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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
3
In Washington each year a curious postoffice auction sells parcels sent to the dead letter office due to deficient postage or wrong directions. The items, often cheap but sometimes valuable, illustrate how carelessness can rob senders and recipients of gifts and happiness, a parable on lost power and joy.
The Gold Coast trade shows masses of porters carrying cocoa to railheads with 150 pound bags. At Adanso a single firm employs 3,000 carriers who trek to Pakro daily or twice a day. Barrel rolling to the sea is a unique system where casks of beans travel along primitive roads weighing over a quarter ton.
A composite sketch covers W. E. Henley born 1849 who endured amputation and poverty before Lister saved his leg, inspiring Rob ert Louis Stevenson. It also notes Edmund Halley predicting a comet and proposing ocean age by chemical erosion, alongside brief humorous lines and a cartoon caption.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press hints at probing a car’s reliability and stalls, with quotation style reflecting speculation about why an auto won’t run. The text implies testing and diagnosing mechanical failure in a period newspaper snippet.
Mr Rip Van Winkle Stone awakes in Marne France after a long sleep to witness a warlike future. He sees a zeppelin, birds bearing soldiers, and a German general with staff as modern warfare unfolds. The scene shifts from tranquil meadows to trenches and gas, ending with a Paris newspaper headline about nationwide war preparedness.
A nostalgic wartime poem urges soldiers to keep marching forward shoulder to shoulder despite fatigue and loss. It contrasts bright dawn drums with quiet evenings and calls for steadfast duty, resilience, and courage across hard times.
An old-time warning urges travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting the medicine cannot be obtained on trains or ships. It warns bowel attacks can be sudden and severe and recommends preparedness. Sold by F. D. Stubenrauch.
A historical critique argues whiskey drives crime poverty and ruined families. It cites Sing Sing and Auburn inmates, claims 865000 liquor made orphans, and urges total prohibition to protect children and homes. It notes insurance use of tornado losses and condemns the liquor trade as a social wrecking force.
A summer warning urges every family to keep Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand noting its value during hot months and usefulness for colic cholera and diarrhoea. It claims no superior product and directs purchase from F. D. Stubenrauch.
Prices for eggs and poultry listed with 90 cents per dozen for certain items, old hens 13 cents per pound, spring chickens up to 17 percent, old roosters 7-8 cents, and feathered loins 8-10 cents. An ad extols Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and indigestion, with a testimonial from Eugene S. Knight of Wilmington, N.C., and mentions availability at F. D. Stubenrauch. Also offers two cents extra per dozen egg tickets and trade credits from H. D. Wormhoudt.
The report lists average yearly wage payments to Western train employees for 1915, including workers who served only part of the year. Figures reflect overall payroll totals and distributions across roles.
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