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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
8
A historical poem portrays Dan's wife as the tireless domestic backbone. It contrasts her constant work and care with Dan's return, reflecting fatigue, illness, and the eventual loss of the devoted mother and wife. The verses trace her daily tasks, the children, the quiet grief, and the shifted home dynamics.
A boy spills a drop of red paint into thick white lead in a paint shop. He hides the stain by stirring, but the red marks remain faintly pink. The painter notices the compromised batch and warns that sin in character cannot be hidden. The Evangel urges rooting out sin rather than concealing it.
A missionary in India witnesses a Hindu mother by a riverbank with two children then returns to find only one child. The mother explains she threw the boy into the river as an offering to the god Kali. The missionary is filled with horror at the sacrificial act.
A Hindoo mother defends her son as the family treasure while a missionary witnesses her sorrow. She says she can offer her god nothing but the best as tears greet the tale of a child and salvation in the story of Jesus. The passage contrasts gender value with faith.
A collection of wry maxims on enthusiasm, sarcasm, arrogance, self-image, and relationships. It notes a self-made man undone by a tailor-made woman, women’s rights, and divorce not fully reflected in official records. It also jokes that the high cost of living keeps home as the dearest place on earth.
The Hamburger Nachrichten recounts Massenet's affection for fine bindings and his close friendship with a bookbinder. He visited often to bound editions and share conversations. When the binder announced leaving Paris for a country house near Nantes, Massenet mourned his part in the move.
A playful historical riddle explains a complicated family chain where a man ends up being his own grandfather through a series of marriages. The note cites National Monthly as the source, presenting the paradoxical puzzle for readers.
The Indian origin of Chautauqua is debated with translations such as foggy place and place where a choud was washed away. Other proposed meanings include where the fish was taken out and place of easy death, with a variant noting baggled in the middle referencing the lake’s shape.
A lone widow captured by Indians joins a mining camp of twenty to thirty men. Her presence prompts drastic behavior changes, with grooming, politeness, and guarded courtship replacing rough conviviality. The widow earns respect as she helps others, and the men bid her farewell with mixed pride and sorrow after six weeks.
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