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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
3
A Wheatfield Telegraph feature extols praise as a moral force. A husband’s loving compliment makes a wife cheerful, inspiring domestic harmony and charity toward others. The piece urges readers to pass on praise now, to brighten lives before it is too late.
A man asks a tailor to craft his wife a complete new set of habits. He requests habits including staying at home occasionally and mending his clothes, noting his wife has joined a club and lost all her old ones. The tailor affirms.
An intimate friend recalls President Grant saying his son believes great men write poorly. Grant writes his name clearly on a card and tells the admirer to give it to his boy, adding the signature is of a man not at all great, a truth to be kept secret.
This article provides dated kitchen guidance on preparing meat curry removing browned parts, frying fish with flour and eggs, making light cakes with a hot start, testing frying fat heat, and stewing fruit with sugar added hot. It also covers cabbage boiling tips including salt soda method and keeping lid off for color and odor control.
A shopper complains the soles are too thick, while the clerk reassures that resistance will fade as objections wear off. The exchange shows persistence and gradual acceptance in a retail setting.
A fragment mentions calls, trains, hearse and funeral arrangements, a livery barn, and first class teams. It hints at a timetable or dispatcher note about responding to calls across trains and stations, with contact points for funeral and transport services.
The sermon recounts Elijah’s theophany at Horeb and his guiding role beside Elisha. It details Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab, the prophetic schools, their crossing of the Jordan, and Elisha’s request for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit, urging readers to seek great faith and steadfastness in serving God.
At three churches a clever game used sealed envelopes with numbers to spark curiosity. Attendees opened envelopes to find a duplicate number, weighed to reveal the price for ice cream for two. Two young ladies managed the scales and collected cash at the ice cream table. An enticing social stunt from the Woman's Home Companion via September.
At the 1904 World’s Fair China showcases about 1,200 kinds of tea in glass jars in the Liberal Arts Palace. Prices range from a few cents to rare leaves valued at about 20 dollars an ounce, guarded within imperial gardens. The term chop denotes an individual growth or picking by one owner, often from many small plots under broad plantations, each with its own mark. Tea samples are rated by foreign and American tasters who fix prices, with considerable variation across growers.
The piece surveys how beauty and photographs drive popular culture, noting women in society gain wider recognition through images in newspapers and advertisements. It contrasts moral standards with frank admiration of beauty, then shifts to farming advice on building a sturdy fence with detailed brace and post specifications from Orange Judd Farmer.
The September issue opens with a Japanese lady's vivid description of Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival and the national fete day. It also showcases The Wonders of Magazine-Making with illustrated insights and features a timely tour of Ex-President Cleveland's home.
Citizens discuss an advertisement in this paper and its impact. The live paper is seen as constantly active, with people watching for something happening and being influenced by what they read.
In Kansas field trials New Era cow peas yielded 11.07 bushels per acre. Nebraska tests favor brome grass except meadow fescue and orchard grass. Fall nitrate of soda on wheat is waste. spring top dressing preferred. Kherson oats suit central western Nebraska due to growth habit. St Louis exhibit to showcase cattle market grades. Chicago selects animals by Professor H W Mumford. From Butte, Mont. reports strong wool demand.
A lighthearted dialogue features a playful couple trading flirtatious lines. One teases that a kiss would prompt a call to her mother, while the other replies with a cheeky question about her mother’s consent. The exchange captures a breezy domestic humor tone.
A terse verse laments a gold brick man whose schemes affect commerce as mall routes cover hills and valleys. The speaker suggests wide public approval contrasts with the criticised figure’s impact on business.
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