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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
6
The piece laments editorial errors and discusses Iowa's 1912 presidential electors voting for Wilson, critiques saloon petitions and court delays, and argues for women's suffrage. It quotes editorials on democracy and notes the growing political role of women and the need for the ballot to empower them.
The piece denounces the actions of U S officials blocking Venezuelan ex president Cipriano Castro from entering the country. It warns that bureaucratic overreach surpasses democratic norms and risks eroding representative government as Republicans face electoral judgment next March.
The public debates whether the New York to Albany suffrage march bearing a message to Governor Sulzer aids the cause. Advocates split on adopting milder tactics versus the more aggressive methods seen in Britain, with equal suffragists divided on escalating actions beyond the English example.
The article contrasts income based value with speculative land pricing in Iowa. It argues farmland worth may be driven by revenue, not sale profits, criticizing holding land idle for higher prices. It proposes a single tax on land values with exemptions for improvements and labor, to curb speculation and boost productive use.
A fragment shows Buffers Buncom described as maddened yet well satisfied with the job. The excerpt depicts conversational doubt about his mental state and contentment.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson argues the United States could grow enough sugar beets to meet national needs and cut a yearly $100 million import bill. He recalls Iowa experiments linking beets to dairy quality and notes beet cultivation benefits crops rotation. last year beet sugar value surpassed $70 million with farmers earning about $26.35 million.
A banker from Paulding projects a $20 million rise in Ohio farm land value by year end from the sugar beet industry. He cites $5 million in Paulding county land gains and $5 million plus investments in new beet factories, plus broader benefits like farming to reduce city overcrowding and higher yields on beeted land. He forecasts 25 factories in Ohio and equal numbers in Indiana as the industry expands.
A National Magazine overview by Vrusnau G. Palmer explains how sugar beets, as deep roots, improve soil structure and moisture storage. Proper seed bed preparation, weed removal, and autumn plowing create aerated, humus-rich soil with deep root channels. Subsequent crops access nutrients from greater depths, allowing farmers to multiply soil output without more land.
The Department of Agriculture highlights beet pulp as premier feed for milk cows and fattening cattle, sheep and other livestock, applicable in wet or dried form. A brisk beet pulp trade, valued around $2,000,000 annually, ships dried pulp nationwide, underscoring its importance to middle western stock feeding.
Kinglake the historian, dining with Dr Marsham, offers his threefold port judging method a color first color second and flavor third. He notes the color good and the odor far from unpleasant yet the flavor provokes a hasty finish and he asks for sherry instead.
A memorial recounts the youth of Rear Admiral Young who died last month. As a midshipman he leaped overboard to rescue a sailor, then swam three miles to aid the unconscious man. After Huron wreck, he reached shore on a raft and saved a companion, later pulling 34 officers and men from danger at a life saving station. Congress promoted him and Kentucky honored him.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a woman frets about her direction in a revolving court attendant scene and a judge tries to keep order. The dialogue captures a playful clash of memory and routine in a courtroom setting.
Conversational note describes a land purchase at Prune Beach with a depth range of about 150 feet at low water and 100 feet at high water, highlighting adjustable shoreline measurements. It reflects casual discourse on property limits and water levels.
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