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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
1
Prairie City marks its seventieth anniversary this year with events and commemorations across the community. Local officials praise the town’s growth and enduring partnerships as residents reflect on its history and future.
The inquiry wonders what happened to President Harding's call for less government in business and asks about the rival assertion of more business in government. The piece analyzes how policy shifts or political rhetoric have changed these aims in practice.
The Des Moines Capital notes Missouri Republicans voting in the Democratic primary to back a renegade candidate for the U S Senate. The paper says it would object to Reed as senator if voters want him, but laments there will be no Democratic candidate in November.
The Literary Digest postal card vote favored strict enforcement against prohibition, but Ohio’s recent governor primary saw pro enforcement candidates win by a large majority. The Digest poll appears phony, with questions and card distribution seen as artificial.
A Pella writer urges locals to aid those in need amid high coal prices and scant work. The piece argues government control breeds graft, citing wartime railroad staffing and cost increases, contending public office serves grafters rather than public good.
Mrs. W E Lauterbach discusses border inspections for customs duties delaying travel across Europe and contrasts with the U S. Wells argues such borders threaten League of Nations unity. The piece urges universal free trade as a remedy while noting the political fight to retain duties and the hypocrisy of tariffs within the United States.
The article notes candidate Brookhart travels the state delivering a four part speech that never changes. He brags about his nomination victory, retells a Danish farmers revolt tale, attacks railroads and the Cummins Esch law, then savages the Federal Reserve. Some Republicans may pivot to C L Herring.
The piece argues the seniority system in railroads fails to maintain peace between employers and employees. It warns the rule may be a makeshift that breaks down in emergencies and suggests seeking a better approach that curtails special privileges enabling vast fortunes. It also discusses taxation and inheritance taxes as tools to address wealth inequities.
The piece argues the murder of Field Marshal Wilson would be swiftly punished in England, noting Iowa’s lengthy appeals and delays. It contrasts six weeks to two months in England with years in parts of the United States, citing past Iowa cases where hangings were postponed by appeals and legal tactics.
Congressman Ramseyer advocates a national tax on inheritances and bequests, arguing revenue for national needs and curbing fortunes’ concentration. The piece questions the first rationale as a generic tax need and begins critiquing the second as an overbroad justification.
Mrs John Alden of New York, born Cynthia Westover in Afton Iowa, has championed legislation across 14 states for blind child education. She notes Iowa lacks such laws and urges supporters to push an Iowa bill. At Summit New Jersey her International Sunshine Society runs a care facility for blind babies open to any state at $1.50 per day.
The report recalls Ulysses Grant as a horsey boy in Georgetown Ohio before West Point. He enjoyed horses, riding, and driving, yet lagged in books though excelled in mental arithmetic before written work. The note marks the 76th anniversary of his birth on September 6.
Observations describe young men with automobiles lingering near the depot and in the South Park area, pursuing unprotected girls and attempting to drag them to cars. Complaints mention two girls from the east part of town and fear of similar incidents elsewhere, prompting concern from residents and a potential city peace officer.
A jumble of notes on bootleggers, old age boasts, and small town anecdotes. It questions trust in bootleggers, warns about unsafe drinking, and riffs on age contests, quirky headlines, and a string of brief mischief items from Spider Bend and nearby locales.
The Missouri primary returns show Senator Reed winning re nomination by about five thousand votes from a total near 380 000 in a hard fought contest. Reed's hometown Kansas City gave him a 22000 edge as supporters battle to shape future Democratic policy with Wilson era tensions lingering.
The Audubon Republican reprints an article by H W Hoogenakker of Pella criticizing Democratic voters in Missouri who voted in the primary to embarrass Reed. The piece argues Republicans overstate Wilson’s danger and accuses GOP leaders of trying to replace Wilson with a Republican candidate while warning Democrats against disaster.
A devotional poem urges readers to plant the orchard of the heart with God's Spirit rather than flesh. It cites Galatians five as guidance, warning that fleshly reign yields bitterness, while divine reign cleanses sin and sustains daily prayer.
Pella markets list livestock grain and produce prices from Farmers Co operative Exchange and Pella Produce Co Hogs at 6.00 to 8.75 per cwt corn at about 60 cents per bushel wheat 15 to 85 cents per bushel dates at 26 cents per bushel cream 21 to 23 cents per pound heavy hens 14 cents light hens 1 cent springs 18 cents ducks 8 cents cream 23 cents hides 3 cents old roosters none geese unspecified units shown
The term algebra derives from the Arabic al jebr meaning reunion of broken parts, reflecting an early sense of bone setting as the word’s original use in mathematics and healing contexts.
A humorous sketch portrays a town dog causing mischief from barking at callers to waking residents at night. Neighbors blame the dog for ruckus and mess, while children and locals react with mixed affection. The piece reads like a lighthearted local column.
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