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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
6
A community note from Pella Iowa touches on Camp Fire Girls as a YMCA department and reflects on politics between Clarke and opponents. A Milwaukee salesman comments on car travel vs rail, urging road improvements as dividends fade. Curacao tales warn of a bug with tequila like effects and a sober antidote, with Osage humor about importing bugs and avoiding the Anti Saloon League.
The piece notes Republican critics in Pella who blamed Wilson over Mexican outrages and now condemn his warlike actions. It cites the Chicago Inter Ocean saying questions exist about why Tampico demands sterner action than past killings of Americans or foreign residents.
The text asserts a murder may be the act of responsible parties and could occur in Chicago or Chihuahua. It condemns the Tampico outrage as the work of subordinates of a Mexican government, a governmental act and an assault not on a person but on the nation, an insult to the American Republic.
A Philadelphia merchant and former cabinet official, John Wanamaker, paid $100,000 in duties for irregular entries from 1896 to 1909. The irregularities, found on samples or items for personal use, contrast with generally compliant general merchandise imports. The piece denounces tariffs as tax on consumption and calls for abolition, accusing Wanamaker of hypocrisy while noting he paid only under a Democratic president.
S E Cronkhite announces as a Democrat candidate for the sheriff's nomination in Marion County. He states the decision will rest with the Democratic primaries in June.
A letter from J B Long announces his candidacy for the Democrat nomination for county recorder. He states his intent is subject to the Democratic primary on June 1 and signs off as Very truly yours.
Tracy, Towa April 15 1914 editor Chronicle announces Republican bid for Marion County sheriff subject to June primary. F A Converse also plans to seek sheriff nomination subject to Democratic primaries June 1. Charles Anspach declares candidacy in same race.
War on cheaper farm tools is urged as harmful to farmers profits. The message warns that poor planters ruin yields and stresses Iowa's corn status. It promotes Black Hawk and Black Eagle planters as reliable, yielding a full stand of corn and lasting quality.
An 19th century style ad warns against mercury ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure made by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It stresses internal use and verification of genuine product, with testimonials and price. A separate punchline recounts a curious postal diviner hoax answering a young man's query about a lover, revealing it was his mother.
A Grinnell Iowa woman testifies to backache and kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes family use and broad local endorsements, urging others with back pain or kidney issues to ask for Doan's by name. The ad cites FosterMilburn Co as Buffalo, New York suppliers.
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