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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
6
The piece weighs pros and cons of a sales tax versus income tax. It argues tax paid only on purchases could be less burdensome, favors sales tax over lump-sum payments, and notes public appetite for scandal and its influence on readers including children.
The weekly health notice notes cancer ranked sixth in 1900 and second by 1930 in the U S Registration Area, attributing apparent increases to more people surviving into middle and elderly years. It stresses early recognition, signs like lumps and bleeding, and surgical removal while tumors are small, plus frank discussion about condition. Also lists weekly communicable disease reports for Iowa ending August 2, 1934, with case counts for diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid, measles, whooping cough, mumps, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and syphilis as reported to the U S Public Health Service.
A narrator recalls a fruitless search for a cucumber on a recent Saturday, finding no suitable specimens from two merchants. A speaker questions eating anything a hog wouldn’t eat, noting cucumbers as a warned food. Hope remains they may still set on vines this summer.
The article discusses farmers near retirement facing the choice between staying on the farm or moving to the city. It argues individuals should slow down and enjoy life, yet be guided by personal taste and circumstances rather than external pressures.
The writer compares past and present beauty ideals, praising natural looks of earlier girls while noting some needed modern finishing. They acknowledge powder and rouge were less common then and remark on rosy cheeks fading from view, conceding modern methods help some while others resemble Indian squaws.
Picnics and family reunions are fewer this year due to shortages of food and insect nuisance. Private entertaining is down while larger gatherings loom with all families needing to share duties. If meals fail, buying from store canning departments offers a practical option.
Merchants note summer bargain sales attract many customers to local stores. They find advertising in the weekly paper essential to reach the public, believe it a smart investment, and rely on regular, systematic ads as a right hand man for success.
Local teams must leave the college athletic field about a month before the season ends as the college demands vacating prior to the athletic season. Municipal field is not ready, but speeding leveling work could allow kittenball to continue until September first. August 15 is too early to retire a sport drawing over 1,000 fans three nights weekly.
The piece argues newspapers balance sensational scandal with broad audience needs, noting that scandal can drive sales but may not reflect journalistic duty. It discusses the tension between catering to diverse opinions and maintaining editorial standards in daily news.
A brief essay contrasts home fever thermometers with weather thermometers. It recalls J D Robinson, long ago Milton Baptist Sunday school superintendent, noting a cold morning with icicles on his mustache and a 28 below reading. The piece jokes that awareness of cold air worsens discomfort.
The 1911 Baptist Record files from Iowa recount ongoing debates on praying for rain. Contributors include the Milton Chronicle editor. Opinions range from opposing prayer to requests for rain to biblical examples and gratitude after blessings. The author argues prayer is improper if thanks are withheld or hearts are impure.
The article warns a hard winter ahead with drought cutting food in the Midwest and welfare agencies strained to aid needy families. It emphasizes that unemployed heads of households face great suffering and agencies will face heavy demand and drain on resources.
The Chariton Leader questions last week’s Republican exchanges that echoed a 1932 Democratic platform word for word. It suggests editors relied on a partisan editorial source in Washington and mocks the idea that GOP criticisms were only friendly advice. The Muse is peculiar.
Knox County review highlights comptroller figures: 1983 state expenditures reached 32,998,286.02 against 40,298,230.76 in 1932 Turner's last year. General revenue savings totaled 4,137,631.48. trust-fund savings 4,329,841.49. The piece contrasts Democratic economy with GOP critique and notes earlier budget reductions.
A New Sharon field lit by 20,000 watts drew over 2,000 watchers for a kittenball event last Thursday. The crowd roared as players and spectators shared jokes about newsrooms, broadcasting power, and town characters. Local barber shops buzzed with humorous takes on gossip and community life.
The message recalls Amos the shepherd prophet during Jeroboam II’s reign, denouncing wealth-driven corruption and the oppression of the poor. It warns that judgment comes for nations or individuals alike, urges genuine piety beyond surface religion, and calls ministers to condemn ungodliness while upholding pure religion.
Willis Long, 75, of Columbia, said a Romani woman robbed him of 85 dollars last week during rheumatism treatment. Sheriff John W. Goodwin and deputies recovered the money in Monroe County. The item ends with a biased moral urging vigilance against Romani people.
An Eddyville Tribune commentary argues that using incomparability as a divorce cause clouds law and promotes easy divorces. It questions making divorce cheaper or more accessible and jokes about selling divorces at drug stores as a satirical critique.
The Palimpsest recounts the great Iowa flood of 1851 with heavy rains from May into summer. Cedar, Iowa, Skunk, and Des Moines rivers surged as two thirds of the state drained, destroying crops, livestock, fences, and buildings while landscapes became lakes and mills faced rising waters.
Gerald Lee Weber, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber, died about 6 PM after falling from a barn hay loft in North English. He struck his head on a cement floor during play with neighbors. Survived by parents, a sister LaVerne and brother Keith. Community offers sympathy. note on the boy's health and playfulness.
Twenty years back in the Aug 18 1914 Chronicle notes William Walker of Jamaica Iowa marries Teresa Sheely of Pella Mrs M E Mair of Pella and John T For rest of Bellingham Washington. Pella defeats Reasner 22 to 1 in baseball. Deaths include Mrs D Van Dalen age 84 and John Schippers age 42 in Black Duck Minnesota from accidental gun discharge. B F Vander Linden vacationing in Washington DC and New York City. W H Ver Meer buys a Margn touring car from Star Auto. Miss Madge Vander Zyl visiting home folks. H Kuyper marks 81st birthday on Liberty street. Carl Ver Steeg elected science teacher at Pella High School. Johannes Goedyk of Peoria ordered to report for military service from Holland. Dry weather harms tomato crop. canning factory operates partially. Freda Carpenter and Frances Vander Linden named fire makers in local Camp Fire group led by Leona Reuv ers. Dr Carpenter takes Bertha Zystra to Des Moines for appendicitis operation.
30 Years Ago Aug 11, 1904. Reports from Pella and surrounding areas include young men causing chaos on the Pella Knoxville road, a five can per day buttermilk order for the Pella Creamery, a runaway accident injuring Phil Olivier, two girls injured by a bicycle hit and run with a telegraph pole, a hunting accident shooting a leg by Engle Visser’s son, the death of Mrs. P. Meyer at 80, Miss Bessie Scholte leaving Monroe to teach locally, a lightning strike near D. Van Zante’s, Percy Kolthoff’s fatal injury from an umbrella handle, Methodist church pledges for a new building, and a large auto passing through town carrying five passengers.
Joe Householder a Searsboro man aged unknown was found dead at his home Friday night about 11 o'clock by Nick Benson who had been staying with him. Benson had been in Montezuma for the Jubilee and on returning found Householder on the floor. Householder had suffered a stroke some time ago but had recently been able to manage his chores. At about 6:30 Rev Eli Gregson visited and brought his horse to water. Gregson offered to pump but Householder declined saying he always pumped water. He complained of a new uneasy stomach sensation. One son living in Northam survives.
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