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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
6
Professor Ensign of the State University will deliver the graduation address next week with the subject The Glorification of Mediocrity. Observers say the remarks may reflect support for the Republican presidential candidate.
A local dispute arises in Creston after a resident buried a dog in a cemetery. Proponents argue burial is a natural act while critics claim it desecrates the site. The clash highlights tensions over cemetery use and community standards.
The speaker mocks governors and legislators from Connecticut Delaware and North Carolina who opposed woman suffrage. He notes many will face re elections soon and predicts women will judge their stance at the polls.
Iowa papers attack the Des Moines Capital for partisan bias while noting the Chicago Tribune as the true source of the venom, printing the same ideas a day earlier and spreading them to towns near Des Moines.
Senator Harding declares the Senate will be a real force in administration councils if elected. He cites Senator Newberry of Michigan, convicted of improper campaign finance, yet kept by Republicans to preserve their majority, as a persuasive argument in the campaign.
A farmer claims the Pella Chamber of Commerce boosts outside buyers’ prices to hurt the cooperative shipping association. The speaker dismisses the idea as nonsense and warns against believing such theories, joking that believers would be easy targets for stock salesmen.
The Republican candidate pledges to revive the tariff question amid criticism of the League of Nations as an ineffective talking point. The piece notes Democratic tariff policy mirrors Republican ones but with a lower tax rate and argues a free trade platform may defeat the tariff controversy.
A farm home self sufficient with breadstuffs, potatoes, vegetables, meat, and sorghum can weather strikes and transport troubles. In towns, such abundance is rarer, but a well stocked flour bin cellar and woodshed offer security and steady winter provisions amid lighter summer joys.
Indicative of mediocrity in this year’s race, speeches from presidential hopefuls reflect a crisis in postwar economy. Both candidates dwell on attacking each other rather than offering bold paths to stability, as the country faces a critical development stage after abnormal wartime conditions.
In a period of downturn the article examines how political factions strive to win public support. It notes the precarious condition of the era and the pressure on leaders to secure backing from voters and allied organizations.
The Yowa Forum declares Cox a common Democratic politician born in a locality dense with Democrats and notes his showy background. It adds Harding is a Republican of the type that yields to bosses, offering a bleak nomination assessment and saying the Chronicle advises choosing between poor options.
The piece argues for measures to curb fraudulent stock sales and protect gullible buyers, especially youths. It notes that promoters prey on the hopeful and that losses fall on families, urging caution and contrasting stock speculation with finding fortunes through honest effort.
A Kansas City Irish American picnic speech by Senator Reed of Missouri brands Britain hostile and urges U S recognition of the Irish Republic. He says the oppression of the Irish warrants resistance in every possible way, signaling broader government tensions. Knights of Columbus also urge immediate U S recognition of Ireland as represented by Eamonn de Valera, in a New York resolution sent to Colby and congressional leaders.
The speaker argues that all taxation ends up as income tax and favors keeping income taxes high while reducing other taxes. He notes direct taxes provoke protest, while land value tax taxes community income and land use, aligning with societal benefit and discouraging excessive punitive levies on individual effort.
A lighthearted tale from Pella notes Mayor Vanden Berg was delayed in Des Moines by a traffic rule misunderstanding. The piece blends civic quips with local life, including motorists Case and Breuklander, and reflections on trades and youth employment, ending with humor about a ghost and a lucky shirt.
A preacher denounces male neglect of wives citing biblical calls for benevolence and dignity. He parries anecdotes of farmers, workers, and a German passenger, urging men to value household labor as essential as farming tools, challenging patriarchal routines and outdated roles.
A speaker urges farmers to ease wives’ burdens with labor saving devices and supportive care. He contrasts hard washing on a washboard with modern machines, urges men to cherish wives, buy electric washing machines and new pianos, and to value affection over frugality, warning many wives suffer in silence while husbands focus on farming and politics. He notes 15 million farmers learn hog care, but calls for more attention to overworked farm wives.
Aunt Jane’s voice echoes the strain and virtue of women who cook clean sew mend and care for families with faith and humor. The piece lauds wives urging praise for their work while noting men’s neglect and gravestones dishonestly claim Rest while toil persists.
If your feet ache and burn and make you tired all over ask any druggist for Allen's Foot Ease the antiseptic powder whake it in your shoes and walk all day in comfort. It has no equal for corns bunions blisters or callouses. Used by American British and French soldiers.
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