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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
8
Delicate verse from Little Folks portrays a child caring for a doll as a mother figure. The poem echoes nightly routines of rocking, tucking in, and singing a lullaby to a doll, comparing dolls to children and emphasizing gentle, bedtime care.
In autumn on Beachley's Hill Mr. Wingate, popular with local boys, loses a liberty head quarter dating 1825 and offers five dollars for its return. Sidney, inspired by care for the coin, discovers a similar quarter among his grandfather's coins, contemplates deceit, but confesses to Mr. Wingate who reveals his own matching coin and urges honesty, ending with a moral about integrity and inheritance.
The article quotes a reflection that the sun gives beauty and flavor to fruits and vegetables, paralleling how Christ influences the world of spiritual life. It notes the sun’s power to shape nature and suggests that the best side of a person is the side oriented toward Christ, offering a spiritual lesson.
The dying Duke of Kent expressed concern for his soul and rejected consolation about his public role. He told the pastor that salvation depended on his personal repentance, not his status as a prince. The remark reflects a focus on individual conscience over rank.
An old advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a universal remedy for feverishness stomach teething disorders and to regulate bowels and expel worms. Claimed safe for 28 years and widely used by mothers. Sold by druggists 26 cents with a free sample offered. Address listed as Mother Gray Co Leroy N Y.
A man found a missing hundred dollars at the bottom of a box in the woodshed, where a cat nursing five kittens kept watch. The incident is noted as an unusual cradle lining with money, possibly the first in feline circles.
A famed traveler endures a pompous bore who parades his learning. At last the traveler fixes him with a grave look and states, You and I know all that is to be known. The bore asks why. The traveler answers, You know everything except that you are a fool, and I know that.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and use in foot baths for tired swollen feet. Claims it makes tight or new shoes feel easy and recommends buying nationwide for 25 cents. Appeals to women seeking relief from achey feet.
A teacher refines a math concept by presenting an orange on a desk and peeling it to reveal a part of the peel. A bright shy girl answers that it is the skin of a unit, illustrating how a whole can be divided into parts in a classroom moment reported by Little Chronicle.
Dr Woods Hutchinson cites a cat warcry as a vivid example of primitive speech and grammar driving action and fear. A 600 year old weather diary by William Merle, kept in Latin from 1337 to 1844, shows consistent wet days across centuries and parallels modern meteorology.
The vanilla bean, the costliest bean globally, grows in Mexico especially Papantla and Misantla. Harvested by natives from the wild, beans sell at 10 dollars per 1000, then dry and cure to fetch 10 to 11 dollars per pound depending on quality. Used by druggists and confectioners as a key commercial article.
The greatest band on the Chautauqua circuit, led by an eccentric director, has performed for years in St. Augustine under the Chamber of Commerce. Do not miss the two grand concerts scheduled for the fifth day of Chautauqua.
Eastbound Rock Island lines list passenger numbers 470 472 474 and westbound 475 471 with local freight 82 and 81 noting that shipment freight must be at the station by 5 p m the day before. Wabash service at Howell Station four miles south of Pella lists southbound Nos 2 60 and northbound 61 3 with signals required to stop. All trains run daily including Sundays.
Eight H. Murphy a Wellsburg New York druggist says Chamberlain's Tablets are the most satisfactory remedy for stomach troubles and constipation he has sold in thirty four years of drug store service. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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