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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
8
An advertisement extols eating sufficient wholesome food while stressing the need for complete digestion. It argues that when the stomach is weak one should rest and use Kodol to digest the food, claiming no other remedy can.
A drugstore promotion invites customers to try a dollar bottle of Kodol with a full refund if no benefit is received after using the entire bottle. The offer covers the large bottle and one per family, with the company asserting the necessity of proven results to avoid bankruptcy. Kodol is produced by E. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago.
For Sale by All Druggists by W J Clark presents a hymn sequence about seeking divine guidance through darkness and fear. The piece extols the name of Jesus Christ as sole salvation and offers practical religious application, with an illustration praising missionary courage and faith. It mentions Pella, Iowa, and includes a structural outline of the hymn’s themes.
Sunday School lesson outlines Peter and John before Jewish rulers in Jerusalem Acts 4 5-20. Prominent facts note persecution failed to curb bold preaching and the early church grew. Historical view places this in temple precincts with Peter and John facing authorities.
Rev V Fowle leads the Young People's meeting in Ames Iowa with a January 24 sermon from Genesis 1 18 and 26 31 stressing that God is behind all life and world guiding toward highest development The lesson emphasizes practical heart lessons over geology debates and cites God providing food home and love while urging faith in creation amid a world in a long process of development.
The text extols God’s universal kindness shaping a higher world day by day. It contrasts optimism and doubt, noting God’s control over all creation and the ongoing perfection of the Almighty’s handiwork. It urges faith and love to realize the good God intended for the world.
In a schoolroom tale Miss Lucy urges the pupils to defeat a recurring foe named Giant Laziness. Jack muffs his work and earns bad marks, while the lesson ties diligence to spiritual fervor as the class pledges to kill the giant with resolve and effort.
An elderly man habitually sits in the same corner of a prayer meeting and quietly places hymn books into latecomers hands. The small act embodies readiness as opportunity and higher service arise. God selects workers, but he does not compel action. everyday kindness goes to those prepared to serve.
A young Chinese boy in a mission school sees an old feeble man praying before idols in a village temple. He resolves to help the elder and speaks with tears, saying he is sorrowful for the old man's path and asks to share the message of heaven. The encounter highlights innocence and compassion across generations.
A youth shares the story of Jesus with an elderly man and his wife who had never heard the gospel. Their hearts melt, they invite him home, and both respond to salvation. Four years later J Hudson Taylor finds them devoted Christians, noting they would have died in darkness without the boy.
A family pleads with Aunt Mary to ride to New Rochelle in a car. She fears a disaster and delays for five minutes as relatives cite statistics about higher accident risk on the return trip. He uses humor and reassurance before she finally agrees to enter the car.
Two boys counting nuts in a cemetery caused alarm when they dropped two nuts and whispered in verse One for you and one for me The tale spooked passersby who fled the scene fearing a divine tribunal. The incident was recounted by The News with cautionary tone.
The victim laments repeated demands for payment on tickets not returned. She notes that while the issue is serious enough to provoke distress at receptions and teas, sorting through dozens of notes to reach personal correspondence is far too burdensome.
The late Arctic explorer Sir Leopold McLintock recounted his northern ice field experiences. He noted their dogs gave out at a critical moment, prompting a witty remark from a listener about tireless Eskimo dogs and his culinary quip in reply.
A bath favored by Kneipists uses a pine needle and cone infusion. Cover a pound of fresh needles and broken cones with cold water, boil half an hour, strain, and add the liquid to the bath. Bottling for future use preserves the tonic effect on nerves and skin, alternating with sea salt baths.
Leslie's Weekly notes the United States rose from fourth among manufacturing nations in 1860 to surpassing Britain by 1880 and nearing parity with Britain Germany and France combined by 1908. It cites doubled factory product values since 1888 and exports since 1898, with manufacturing ranking third in national wealth and employing far more in agriculture, while farm property rose from 7.9 to about 25 billion dollars by 1908.
Ossie Shreck of the Athletics now with the Chicago White Sox felt ill and a club doctor named Powers examined him in the clubhouse. He described symptoms of cloudy vision and roaring in the ears, a chill and cold draft, then prescribed a barometer noting a brainstorm threat in light humor.
A man notes a stenographer earning seven dollars weekly is valued by business men for careful service. Relatives say she lacks ambition, and with outside earnings her finances cover her needs. She values comfort and her employer, choosing not to seek higher pay or change jobs.
A clubwoman faces a daily flood of invitations pressed on her by presidents of prominent organizations. She receives from fifty to eighty invitations, each with one to a dozen tickets, and is expected to purchase or distribute them among friends.
The excerpt notes Abel Gorham’s reluctance to express opinions yet reveals his sharp discernment. A summer resident seeks his view of Pete Hobbs, hoping for a recommendation for a lift. Gorham argues that lifting a capable person depends on ability, hinting Hobbs may be of the type he already suspects.
A Cranberry Isles sea captain, owning one of the island's few horses, strapped a ship binnacle to his wagon amid thick smoke to keep his bearings while navigating. He shouts orders to his team using nautical terms like starboard and port, rather than landlubber language, as sober residents report.
The Cameron Highlanders are praised as fine men. A clergyman tried to edge into a crowded Scottish railway compartment. He argued the seat held five by act of Parliament. The Highlander replied that the seat was not built to that standard and refused to move.
A Trinity school student, 12, reads history. His father asks about the topic and the boy replies that it was about a British king’s attempt to bluff, which the colonists outwitted, illustrating the revolution's gist in simple terms.
A health ad urges readers with backache rheumatic pains and urinary problems to use DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills. It emphasizes urgency noting delay is dangerous and warns to accept no substitute while noting the product is soothing antiseptic and sold by all druggists in regular size.
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