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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
8
The Central community mourns the death of Inter Collegiate Football on the college campus last Wednesday morning from a fatal complication. He leaves a large circle of friends and relatives, including his brothers and sisters Football and Basketball among others, who plan to carry on his work.
Mrs G H Smith of Brewerton New York reports eight to ten years of stomach trouble with indigestion and heaviness after meals. One or two Chamberlain's Tablets relieve symptoms and act as a pleasant laxative. The tablets tone the stomach and help it function naturally.
Americans often misperceive Mexico’s national dish. Mole de guajotta blends raisins almonds peanuts cinnamon chocolate monjolin chiles garlic tomatoes and other ingredients, stewed long in an earthen bowl with lard and water, sometimes adding turkey pieces for richer flavor.
A London Graphic writer details how barbed wire entanglements shape modern warfare. Soldiers must build, cut, and defend wires under shellfire while using gloves and pliers as essential gear alongside rifles and bayonets.
The French government aims to convert its vast army aviator corps into mail carriers after the war. Airplane engines are highly reliable and speeds have risen, with long flights and minimal weather constraints. Overconfidence in engine capability is viewed as the main defect, while operations of six to ten hours with no fuel replenishment become common.
Oyster farming expands from Virginia to California and Washington with 18 million bushels spread on 500000 acres. Harvest yields reach about 15 million bushels yearly, worth roughly 10 million dollars to growers. Also Sacramento Bee notes Auburn men finding gold nuggets from recent rains, valued between 1 and 20 dollars.
A humorous dialogue shows an engineer seeking a large dictionary while the librarian explains only a small one is available. The engineer mentions a missing leg on a dresser as a separate but tangential concern.
Bilité'a unable to attend his aunt Margaret's wedding due to illness. He sends a hopeful note to Aunt Margaret wishing her a happy ceremony and many blessings, expressing care for Davey and the family.
A Henry Drummond remark extols universal kindness as easy and instant in effect. The piece recalls a cheerful rail conductor exchange and frames simple goodwill as the password of genuinely caring people. It celebrates strangers greeted with sunshine and warmth on a grand day.
A new book by Dr O A Johnson at Suite 528 1320 Main St Kansas City Missouri offers reliable cancer information. Johnson spent twenty years researching and treating hundreds of cases and is regarded as a leading cancer investigator. A limited number of free copies are available by writing to the listed address and sharing with others who suffer from cancer.
A collage of old humor and anecdotes recalls clever misstatements and social quirks. A fisherman named Epstein rises from selling strings to owning a corner, while a hopeful suitor asks if love can grow. Other vignettes poke gentle fun at editors, lawyers, and domestic economy with regional dialect wit.
A columnist argues stay-at-home women deserve outdoor time and intellectual pursuits, contrasting home life with shop or factory work. She advocates balanced duties, social diversions, and national contribution, while expressing skepticism about suffrage and taxation without representation.
A 1910s style exchange argues women deserve a voice in lawmaking and society. The stay-at-home girl, prudent with money and home duties, is praised as a future counselor to sensible men, contrasting her with working women and court-related concerns.
Al ten's Foot-Ease is advertised for men drilling for national preparedness. Shaken into shoes it removes friction, freshens feet, and eases tired swollen and tender feet blisters and callouses. Also useful in foot-baths with claims that British and French troops use it.
The International Tailors present top quality suits with prices from 20 to 40 dollars. A refined selection of woolens for suits and overcoats is showcased by M. Vander Linden.
The antiseptic powder is shaken into shoes or used in foot baths to prevent friction. Young men in every community use Allen's Foot-Ease during drills for military preparedness. Allied French and English troops employ it to ease walking by reducing shoe friction.
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