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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
8
Des Moines officials move against persistent city solicitors while nearby towns watch. A Jarnagin note warns of a rabbit disease found in eastern Iowa, yet no evidence links to local rabbits. cooks likely render any risk moot. Rabbits may face less human pressure this winter.
A southern Wayne county reader told Corydon Times-Republican he earns money weekly by reading the paper’s advertisements. He says a yearly subscription of a dollar or two is negligible beside the actual value he gets from bargains and buy-sell notices found in the pages.
Abundant fall rains enabled good ice for packing. Farmers once stored extra ice in ice houses for summer, a practice now costly but beneficial for keeping milk and butter fresh and possibly paying for itself through reduced losses.
An editorial cartoonish critique notes Calvin Coolidge's claim that farmers pay no income tax due to Republican policy, then argues the poverty of farmers keeps them out of the tax circle. It also condemns bank examiners as politically influenced, applauds Senate insurgents' reconciliation, and doubts reform among staunch conservatives and reformists.
In Massachusetts the dry issue split Republicans. Gov Fuller stood firmly dry against party counsel, defeating Colonel Gaston with a 185,000 plurality while Senator Butler lost by over 60,000 votes despite Coolidge's appeal. The Indianola Record reports the dry sentiment influenced the election.
The Chronicle notes advertising fuels Christmas gift giving, with merchants promoting goods and the month prior selling the most. It argues Iowa’s discontent stems from localized failures, not state-wide distress, and highlights diversification in towns and farms as the key to prosperity. Persistent critics are blamed for giving Iowa a bad name.
A column of lighthearted observations on seasonal savings, fashion, and social quirks. The Chronicle reports a chimney fire at Klyn and De Winter meat market that caused a brief scare but left little damage, plus local quirks about December, shoes, diet, and newspaper page numbering.
Board orders fixed mileage and tax value for transmission lines in Marion County for 1926. Auditor to record 405.00 per mile across districts including Pork, Bend, Mount Vernon, White Breast, Knoxville, Elm Ridge, Lincoln, Highland, Dallas, Sunnyside, and Pleasant Grove districts with totals per district and township.
Summary of multiple district tax rates and mileage charges including Des Moines Electric Company at 405.00 per mile, totals for Summit Township 8.254 miles and 3343 dollars, Lake Prairie 6.396 miles and 2590 dollars, plus various school districts and townships with per mile or total figures such as Red Rock township 1.00 mile at 173 dollars and multiple district totals.
Eastbound passenger numbers 472 474 475 473 and local freight 832 831 listed with times 59 am 39 pm 210 am 128 pm and 1119 am. Freight for shipment on locals due by 5:00 pm previous day. Locals carry passengers. Westbound trains 15 51 50 14 shown for Howell Iowa with passenger stops at Harvey.
Market quotes from Pella Iowa show hogs at nine seventy five to ten ninety per cwt oats at three sixty corn declined to roughly five to six tenths of a cent wheat at one dollar twenty two cents dairy prices list cream at several price points and eggs hens and other poultry values noted along with hides and geese figures from local exchanges Abbreviated entries indicate mixed commodity movement and printed ranges in a compact rural market page
Bussey Electric Company and Transmission Company quote 193.00 per mile. Liberty Township and Hamilton school district combined costs show 2.00 and 386 total for Bussey school district. A separate 4.00 772 appears in line with the same billing context and district allocations.
Twenty years ago Mr and Mrs J S Rhynsburger celebrated their silver wedding on December 7. The Pella Stacker Co issued a public invitation to a banquet on December 28 at the new factory building. Hog cholera is reported on nearby farms. Postmaster B F Keables confirms a new Rural Route from Pella, bringing total routes to five. L P Grundman buys half in Pella Drain Tile Co and will lead management. Marie Lefeber of Rotterdam, Holland, arrives to reside with Mr and Mrs J S Wilson and enrolls in Pella school. Obituaries note deaths of Mrs B Van Roekel Rev E Winter Johannes Dykstra and H F Durham.
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