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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
8
Rev H F McDonald argues Home Mission work must start at home not in distant lands. He urges personal sacrifice and churches to feed the hungry clothe the naked visit the sick and aid the imprisoned, applying foreign mission zeal to local outreach.
The excerpt questions wealth and station and condemns social impurity and crimes, asking about temperance and its consequences. It cites biblical verses from Matthew and Ephesians to urge awakening and moral reform.
A reflective piece on charity noting that truthful people doubt others less, while schemers accuse, urging readers to consider accuser motives. It contrasts purity with impurity, warning that those who habitually lie are easily believed to spew falsehoods. The essay ends with a caution to young readers.
DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is especially recommended for piles. Sold by Langerak's drug store.
A passerby recalls two eight year old girls debating a hurtful word. One girl urges to forget it, and the observer reflects on how adults cling to insult, while the other recalls kindness overriding a single offense. The anecdote invites forgiveness and preserves friendship.
The article weighs in on big cats, noting lions commonly reach 500 pounds or more, with 540 pounds cited as a record for an African lion. It compares cats’ bone density to ivory and mentions a Bengal tiger scaling 520 pounds in a recent incident.
The Moths 1908 issue covers Physical Culture Beauty Child study Kindergarten methods in the home Health Finances the Servant Problem Food Products and Preparation and broad topics for a mother’s entertainment and pleasure as the magazine previews its premium content along those lines.
The article compares the strength of a tiger, grizzly bear, cinnamon bear, and polar bear, noting a four hundredweight bear carrying a heifer two miles up a mountain. It also advertises Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic for children, priced 35c, by F D Stubenrauch.
Two lively schoolgirls share momentary news of health and mischief on a cold day ride. They trade gossip about friends while one coughs and sneezes, and the scene touches the season with talk of a hospitallike home illness. A drug ad promotes Kodol for indigestion, and a magazine note highlights stories and Indian studies.
A Puck vignette recounts a gentleman offering his seat to a lady on a streetcar, she dies thanking him, and he dies soon after. The inquest verdict notes they time their passing, presenting a grim moral on old manners and fate.
The quotation urges making good breeding the central aim of daily thoughts and actions. It asserts breeding enhances merit, covers its lack, and should adorn a person rather than conceal them, invoking Lord Chesterfield’s voice on virtue and social conduct.
The piece explains how atmosphere makes the sky appear blue and the moon appear yellow. It imagines ascending to 50 miles and describes viewing the moon as white while space would be dark and bright like daytime.
A historic note from The Circle explains that hot water bags often leak unexpectedly. It recommends adhesive plaster over the break as immediate, lasting first aid, easily renewed, and highly satisfactory for rubber articles.
An eastern young woman left her husband after 24 hours of marriage and returned to her $26-a-week job. The article notes that few wives spend as much on themselves weekly, and few husbands have such funds either, hinting at finances shaping the quick breakup.
A Memphis area farmer uncovered a corn vessel from ancient mound works near one of the forts. He planted some kernels, and the result was inconsistent, with the grain described as small and sooty black in color, suggesting preservation challenges and curious vitality. The fragmentary report notes the surprising find and its ambiguous early results, tied to a long history of mound builder evidence.
A Norwich Connecticut class praised for a language lesson produced a humorous line. A pupil wrote that the laudian is the most organic man on the face of the earth, showing surprising grasp of the word’s sense.
Henry Hurlburt, editor of the Kore Review published in Seoul, is a former Newington, Vermont resident and once studied at the local high school.
A fragment reports numbers of women in U S professions including music teachers 34579 arts teachers 10000 telegraph operators 11000 and notes a total of about 250000 women in teaching roles reflecting early 20th century workforce trends.
A scene at the public library where an eye doctor questions a nearsighted attendant about locating a reference book. The attendant, blinking, replies that if the book exists it will be in the catalogue.
Poetic reflection on sunshine breaking through clouds and bringing joy, with vibrant imagery of trees glittering like diamonds and a hopeful note about inner sunshine surpassing outward brightness. The passage emphasizes renewal, beauty, and the uplifting power of light after darkness.
A caution on fertilizer use warns that excessive application can cause rapid but weak growth in pot plants. Growers should target balanced feeding to avoid unhealthy blooms and ensure robust, healthy development.
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