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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
1
The Lovilia town event, a quarter the size of Pella, ran a Chautauqua and cleared fifty dollars above expenses. There must be somebody alive down there.
Henry Ford is quoted saying in an interview he has no political mind and sees little sense in seeking political leadership. He suggests Henry Ford may not be such a dumbbell after all.
The Ohio governor began a vacation trip to Canada with friends and two life convicts from the state penitentiary as personal servants. Canada refused entry to the convicts, prompting comments that provided sharper satire on the governor’s judgment.
The article claims William Randolph Hearst seeks U S government action to stop Mexico from seizing his extensive Mexican land holdings. It states he owns about one million acres in one tract and roughly a third of a million in another, and argues that any nation may confiscate such land. It condemns land monopolies as a major economic evil.
The Des Moines Capital praises the Iowa Legionnaire for opposing a soldiers political party, arguing the Legion gains more good by staying nonpartisan. It notes the paper’s past wartime loyalties and warns the Capital can swing with party welfare, citing its current League of Nations stance as evidence of shifting views.
Senator Uunderwood told Alabama lawmakers he seeks the Democratic nomination for president. He urged temperance could be achieved by better means than the eighteenth amendment, a stance that may misalign with the oath of office if he wins the presidency.
A decade ago in Knoxville Iowa a band of 24 young women drew attention at county fairs reunions and the state fair. The group dwindled as marriages shortened the lineup but recently more than half the members gathered on the Des Moines river between Knoxville and Oskaloosa. Husbands and children joined the reunion reflecting changing times. The band was directed by L C Kurtz now in Des Moines.
Two Charles City girls urge the President to create girls training camps akin to boys camps. They argue camps should prepare youth for possible war service, stressing disciplined homemaking skills for women in peacetime and warn war is not a game, camp ideas risk becoming mere picnics.
The Iowa State College at Ames and the University of Wisconsin were reported to have trouble with drunkenness and reveling among students. The Wisconsin legislature refused a large appropriation, while observers urge reorganization of Iowa state schools under one head to eliminate duplicate courses and tighten governance.
The passage argues that German fortunes rise in spending abroad but the American spendthrift risks becoming a pauper, asserting honest self-reliance comes from work and saving. It claims speculators win rarely while many lose, gambling benefits the few and harms moral character, and early losses may deter crime.
Roger W. Babson, in a recent letter on the business situation, notes a less optimistic tone and argues the average man seeks wealth without work. He blames land speculators and daring gamblers for encouraging idleness, urging land tenure laws to curb living from others' labor.
The piece argues public schools offer more training in patriotism and good citizenship and are safer from bigotry than ecclesiastical or private schools. It urges expelling rowdy leaders to restore discipline and sobriety, asserting education should sober the nation starting with American public schools.
The piece quotes Congressman Dowell calling the Chicago Board of Trade a great gambling institution and questions the broad power claim. It argues farmers suffer more from land speculators than traders, urges Farm Bureau to study the Single Tax as a way to curb gambling in farmland, and references Nolan’s earlier tax bill as a rationalization effort.
The Iowa Legionaire warns that relief funds claimed for suffering in Europe have funded Bolshevik causes. It cites Department of Justice findings that Americans’ charitable money was used to buy food and support Soviet forces, with supporters in the United States raising hundreds of thousands for propaganda and red military aid.
The Bloomfield Democrat assesses Senator Brookhart’s Eldon remarks, noting his emphasis on acknowledging the socialist government of Russia. It argues the president should continue declining recognition, while suggesting Brookhart may be courting Iowa socialists who backed him, by championing formal recognition of the world’s only socialist state.
The Montezuma Republican argues speed in motor vehicles can be reduced by law. It suggests limiting light cars to twenty miles per hour and heavier ones to thirty five, claiming accidents would fall and drivers live longer and happier. It asserts moral suasion won’t curb speed.
The report states Dempsey earned 300000 for his 15 round bout with Gibbons. That sum equals the monthly defense pay of about 10000 American soldiers, or extends Scrapper Dempsey’s service by 30 days in defense of the Nation.
The United States government purchased half a million yards of khaki in England to supply Marine Corps uniforms, saving about 180000 dollars versus U S prices. The move avoids the protective tariff, which the Decorah Journal argues inflates costs via government licenses to favored businesses.
A columnist urges residents to know their town by asking questions on population birth and death rates town site resources home ownership sewer water supply fire safety ventilation schools and public services. A well informed citizenry would curb inefficiency and improve conditions.
A Des Moines society note references Mrs Humble honored as a momentary reflection of the parable on seating. The column includes a long, humorous exchange about a Northern man observing a South visit and an umpire in the grand stand, plus a curio about Jenny Woodenhead and a squirrel bite on her ankles.
The passage urges believers to educate people in a new International Thought that promotes cooperation over domination, progress through additive action, and a civilizational duty for Christians to lead in this cooperative era.
Twenty years ago the Farmers Co operative Union of America formed to push the Chicago wheat price to one dollar a bushel. Oskaloosa to Des Moines driver John L Walfled covered seventy miles in nine hours amid very bad roads. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Anthony Grandin on August 1. Several property sales occurred in Pella and area with prices listed. Various locals left for trips and new hires noted, including Prof Guy Sears taking a Latin post at Central College and H C Ver Ploeg expanding his livery fleet. Rev Levi Fosdick, a Baptist minister, died July 30 at his daughter’s home in Tuskeega Iowa.
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