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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
8
A fanciful tale follows Mrs Happy Cricket and Mr Chirpy as they plan a society debut for Tweedle Cricket. Katydids are drafted as soldiers, glowworms light the venue, and a grand banquet in the grass is prepared with honeydew treats while beetles are invited and roosters listen for speeches.
Opportunities good opening for all lines of business and trade in new towns. Large territory, thickly settled. Address Edwin B. Magill, Mgr. Townsite Department, Chicago Great Western Railway, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 30-43.
The Worcester Post describes a whimsical scene where beetles and crickets would have joined if invited, but upon the guest’s arrival in the ballroom all the insects fled under leaves. Glowworms darkened their lamps, masking any sign of a crickets ball within a mile.
A Michigan breeder urges pure blood sows and pure bred boars for hog breeding, warns against crossing breeds and overuse of grades, notes uniform offspring, recommends strong healthy sows, and stresses feeding and milking practices to ensure rapid growth. A clubbing offer is advertised at the end.
A Sunday School lesson outlines John's role as forerunner to Jesus. It notes three propositions from Peloubet's and covers John the Baptist's testimony, denial of being the Christ, and his identification of Jesus as the Lamb of God. The text emphasizes preparation, preaching, and the divine revelation at Jesus' baptism.
A chemist analyzes soil to prescribe fertilizers for various crops and a doctor advises nourishing the blood with tonics or a concentrated fat food to restore richness and vitality. The passage stresses fat as the key lacking element and highlights easy digestion and absorption.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil promises nourishment and strength when milk and cream fail. It remains palatable and beneficial for wasting bodies in children and adults alike.
The Pharisees emphasized strict adherence to oral and written law, interpreting the Torah through tradition. They supported the resurrection of the dead, divine reward and punishment, and rabbinic authority in legal matters, stressing purity, ritual observance, and ethical behavior within everyday life.
A reader from Oaklandon Ind relays that his wife, once given up by three doctors for consumption, was cured by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The ad claims it kills germs and offers guaranteed pricing with trial bottles.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of M. J. Slykhuis, deceased, is on file in the Clerk of the District Court, Marion County, Knoxville Iowa. It will be heard on February 7, 1905, at the next February term. D. W. Langerak, Clerk. Also unrelated notices on beliefs and local updates follow.
Practical reader notes show home remedies and cleaning hints for cooking, laundry, and polishing. Tips include using sugar with turnips, lemon for tough meat, ammonia in blue water, salt water on carpets, corn meal on wool, raw potato on mud, kerosene on windows and brass, and Electric Bitters touted as a malaria cure with a testimonial from E S Munday of Henrietta Texas. Price noted at Henry M. Langerak’s drug store.
A reflective meditation on the splendor of nature as God’s living garment. The passage celebrates morning purity, cloudy skies, night’s majesty, and the delicate details from petals to forests, urging appreciation of creation’s loveliness.
A New York woman at 200 West 34th Street recounts years of Salt Rheum Kezema until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed her. The quick remedy is promoted for cuts burns and sores and sold for 250 at Henry M Langerak’s drug store.
A summer scene at a Catskills boarding house features two rustic guests, Elias and Jonas. The narrator overhears a pie dispute at the table as one man cuts an unequal piece and offers the smaller share to the other. The aggrieved guest protests that he would have received the larger slice if the roles were reversed.
A sales note touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a blood and system purifier. It claims benefits for stomach and liver troubles and lists Henry M Langerak s drug store selling them for 25 cents.
A daily paper for $1,004 year is described as a desirable public product. The Chicago Daily Review promises important news, market reports, and departments for all readers and lists subscription prices of $1 a year, 75 cents for six months, and 60 cents for three months, with a mailing address in Chicago for subscribing.
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