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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1904
Page
8
A devotional note from Mabie’s notebook discusses Christ’s pity for the multitudes, his constant prayer, and his mission to save the world. It contrasts today’s self focus with Christ’s example and asks whether believers follow in his footsteps, serving and loving the lost.
A Sunday School reflection by R W Hobbs Boone March 20 1904 surveys Jesus miracles from Cana to feeding five thousand. It emphasizes Christ compassion and the use of humble offerings by faith, citing Dr N S Burton on miracles as acted parables and the disciples’ role in distributing the loaves and fish.
A family dinner tale follows Bobby and Henry as the boys debate buying a horse for seven dollars and wonder if a seven dollar horse could sire a colt. Mr Smith entertains the idea with humorous caution while the mother and father listen and laugh at this youthful stock market fantasy.
A quotation from Hon. John Hay, then Secretary of State, published in Harper’s Magazine. The verses exhort action against tyranny, asserting divine will guiding justice and resistance through speech or sword if needed. The speaker declares not resignation but upward faith and defense of liberty under the lordship of Thy will.
A domestic scene shows how washing can become a fine art and bonding activity while a couple debates giving up luxuries for a supposed greater good. The exchange veers from daily chores to a playful test of self-denial amid papers and headlines.
A Cleveland clergyman argues that divorce rises from informal civil marriages. He cites statistics and stresses the need for sacred, solemn ceremony and the spiritual essence of marriage beyond legal bonds.
A Des Moines News column asserts that friendship yields a deeper marriage than a legal wedding. It notes not everyone can afford lavish church ceremonies, but stresses the quality of the union depends on conditions rather than the ceremony.
Seek locations along the Chicago Great Western Railway line with opportunities for mercantile business professions or manufacturing. Industrial agent W J Reed offers maps maple leaflets and further information from Guy Endicott Building St Paul Minnesota.
Tickets on sale March 1 and April 5 and 16 for one way or round trips. For more information contact any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago Illinois.
Mrs Robert J Burdette, a UK humorist, recounted touring the Scottish Highlands. In a cave claimed as Macbeth’s birthplace, she listened to a guide and asked if it was truly the birthplace. The guide hesitated, replying, Weel, he said, four places.
Historic ad claims a universal cure for chronic catarrh affecting the nose throat lungs stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It touts wide medical reach and promises relief from a single remedy.
A newspaper ad extols free treatment for catarrh claiming the illness is widespread in nearly every home and affects the nose throat and lungs, eventually reaching the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The copy emphasizes a universal reach and urges readers to seek remedy.
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