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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
6
An old advertisement notes Scott's Emulsion as the long standing standard for thirty five years and cautions buyers not to dilute it with water. It also promotes a Barings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book with a Good Luck Peony, from Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
A South marriage tale recounts a ceremony in which the officiating minister asks for witnesses. The groom, and bride, strangers in the area, send Jim to find witnesses who return with two young colored women. The groom then chooses a younger witness, prompting astonishment before the service continues.
A quiet summer scene describes a narrator playing banjo to a family of toads under a rotted piazza floor. Each evening the toads emerge, sit in a solemn row, and silently observe the performance, forming an ongoing, endearing audience for the author’s concert titled Our Four-Footed Friends.
Simon Hardcastle asserts with feigned piety that a wife requesting more than a quarter a year for personal pleasure is a vile creature. Miranda replies that if a dime equals the engraver’s view, no difficulty would remain. January Housekeeper urges activity to ward off grief and selfishness, praising practical duty and support for dependents.
A column argues that police court publicity deters crime and protects families. It notes some people seek to suppress coverage, but argues newspaper reporting curbs petty offenses and promotes right living, urging readers to value public notice over personal concern.
A dated inspirational note argues that work is the best antidote to woe. It urges keeping busy, persevering, and untiring in one's calling to avoid the blues, noting that motion is life and the busy are happiest.
A kindergarten teacher uses a nature study moment to teach about turtles and God’s care. Johnny, wearing spectacles, protests he sees bones, prompting a gentle correction that turtles have bones despite their hard shells. The scene ends with the teacher guiding Johnny back to the lesson.
Tuberculosis among cattle and swine has increased rapidly in recent years. A reliable live-animal detection method is needed. The tuberculin test is the only method proven to detect the disease with certainty when properly administered, as shown by Dr. Stange in Bulletin No. 107 of the Iowa Experiment Station.
The item mentions an Iowa Experiment Station bulletin on bovine tuberculosis transmission to hogs, offering free copies. It closes with a World Evangel article recounting a painting mishap as a moral tale about hiding sins, urging root removal rather than concealment.
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