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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
5
Young Bob LaFollette plans to pursue his deceased father’s senator ial toga by meeting with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The encounter could reveal insights about how hereditary influence shapes political law and advantage for LaFollette.
Railroads petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit an advance in freight rates to improve returns for stockholders. Much of their capitalization includes land-value increments since acquisition, and the companies argue they have a right to that unearned increment just as other landowners do, placing the commission at a crossroads among granting the increase, stultifying itself, or declaring that land-value gains belong to the community who created them.
Scott, the Chicago killer who twice escaped hanging, has been ruled insane by a jury after alienist testimony. He is sent to an insane asylum with the hanging judgment in effect if he regains sanity, though few expect a future hanging. A release or escape is thought likely later, seen as a step toward making the country safe for murderers.
The past week’s heavy rain boosted Iowa’s corn prospects and revived pastures, while drought damage was avoided on most soils. Some poorer soil may still suffer, but threshing neared completion and the corn now seems secure for a strong yield with more rain beneficial in the coming weeks.
At a Des Moines meeting on July 21 the Iowa Farm Mortgage Association adopted resolutions favoring continuation of the federal estate tax with exemptions for state taxes. The writer criticizes the principle of taxing according to ability to pay and argues taxation should be justified only by benefits conferred, warning against public misunderstandings on federal taxes.
Unionized coal miners press for contracts with hard and soft coal operators to expire simultaneously so they can halt production in unison. They claim the country depends on their output and threaten to use force, while noting skilled workers are scarce and protected by law could handle tougher tasks if violence is deterred.
The Educational Council of the Iowa state teachers association has been considering as a question of study for the teachers of the state during the coming year the subject.
The article outlines a plan for next school year allowing children whose parents request it to be absent one hour weekly for religious instruction in churches. It argues this avoids public school teachers delivering religious content, shares concern about cost and time use, and notes parental consent ensures no one is harmed. The author expresses interest in monitoring the experiment and expects state teachers to study the subject.
The passage argues Republicans used money and patronage to stop W. J. Bryan in 1896 1900 and 1908. It contends Bryan’s economic ideas gained later acceptance while party financiers and big interests pressured voters and employers to defeat him, not fear of his theories.
A Madison County farmer and his wife ran a tailor made threshing outfit for single loads of grain. The article argues threshing machinery is costly for rare use and suggests farmers save by expanding home food production and longer use of harvesting gear. It notes the law of returns favors continuous machine operation and lamp-lit nighttime cutting when possible.
Residents debate the efficacy of traffic guides in Pella as painted lines replace cast iron markers. Despite mayoral assurances, many drivers ignore signs, some out of novelty or perceived safety, risking dangerous intersections and urging stricter self controlled driving.
Notes from Knoxville Express and Des Moines mentions mix of local concerns including dangerous iron markers, tolls on crosswalk signals, and a heated dispute over Pel la telephone franchise with Mayor Dr. T. G. Fultz. The piece surveys civic friction, legal mechanics, and a lampooned mood in Iowa towns.
Quotation list from Farmers Co operative Exchange Pella Iowa shows hogs priced 10 25 to 13 30 per hundredweight and assorted grain and livestock bids including cream seed oats wheat and poultry items from Pella Produce Co including light and heavy hens ducks geese roosters and hides with limited readable figures.
Twenty years ago the T. J. Edmand family reunites with all children home. Miss Bessie Wagaman visits grandmother and returns to Lynnville. Deaths reported for the week include Mrs. Henry De Kock Jacob Ver Meer and William Overbergen. Mayor Allen orders a drunken visitor to leave town for ninety days. Fred Hesselink and Marie Grandia.
An Aug 2 wedding at Oskaloosa is noted with Rev Z Henry Lewis jailed in Minneapolis and a church rep sent to investigate. A daughter arrived Aug 8 to Mr and Mrs Wm Van Ostrum. Prof and Mrs H H Severn depart for the east then Europe for study. Ben Blommers sustains a cut at George Heeren shop. T D Tice visits uncle near Monroe, oldest Marion County settler since 1843. Henry Rhynsburger writes from Bono Algiers aboard ship of astronomers aiming to witness the Aug 30 total eclipse.
The Goff Manly Co of Harvey Iowa dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on July 14 1925. Dated at Harvey Iowa this same day July 14 1925. T J Neiswanger president and S O Neiswanger secretary sign the notice.
Notice filed in Marion county Iowa that Ad am Woollard deceased has a will. Hearing set for October 6 1925 in district court at Knoxville Iowa. Clerk Walter Kester presiding. A separate item reports a silk train load valued at 2 000 000 dollars with two armed guards and priority over passenger and mail trains heading to Patterson New Jersey.
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