New Years notes and national funding gifts stir crowd
A brief local column from Pella Iowa notes include Happy New Year wishes and a call to prepare for the upcoming census. It mentions Oli rising a cent a gallon, a donated hundred million dollars from the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation, and a Detroit organization banning ex soldiers from joining the American Legion due to Legion support of law enforcement during recent strike districts.
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Oli
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Detroit
American Legion
Legion
Coal Operators Challenge Miner Settlement
Coal operators resist the agreed wage increase by tying it to coal prices, complicating the settlement with miners. The piece argues coal lands gain value from broad public effort and questions profits concentrated to a small minority under a single tax principle.
Remarkable shift in press on Garfield after resigning
The recent fuel administrator Garfield gained favorable treatment from papers that had criticized him after his resignation. Publications that once distrusted him now claim he would have been chosen as the public representative on a three person mining investigation commission.
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Garfield
Commission of Three
Leaders of recent coal strike face no punishment
The article argues that strike leaders avoided punishment, calling it mild given their aim to disrupt the country. It notes the stoppage harmed finances, acknowledges surrender came from lack of public support, and insists those responsible deserve severe punishment for disloyal acts.
Rail unions threaten to defy Cummins bill
Organized railway machinists warned Congress they would not submit to the Cummins railroad bill with its anti strike provisions. The writer urges making such notices a crime and punishing organizers to restore dignity and potency in Congress.
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Congress
Single tax and food relief in postwar recovery
The article critiques opposition to Wilson’s peace treaty and argues the single tax could release land for production, lowering prices as supply meets demand. It highlights Hoover’s aid to Austro Hungarian region starving and notes political critics aiming to taint administration actions while urging moral resolve.
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United States
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
Clearance Sale Ads Highlight Bargains in Chicago Market
A reader recalls a Chicago paper touting big town clearance bargains. Frocks drop from 85 to 39 dollars, dresses 155 to 260, three piece suits 395 to 350, fur coats a standout at 3150 down from 2950, with land quotes to underscore savings and a closing jab about distant buyers with land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Knoxville Express Refutes State Building Site in Knoxville
The Knoxville Chronicle excerpted opinion from the Express accusing Knoxville of opposing a state plan to locate feeble minded, insane or criminal facilities here. It argues the state should prioritize needs over Knoxville’s finances, noting Knoxville desires a normal school and social uplift from Iowa girls, while condemning the idea of a pest house or asylum on local land.
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Knoxville Express
The
Chronicle
Knoxville
the Express
Young
Pella Chronicle
Iowa
Board of Control
Controversy Over School for Feeble-Minded in Knoxville
The document argues for or against relocating the Industrial Home for the Blind and a proposed school for feeble-minded children in Knoxville. It frames the state as morally bound to offer a desirable substitute, while criticizing a Pella editor and acknowledging social uplift via a local girls’ group and the potential impact on the county seat.
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Pella
Knoxville
the Express
A Wisi For The New Year Theme Poem Card
A poetic New Year wish spread across verses to the world and readers. It speaks of gladness peace health and wealth for all social stations and urges kind hearts and helpful hands to turn wishes into action and fulfillment.
Newfoundland Rescues Setter From Williams Lake Ice
A setter dog fell through ice on Williams Lake and could not escape. A large Newfoundland leaped to the rescue, grasped the setter by the neck, and hauled it to safety. The two dogs trotted away together after the rescue, the setter grateful and wagging.
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Williams Lake
Laughing snippets of old jokes and quips from a paper
A collage of humorous exchanges and punchlines featuring weather driven voting jokes, a nerve treatment claim, a jokey bank safe scene with a guard dog, a line about a violinist wife, and a wandering tale of a jug memory. The bits evoke early 20th century vaudeville style humor.
Observations of farm life and local tales in Kentucky and Iowa
A string of humorous rural anecdotes from Cynthiana Kentucky and Deep River Record tales recount a farmhand’s bitter remark about a farmer’s wife, a housebound lamb turned wild by fox chasing, skunk trapping in Poweshiek County, and a coal strike savings story. Case Van Synpost brags of hens laying in cold weather and cordwood sales, aided by local cops and neighbors as he jokes about licenses and mule-powered transport.
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Case van Syn Post
Case
Tommy
al Brucklander
Many Children Sickly Use Mother Gray's Powders
Advertisement copy claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children cure colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness headaches stomach troubles and bowel issues while destroying worms. It boasts 30 years in use and wide mother approval. Sample free address Moths Gray Co Le Roy NY.
Public figure list from historical Dutch names archive
A dense roster of individuals, primarily Dutch surnames and given names, appears in the document. Names include Lautenbach Stubenrauch Van Rees Kempkes Aschenbrenner Brand Fultz Blommers Dimos Bauman Kuyk Van Klootwyk Van Scheinkhoven Van Hemert Vander Syde Kuiper Van Rees Sterrenberg Cocq Goedhart Schippers Ries Vanden Berg Sadler Grant Van Zante Rhynsburger Hoxbergen Breen Saindon De Neef Vander Linden Lankerak Hollebrands Le Cocq Jelsma Den Adel Blommers LeCocq Sybenga Zante Wagner Vander Heiden Nellis Vanne Voort Sigman Porter Wely Porter Bosveld Wit Palidas Geerlings Dennis Wichart Stowe Rillihan Meulpolder Scholte Langerak Heerma Wormhoudt T Van Zante Van Rheenen Frost Hemert Den Adel Sittert Kersbergen Koopmans Grant Dykstra Van Vark Kuyper Visser Vande Geest Ritche Gove Arkel Lindquist Muelpolder Van Duyn Welle Cook Antry Rhynsburger Plette.
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Ben Kuyk
Jnc
van Klootwyk
van Scheinkhoven
Harry van Hemert
Huber Vander Syde
John R. Kuiper
Wm. van Rees
Jacob Sterrenberg
F. le Cocq
John Goedhart Arnold J. Schippers
George Ries
Frank Vanden Berg
H. H. Sadler
Edward Grant
Peter M. van Zante
Dick R. Rhynsburger
Mrs. A. J. H
W. F. Crew
Andrew Klyn Geo. Stout
John I. Hollebrands
Edw
van Toorn Jelle Jelsma
Abe den Adel
John J. Blommers
Ed LeCocq
John G. Sybenga
Dick C. van Zante
Wm. J. Wagner Martin Vander Heiden O. A. Nellis Bart Vanne Voort
Sam S. Sigman
Edward Porter
Wm. van Wely Chas, Porter
Ralph L. Bee
John Goedhart
John Bosveld
Walter de Wit
James Palidas
G. M. Geerlings Charles Dennis E. J. Wichart
Albert J. Stowe
Mark Rillihan
Dan Meulpolder
Robert Scholte
Lester Langerak
John Heerma Cornie Wormhoudt
L. B. Wormhoudt
Jacob T. van Zante
Fred van Rheenen
Fred O. Frost J. B. van Hemert
B. A. Dieleman
Lester Welle
Harold L, Klein
Ivo Ver Beek
A. K. Verrips
Fred Lautenbach
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A. Young
H. Sadler
Marion County
Mickie
Uncle Sam
Charlotte Perry
Grace
Diggs
Edgar
Cynthiana
John Ingles
J. D. Evang
Mr. Ingles
Withal
Poweshiek County
Parsons
Herman Geethoed
California
Pulman
Marion van Houweling
Otley
W. W. Cook & Son
Federal Life
Federal Life Insurance Company
E. Hollebrands
Casper Lautenbach
F. D. Stubenrauch Henry B. van Rees Tunis H. Kempkes
Dr. C. Aschenbrenner
Rube Brand Dr
T. G. Fultz
Ben J. Blommers
Mike Dimos Herman Bauman
L. van Rees
Vander Linden
Ben Blommers
J. W. Lankelma
David A, de Cook
Ransom Antry
Fred Rhynsburger Evert Plette
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