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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
2
Germany faces a drawn out presidential race with voters wary that outcome may not change policy. The piece draws a parallel to the United States and suggests little difference will emerge regardless of who wins.
Chronicle advertisers increasingly use the Bonnet Brown service, with exchanges buying it as the best in its line. The company trade bulletin praised a flower catalogue printed here for the De Jong Floral House, featuring many pictures from the Bonnet Brown service. The Chronicle aims to lead in advertising and job fields.
The Des Moines Register calls for newspapers and civic and agricultural groups to join an annual effort to eradicate rats. It notes no rats have been seen for a month, but suggests the pest annoys many, and characterizes the rat as a degenerate remnant of once respectable lineage despite possibly serving a purpose.
The Ohio governor Donahey enforces penalties on his son Hal for speeding and for contributing to the delinquency of a school girl. He remains in custody of the court until he reaches adulthood, with the governor and his wife helping bring him to justice. The governor is a Democrat and not linked to the Harding Daugherty Jess Smith ring.
The Eldora Herald argues it is poor policy for merchants to use wholesale connections to buy goods for personal use outside their line. It contends such swaps would not improve community prosperity, only raise costs and bookkeeping as the chain from producer to consumer grows longer.
The report urges preparation for work and vocation, noting 95 percent of U S workers start in unskilled roles while college-educated paths remain a minority. Many oppose vocational training for their children, fearing loss of access to professions, though in time they recognize the value of skilled labor for honest living.
A Des Moines based note invites readers to participate in the Pioneer Story Contest by Wallaces' Farmer. The Vigorous outreach aims to foster youth writing and community involvement through the annual storytelling project.
A contest invites boys and girls on farms to submit pioneer themed stories. It seeks wide topics beyond farming and aims to reflect early community history near Pella. Contestants may gain access to living pioneers for firsthand accounts of pioneer days.
The writer cautions against state and national laws that create special exemptions favoring farmers and other groups. Such ostensibly beneficial favoritism harms the democratic fabric by enabling class legislation and graft. A true friend of the farmer opposes privileges and aims to remove artificial barriers to free trade.
The Indianola Chronicle argues railroads should adapt to growing bus and auto travel rather than cling to monopoly power. It notes Rock Island service cut to one passenger train daily per direction due to bus competition, laments railroad hostility to new transit, and urges modernized pricing and service to survive. The piece reflects on broader regional transport shifts, mentions local anecdotes, and comments on name spellings and community life as context.
The note mentions Events in the Lives of Little Men ongoing and Mrs De Vries suffering from rheumatism, with partial recovery but not complete. The tone suggests a brief society or personal notice in a historic newspaper. It records health and literary references without further context.
Citizens urge railroads to serve the public without punishing patrons. The piece calls for railroads to adopt a wiser, accessible approach and to abandon punitive practices, expressing hope for light and reform across Iowa communities.
Otley items report H L Renaud attending Miss Emily Renaud’s funeral in Pella, J B Vriezelaar visiting Prairie City, and Henry Kaldenberg’s family from near Fairmount visiting Otley. North family mourns mother in Monroe with burial back at old home. Gertrude Dykstra improves after serious surgery in Oskaloosa. Otley school hosts April 24 program with three acts, readings, music. small admission. Ver Steeg and Life lead Farmers’ Union meeting at Otley school. Josephine De Vries, daughter of Anne De Vries, becomes suddenly ill with pneumonia last week.
Quotations from the Farmere Co operative Exchange show hogs selling around 10.50 to 11.90 with cream prices and grain futures listed by the Pella Produce Co. Also noted are eggs cream and poultry prices. Mr and Mrs Jess Barber of Indianola visited Pelle Sunday to see their father P Van Rees who resides there.
Twenty years ago the Chronicle recalls Pella letters linked to the Schofield murder inquiry at Des Moines. Notes raise plant speculation while deaths of Mrs. Scheffers and Mrs. Klein are noted. Local business and events include Van Gorp selling feeders, a temperance lecture, Des Moines Chicago game, a scalding accident, Udell Hendricks marketing Little Washtella cigars, and a Paderwski concert incident.
A promotional paragraph claims gas on the stomach causes restlessness and sleep disruption. Adlerika is advertised as a quick acting intestinal evacuant that relieves gas and constipation, often working in one hour without gripe. The Ideal Pharmacy.
Wabash timetable shows Howell Iowa routes with East West connections and passenger numbers 475 and 473. Local freight 831 operates 11:59 am and requires shipment by 5:00 pm the previous day. Both locals carry passengers on short routes. Time 9:15 am and 9:28 pm noted.
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