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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
8
Dream interpretations vary as mystics differ on peas. Most see eating cooked peas in a dream as a favorable omen for business success, while merely seeing peas or eating raw peas may foretell vexations. A few prophets tie cooked peas to illness, creating conflicting guidance on health and fortune.
The article explains a century of belief that the sun harbored inhabitants and buildings, driven by imaginative observers who misread sunspots as constructed structures. It clarifies that dark openings in the sun’s envelope are sunspots caused by gas uprushes, not populated edifices.
Simple home carpet care guidance covers cleaning with ox gall and boiling water, soap flakes and washing soda, and hot flannel rubs. It also describes inking stain removal using blotting and hot milk, chalk paste to lift spots, and iron pressing to set chalk. It cautions against using pointed sticks to avoid tearing.
A special examination for pupils who failed in at most three subjects will be held Thursday and Friday, August 4 and 5, with reporting times at 8 15 a m. The office of County Superintendent of Schools, Knoxville, oversees the process.
Motorists are urged to buy Kleene wick collapsible tubes advertised by Vander Linden's Drug Store as a waterless cleaning solution for tires, promising convenience and effective cleansing without water.
An article notes Chinese fruits are delicious and superior to Western varieties. It highlights an exceptionally sweet orange grown in China, a uniquely different peach, and a winter muskmelon best in December and January. It also mentions bird's nest soup as an exotic reserve and suggests Europeans will be introduced to more Chinese foods.
In the Annales de Medicine (Pavis) Drs FE Christin and F Navills report tubercle bacilli enter the body as often via the stomach as the lungs. They claim these germs can pass membranes without a trace and are conveyed by the lymph stream to the lungs or other organs.
A fragment from Boston anscript questions how Mrs Newrocks entered society and notes she relied on money and tact. The piece hints at social climbing through wealth and subtle skill, using dialogue about bridge to illustrate perceptions of progress and social tone.
A 1920s scene shows Bob Randall, an aviator crippled by loss of a leg, and Doris Berkeley in a touring car driving toward the golf links. A brake failure, a crash, and a cliffside plunge into river water test their nerve as they scramble from the wreckage. Doris and Bob face a tense moment of danger and dependency in a brutal test of courage and partnership.
Two passengers escape injury after a rocky shore incident leads to a wet car and a towing operation. Bob and Doris share a hopeful moment as they prepare to drive to the golf grounds with engines, pulleys, and strong help from friends.
The custom arose when ports of warships fired on approaching dignitaries as a sign of peaceful intent, demonstrating trust that visitors posed no threat and that arms could be left silent during their approach.
The legend links the nine of diamonds to the Curse of Scotland as worn on the Stair family coat. Histories note the Earl, James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair, as a premier lawyer who helped invite William and Mary to the throne and, as secretary of state, played a role in Glencoe's massacre. He died January 8, 1707, while pursuing Scotland's union with England.
Victoria reports a booming shark catching industry on Parker Island between Galiano and Mayne in the Gulf of Georgia. A week’s May catch weighs over a ton, with diversifying uses from oil to fertilizer, glue from shark heads, fins sold as delicacy, teeth for ornaments, and hides under development by several American firms amid ongoing research.
In Seattle factories, shark hides are used to manufacture hip boots praised as completely waterproof, reflecting a novel use of shark materials to produce durable protective gear.
Calvin Waldron and friends spied a full grown weasel up a tree on the mountainside at Conyngham. While two threw stones, Waldron guarded the bottom and captured the animal alive as it came down.
A cat owned by A. B. Eaton in Hollis New Hampshire reportedly caught and brought two six inch trout to its owner. The cat’s route and method remain a mystery as Eaton preserves the creature’s secret.
Duquoin Illinois physicians report the recovery of Doctor W Bartz a prominent surgeon of Campbell Eli after a period of delirium. Defective teeth were found to cause his illness and were extracted. In two days he returned home fully restored.
A romantic scene unfolds as Tom asks Marjorie Graham for marriage but faces her father Mr. Graham's strict condition of proving a man’s worth before consent. Tom, poor yet persistent, endures hardship while Marjorie frets over filial duty and love. The story centers on class, sacrifice, and the hope for a convincing future.
Mr Graham, troubled by his son-in-law Tom's drinking, is surprised to discover Tom at a banquet with the host's son. After a taunting incident, Tom calmly rejects drink taunts. Graham then tests himself by solving the problem of influence and decides Tom is needed in his business, with Marjorie approving as they join.
George Berg delivered to the Brown county auditor the hides of a young wolf and a baby wolf, seized during a pursuit. The incident occurred after Berg pursued the animals by automobile and turned the furs over to the office for record.
Berg of Verdon chased a roaming wolf from his yard in a car and found nine cubs at the den. He drove out the old she wolf and sold the cub hides to the county, receiving a bounty for each scalp.
John Emerson, walking home in a rainstorm, found an umbrella blown into his hands by a strong wind. He searched for the owner but found no one. He now wonders who owns the umbrella and where it came from.
A Warren Pennsylvania house cat saved 2500 by adopting five orphaned black fox cubs after their mother died. The cat, newly a mother itself, took in the cubs at Warren Black Fox ranch under superintendent L. W. Archibald. The cubs are valued at 500 each and the arrangement was accepted by the mother cat.
A ration ideal for sows with piglets combines corn grain and alfalfa. Hay may be self-fed in a rack or ground with grain feed at a small added cost.
Follow manufacturer directions to set up the incubator and maintain a steady temperature before filling with eggs. Do not mix fresh with incubating eggs, turn eggs twice daily, and turn them before lamps. Cool daily per weather, attend to machine care at regular hours, keep the chimney and wick clean, wet eggs on days seven and fourteen, and do not open after day eighteen until chicks hatch.
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