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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
8
January lesson reviews Genesis six to eleven focusing on Cain and Abel. It discusses offerings, faith versus works, sin crouching at the door, and God’s mercy. The text urges teaching about brotherhood, accountability, and the missionary appeal in light of the sibling tragedy.
Multitudes of people take Scott's Emulsion to repair wasted tissue and enrich the blood during winter colds and exposure. It is described as a cream like food medicine with cod liver oil, pure and healthful without drugs. Endorsed by medical authorities, it supposedly drives out colds, nourishes throat and lung membranes, and aids pulmonary weakness for all ages. Corr & Bowne, Bloomfield, New Jersey.
A verse excerpt cites a grandmother who tended the sick with herbal cures and neighborly zeal, ignoring personal risk, contrasted with modern habits of washing and isolating. The poem notes how today’s caution divides old charity from new antiseptic fear, questioning the cost of safer wisdom.
A social debate contrasts an elderly gentleman’s chivalrous habit of giving up his seat to women with younger views that gallantry has faded. The piece weighs changing gender roles, work pace, and public manners, noting women’s expanding presence in employment and the urban rush.
Margaret E. Sangeter argues that safety and courtesy for women in public transit and crowded venues are essential. She notes that women’s cabins on ferries and similar spaces are not sheltered from rough behavior and that mothers should teach sons to honor women. She warns that without change Americans risk losing their reputation for politeness.
In a Sunday school scene a boy Dick resists lying for money. When asked if he would tell a lie for a thousand dollars he hesitates, then explains that the lie remains even after wealth and items are spent, teaching the value of honesty.
A poignant fragment shows a young girl insisting she can help her mother now. She argues that children are designed by God with nimble feet and ten fingers to assist, challenging the idea that one must wait until adulthood to support parents.
A collage of humorous lines on spelling and life from multiple newspapers. It includes a pangram about pears and harassed peddlers, quips from Louisville Courier Journal Chicago Record Herald and London Opinion, and a curfew joke about Patrick Henry.
The London Standard notes a notable migration of butterflies into the country from the continent. The movement chiefly involves the Clouded Yellow and Painted Lady species, an extraordinary event since none of either species will ever pass through Britain.
A fragment from Fiegende Blaetter shows a rural scene where John and another person discuss the calf's illness and whether to try two remaining powders the doctor gave Tommie for measles. The dialogue hints at improvised medical care and family coping in uncertain times.
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