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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
7
H D Wormhoudt returns to Chicago after a week with Pella relatives. Letters from F W Brinkhoff of Chicago note health, Christmas greetings, and Mrs Brinkhoff's 76th birthday. Edits cover visits, illnesses, travel to Des Moines, Monroe, Otley, and Prairie City, plus church events, wartime letters, and a farewell to China plans.
Des Moines Register promotes itself as the best paper for farmers. The item highlights its morning delivery on rural routes and positions the Des Moines Register as the sole morning paper in Central Yows.
J H Cole of Miller Iowa visited Pella this week to see his brothers and has many Pella friends from his boyhood. Rev L Colyn to fill Hospers Presbyterian pulpit next Sunday. Mrs George Thomassen and daughter Junella visited Des Moines Monday. Carrie Clark of Des Moines visited her parents in Pella over the weekend. Art Kaldenberg of Camp Dodge visited his Pella home over the weekend. Dr Georgia Chalfont was in Des Moines earlier this week. Matt Van Gorp went to Otley Monday for his brother's grandchild funeral. S H Viersen treated Chronicle staff to cookies for New Year. J I Jelsma of Des Moines was in Pella Wednesday.
A National Geographic style observer notes khat as a stimulant rather than narcotic. Fresh Yemeni leaves are chewed for quick effect, with young leaves preferred for sweetness. old leaves may harden the tongue. The exact toxic impact remains unascertained, but users report rapid mood elevation without obvious immediate harm.
Australia prepares for soldiers after the war with active schemes. New South Wales sets aside cultivated areas for returned troops and a landowner donates thousands of acres. The Commonwealth pledges 10 million dollars now and aims to raise 150 million later to aid population rebuilding and labor market adjustment.
A colonel builds a villa named The Retreat after returning from service. His old soldier gardener tours the place and objects to the name. He explains the phrase played on their bugles makes the name ill suited for the regimental image.
A conscript soldier at a western camp, among a million who sprang to arms nightly, sits on a lumber pile whittling a rifle. His company is ordered to be similarly employed. A neighbor from another unit asks how he feels, and he replies that he is glad not to be in the artillery.
Helmer Indiana fruit grower 8. O. Butler has a method to stamp apples with initials and images. A stencil is applied after the fruit ripens and leaves are removed to color the skin with sunlight.
Mrs Subbub laments her cherry cream asking what happened to it. The cook reveals confusion claiming it was complexion cream, and explains it was spread on the sandwiches for the party last night. The misapplied makeup on food leads to humorous kitchen chaos and a moral about labeling cosmetics.
The poem compares the old year to a shattered ship sinking in a storm and the New Year as a steadfast vessel saving passengers. It envisions hope and joy steering through life’s sea toward eternity with God as pilot, promising safe passage through the year’s journey.
The New Republic lauds Auguste Rodin for widening beauty beyond tradition and embracing life’s expressiveness. His work, praised as capturing the spirit of his time, challenges classic ideals and unsettles those attached to conventional nobility. It argues his truth lies beyond ceremonial elegance.
A New York Court of Domestic Relations correspondent details Vincent Tabor facing demands from his wife to provide eight dollars weekly for support and to curb his drinking. The defense laments the era of “highfalutin” ideas from women, recalling a happier time before marriage troubles and references to a bathtub house.
An authority notes avoiding serious thoughts aids sleep. Reading before bed can fatigue eyes and head if continued late. Ensure sleeping room ventilation with airflow through raised lower and lowered upper windows. A happy medium pillow choice is recommended for comfort and rest.
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