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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
6
Commentary dismisses Les lie M. Shaw’s views as long irrelevant, noting his authority faded years ago and offering no new decisive stance or action to reconsider his influence.
A dispatch from Keota reports a flag in the village torn or mutilated by a person described as a miscreant or pro-German. The note suggests the writer used an extra word and signals possible editorial tightening.
A dealer quoted six bits for an item and argued it equaled fifty-cent value, claiming prices have risen. The buyer pressed for something around fifty cents, highlighting the overcharge and shifting market conditions.
Curtis of the Knoxville Journal accuses us of having measles of the mind for joking about not crediting the Democratic administration’s wartime conduct. We admit a mite of misperception but Maurice need not worry, as such ailments won’t affect him.
The notice laments that most exchanges forgot the clock change when announcing the eclipse time last week. They claimed the event would begin between four and five, aligning with the almanac, but the mixup shows how residents have adapted to the new time.
A writer argues that many people judge public issues by partisan bias even in war times. The text notes a shrinking number but asserts that many still refuse an American view unless it aligns with their party. It questions what nation remains if such thinking dominates.
The article notes farmers suffered cornfield losses from floods but the season allows replanting to other crops. Millet or sorghum offer feed, mature in remaining time, and may prove more valuable given hay scarcity. Replanting could become a corrective lesson on crop value.
Polk County voters on June 3rd rejected continued representation by Starzinger in the legislature. Once counted among wets in liquor votes and noted for other notorieties, he was listed under Iowa Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment.
The pamphlet sent to voters shows an Association endorsing a vet as candidate while A. O. Hauge is labeled dry. The piece notes Polk county Republicans dominate nominations and Democrats lack a primary option. It warns against Starzinger continuing as lawmaker for two more years in Des Moines and the state.
Critics of the proclamation fail to cite complaints from naturalized Americans allied in democracy. Opponents are traced to enemies or neutral locals. Allied foreigners here recognize the move as a curb on German propaganda and accept hardships for the cause. Mostly, genuine allies push to curb un Americanism alongside Americans.
The piece argues opposition to the English language mandate in public life is funded by those profiting from foreign languages. It condemns dual nationality and praises Pella’s acceptance of the order, urging continued Americanism and unity under the flag for the nation’s future.
Buell McCash, a young soldier from Bloomfield and member of Co G 360th Infantry, trained at Camp Dodge, seeks the Sixth District congressional nomination as a write-in. With two established politicians on the primary ballot, local supporters began informal campaigning three weeks before the primary, urging voters to write his name or use stickers.
Reports from several counties show McCash receiving roughly twice as many votes as his two opponents combined while not campaigning. The piece argues for electing Captain Charles W. Atkins in the Seventh district and suggests voters may write in his name, noting Atkins’s Croix de Guerre and long local familiarity. It questions Dowell’s lack of distinction and urges patriotism in election choices.
A friend, Tom Marsh, tends a summer garden while he is too young to enlist. He plants onions, beets, carrots, lettuce and two rows of potatoes. He uses sticks at each row end to mark what is planted and watches green shoots emerge across the field.
A reflective piece from The Congregationalist and Advance recalls a boy named Tom who uses sticks at row ends to distinguish plants and later removes them as growth shows independence. The author links this to parental discipline, routine, and the shaping of a person through small daily tasks that become core habits.
Government urges a national, systematic savings plan to support the war effort. Citizens should pledge to economize, save, and lend to the government, with periodic purchases of war savings stamps. The campaign calls for cutting personal demands and increasing supplies for government needs.
The department on tuberculosis warns the disease is pressing for serious state attention as war increases civilian and military cases. About 125 Iowa men were rejected from cantonments for tuberculosis and some will need public aid. Hospitals are full, Red Cross relief faces uncertainty, and urgent steps are urged to provide treatment and care for veterans and civilians to prevent a larger outbreak.
A string of humorous vignettes and anecdotes. A doctor questions doctors in a playful riddle, a preacher tests debts with a subscriber twist, Ole the guard mis interprets orders for laughs, and General Butler judges a bar exam with a statute joke. The bits reflect light social satire and military camp humor.
A reflective brief argues respectability rests on choosing to live within one’s moan and social norms. It emphasizes personal restraint, moral steadiness, and adhering to communal expectations as worthy conduct.
A World-Wide Vision by Fannie Ethelbert Gilbert presents a devotional poem praising a universal Christian vision. It speaks of Christ’s crucifixion, the Spirit hovering over the ground, healing the wounded foe, and a gathering under the Cross as the meeting place for all mankind. It calls for prayer to warm hearts and enact God’s will through faithful, undisputed sway.
The American Red Cross urges keeping executive, teaching, and public health nurses from private duty. Iowa Tuberculosis Association offers an eight week Des Moines course for graduate nurses in public health, June 24 to August 17, with no tuition and minimal living costs.
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