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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
6
Colonel Brookhart claims truth cost his senate seat as the Register discusses postwar slump in statesmanship. H W Gittinger notes many lack religion to connect with church and state. The piece laments recurring wartime and postwar downturns following the Wilson era.
A columnist critiques wage value versus productivity and discusses social responsibility for access to nature gifts. It notes Nebraska pardons board clemency for Donald Ringer, questions Coolidge on foreign affairs, and mocks Perry News for predicting Claude Porter’s November win. It condemns Iowa Republican ballot law and party control over outcomes.
Iowa Republican state officials largely seeking salary increases as they race for reelection. Governor Hammill favors raising pay for the governor and lieutenant governor, plus annual housing allowance. The piece notes a shift away from earlier frugal standards and recalls past governors’ modest living costs.
A satirical column complains of political cynicism and high living, proposing Alex Miller as governor. It ridicules Big John’s demand for $100 monthly living expenses and notes Iowa farmers failing crops and bank losses. It critiques Pella’s fountains polluted by town habits, urging civic care to honor Civil War memorials and keep public water clean.
The rise of large motor trucks to haul hogs sheep and cattle speeds transport and reduces losses but also enables thiefs to steal stock and drive off to packing houses. Poultry theft follows similar patterns with high carrying capacity enabling rapid, long trips and disguising losses. Alarmed farmers may need burglar alarms for pens and houses to counter depredations.
State officials canceled the prison band’s picnic engagement amid protests claiming unfair competition with free labor. Governor Hammill sided with the protest while noting a new Iowa law, effective July 1, 1927, barring prisoner employment that competes with private occupations, with potential future changes to apply to farming on state farms.
The argument compares prisoner support to feeding any group without labor and urges lawmakers to repeal a law that keeps prisoners idle. It claims red-headed people and prisoners are alike in society’s view, and that taxes would rise to fund idleness, advocating more productive prison policy.
Case and Arie witnessed Dr. C Aschenbrenner’s car crash into a railroad post near a crossing between Pella and Otley. The driver escaped unharmed but irate, later admitting the accident happened as he looked to ensure no train was coming. He plans to stop, look, and listen before crossings.
A quirky summary of early wedding anniversaries from cotton at year one to paper at year two and leather at year three. It jokes about financial strains and gifts, hinting at traditions and expectations in early married life. The piece notes the tenth year is tin, presenting a playful overview of historic anniversary symbols.
A whimsical piece traces wedding anniversaries from tin Lizzie to diamond, noting gifts and travel fantasies across years from crystal to gold. It weaves in a village tale of a daughter delaying witnessing a wedding, while a marshal incident prompts jokes about patchy weeds and lawn mowers, reflecting local life.
A lively Young People's County Sunday School Council picnic occurred at the Collins camp on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Township representatives discussed plans for the coming year and a State-Wide Older Boys and Girls Conference at Marshalltown is planned to replace the county conference. The event ended with a council fire and a display of fireworks lighting the stream.
A Puritan Drug Co promotion offers a free fountain pen with a 60 cent purchase of school supplies. The ad evokes the hills and Geneva as a nostalgic backdrop, tying the offer to local civic memory.
Market quotes from the Farmers Co operative Exchange in Pella Iowa list hog prices from 9.25 to 11.86 per hundredweight and oats at 33 cents per bushel along with wheat cream and egg quotes for various poultry and hides. Additional quotations from Harding Cream Company and Pella Produce Co cover eggs heavy hens roosters ducks geese and hides with no complete figures.
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