipain Pills claiming relief for neuralgic, rheumatic, sciatic, headache, stomach, pleurisy, and ovarian pains. Druggists nationwide offer them with a money back guarantee if the first package fails to benefit. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Indiana.
A travelogue near Shanghai describes views of Chinese graves along the river, the harbor with international ships, and reflections on Chinese people as fellow heirs of God. The writer recalls a classmate and notes their mission to labor in China, departing Shanghai December 5 aboard a Hamburg American liner bound for Tsingtau, about 400 miles north along the coast.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for children. It claims improved digestion reduces crying and aids learning, citing testimonials from families in Ohio and Indiana. The copy features pricing and broad benefits, typical of early 20th century patent medicine pitches.
The account recounts first arrival at Taingtau on the seventh, meeting Mr League an agent for Shan tung missionaries who arranges goods portage hotel and customs duties. It notes Tsingtau as German China center with a German town German troops and Boxer era land seizure. The journey continues by German railway to Tsinansee twelve hours six miles per station overnight at Presbyterian mission, then a buckboard trek north across a vast plain past numerous villages and high brick walls enclosing ancient walled cities with gates to all cardinal directions and populations reaching up to half a million.
Travelers recount a journey across the Yellow River on a Chinese ferry with crowded boats and improvised landings. They observe decayed temples, interwoven Chinese inn life, and bustling street scenes with barrows and burros as they reach Panghiachwang for a Saturday morning stop.
A school parade aligned on the road under the compound. A returning missionary and new arrivals listened as others set off long strings of firecrackers. A song was specially prepared for the occasion. The air filled with sound, sounding like a festive home celebration.
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