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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
5
A reader notes no observed nature changes since the Tennessee trial. Local quarrels in Pella compare with Knoxville school-board strife, urging civility and restraint. The piece criticizes new postal rates as excessive, claiming Congress passed them to please President Coolidge to fund postal raises.
A self confessed murderer in Chicago avoids execution for a third time. In mid July a fake telegram, signed by the brother who fled, caused a one week stay by the governor. At the last moment a judge postponed punishment to inquire into the offender’s sanity after August. The killer, rich and influential, was caught during a robbery.
A critique argues that state chartered firms need only claim no losses and a "reasonable profit" to raise rates. It cautions that bad management and waste drive income shortages, yet rate hikes reward further waste, burdening the paying public who lacks time for such issues.
A political column contrasts hardshell Republicans in Town with Secretary Jar dine over a federal export program aiding agriculture. It notes Henry C. Wallace and President Coolidge’s choice of a secretary aligned with bankers, implying farm voters will be rewarded with crumbs when elections loom.
The Marion County Farm Bureau News notes the death of William J. Bryan at sixty five, praising his vision and perseverance. It highlights how many of his reforms later became law and his influence on the nation despite political defeats. The piece reflects on his sincerity and energy shaping public policy and civic life.
A letter questions a winter legislative act tying assessments to productive value, accusing it of aiding land speculators who hold land for price rises and avoid taxes. The writer faults assessors’ leniency, denies Farm Bureau News support for such legislation, and warns speculation harms farmers.
An Iowa farm paper notes farmers seek tax reform to shift burden from farm to urban property. It argues land and buildings rise and fall in value differently and urges a just, study driven system to curb speculation and ensure farmers reap tangible rewards for their labor.
The Wapello Iowa school board votes to discontinue athletics and forgo athletic coaches, joining a broader trend seen at a Dubuque college. The piece weighs arguments for physical education against risks of overemphasis on team sports, noting student spectatorship and potential misalignment with educational aims.
The author argues overemphasizing physical training at day’s end harms balance and notes even working students benefit from brief exercise between mental tasks. Colleges can weed out athletes seeking only sports, but conflicts with faculty threaten discipline. Schools can shape physical education to fit their ideals, even pausing programs until better aims take hold.
A column of satirical observations notes a Womanless Wedding spectacle causing a stir as disguises and gender roles draw public shock. It critiques Prohibition enforcement and traffic behavior, laments rising gas prices and urban change, and recalls reports from nearby papers with humorous asides about fashion and generational shifts.
Rudolph Bos and Chris Van Ginkel fined $50 and costs for reckless driving with a team and buggy by Mayor W. L. Allen. Andries Van Hulsen died of cancer on July 26. J. W. Schippers died at Buxton and was moved to Pella for burial. G. A. Vander Meulen sold all horses and carriages, signaling a likely automobile purchase. K. Kelder injured on vault work, later misreported as fatal. Herman Van Vliet injured while unloading hay. Rev. H. P. De Pree became Bethel church north of town pastor. H. R. Young resigned from Tri-County Press and returned to Pella. Doc Mitten claims roasting car champion with twelve disposed of in one sitting. Dr. H. C. Payne and R. L. Sadler were at Tracy on Saturday, missing the train and returning Sunday evening.
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham examines James as a practical guide for daily Christian living. It highlights patience prayer poverty riches the tongue faith and works and the call to act on God’s word rather than merely hear it.
L Van Rees went to Sully and Peoria, traveling over sixty miles in one day while P H Van Gorp sold two stackers on a Sully Peoria trip. H Geelhoed plans to close his store at six during August, and the editor urges all merchants to follow a six or seven o'clock closing time this month.
Fragment from a sermon collection discusses mastery through unconscious practice, gospel living, and the need to guard speech. It includes quotes from Snowden Matthew Henry and John Bunyan on embodiment of faith, plus a parable of a white flower in coal districts as grace. Dr Maltbie D Babcock cited as preacher who keeps himself aseptic to protect his ministry.
The schedule lists sermons by Rev J De Haan at 9:00 a.m. on Romans 1 21 The Knowledge of God with Holland, 1:30 p.m Lord's Day 34 The Law of the Lord with Holand and 7:30 p.m Gal 6 14 Glorying in the Cross of Jesus with English.
Acknowledges neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of wife and mother. Thanks for sympathy and floral tributes. Signed by Mr Minnekes Schakes and children.
An editorial notes how radio advances have widened audiences beyond the deaf and opened new hearing possibilities for those cut off from sound. It highlights New York’s Hard of Hearing League using radio rooms with headsets and quotes a president about a man hearing music after 45 years of silence.
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