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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
7
A reflective note links the grasshopper menace to ancient biblical plagues such as flies locusts frogs and blood rivers a news sheet reports on slow pay accounts across government railroads and professional men describing a wide expanse of debtors who habitually hold out.
A subscriber cites a New York report that Gov Roosevelt has offered a quart of his own blood as a serum for infantile paralysis amid 12 January cases. The note ends with a concern that the dreadful disease may reach western states.
William G Shepherd of Collier's Weekly argues that hard times yield new ideas such as postal savings banks improved banking rules the Federal Reserve system and viewing workers as consumers. He predicts an end to blind production as nations avoid national self dominance and sees good times approaching.
A quotation extols beauty experts for advancing cleanliness among American women. It credits soap and water as essential to physical perfection and attractiveness, noting increased soap use and bath-tub sales surpassing plumbers' output. It adds that a permanent bath could boost the impact further.
Representative farmers nationwide pick Henry Ford as the greatest living benefactor of agriculture. They cite his cheap mechanical motive power, modern production, honest pricing, universal transportation, widened farmer horizons, boosted productive capacity, and direct farm to consumer access benefiting both producer and consumer.
A congressionally mocked soapless congress built a tariff wall, prompting Canada to retaliate with a wall of its own. Within nine months 75 American industries moved north, totaling 464 American concerns in Canada and over 50,000 Canadians producing American goods, with 100 million dollars in Canadian buying power shifting away from American merchants. The piece derides Republican tariff policy as a hypnotizer’s frazzle.
The Iowa Good Roads Association warns that without added county bonds in 1932 the state can pave only about 100 miles more. Only 30 percent of funds can be used until grading and bridging complete, delaying full paving for years. Voters may witness the consequences of Gov Turner’s veto of a 100 million bond.
The nation spends about 600 million dollars yearly on electricity for 20 million households, averaging five dollars per person or thirty dollars per household. Consumption has surged fortyfold in forty years, yet the bill rose less than twentyfold. electric energy pays about 200 million annually in direct taxes. Local rates seem fair but Muscatine’s two and a half cents per KWh shows room for higher efficiency.
Many merchants neglect a key asset in a weak economy: advertising. Lower prices should be advertised to reach the average shopper, as buyers remain in the market. Those who advertise will likely outperform non-advertisers, since newspapers attract readers for ads as well as news.
The passage surveys regional thoughts on governance and tax policy with quips about small towns, labor cash, and a speculative bid by Governor Turner on funding to fight grasshoppers. It notes Wisconsin inspired tax ideas and critiques, plus a humorous aside about Milwaukee’s eight wife killer.
A humorous scrapbook passage portrays a family scene with a mother urging shorthand and Spanish studies, many clubs, and a line of small town quips. It weaves club life, prayers, and a tax joke into a playful if uneven vignette, ending with a risqué wordplay limerick style verse about Willie and Annie.
The Toledo Chronicle argues true success is not money but integrity of conduct. It states standards of achievement lie in the character of individuals, from men and women to boys and girls, rather than financial gain.
A late week column from Pella presents lighthearted quips and anecdotes overheard around town. It roasts gossip at the barber shop, street encounters, and coins and accounts, naming local characters such as Elma Le Cocq, Jake Vander Syde, and Bill Schreiner while wryly noting daily trivia and small-town banter.
Herbert 8 Woodward argues the economic cycle cannot be removed due to unchanging human nature. He cites Calvin Coolidge on human nature and explains cycles arise from periods of optimism, borrowing, and spending followed by downturns as debt is paid and savings rise. The best approach is to modify swings through public works and policy.
The text notes that surpluses can be increased during lean times but overall business suffers a sharp dip when a whole nation stops normal purchasing, highlighting the fragility of economies during slow demand periods.
From the December 8 1879 Pella Blade a round up notes local life in Iowa. Prairie chickens are hunted daily by K and D M section men who are killed by flying into wire. Rev C Payne resigns as pastor of the Baptist church to the regret of his flock. Dutch cheese samples reach Des Moines agricultural editor. Several churches lack pastors including Presbyterian Baptist Second and Fourth Reformed and Bethel Otley. Butter sells at 29 cents a pound in some Iowa towns. C B and Q railroad claims nine branches. Artesian well at Newton reaches 275 feet. Second Reformed hosts farewell for Rev H R Lehmerhorn. Hog market rises from 3 50 to 4 50.
A Chronicle from August 10, 1911 recalls John Wesley Van Benthuysen struck by lightning and killed on a Wyoming ranch. Miss Gertrude Klein celebrated her 14th birthday with friends. The Twilight class at First Reformed Sunday school surprised Mr and Mrs William De Bruyn at the parsonage before De Bruyn spoke of Nebraska Indian missionary work. HG Valkenburg advertised tomatoes at 50 cents a bushel. Cornelius De Young died in Rochester Minnesota at 62. Rev Guy C Forrest drowned in the Iowa river near Iowa Falls. Tunis Brom of Leighton bought a blacksmith shop at New Sharon and moved. G Kamerick installed a farm water works system near Howell. Eggs 15 cents and butter 17 cents locally. Wheat quoted at 85 cents a bushel.
Local items include Legion baseball losses to Prairie City and Newton, death of Rev J W Osborn long time Baptist preacher, former Central college student, and in Independence Oregon. Oak land car top burned, W R Cruse appointed Central college athletic coach, Hattie Neuenesch elected Lincoln school fourth and fifth grade teacher, bids opened for water tower construction, Herndon Sadler and Tone Thompson wed, local market prices listed, and Dr Frank Carpenter injured in a Monroe area car crash.
Simple brunch guide for French toast using stale bread with milk and eggs, fried in butter until golden. Also includes a cherry relish method with sour red cherries sugar spice and vinegar boiled to reduce, then bottled two weeks before use.
Four daily round trips with connections at Monroe to Knoxville. Special round trip rates between all stations. Pella to Des Moines at 7:46 p.m. Des Moines to Pella at 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 4:80 p.m. 6:16 p.m. Pella to OsKaloosa 9:34 a.m. 1:84 p.m. 6:04 p.m. Oskaloosa to Pella 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m. All except late buses connect at Monroe with Knoxville line. Buses run through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa.
Eastbound No 472 and 474 run Des Moines to Keokuk and Des Moines to Eldon with 8 24 a m and 6 30 p m starts. Westbound No 475 and 473 travel Des Moines to Eldon and Des Moines to Runnells with 7 45 a m and 2 30 p m starts. All trains daily except Sunday. Local freight 881 5 45 p m depot deadline. Local trains carry passengers to Runnells Albia and beyond with limited intermediate stops. Wabash timetable notes: Local 5 14 p m and 11 05 p m stops for Albia and beyond.
Naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene are highlighted as top materials to safeguard clothing and other articles from moth damage. The note emphasizes their effectiveness for storage and protection.
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