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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1904
Page
8
Warrier describes a night storm and two mornings amid a vast white expanse where every common object becomes fantastically reshaped. The sky stretches as a blue wall, revealing a universe of snow and altered landmarks like a bridle-post, well-curb, and fences, evoking Pisa's leaning miracle.
In a Sunday School lesson Rev. R W Hobbs surveys Jesus preaching beside the Sea of Galilee. The draught of fishes prompts Peter to follow Christ, who calls them to fish for men. The piece links John 1 and Matthew accounts, urging obedience and the training of disciples for service.
A ruined grand business house on a busy street prompts reflections on responsibility and the cost of carelessness. The piece links a fallen building to a lost young life, urging sober heedfulness in how we build and live. It closes with a prayer for aging gracefully and maintaining faith amid decline. It then recalls Queen Victoria’s Gold Medal for exemplary sailors, awarded by the Worcester training ship, based on strict, peer-voted merit.
A man studies a long list of resolutions he plans to follow, vowing to quit smoking, drinking, loitering, scolding, grumbling, kicking, moping, and going into debt, aiming to carry out every item he signed.
A disciplined man finishes signing a formidable list and declares commitment to execute each item. He places the document in an empty coal scuttle and proceeds toward the coal house, ready to begin immediately.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve is promoted as a cure for pain from cuts, wounds, burns, sores, and stiff joints and claimed to be the best salve for piles. Available at Henry M. Langerak, druggist.
A collection of moral snippets contrasts honest hardship with crime. A starving bread thief receives severe punishment while a white collar thief bends laws to riches, urging readers to question justice and the ethics of wealth.
In a New York slum Joe Hardy resists drink until a mission sermon on a flax lamp renews hope. After a scuffle he collapses in a hospital on New Year’s Day and recalls the sermon. A girl recognizes him as his daughter confirms forgiveness, and Joe finds redemption, a second chance, and a renewed faith.
Dr J A Lomas of South Bend Indiana claims a marvelous remedy cures any disease known to medicine after years of study. He lists rheumatism neuralgia kidney troubles stomach liver bowels and many other ailments and says the remedy can be mailed free to anyone who writes with name and address. He guarantees cures and urges sick people to write at once to Department 625.
Nature reports a undetermined species of caterpillar in a single Madagascar forest could provide a new silk source. Nests 16 inches long, attached to trees, are white and silk tortuous yet strong. 100 to 160 caterpillars per nest feed at night, are prolific, and may be introduced to other forests as experiments assess silk value.
The London Lancet criticizes English athletics as gladiatorial contests driven by prize money and large crowds. It argues such displays fail to develop genuine physical strength or broad public activity.
The official valuation of Philadelphia City Hall and grounds stands at 13 004 000, while the article notes that numbering houses was not adopted until the eighteenth century, indicating a historical practice change.
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