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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
3
The Timely Doctor urges constant breathing practice to improve health. He warns that poor breath control accompanies effort and holds back full air intake during work. A simple method is to pause during tasks and take deep breaths to cleanse blood and refresh energy.
The piece describes pruning by rain as a natural forest thinning method with icy crystal covered trees after a storm, recalling a vivid Atlantic Monthly memory. It also notes 16th century and London Globe accounts of red as a cure for disease, including red blankets and scarlet nightcaps.
The Chicago News warns grease from dishes and utensils breeds bacteria and clogs drains. It advises weekly cleaning with soapsuds followed by a boiling solution of washing soda poured into the sink.
Duncan Macpherson plays golf and drives brilliantly over a stream in a hollow. He compliments the fine drive over the burn. Returning home he must play the same hole again and drives into the burn. He curses the other golfer to retrieve the ball from the sewer.
In a clipped exchange from a period play, Old Gotrox scolds his fashionable son and compares their vanity to losing a head while the son retorts with playful mockery about hats and manners. The dialogue highlights generational tension and social pretensions.
A fragmentary quotation reflects on social finesse at a dance, noting a nameless muleer helping straighten a tie and leaving the speaker financially lighter by 100 marks, followed by a wry remark about friendship and books attributed to Cotton and a reference to Illegende Bitter.
The New York Sun recounts London fogs from the seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. It notes Evelyn’s 1699 diary entry on dense mists, robberies by candlelight, and watermen guided by drums. It recalls Elizabethan coal bans and the 1813 1814 fogs that hindered the Prince Regent’s trip to Hatfield.
A portrait of William Scott’s extraordinary memory. James Hogg recounts Scott’s ability to recall and reproduce long ballads after hearing them once. In a fishing outing with Hogg and Skene, Scott recited Gilman’s Clough from memory after hearing it once years earlier.
A reader complains about bookshop staff misreading requests due to literature distribution duties. He asks for the Apocrypha, a hard to obtain volume, and the clerk asks if he means a weekly or a monthly edition before answering.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a tale where Charles Kingsley preached sanitation nationwide yet his rectory lay uninhabitable due to churchyard drainage under the drawing room. The succeeding rector rebuilt the rectory and lost faith in social reformers.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Abigail chiding Henry for delaying mailed letters as he promises to mail every one eventually. The dialogue highlights trust and everyday domestic tension in a small modern scene.
London Mail recalls a moment praising Jackson for a kind act. Bill and Sid discuss a man who lent an umbrella during dark clouds, reflecting on neighborhood friendliness and memory.
A judge remarks that Young Mucheash seems to have time with many lives, noting that he kills it daily. The exchange frames Mucheash as persistently successful in a sharp courtroom aside.
Claiming to cure poultry diseases instantly, Ocullum promises higher egg output. Sold for 1.00 dollars or 150 cents through dealers or direct. money back if unsatisfied. Call Chronicle office for 2 bottles at 60 cents and full details.
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