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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
1
The Sadler Bros and Co announce Banner subscriptions are transferred to the Chronicle after the Banner suspends, listing terms for dual subscribers. They urge prompt payment, offer continued Chronicle delivery at 1.50 annually, and promise fair treatment while closing accounts for those who opt out.
The Buxton Eagle relocates from Lov$lia to Buxton and will henceforth operate as a strictly Col ored mans town production.
Knoxville awaits a tower clock while Pella plans a 100 foot tire tower raising questions on a wireless telegraphy link. The Western Telegraph College is founded at Knoxville by unnamed parties and vows to train reliable operators in six months. G. M. DeVilbiss is the first student.
Byron editor of ITlarvey News thanks readers for wedding cake piece sent after peril. Neighbor Wingfield of P-ville News mocks him, ready for Casey In his thirteen-pound steel-pointed headings.
Despite claims that the town is dead the founders announce a monument factory is started in Pella. They say through hard digging they hope to raise enough trade to justify the investment and sustain local commerce.
Fragmentary OCR describes a calmed dispute inside the courthouse involving supervisors and a hall labeled as the widows, hinting at a procedural error that sparked tension among attendees and officials.
The Washington inquiry alleging many representatives kept more than one woman without marriage bonds raises questions about national ethics. The speaker argues that if Mr. Smoot faces scrutiny, many in Congress have uglier records, creating a messy moment for the legislature.
The speaker denounces Mormonism as an awful exposure revealed in Senator Smoot's trial. They urge the people to vote the movement out of the country, claiming no religious liberty is violated and describing it as a system of lewdness and deviltry threatening national morals.
Pleasantville aims to host a state poultry show next year with a subscription paper raising funds. One hundred dollars has been subscribed and a date is being sought. The amount is small for a first class event, comparable to funds for a rooster fight in some areas.
A comparison notes the Chronicle surpasses the Knoxville Journal in delivering local news and wider coverage, even during a slow news period. The Journal is praised as a solid local paper but acknowledged as lagging behind the Chronicle in overall quality and reach.
A short column laments Iowa farmers who grumble at conventions about professional grafters. The piece jokes that critics exist in any group and suggests drastic measures like prod poles to deal with grafting fellows, reflecting a harsh, satirical tone.
A wary reflection on the newspaper business and the ingratitude of readers toward editors and reporters. The author recalls a longtime acquaintance whose small favors are misinterpreted and who, when spoken of in the press room, may be met with coldness or contempt.
A letter from J A Smith in Dorset Virginia notes a move twenty miles north to the James River and a plan to return to Iowa. He argues land here is poor for farming and criticizes eastern soil while urging others toward westward work and recognizing the hard lessons learned from experience.
An Iowa acre is shown to yield about 8150 yearly profits with a 160 acre farm potentially clearing 24000. A Missouri editor equates crop yields to pork value, estimating per acre outputs of clover 800 lb pork, corn 650 lb, peas 575 lb, oats 320 lb, barley 42 lb, wheat 225 lb, with pork values shown for each crop. The piece notes these as exceptional cases and stresses the concept of land potential.
G. F. Rinehart hails Wisconsin Governor La Follette as a steadfast reformer who refused to desert his principles and has now been elected to the United States Senate. The piece contrasts him with Cummins and argues the Senate needs such conviction, despite a corrupt mansion of lawmakers.
Reader warning about hidden hazards in meals. The note claims many pain poisons originate in common foods and urges awareness of subtle health effects from eating out or at home. The fragment cautions readers to consider long term risks and to question what is served.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers one way Colonists tickets on January 17 February 31 and March 31 to Frisco and Rock Island routes across Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas and Colorado at greatly reduced rates. Inquiries to Great Western agents or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill. 46-2 Itch cured in 16 minutes by Woolords Sanitary Lotion. Sold by B F Keables Drugvist Pella foun.
A critique of a Melburn bill to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission, create a seven member commission with a $10,000 salary and a five judge Court of Commerce, and fix rail rates with immediate effect pending court review. The piece warns of railroad influence, delays, and argues for immediate, universal rate reform for shippers.
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