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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
3
A mother tells Frances a grandmother's tale of two sisters Sue and Eliza who envy each other’s dresses. Eliza burns her blue calico and loses her new gown, while Sue keeps hers. Frances, soothed by a promise of better fabric, hopes a brighter dress will emerge tomorrow with a smile.
Mrs Martha Wilcox of Gowanda New York states she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy when she had a hard cold eight years ago and again recently. She reports the medicine broke the cold in a few days and the troublesome symptoms disappeared.
A devotional lyric extols a steadfast effort to bring Christ’s kingdom into hearts and daily life. Saintly imagery contrasts labor with heavenly aim, praising faith, hope, and Savior companionship in a guiding, hopeful tone.
The Biblical Recorder contemplates David’s praise and notes that his Bible contained only Genesis through Job, urging gratitude for the broader revelation now available and comparing past with present scripture.
A probate notice states a last will and testament of Teuntje Lange wisch now on file in Marion County District Court Iowa. The will will be heard during the February 1916 term on February 8 at the court in Knoxville, inviting all interested parties to be heard. EL Clements, Clerk of District Court, Knoxville, Iowa, January 11, 1916.
A narrator in Santa Fe describes a polished, wealth-aspiring youth led by two bellhops toward a sanitarium. The scene contrasts fortune and home sickness, as a mother in Des Moines reflects on troops of healthy children, a stark lesson on wealth versus well being.
A Chicago school bulletin defines home economics as using modern science to improve home life, freeing the home from material domination, and subordinating things to ideals. It asserts right living as education’s fourth R, home-making as a profession, health duties, and that economical, well-planned homes support state and society.
Miss Young writes of festive church activities and improvised decorations showing Christmas spirit in gardens and homes. A special collection the Sunday before Christmas benefited Missions and the Red Cross. An orphan asylum superintendent in Santiago requested aid for local children, arriving on the last day of school and yielding a nine dollar donation.
A fragment notes honor circles and a large Iowa mission list with 159% of the foreign missions apportioned before January 1916. It lists many towns and churches including Ames, Cedar Falls, Waterloo First, Council Bluffs First, Spirit Lake, Estherville, Webster City, and more. The letter from Mabel V. Young encourages study, prayer, and life habits, signed by Mrs. Ji B. Long.
In Weatherby Missouri O J Metcalf recalls a severe December cold nearly confining him to bed. After using two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he says he was soon restored to health. The remedy is obtainable everywhere and praised by users.
The Philadelphia North American notes the daddy longlegs is harmless and not a spider, contrasting venom and biting. It describes eight long legs, two eyes, two pincers, and its seasonal activity from midsummer to late autumn across warm regions. It mentions cave-dwelling blindness in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
The Polish Bulletin notes Lemberg, the historic Galician city, has borne twenty seven distinct names over time. Ruthenian forms include Lwow and Lwiw while German forms are Lemberg Lemberg Lemburg and Louwenburg. Latin variants include Lebburga Lamburga and Leopolya.
A letter discusses city name origins Lwow versus Atoreanams pure 10 and explains why boiled water freezes sooner than unboiled water. It argues that boiling removes air and creates particle motion that accelerates congelation while still water can drop below freezing without ice.
A sugar cargo vessel near Mont Pelee sails home as the captain resists port pressure to finish loading. Shippers and customs officers who urged restraint are later found dead among the ruins of St Pierre after the volcano erupts.
A Pittsburgh Press aphorism notes the primary impulse of possession drives all creatures to hoard and defend, comparing chickens and beasts to humans. It suggests matrimony arises from the instinct to guard and growl over a partner, likening a home to a hollow tree or cave.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch quotes a clever tactic to filter chorus applicants by telling hopefuls they are too pretty, aiming to preserve the star’s status as the only handsome woman in the company.
A brief note from the Indianapolis Star features a colloquial exchange on a loan where two fives are exchanged for a ten with a promise to repay in a day or 80. The snippet reflects casual speech and a quote from Marble D. Babcock on effort and growth.
The excerpt explores how consciousness of consequences shapes human interaction, especially among the young. It argues that fear of entangling promises or invitations often halts intimate exchanges, and contemplates whether maturity reduces this hesitation or deepens self restraint.
The Pittsburgh Press explains proof coins are struck only at the Philadelphia mint using new dies on burnished planchets. Bulls 10 percent premium on lots with coins. minor sets priced above face value. Gold issues lose field brilliance. older inscriptions differed. Notes on $20 and $10 designs and overall artistry compared to older proofs.
A frontier mining dispute illustrates how a learned lawyer misidentifies a mine as a ledge and misreads local nomenclature. The exchange contrasts stationary ledge locality with a mine’s movable site, showing why precise geographic understanding matters in frontier cases.
A Petrograd advertiser explains his prior low prices by claiming bachelor status allowed him to avoid family costs. He announces imminent marriage and warns customers that the old lower rates will soon end, urging immediate purchases at once.
A meandering tinker asks if a typewriter needs repairs and the employer notes she has gone across the street to consult a dentist. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Ledger.
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