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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
6
Entry notes the document was received at the Pella Iowa post office for second class mailing, indicating its official mailing status and local handling.
A Pella reader is drawn into a local newspaper item titled How to be Beau 'tiful. The article promises tips on style and charm, framed in a lighthearted community mood typical of the period.
The text notes food prices will drop while many people may face bruising by the fall. It remarks that a woman cannot voice her thoughts when her husband is the topic of conversation. With a national ice famine and rising prices, the coming summer promises heat enough to suit anyone.
A compact reflection notes men fooling women, rising hog prices spurring a Pella man, and the wartime nickname shift from Sam mies and Buddies to doughboys, noting ex soldiers and the era's social quirks with camed humor.
The writer mocks Representative Van der Ploeg for opposing a road bill and shielding Harding, suggesting he misrepresented his constituents. Democrats of Pella and Lake Prairie township feel displeased about Van der Ploeg's election and its impact on the party and him.
In Booster this week a county Board member explains no funds will be spent this year on bridges citing high prices. He omits why a costly bridge was allowed to fall into a river near Pella through neglect.
A public stance criticizes the republican machine for blocking impeachment while urging the party to purge corruption. It argues the party bears responsibility for clean governance and decency in office, warning whitewashing harms the party more than impeachment. The text calls for letting justice run its course and for the party to restore public trust in Iowa.
The annual fire waste in this country amounts to over a quarter of a million dollars, with a large portion likely driven by improper disposal. Authorities note ongoing efforts to curb this costly and dangerous practice.
The Outlook argues incendiary fires are driven by gain and public sentiment, urging stronger prosecution and community cooperation to curb fire waste. It notes insurers profit from fire taxes while taxpayers bear losses, and urges tax value preservation to lower insurance costs and boost commerce.
A historical portrait extols the grocer as a vital community figure in Pella. He informs households with trade secrets, consults wholesale partners, and guides choices on price and availability, earning trust as a practical counselor beyond mere commerce.
A collection of lighthearted jabs and anecdotes from a small town, referencing Easter attire and a Bell department store, city politics, amusing tax quips, fashion gossip about skirts and stockings, a Fatty Arbuckle joke, drought relief in Iowa, editors in Chicago, feather fashions, a vest found by a cow, and a gold watch recovered from a butchered calf. The piece weaves local wit and rural bits with dated humor.
A humorous note from Pella residents jokes that most men are givers of advice and mocks self styled singers. It suggests prohibition will bring one pleasant feature by reducing listening to many pretend singers in the community.
A quip notes that if the peace conference delays, farmers may rename their World War II era Victory gardens to Armistice gardens. The speaker underlines impatience with stalled talks and ties garden naming to national morale and effort.
It your foot ache and barn and make you tired all over, ask any druggist for Allen's Foot-Hase, the antiseptic powder shake it in your shoes and walk all day in comfort. It has no equal for corns bunions blisters or callouses. Used by American British and French soldiers.
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