Brookhart predicts party scratches in November race
Colonel Brookhart foresees that for each Republican who harms him in November two Democrats will harm Porter. The passage notes the question of Democratic numbers and mentions Ames planning to obtain illuminating gas from Boone similarly to the Pella Knoxville scheme, while raising whether the investigation is still active or has been affected by hot weather.
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Brookhart
Porter
Ames
Boone
Pella
Knoxville Journal
Marion County
U. S
Maryland execution fuels national debate on justice
A murderer was hanged last week in Maryland after attempts to obstruct justice gained national attention. The piece notes murder is common, executions rare, and questions whether such harsh punishment would curb crime or affect public sentiment.
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Maryland
Chicago police clash with rum runners over gun honors
The city’s several thousand policemen fail to seize honors of marksmanship as rum runners, despite their enmity. The speaker hopes a time will come when the last of these undesirables has no one left to shoot it out with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Citizens Military Training Camps Offer Summer Training
Thousands of young men spend a month in CTR camps with vacation training and civic benefit. Federal government bears total cost. Author suggests three months in such camps for youths aged eighteen to twenty one.
Conservative growth ends sympathy for socialist schemes
The editor and others recall past openness to socialism, but aging brings conservatism. They argue productivity differences hinder equal income, condemn compulsion for county wide regulation, and say natural advantage should guide industry. Religious communism is unlikely to succeed. law cannot override economic law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chronicle
Distinction Between Offenses and Liquor Selling
A discussion notes that whiskey advocates want to treat selling alcohol as a mere statute violation rather than a crime. It argues the line rests on harm to persons and property versus regulatory order, and that abstainers overlook alcohol’s link to crime while pursuing personal indulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Liquor
Mexico Reform and the Catholic Church Across the Land
The piece argues for enforcing old anti church wealth laws in Mexico to curb Catholic power, crediting past revolutions for redistributing church lands and wealth. It warns against medieval priest craft and urges reform while preserving freedom of speech and press.
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Mexico
Inexico
Therr
Catholic Church
Spain
Representative Mathews Attacks Farm Bureau Officials
Danville representative Howard Mathews criticizes Iowa Farm Bureau leaders for publishing the Sound Business Opposes Paving Bonds article in the Farm Messenger. He argues the bureau is state subsidized and should focus on agriculture and related sciences rather than road bonding schemes. The Burlington Hawkeye notes lingering suspicion toward the Good Roads Association and questions road planning tactics and funding.
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Howard Mathews
Danville
Des Moines
Burlington Hawkeye
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Messenger
Mathews
Towa
Towa Good Roads Association
Farm Bureau
Chronicle
Iowa Good Roads Association
Pella
Farm Bureau overstepping role on state bond issue
A state House discussion criticizes the Farm Bureau for taking a stance on road improvement bond funding, arguing the subsidized group acts beyond its statutory purpose and risks losing public support if it becomes a partisan voice on disputed public policy.
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Mathews
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
State Board of Education
State Board of Control
Veterans dominate future U S Senate races and town politics
The piece discusses veterans holding key roles in upcoming U S Senate terms and local offices, noting Steck Porter and Stewart as war veterans aligned with American Legion interests. It argues that wartime service shapes political prospects and warns about nonveterans seeking office, while touching on local anecdotes about politics, charity, and civic life.
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Town
United States Senate
Senator Steck
Department of Town
American Legion
Claude Porter
Spain
David W. Stewart
Cummins
Steck
Senate
Brookhart
Porter
Congress
The Ten Commandments and Duties to God Lesson
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham outlines obedience to God as the foundation of good government and family life. It emphasizes worship in spirit and truth, condemnation of idolatries, and the harm of profanity, urging reverent speech and steadfast reverence for Jehovah.
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God
Sre
George William Douglas
Rest Day devotion and call to worship and reflection
The article extols observing the Sabbath as essential for individuals families and nations. It links rest worship and moral order to personal health and societal strength citing Mt Sinai Moses and the Ten Commandments and urging preparation for Sunday worship through Saturday night reading and avoidance of frivolities. It concludes by affirming devotion to God through regular prayer and distant profane language.
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Snowden
Mt. Sinai
Alps
Israel
Moses
Middle West tennis tournament attendee and local notes
Bert Baron attended the middle west tennis tournament in Omaha. John De Reus suffered a painful fall at the wagon factory, injuring his back and opening an artery in his arm. Henry Den Adel is offered jailor at Newton but Ras declines. First Reformed services run at the college auditorium during renovations. Canning factory runs tomatoes earlier than usual. Political sparks as Leslie M Shaw name stirs crowd and Cummins elicits cheers. Watson Van der Ploeg returns from his brother’s farm near Monroe. Plender and Don Adel order cement block making machines. Henry Cox elected musical director at the state university in Town City to lead the band and teach violin.
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Bert Baron
Omaha
John de Reus
Henry den Adel
Newton
Ras
First Reformed Church
College
Leslie M. Shaw
Cummins
Iowa
Henry Cox
The
State University At
Town City
Clarke Declares Sheriff Candidacy in Marion County
John Joe Clarke announces his run for sheriff on the Independent ticket and asks Marion County voters for support at the general election on November 2, 1926. Addressed to voters, the statement includes a 2.21 dollar amount.
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Marion County
Pella Markets: Hog and Grain Prices Across the Board
Quotations from the Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Pella Iowa show hogs at 9.10 to 11.60 dollars per cwt. Oats priced at 0.33 dollars per bushel. Wheat at 1.18 dollars per bushel. Cream quoted at 0.86 dollars per pound.
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Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Lows
Farmers Produce Co
John Wynberg
Eges
Harding Cream Co
Pella Produce Co
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Gains
Richmond College
Richmond
Peloubet
Egypt
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Rome
Papa
Mama
Jesus Christ
Wells
James Farrar
E. W. Work
Watson van der Ploeg
Monroe
Plender
Don Adel
John Joe Clarke
J. E. Shultz
South Side
H. C. Payne
Broadway
Pose
J. C. Mitten
Geo. H. Lankelma
Stat Bank
South
Franklin St
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Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
Dr. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Streets
J. J. Sybenga
Keable
J. M. Cook
Bell Clothing
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
H. O. Wormhoudt
Jaarsma Bakery
T. G. Fultz
Alswered
F. F. Carpenter
Jaarsma’s Bakery
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