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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
6
A jittery column mocks cost of rubber and luxuries while urging restraint. It argues against easy liquor access and notes Belgium’s 1914 stance and debt payments. It mentions Knoxville fair weather, Florida politics, and police eight-hour day calls with $150 monthly minimum wage.
The text laments the Brookhart stock count and questions why the senate must vote to decide. It notes Marion County contests last winter showing judges’ wishes largely determine contest outcomes, implying a review of political processes and Senate influence in election disputes.
The passage accuses President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine of grafting for manufacturing interests while pressuring Secretary Jardine to force Dr. Henry C. Taylor from the Iowa bureau of agricultural economics. It claims Jardine aims to aid Democrats in Iowa next year, with farmers likely to vote Republican despite harsh treatment.
A Corydon paper notes over one hundred of Ft. Madison’s eight hundred prisoners are bankers, prompting Chariton’s editor to joke that no prison paper is written by newspapermen. Oskaloosa and Pella traces show chautauqua deficits, with Oskaloosa now facing about $2,000 loss after past success. The piece argues the chautauqua, once a money-maker, has run its course.
The old argument over whether goods can be sold cheaper in small towns or larger cities persists. City merchants pay higher rents and wages, affecting pricing. Small town merchants face higher freight and purchase costs due to smaller quantities and tougher staffing challenges.
A stand off emerges as city merchants attract town trade by aggressive advertising. Townsfolk travel less when local ads reveal cheaper, convenient options, and merchants who spend on promotion reap benefits. Advertising shifts commerce toward hometown stores as buyers avoid long trips for better prices.
Editors recognize the injustice of protective tariffs and other privilege laws. They warn abolition or reform will harm vested interests, noting that unfair advantages harm many, and claim a revived consensus will prioritize overall welfare over privileged classes.
A letter argues to abolish parcel post zone charges, favoring a flat rate that would shift costs to nearer shipments. Merchants rely on long-distance mailings, while small papers and general users would bear higher short-distance postage under such a plan. A nudge to Congress is urged.
Seventeen stockholders who mine in Avery Town owned the plant and, all union miners, gave notice in March that the mine would close with tools removed by April 1. The district unionists have paid out about $5 000 in benefits to affected workers as they urge miners to avoid cooperative mines amid Iowa coal industry tensions.
A thinker argues that economic laws eclipse union rules as coal output outpaces demand. Seventeen thrifty miners own mines. others rely on benefits while workers without ownership seek to curb cooperatives. The piece blends economics with local anecdotes and humorous notes on public figures and small-town life.
Notice filed with the Clerk of District Court in Main county Iowa announces the will of Benjamin H Langerak deceased and a hearing set for October 6 1925 in Knoxville Iowa. Virginia Van Gorp celebrated her 6th birthday with a small party at her Main Street home on August 24.
Needlework, a key household art, will be showcased at the Southern Iowa Fair in Oskaloosa Iowa September 5 to 11. Exhibits cover plain and fancy sewing, embroidery, tatting, crocheting, knitting and needlecraft with prizes for braided rugs, pillows, bedspreads and more.
In Marion county Iowa the last will and testament of Al Bartis Albers deceased will come for hearing in the October term 1925 on October 6th at 9.30 am at the district court in Knoxville with all interested persons to be heard. Clerk District Court Knoxville Iowa August 20 1925. Aug 27 Sept 3 10.
Rev and Mrs George M Derby spent time at Spirit Lake and returned home Tuesday. They stayed in Pella briefly and will end their vacation next week.
Quotations from the Warmers Co operative Exchange in Pella Iowa list hogs and grain prices in cwt and per bushel across categories including cream oats and wheat with figures not printed here due to OCR fragment.
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs B Buwalda on August 19. Brick laying on the new bank finished. Charley Sipkema buys Wm Bruinekool’s stake in Lecocq Bruinekool furniture. Yellow fever spread by mosquito bite. H E Randolp of Webster City donates a minerals fossils relics collection to Central College valued at 1000 dollars. Lightning kills a Jersey cow for Green T Clark five hogs for Pos Cheeseman near depot. Barns burn on Richardson farm east of town and on T D Smorenburg. C Smorenburg and Jane Vande Nadort wed by Justice Van Vliet. Johnnie Klein drowns in Skunk river during a community picnic on August 23.
Mrs. F. P. Noble of Spokane Washington won first place in the Atlantic Monthly Test Questions contest with 87.8 percent correct answers. She is the sister of Miss Carrie Edmand and J. A. Edmand of Pella and was raised there, a Central College graduate. Massachusetts entrants trailed, and only three men scored above the 76 percent mark while the average of all 75 participants was 58 percent.
An August 1984 column discusses the term feeble minded or moron, noting historical definitions, varied signs of mental defectiveness, and the challenge of classification. It observes that some high-grade morons can be trained, while society bears costs of care and risk from the defective toward normal individuals.
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