Road and political talk in Pella era editorials
W A Young notes scissors in journalism while H W Gittinger cleans Lucas county with a soap coupon offer. The piece laments road law flaws, argues for permanent highways and a paved Pella Howell station route, and endorses Fred White for U S senator. It critiques Roosevelt on single tax and cites Bailey's war ship tax idea. the column closes with Doan's Kidney Pills ad testimonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Pella
Howell
Wabash
Rock Island
Roosevelt on taxation shift toward land value
Theodore Roosevelt, in a magazine article before his voyage, states that the Progressive party favors shifting municipal tax burdens from labor to the unearned rise in land value. He argues taxation should reflect land value increases rather than wage or labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
South
America
Progressive Party
Corn Show Encourages Farmers to Enter Good Harvests
The Pella Corn Growers Association hosts its third annual corn show next week. The Chronicle urges participation despite drought concerns, noting fair competition and the value of careful farming and shared learning. Farmers with worthy corn are urged to bring it, while others should attend to learn improved methods from neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pella Corn Growers Association
The
Chronicle
Story of a Family Saved During Protracted Services
After completing a church in a poor section we held our first protracted meeting. A glorious gathering filled with the Spirit followed. The narrator visited a home no other preacher had reached and spent the day with a father, mother, two daughters, and a third member not named.
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Christ
Bolivar’s Army Crosses Apure With Paez On Horseback
The article recounts how Simon Bolivar lacked boats to cross the Apure during the war with Morillo. Paez supplied 300 Manero soldiers who swam the river with their horses, captured the Spanish flotilla, and enabled Bolivar’s troops to cross and engage. It also references old world modernity and a Punch illustration from 1858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
South America
Spain
Venezuela
New Granada
Orinoco
Magdalena
G. J. Morans
Apure
Morillo
Paez
Rive
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Internal remedies are needed as catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and purifies blood while acting on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 7 50. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Stage Mannerisms and the Mathews Legacy in London
Weedon Grossmith recalls the push to imitate Charles Mathews on stage and resists a production request to throw his frock coat tails over his head, arguing Mathews’ refined style was misrepresented by imitators and that he should perform his own way. He notes the producer’s jibe about American fame and warns imitators risk vulgarizing Mathews’ gentlemanly manner.
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Weedon Grossmith
Studio 1
Stage
London
Charles Mathews
Mr. Grossmith
Grossmith
Mathews
Sharl& Mathews
America
Cause For His Fright Hamlet Faces Stage Fear In Town
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Hamlet is timorous about appearing in this town stage fright at this age. He has been on the boards for years yet this marks the first time he was ever killed for two nights in one place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred White
U. S
White
Roosevelt
New York
Henry George
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Sadler Bros. & CO
H. H. Sadler
W. A. Young
H. W. Gittinger
Chariton Leader
Lucas County
Bailey
Pennsylvania
Mexico
United Staes
Iowa
Marion County
Ath
H. Stone
Race St
Newton
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo New York
United States
Gastoria
C. C. Brothers
True Horse Marines
Eady
New York Tribune
Jim DE Wit
Main
Pella, Iowa
Vogue Chocolates
SORE
Victrolas
Thermos
Kodaks
Bibles
Stubenrauch
A. H. Bakehouse
H. L. Renaud, F. Hagens
L. Vander Streek
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