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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
6
Farmers face higher costs as the processing tax hits flour and sugar, raising sack prices by about a dollar and over 50 cents per hundred pounds. Wages and salaries lag while government spending continues. Farmers now receive more mail and reading material, staying informed on current events amid tougher times.
In the section, two farmers disagree on government production controls. One corn-hog signer favors curbing supply to raise prices, while another believes drought effects can raise farm income without drastic government action. Both views seem valid depending on perspective.
The author notes the NRA being seen as constructive or destructive, citing a dealer fined for excessive used car allowances and a state power to raid employer records to discuss wages. The piece questions whether such actions warrant another code, implying broad regulatory reach in Democratic America.
The writer notes that in five and a half years in the area there have been only three or four separations. They attribute this to thoughtful marriages or the ability of couples to get along. Charity and commonsense are cited as factors preventing many couples from entering divorce court.
The piece argues nine month contracts do not grant idle summers. Teachers spend much of summer studying to improve and prepare for duties or take other employment. It contends that a true vacation does not exist, only a shift in work.
The speaker argues that moral integrity and practical qualifications must both reside in any candidate. Some are trained and competent, others morally capable but weak, and some lack either. The question is where to draw the line and how to ensure both qualities are present in those seeking office.
The piece notes Democratic disaffection with the party and Republicans showing approval of administration measures. It warns that voter sentiment can shift daily or yearly depending on how policies affect individuals, with some voters being hit hard financially.
The editorial argues that liquor traffic remains inherently illegal and corrupt despite regulation. It critiques both prohibitionists and antiprohibitionists, predicting increased court costs and social harms from legalized liquor, and asserts fundamental immorality would persist regardless of law.
An encouraging trend shows farmers embracing reading as rural routes expand. Before widespread rural mail delivery, farmers received mail only weekly and went to town infrequently, but the present pattern indicates closer engagement with periodicals and information sources.
The author classifies people as stickers or quitters based on how often they move for work. He notes editors roam, averaging two years per location, with four years only once, and argues consistent employment is preferable to constant relocation that hinders progress and advancement.
On turning 95 John D Rockefeller looks back from 1839 when the nation had 26 states and 17 million people to today with 48 states and over 125 million. The article lauds his early era, the railroad novelty, and his pivotal role in American enterprise and philanthropy shaping industrial and social progress.
The Corydon Times-Republican notes corn in Corydon last week at 62 cents per bushel. It observes the tension between high prices helping some and harming hog feeders. The piece suggests statewide corn may be worth several times more than two years ago, despite local grumbles.
Monroe County News notes two key code operation features. It highlights frequent frank admissions by leaders of major industries, and the broad pledge by industrialists to never again tolerate starvation wages, signaling improved awareness of internal conditions and wage standards.
In Sigourney Review the dispute centers on who bears the processing tax on meat. The Packers say producers must remove the tax, while retailers claim consumers pay it at purchase. The financial section suggests packers earned record profits in recent years, outstripping many previous boom periods.
Arthur Sears Henning, veteran Washington correspondent, predicts federal taxes will be quadrupled to fund Roosevelt's social legislation. He says the aim is wealth redistribution, comparing it to Karl Marx, and questions readers about readiness for the experiment. He emphasizes American ideals of individualism and opportunity.
A long humor column recounts local quips and social jests from Pella. The piece lampoons town life with jokes about gas stations, nudist weddings, council quips, and playful asides about fashion, Bathing habits, and old-time manners amid a current civic scene.
A humorous critique of era consumer ads mocking quick fixes and eager self improvement. It riffs on yeast diet schemes, cheap cigarettes, and a staged Miss Mikkle romance to sell products while lampooning modern magazines and advertised promises.
The June telegrams clarify landlord tenant rules for contracted acres under the Corn-Hag Contract. Hay from contracted acres may be sold or cut on shares during drought relief, with customary landlord share for cash sales. Tenants should not pay landlords for pasture hay consumed by their livestock. surplus is sold, customary division applies. The release of contracted acres aims to aid producers, not crop proceeds, and renting contracted acres for cash between producers is not allowed. A June 14 reply states a producer may not rent or plant non-contracted acres to another producer to harvest forage this year.
The bulletin outlines permitted forage crops on contracted acres including sorghums with Atlas Sorge added, soybeans and millet for forage, and hay on shares. It clarifies that total feed acre increases under Administrative Rule 60 must not be harvested for grain and sets June 30 as the cutoff for harvesting corn and grain sorghum planted on contracted land for roughage only.
Data from the United States Public Health Service show 42 milk borne epidemics in 22 states in 1933, with two Iowa outbreaks: twelve typhoid cases with one death from milk contamination and an undulant fever spread by milk. Raw milk links to several diseases. carriers accounted for many typhoid outbreaks. dairy farms sparked active cases in some outbreaks.
The one and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Michael Dunn of Webster had a roofing nail head removed from his throat at the University of Iowa Hospital Iowa City on Friday after being brought in Thursday. He had been feverish for about three weeks and is believed to have swallowed the nail.
Delegates to the State Democratic convention at Iowa City included G Van Vliet H Stubenrauch C H Amos G W Grazier F W Heinke T W Brown A G Van Houweling W J Casey Frank Henry Tom Henry John Snyder and John Hall. William Murphy a young man well known in Pella was killed when struck by a Rock Island train at Des Moines. Dom Paul Kruger former president of the Transvaal Republic died in Switzerland. Harry Doud 11 year old Knoxville boy badly burned when firecrackers ignited in his trousers. The Chronicle invited readers to see the typesetting machine at work. Walter Doedyns returned from South Dakota. T D Tice arrived driving a fine team of horses. Albia voted a franchise to put in water works after a 360000 fire in 1908 with 130 against. Five and one half inches of rain fell at Newton Monday night July 18. Several families in Pella enjoyed their first mess of sweet corn. Mrs G H Gosselink left for Keokuk for the wedding of L D Gosselink to a Miss Roberts of that city.
The Chronicle lists local events including an automobile spill near Oskaloosa with Pete and Casey Van Rees and Joe Muilenberg escaping uninjured. M T Kaldenberg sold his business interests and bought a shoe store in Vinton Iowa. P C Lankelma died at 80 at his daughter's home with four sons and nine daughters surviving.
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