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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
8
Sacred verse longs for heavenly dwelling place with God. The speaker prays for truth, mercy, forgiveness, and a face to face meeting with the Redeemer, expressing hope and joy of eternal gathering in celestial glory.
Sunday School lesson by Rev J M Coon from Chicago for March 28 1969 uses Proverbs 23 29 35 to warn of drink’s wreckage. It outlines six pictures of drinking’s harm including temptation misery and deception and urges abstinence and divine aid to break bonds.
A home remedy guide touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild safe laxative that prevents pain and gripe. Testimonials from multiple readers claim it cures constipation and dyspepsia, with free samples offered to first-time readers.
Advice urges girls to honor their mothers through actions both small and meaningful. Stay in bed for mom, help with chores, take walks, buy pretty wear, confide, and show love each night. Emphasizes respect beats charm if manners fail.
A reflective line from a modern novelist imagines a realm where all minds understand love and consider others. The narrator notes such harmony resembles the Kingdom of Heaven, provoking thoughts on ideal social balance and human empathy.
Promotes strength health and happiness for the whole family as a spring tonic and blood builder. Describes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a unique spring regulator with 35 scents by F. D. Stubenrauch.
A tender boy Arthur Allen finds thirteen three day old chicks orphaned by a road accident. He saves them by placing them in a cat bin and shelters them under a feather duster, which he treats as a mother until they grow. The story ends with the birds being raised until they can be roasted on a bar.
A medieval siege analogy shows a city protected by an inner wall within the outer defenses. The lesson urges strengthening inner character through moral and religious teachings, with the idea that what matters is what comes from within, not what enters the self.
A quirky piece compares hot boxings to friction and danger, noting two kinds of friction revolving and sliding. It warns against prearranged heat, a man who builds fires around a boxing, and the peril to property and patience, while condemning sand in a boxing as public enemy behavior.
In Collinsville Indiana Marjorie a nine year old girl receives a promised shilling if she earns a hundred in any task. The tale contrasts stubborn effort with illness and a father’s delayed reward, as a mother seeks medical help and a hopeful child endures pain with a smile.
King Edward's Christmas dish weighed 16 pounds and was prepared by the royal head cook at Sandringham. The swan was trussed like a goose, stuffed with minced rump steak, wrapped in paper and flour paste, roasted four hours over a front fire, and basted with butter. A beef gravy with port wine and currant jelly accompanied the serving.
American travelers returning home report consular advice to save and buy in the United States. Paris importations by Americans declined by 21 million dollars year over year, totaling over 42 million despite the drop. The decline also reflects the financial depression and London's rise as Europe’s major market for Americans.
Dr. Reuben P. Thompson of Monmouth county New Jersey, paroled by the board of pardons, refuses to leave the state prison without a full pardon. He says parole harms his livelihood as medicine is his only income and seeks reinstatement in the profession. Thompson was sentenced in 1901 over an infant's death.
A new Canadian invention operated by two men and a boy lays 200 to 600 bricks per hour. It handles doors and windows with minor delay and suits walls, sheds, mills, factories, rows of cottages, piers or bridges. The machine reportedly binds bricks more firmly than handwork and could replace six to seven skilled bricklayers. A factory 60 by 40 feet could sell for about $600.
Model portable schoolhouse in South Boston boasts the most modern design. A 20 by 42 feet California redwood building, designed for 45 pupils, can be disassembled and reassembled with less effort and expense than older types. It uses bells instead of acrows and nails for construction, and features excellent lighting, heating, and ventilating systems. Cost listed as 81.200.
We say without hesitation that Dr Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are unequaled for weak kidneys back ache inflammation of the bladder and all urinary disorders They are anti septic and act promptly in all cases of weak back backache rheumatism and rheumatism pains Accept no substitute Sold by all druggists. gt2
A Lancashire traveler in Aberdeen tells of a golf fund subscription where a prospective donor paid five shillings and learned the tournament had been held last Saturday. The winner, he was told, was the donor himself in a light hearted exchange that amused the fund raiser.
In reminiscence, Mr. Hammond recalls a grotesque, unforgettable moment when his south ern servant Pomp unexpectedly greets him by name after years apart. The anecdote highlights memory, identity, and social distance recalled in a humorous tone.
An Englishman living in New York recalls an Eng land sheep area tale of an old man who gathered wool shed by sheep rubbing against hedges. Auditors guess a fortune at his death, but the punch line is that he left nothing.
The piece notes New York's latest club aims to educate housewives in domestic sciences while eating wisely but not extravagantly. It recalls bygone efforts from Boston years ago and contrasts domestic arts with the era’s servant problem and changing social habits.
A brief exchange questions whether a young singer gains from studying abroad. Mr Comrox doubts the advantage but notes the decision is thoughtful of home folks and neighbors.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a liquid that starts digestion instantly and mimics a healthy stomach. It claims the product digests food thoroughly, supports strength, and offers complete rest to a tired stomach while being harmless and usable only when needed.
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