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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
6
A Pella newspaper column blasts a sham militia drill at Camp Dodge while critiquing currency inflation and Roosevelt’s silence on Europe. It condemns the Oskaloosa Herald tax editorial, argues Underwood tariff reform as a first step, and urges a fair tax shift from individuals to community production.
The piece argues the tariff is a failed tax tool that raises prices via protectionist shifts benefiting trusts. It warned of a $100 million revenue gap from European war disruptions and predicted increased duties on domestic goods, plus covert indirect taxation to avoid direct fiscal scrutiny. It cites Congress and officials as exploiting funding for personal gain.
Pella relies on local galleries and wells for water, not the Des Moines river. Extending galleries lowers the water table, risking droughts. water waste from the Rock Island Railway and leaky tanks worsens shortages. Citizens should curb waste until rains return.
The author traces how the assassination of an Austrian archduke sparked a chain of mobilizations and declarations that engulfed Europe in war. It argues war is a state of mind and urges peaceful arbitration, noting the United States should use its influence to promote peace and turn swords into plowshares.
The Com moner tribute notes Mrs Wilson's blend of refinement and domestic virtue. She guided White House entertainments, aided the poor in Washington, and pushed alley improvements. Her death prompted national mourning as Congress paused to pass a related bill, with Peace to her ashes and honor to her memory.
A passage extols a wife of wisdom and industry. Her husband sits among land elders, she makes linen and girdles, honors strength and virtue, speaks with kindness, manages her household, and is praised by her children and husband. Favour and beauty fade, but reverence for the Lord endures and her works praise her.
Kidney aches and back pain are blamed on weak kidneys in a Grinnell Iowa notice. Mrs. R. B. Boyce testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her family’s lame backs and kidney troubles. The ad urges readers to ask distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills at 50 area stores, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Signor Angelini Giustiniani traveled from Rome to Bai rguth for the first Parsifal performance on July 26, 1882. He reported in Rassegna Contemporanea that Wagner arrived in a carriage carrying a large barrel of beer on the box seat, brought into the theater presumably to quench thirst after the masterpiece.
Near Salisbury plain England lies William Button's grave. His epitaph reads Are graves then dwindled into Button holes. A New York dentist wrote a self referential line for his own tomb: Stranger, approach this grave with fitting gravity. Here lies a dentist filling his last cavity.
A quotation from Youth's Companion features Armes scolding an unlucky friend for repeating errors and his wife agreeing that many other mistakes remain to be made. The exchange highlights impatience with recurrence and humor about human fallibility.
In Kansas City Star style the item notes Kelley has been under peace bonds for some time and reflects on missed chances to confront him. The brief mentions the banker status and the idea of a missed opportunity to call him a Har.
A young statesman, pressed by a constituent, hesitates to reveal his stance saying his opinions matter less than avoiding hurt feelings. He fears that whichever way he votes will upset someone. Washington Star excerpt.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. It states internal doses affect blood and mucous membranes and offers $100 to prove failure to cure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A rapid, full-size, infallible Adder in a compact desk form, built by expert metal workers in a large shop. marketed as a solitary device to replace centralized machines with skilled operators. Ideal for offices and stores where expensive machinery is a luxury.
A humorous exchange reveals a mix up in a kitchen where potatoes tasted strongly of gasoline. The young wife jokes she used a cleaning velvet recipe by mistake, illustrating a comic culinary error.
A muddled citizen explains a late arrival after a footpad halted him. He says his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth and a bystander notes the scent of clove as proof of fear. The Chicago News captures a terse urban vignette.
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