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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
8
An ad touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a cure for female nervous ailments and various pains. It claims quick relief without liver or stomach disruption, urging women and children to use the easy to take remedy.
Duncan M. Smith mocks daily annoyances from filing chaos to weather forecasts and neighbor borrowings. The piece threads jokes on aging, marriage banter, and commonplace opinions, using witty one liners and quips about social folly and home life.
A Sunday School lesson from July 10 1904 discusses Jeroboam’s rise after Rehoboam’s response, his fear of the people returning to Jerusalem, and his establishment of idol worship in Bethel and Dan. It warns of moral decline from selfishness and disobedience, urging trust in God and mission work against idolatries. The note ends with an ad for Seal of Minnesota flour at Cole's Seed Store.
A jumble of ads and quotes includes a medical testimonial for Bucklen's Arnica salve curing piles and a travel sale by the Chicago Great Western railway offering round trip tickets to Atlantic City New Jersey plus stopovers. Names mentioned include F A Golledge of Verena Alabama H M Langerak and J P Elmer G, with dates July 13-15 and July 9.
An amusing animal tale features Toby the baby clown who proudly defends the American flag against a Spaniard costume. Toby uses his ears as a weapon and proclaims Manila Bay and Santiago as he defeats the intruding rig, preserving Old Glory in a playful frontier vignette. The piece ends with an abrupt rail schedule notice for the Chicago Great Western railway offering tickets to Western states and provinces.
Colusa resident Joe Golobick reports fifteen years of unrelenting rheumatic pain ended by Electric Bitters. He calls it the greatest medicine for his condition and says it also benefits liver and kidney troubles and general debility. H. M. Langerak, a local druggist, guarantees satisfaction.
Mrs. Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana suffered night coughs and coughing up blood from consumption. After failing with other medicines she used three 1 dollar bottles of Dr King s New Discovery and gained 58 pounds. The ad guarantees cure for coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Price one dollar with trial bottles free at H M Langerak s drug store.
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