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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
5
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace donated 24 new volumes to the college library. The volumes cover international relations and global issues, including works by Butler, Morgenthau, and Miliukov, with the library pledging to engage both students and the community.
A mixed listing describes a sale of a corner building lot on a paved street near a town, with payment options and contact TE Sadler in SC. It also advertises Rhode Island Red eggs from a heavy laying strain, offering prices $8.50 for 105 eggs shipped and $7.00 for 106 at the farm, from C. B. Darnagin & Son in Monroe Iowa, eight miles east of Monroe.
Closing out stock so prices are slashed for wall paper. A display of special papers is shown to customers with emphasis on value and selection.
County agent starts a three week drive inviting boys and girls ages 10 to 20 to join pig and calf clubs. Entrants in these clubs qualify for the Junior Camp at Marion County Fair next August. Farm Bureau and Fair Association partner to offer pure bred and market litter classes. Local hog-raisers lead new clubs in several communities to meet camp demand.
A critique questions why the legislature does not tax roadside signboards. It argues signboards profit from road improvements and traffic funded by public funds, yet contribute nothing to public revenue. The piece contends they obstruct drivers’ views and mar the landscape.
A newspaper letter from the Indianola Record argues roadside advertisements should be taxed. It denounces garish signs as obstructions to vistas and highway safety, praising modest boards that guide travelers and noting the state bears no cost for their enforcement. It urges legislative action to tax such signs and curb flamboyant displays.
Radio listeners are invited to Station WOC on Thursday April 26 at 7 pm for an old-time fiddlers contest. The program, sparked by audience demand for archival fiddle tunes, aims to evoke memories of round dances and partner salutes, pleasing both seniors and younger listeners with nostalgic melodies.
The contest attracts many entrants from near and far as competitors dust off the old fiddle. Winners will be decided by listeners who send in reports naming the victor.
Ham Robinson, Jasper County's veteran publisher of the Colfax Clipper, has entered Hill's Retreat in Des Moines for special treatments. Suffering senile dementia for months, he is near eighty, a Civil War veteran and longtime Republican figure in local politics. A Melcher meeting reports progress on a baseball club fundraiser with over $800 subscribed toward a $1,500 goal, aiming to raise the rest in two weeks.
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