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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
8
Fragmented OCR shows an advertisement style claim for Miles' Nerve Liver Pills and other pills. Mentions taking a pill for headaches and natural ease, with garbled quotes and stray punctuation reflecting poor OCR.
Fragmentary text questions the claims of Dr Miles nerve and liver pills and criticizes rival products for using force and irritation. The readable portion hints at skepticism toward the pills' effectiveness and safety.
Summary notes present a Sunday school lesson on Luke chapter two focusing on Jesus Christ as central figure of prophecy and law. It outlines Christ as Comforter, the Anointed One, Savior, and emphasizes divine purpose and fulfillment through Simeon’s blessing and the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
A devotional prayer asks for guidance to live a purer life day by day. The petitioner asks God to fortify resolve, keep faith, and draw nearer, hoping to influence others for Christ. Signed by E. M. Lonason of Sheffield, Iowa.
A garbled excerpt lists proposed personal conduct laws for young people: health, frugality, abstinence from alcohol and tobacco, dental care, exercise, dependability, politeness, cleanliness, honesty, learning from better people, self awareness, doing work to top capacity, saving, confidence, money discipline, perseverance, and reverence for self. The tone reflects a didactic, early 20th century guide urging self-improvement and moral formation.
A reader reflects on why school teachers seem to age early, citing fragmented excerpts from a 19th or early 20th century text. The piece weaves humorous and paradoxical lines about education, geography, and notable figures like Lowell and Holmes to suggest weariness from profession and insight into teaching life.
A fragment from an old lesson book recalls King Alfred the Great’s England where children solved arithmetic problems. It presents two brainteasers: a swallow inching a day toward dinner and an aging riddle about a boy whose age grows through years doubling the past.
A dog named Shep, a black and tan Scotch collie, swam with a family and friends near camp. He stayed at the stream edge, preventing children from entering the swift water as they bathed.
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