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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1928
Page
7
A mosaic of micro items including jokes about war robots jurisprudence and postcards. Notes on Venus moon status Lindbergh health and fashion reform tease. A fatal accident in Oklahoma stirs street safety concern while political races surface with a noted “dark horse” race in Madden’s Chicago district.
A vivid, opinionated line suggests radio voices emerge from throats unsoothed by toasted cigarettes. The prose hints at rough, smoky speaker identities shaping broadcasts and listener perception in a colorful, period voice.
The article profiles William Edward Hickman as a top high school leader and best boy orator, highlighting his roles in student government clubs and school publications. It notes his later conviction for the murder of Marion Parker in Los Angeles and prior crime, illustrating that early promise does not predict outcomes.
In many cities the rising noise from industrial machinery disrupts daily life, prompting concern over health, peace, and regulatory limits as communities push for quieter work environments and stricter enforcement.
A readable fragment shows a promotional plea for subscriptions to a community paper featuring farm notes money saving ads and general entertainment. The quirky header and styling suggest a late era newspaper blurb urging readers to subscribe and share the publication.
Engineers at a Hartford conference discussed reducing daytime and nighttime noises by scientific means. Hiram P. Maxim’s industrial silencer promises application to locomotives engines air compressors and riveting machines. Maxim believes nuisances will be eliminated one by one.
Easter Sunday falls on April 8 this year, amid early and late possible dates. The festival emerged over a hundred years after Christ’s ministry, not in the New Testament, with controversy over dates and roots in Passover customs and Teutonic spring myth.
A judge set a sentence of one year and 15 days for Mr Salvatore after acknowledging a string of thefts totaling hundreds of chickens. The crimes spanned Birmingham to Gadsden and beyond with raids at Coates Bend and other minor incidents. Authorities consider a new knee print identification system.
The article notes a sharp drop in railway passenger fatalities and a 27 percent decline in rail worker casualties. Citing a 1927 transcontinental line, it claims a passenger could circle the world 2,400 times without an accident and argues railroading is safer than banking or calling, with some systems going a year without a passenger death.
A mosaic of verses on manhood and behavior, plus a tale about mousetrap advertising and a robber-trap bank joke. The text contrasts swagger with shame, then recounts how a single ad shift boosted a manufacturer’s fortunes while rivals faded.
Chief Inspector W. A. Stovall reports checks on 112 stations using five inspectors and five gallons per test. Altogether 85 stations shorted motorists with as little as one and a half gallons missing. Pumps were altered to return fuel to underground storage, a maneuver feasible with nine pump types in use in Texas.
The Los Angeles actor Cummins, already ordered to pay 600 dollars monthly to his first wife, faces a second divorce suit and must now provide 230 dollars monthly alimony to wife two. Additional 45 dollars goes to support two dogs, totaling 875 dollars a month. The judge allowed this despite Cummins lacking companionship from either wife.
Police chief George Harris tracked William Salvatore after a resident found red knee prints in fresh soil near a chicken house. Salvatore, seen that morning with red dirt on his trousers, confessed after the knee print match and a rapid arrest.
Chariton Leader mocks a split in Iowa politics as right and left wings argue who will marshal delegates for June battle dates. The right favors a desert dromedary path while the left prefers a schooner route and demands surrender, with humorous allegory on Zacchaeus and marching bands.
Sidelights notes 274 runners began the Los Angeles to New York cross country event. A Detroit judge grants a divorce over silence and notes reading Ye whom it may concern. A New York man is jailed for breaking into a tailor shop but escapes prosecution by claiming the shop closed before he could retrieve his wedding suit. North Carolina official M M Grey battles a wave of parents pulling 80 students from school amid end-of-the-world fears and daily church services.
The Albia Union-Repulican editor Karl Melcher argues Baker’s League of Nations stance could doom him, while Hoover gains support from Republicans, vets, farmers, and labor amid speculation on Coolidge possible third term. The piece notes McNary Haugen and Lowden’s campaigns, and questions Coolidge’s fit if drafted.
The Indianola Record argues Iowa Democrats must oppose Al Smith at the national convention. It decries a Smith delegation as unthinkable, insisting Iowa Democrats are principled and dry, not motivated by victory. It singles out few unprincipled politicians and defends party integrity.
The piece ponders how President Coolidge might sign the reworked McNary-Haugen bill and its impact on current presidential contenders, especially Lowden. It notes the bill has been shaped to appease veto objections and may soon reach his desk, potentially altering campaign dynamics if he allows it to become law.
Sumner Gazette argues Iowa legislators push state bond aid for secondary roads to help rural districts. It warns urban road-building benefits cities, urges focusing on farm to market routes, and cites an old proverb about generations returning to the country to regain vigor as towns urbanize.
J C Visser replies to a booster attack on his brush factory. A college glee club reports a pleasant east central Iowa trip. May term jurors from Pella named include Slob Slob Dieleman Pos Wachter Van Viiet Van der Linden Vos. Mrs Kate Beard writes of visits to Athens en route to the Holy Land. Marie Van Gorp becomes clerk at Bruinekool grocery. Ray Van Maren starts as depot messenger. Ancel Reuvers serves Rhynsburger store before and after school. Local coal miners strike nationwide.
A set of early 20th century notices announces candidacies for county offices in Marion and Mahaska Counties. Ruby Rshersd seeks Democrats’ support for county recorder. A. C. Davis announces for county auditor in Marion. C R Davis of Attica, sheriff candidate for Mahaska County, Iowa, seeks Republican voters’ support at the June 4 primary 1928.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Eliza Emerson deceased is on file in the Clerk of the District Court Marion County Iowa hearings set for May 1 1928 at the May term. All interested may be heard. Clerk Walter Kester. Knoxville March 23 1928.
In reflective reminiscence the speaker recalls era when horse and buggy outings with the best girl were common yet felt like motion. The phrase going with her contrasts with modern sentiment of little real progress, underscoring nostalgia and change in social pace.
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