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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
6
A scanned fragment covers local items about a Pella swimming pool project from a year earlier, plus commentary on war debts and Prohibition era politics in Iowa. It references Democratic and Republican stances, Des Moines liquor enforcement, and paving district debates shaping city council decisions. The piece blends editorial critique with municipal planning updates and party lines.
The passage argues against a protective tariff as an enemy of the people, warning that war-time fervor could entrench tariffs further. It condemns non-partisan tariff commissions and stresses that tariffs restrain trade, harm producers and buyers, and fall hardest on those least able to bear them. It critiques tariffs on even non competing imported goods as unfair and regressive.
The author criticizes tariffs as harmful and cumulative, arguing the burden falls on consumers and middlemen. A rational tax should be direct, based on benefits received, with land value taxed at full rental value under a Single Tax plan. They warn Wilson and Congress against endorsing tariff protections or commissions.
Five year trust in Doan's Kidney Pills echoed by F M Rederus of Main St Pella Iowa who reports lasting kidney relief after using the remedy for back pain headaches and kidney trouble first in 1910 and again in 1915 He urges others to use the same medicine price 50 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the maker and sponsor of the endorsement.
A tiny cottage with no doors or windows houses two wrens who rent it by singing and chattering. The poem humorously contrasts a busy wife and a lazy husband with the birds, suggesting the birds pay their rent with simple notes and daily chatter. The verse, attributed to Henry A. Perishing, satirizes domestic roles and romanticized labor.
An advertisement for an extermination product claims to end rats and mice outdoors with a free comic picture by R. H. S. Wells of Jersey City. It promotes an economy size option and urges avoiding substitutes while mentioning drug and country stores for purchase.
A tale recaps honesty with a nickel and warns that small sins poison character like baby rattlesnakes. A parent urges shunning minor wrongs to avoid bigger harm, then notes a Woman’s Home project offering monthly Better Babies guidance to new mothers, teaching care, feeding, sleep, weight, and safety to reduce infant deaths.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight or new shoes. It claims the antiseptic product can be shaken into shoes or used in a foot bath for hot tired swollen or aching feet and encourages asking for Allen's Foot-Ease, sold everywhere for 25 cents.
Family purchase urged for summer months as Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is touted as essential. It promises value beyond cost and claims no superior product for its purpose. Sold by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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