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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
8
Poem by Marianne Farmingham praising mothers work at home and workers in mines factories. It honors the sacred duties of mothers and the long days of men behind counters and in factories, framing everyday toil as meaningful and brave.
A poetic excerpt speaks of brave hearts in quiet toil. It asserts that hardship reveals character, urging noble thinking and action. The verse claims true triumph comes from resisting sin and seizing opportunity for grace, making individuals worthy of life’s regal throne.
The Sunday School article outlines Jesus with the disciples at the Passover in Jerusalem, the washing of feet, the betrayal by Judas, and the institution of the Lord's Supper. It notes Jesus' foreknowledge, the warning to Judas, and Judas' choice as a free agent, ending with the call to repentance and the promise of a future feast in heaven.
The narrative recalls Judas bargaining with priests to betray Jesus at the first chance, a plan delayed as he stayed with Jesus at Bethany on Wednesday and Thursday. Jesus longed to eat the paschal supper with his disciples before his death, the feast beginning at sunset on Nisan 14 in AD 30.
A plain language note describes throat irritation causing coughing and temporary relief from a cough mixture. The fragment mentions ongoing coughing and a remedy easing the irritation for a short period.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure for cold symptoms. It claims to soothe throats reduce irritation drive out inflammation and nourish weakened tissues to fight sore throat cough cold bronchitis. It offers a free sample and lists Scott & Bowne as the makers.
The text emphasizes humility and avoidance of sin through prayer and trust. It states the Lord's Supper commemorates Jesus' death, not his life, as a propitiation for sins and a prerequisite for salvation. It asserts personal repentance baptism and ongoing fellowship with Jesus, marking a historical testimony to the death of Christ.
A Kentucky resident, F N Tacket of Alliance, recalls 1903 as a year of severe lung bleeding and a near death, claiming Dr King’s New Discovery cured his cough with four bottles. The ad ends urging the product for sore lungs and colds, priced at 50 cents to one dollar, with a free trial bottle.
In a vivid scene Mrs Greenough overhears Aunt Euphrasia berating a slow grocer’s boy. The aunt fiery with a turbaned head accuses him of laziness and audacious delay while she debates adding condiments to her cake and admonishing the youth.
A. C. Stickel of Miletus West Virginia says a dangerous hip surgery was avoided when Bucklen's Arnica Salve was applied. He reports persistent use cured a malignant ulcer as large as his daughter's hand. The salve also heals cuts burns and injuries, sold by Henry M. Langerak, a local druggist.
The Anti-Child Slavery League sends investigators into Pennsylvania coalfields to reveal child labor. The September Woman's Home Companion details Peter Swanberg, who began work at age twelve and, at fourteen, lost an arm when his sleeve was pulled into a scraper line in a breaker.
An accident left a sixteen year old boy with an empty sleeve after a coal breaker incident. He received no damages, but felt obliged to the company for hospital care. City Hospital found no charge due to annual company support. The operator has since disabled the dangerous machinery part.
A West Virginia school superintendent S C Blair reports his daughter endured St Vitus Dance until three bottles of Electric Bitters cured her. The notice touts the remedy for nervous complaints debility female weakness and malaria with a 50 cent bottle price from Langerak's drug store.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers tickets to Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington and Wyoming at about half the usual fare. Tickets on sale daily August 27 to October 31. Get full information from any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
A fragment notes that the long serving Greenough household matriarch, rumored to be called Mrs Washington by local tradespeople, was affectionately addressed by friends as Aunt Huphras, reflecting a mix of respect and local lore around twenty years in service.
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