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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
6
A collage of outdated quips notes political rank, education, consumer ads, a Kansas divorce case, Federal Reserve contrasts with the Mississippi River, and various observations. It mentions 100 million rabbit skins imported, seal and sable wear, and a Birmingham firm presenting gifts to 27 long serving employees.
A committee of the League of Nations weighs M B Cotsworth proposal to divide the year into 13 months of 28 days with Sundays anchored to fixed dates. An extra day ends December and a leap year extra day avoid naming a weekday. Advantages include simpler accounting. drawbacks include disrupted anniversaries and birthdays for those born between the 20th and 31st.
An urgent need of physicians exists in dozens of rural Maine communities. The situation highlights physician shortages, impacting access to medical care and public health services in the region.
The 1926 law allowed towns to subsidize physicians. many offer up to $1000 yearly to attract doctors, yet succession of aging family doctors and reluctance of young graduates to settle in small towns leaves thousands without local medical care. Rural roads and telephone lines may improve access, but the shortage remains a major rural hardship.
The Oil Conservation Board reported to President Coolidge that an oil famine is not imminent but prudence requires guarding against shortages. It notes potential shifts to liquids from shales, coal, and other materials as demand dictates, praises the industry for conservation, and cites record U.S. crude output of 2.587 million barrels daily in late June 1927 with current production around 2.4 million barrels.
A French duel in 1808 reportedly staged as balloon combat near Paris. Granpre and Le Pique planned a duel for a lady’s hand. Le Pique’s balloon was punctured, he fell to his death, Granpre landed seven miles away and won the lady. The tale links to the saying about a poor marksman unable to hit a balloon.
A writer cites a 1026 clash between French forces and Druse tribesmen in Syria over a missing cat. The French governor’s threat to cut whiskers prompted shieks’ whiskers being trimmed, triggering General Sarrail’s punitive campaign and heavy casualties. The piece notes the tale may be as fanciful as other war-causing myths.
A female Chronicle reader weighs social trends and gender myths. The piece reflects on male vanity, the lure of home life via radio and entertainment, and questions the value of pure book learning versus character. It cites Adolph S. Ochs on Times virtues and warns against overreliance on friends and institutions.
The dispatch notes plans to bury the seven wrecks of destroyers sunk after a navigation error off California on September 8 1923. Twenty eight lives were lost and about 13 million dollars worth of ships were destroyed as followers failed to verify the leader's path. The Navy seeks to remove the grim reminders while warning young officers against complacency at sea.
An editorial argues multiple remedies for farm relief including freight rate reform, canal and waterway improvements, banking reforms favoring farmers, prohibition on food futures gambling, tariff adjustments, direct marketing, cooperative farm banking, and surplus control. It calls for state led action and a square deal for farming, with specific figures on Iowa banks and discussions of the long and short haul clause and the need for canals to link inland rivers to markets.
Lake Prai Township trustees invite bids for roadwork including tractor operator, grader operator by the hour and six road superintendents by the day eight hours with same territories as last year. Bids due to trustees or clerk by 6 p m February 4 1928. Trustees may reject any or all bids. Meeting February 6 at Gary Vogelant's office to let dragging contracts. By order of board. L Vander StreeK Twp Clerk
Market notes show hogs priced per cwt and grain futures for oats wheat corn and dairy cream in a concise regional price listing. Strong entities include hogs and oats and wheat and corn and cream as items in the price table.
Bus schedule lists four daily round trips with connections at Monroe to Knoxville and through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa. It notes special round trip rates between all stations and provides departure times from Pella to Des Moines and from Des Moines to Pella plus Pella to Oskaloosa and Oskaloosa to Pella. Also mentions pulleys and shafting for sale at Chronicle office.
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