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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
8
A detailed guide from the United States Department of Agriculture on selecting sow stock and boars to achieve uniform, high quality hog herds. Emphasizes uniformity, conformation, feminine sows, and masculine boars, with notes on breeding strategy, records, and vitality.
Seventeen year old Hettie works long hours at a box factory and dreams of adoption by a rich woman. After a hospital accident she meets Julius Frost, a chauffeur who cares for her, while Mrs. Burlson appears distant. He confesses love and offers a modest home, suggesting happiness may come without wealth.
In Century writings Robert E. Peary describes extreme arctic peril and meticulous preps. He lists lifeline supplies on deck ready to be tossed to crew, including pemmican, biscuits, coffee, sugar, oil and more. Each whale boat carried rations, tools, weapons, medical gear, and spare clothing for all crew and Eskimos.
McCren, a powder factory worker, left for dinner with his friend O Reilly. O Reilly later found McCren missing, saying McCren rushed away in a hurry and did not know his destination until striking a match. McCren reportedly vanished with the roof and half the factory.
The World proclaims its 1918 twice weekly edition as practically a daily at weekly price. It emphasizes timely world war news from Europe and troop deployments, promising prompt reports at a low annual subscription of 1.00 for 166 pages. A combined offer with The Chronicle costs 2.15 per year.
Eastbound and westbound Wabash line trains stop at Howell Station four miles south of Pella. Passenger No. 2, 50, 61, and 3 run daily and Sundays. No. 2 and No. 3 stop to pick up passengers only on signal.
Look over your discarded garments and dye them with Dy-O-La Dye. The modern home dye promises no wrong material mixups, fast durable colors that won’t rub off, and easy directions from color charts. Available via druggists or mail order from Dy-O-La Dye Company, Des Moines and Pella.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Anuric and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for kidney trouble backache and rheumatic pains. It cites personal testimonials from A Judd and others, urging readers to use Anuric at double strength, drink water, and exercise while warning against Bright's disease diabetes and bladder stones. The copy promotes trial packages and claims superior potency to lithia.
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