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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
6
WiCAFs Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Von Hin denburg resist quick payouts to Allies. Fourth of July parade ropes marked by colored flags. soldiers had to avoid stepping on them and soon broke step. Officials call the placement a thoughtless mistake that should not recur.
The author urges a harsh patriotic stance against German Americans who fought for the Kaiser or avoided the draft. Aliens not yet naturalized should be given thirty days to leave the country and never return, deemed unworthy of citizenship and less deserving than natives who dodged service.
West and Midwest senators and congressmen receive telegrams from stock raisers fearing ruin as the government sells meat bought for army use. The anticipated sale, due to demobilization, may lower prices slightly, but producers seek larger profits while consumers welcome relief from high costs.
More than ninety returned soldiers and sailors signed the application for a Pella American Legion post charter sent earlier this week. The group believes the Legion will grow to three to four million members in a few years and will oppose revolutions and Bolshevism, aiming to stand for loyalty and patriotism as the G. A. R. did.
Lieu tenant Dick C. VanZante leads the local post as the first men from Pella enter the army. Almost all applicants sign the charter, while the group acts in earnest to conserve the war time principles they defended.
A reflection on postwar hardship and the need for open trade to ease hunger. The piece argues that money alone cannot satisfy needs, praises the league of nations and Wilson, and criticizes tariffs while noting partisan realignments among Republicans Bull Moose and liberals in Iowa. Strong entities include Versailles treaty June 28 and President Wilson.
A critical column denounces Samuel Gompers as nearing senility for backing liquor interests to redefine intoxicants under prohibition. It argues his stance harms the American Federation of Labor and foresees his imminent retirement, urging a forward looking successor to lead labor.
At a one day session of the Towa legislature Senator J. L. Brookhart circulated a petition in support of Iowa Senators opposing the league of nations in the peace treaty with Germany. The resolution states the signers oppose ratification unless the covenant is materially amended. The source text ends abruptly with a partial name.
A speaker argues against uniting all religious bodies under one earthly head. He notes the Christian world has had a General in Chief for two thousand years and suggests greater unity under the divine commander would yield progress. The piece contrasts marriage banter about ages with theology.
A reader reports training English sparrows to catch cabbage worms. Washington scientists misread an Iowa land surge as an earthquake. A Fourth of July joke tale follows about a church of the wholly freeze em and a couple under an umbrella, ending with a wooden head gag.
A humorous editorial fragment laments travel in the country and recalls Woodrow's overseas trip. It rails at Democratic unity, then ISBN style anecdotes about a dormitory pearl tale and a pills versus pearl mishap. The piece references Case VanSynpost's Fourth of July trip, a traffic incident in Oskaloosa, and a mistaken attempt to reach someone near Pella.
A driver named Case, confused by English traffic rules, misreads a sign and is guided by Mrs. VanSynpost to contact the American consul John Stubenrauch. Stubenrauch explains the error and Case is told to move on. He says city life is strenuous and vows to relocate to Pella. A couple quips about their bake sale offering.
Market notes show varied bids and quotes for livestock and byproducts. Prices listed include 910.00 to 13.00 per cwt, 8.00 to 10.00 per cwt, and negative ranges such as -19.50 to 20.50 per cwt along with 1.00 to 1.75 per bit and -2.25 per bit. A separate line notes -62c per bit.
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