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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
4
Dixon Applegate and Feagins report shipping 275000 pounds of wool from Bussey this year with 60000 pounds more stored in the old granary at the Wa bash right of way. Bussey, though small, claims status as one of the state’s top wool towns.
Mr and Mrs J M Hart Ralph and Clarence spent Sunday visiting relatives near Montezuma. Peewee Hart leaves for Charles City Iowa to work in a hotel barber shop. Taylor Patton Grain Co takes in new grain. Mrs D C Renaud and son Donald Tete plan week visit to sister Mrs C Vanderlinden of Newton. J Van Niewenhuizen buys a new Overland from Star Auto Co Pella. Mrs John Grundman of Reasnor visited last week with daughter Mrs D C Renaud. R Corfe and family visited C C Core's Sunday. Rank Melone spent days here handling grain for Union Improvement Co Des Moines. Workmen lay a river bottom hole planning to raise it two or three feet.
The Swarthmore College managers sent notices to mothers about dress standards for returning daughters. They urge modesty and restraint, discourage trendy or provocative styles, and advocate clothing that reflects strength and dignity. The message calls for young women to be guided toward proper conduct as they pursue higher studies.
The Cedar Rapids Republican laments overexposure to sex appeals in society. It argues that such messages are vulgar and harmful especially to young girls in schools, who still retain youth’s innocence and should be shielded from pervasive sexual influence.
For the week ending July 25, 1916, Des Moines reports high temperatures and abundant sunshine aiding harvesting and threshing. Corn growth is rapid but needs rain, tassels are forming, and foliage is dropping in dry spots. Pastures and fruit crops suffer from moisture scarcity while small grain harvest nears completion with average yields and good seed prospects.
Washington special reports Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana addressed the Senate on Rural Health America's first duty. He cited the nation’s annual economic loss from typhoid fever and malaria as 928 million dollars, stressing that the health of citizens surpasses gains in livestock and crops. He argued that a healthy people are America's greatest asset.
Senator Ransdell cites typhoid fever causing 271.94 million dollars and malaria 694.90 million dollars annually, totaling a per capita loss of 9.46 dollars. He notes that federal spending on animal plant life diseases far exceeds that for human diseases, with 5.02 million and 1.92 million respectively.
Congressman Mann assists newspaper boys by launching an inquiry into the high cost of print paper. He urges inspection of spruce stock held at paper mills for a year and a half bought at low prices, noting reduced processing steps and calendar mismanagement that reduce demand for whitening work, harming publishers nationwide.
A fragment from a Kansas City Star item quotes Aunt Fretty Franks alerting Mrs. Judge Tubman that Captain Peggington may marry again. Rumor spreads via chain of word of mouth from Burt Blurt to Ellick Smart to Prissy and beyond, framed as gossip about a wooden leg and remarriage.
A Douglas Jerrold remark compares the tree of genealogy to an oak forest vessel, noting how a state may boast of mighty timbers while ignoring humble byproducts like stools broomsticks and tobacco stoppers.
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