02 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
1
A Galveston News column lampoons the futile effort to paint a wicker chair, tracing mankind’s color obsession from ancient dyes to modern overkill. The piece mocks endless rounds of painting, urging soaking the chair in age then dyeing it, ending with the claim the chair is the most unpalatable painted object.
A humorous critique notes changing times with pie at breakfast becoming a social vice under revised statutes. The piece contrasts modern heavy meals with hard day labor earlier in the day, referencing morning toil, fatigue, and bodily stress as a warnings from Eugene Wood’s Everybody’s Magazine.
A reader recalls sinking spells with cold hands and breathlessness improving after Dr Miles Heart Remedy. The letter from Lizzie Painter of Evansville notes rapid relief from heart trouble and neuralgia after using the remedy, part of a flood of testimonials claiming nationwide success.
In Grimsby England Mrs Annie Brown sued Alfred Lawrence over a sovereign swallowed by the defendant's daughter while in Mrs Brown's service. X rays found no trace, the girl agreed to repay by working. Nine shillings already paid. remaining 11 shillings to be recovered by continued service. The judge ordered the girl returned to Mrs Brown's employ to make up the full amount.
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