20 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
1
An editorial discusses a July 1 special election on renewing or opposing municipal ownership of public utilities. It weighs private franchises versus city ownership, cites past votes, and invites reader discussion while contrasting opinions. It also includes unrelated notes on trust in old hometown friendships and a Kansas bootlegger preacher joke.
A fragmented note recalls a city resident born in the countryside enjoying a long vacation. The brief lines hint at relief and joy upon returning home, with a casual and cheerful tone. The text remains sparse and ellipsed.
Local report notes Reverend John H Swift of Winters was convicted in a recent case. Details are sparse in the fragment, but authorities indicate legal action concluded with a conviction and a filing of sentence or further proceedings pending.
Sentenced to thirteen months in the government penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth Kansas Rev Swift has entered his term of imprisonment The Des Moines papers report he will serve as prison librarian and Mrs Swift will accompany him The sentence may be shortened to about eight months for good behavior Swift was a prominent revivalist whose conviction followed a bitter church dispute in Winterset Iowa
A recently found unconscious Rev. Joseph J. Silberman in Kansas City yielded a curious pocket inventory. Items included a printed Lord's prayer, eight Turkish cigarettes, a clergyman's mileage book, a woman's side comb, a skeleton door key, a large wall hook, thirty eight carpet tacks, a gold case watch, a hand bill for a Holy Land lecture, a Majestic theatre seat check, and $25.05 in cash.
Sen ator Warren provides a copy of the Iowa Official Register revealing 56 counties with no saloons and 43 counties under the mulci law. In these counties there are 1,770 saloons paying an average tax of 865.85 dollars yearly. Scott county Davenport leads with 242 saloons. Marion county has three saloons in Pella.
A Missouri man pledged 5000 dollars to a sectarian school but withdrew after discovering the school taught that the whale could not swallow an apple much less a man like Jonah. The dispute has proceeded to the courts.
Edwin H Conger, former minister to China and Mexico, left an estate valued at 1181 dollars, with 1000 owed by the government on his ministerial salary. He served three terms in Congress over 30 years in public office, yet died penniless, illustrating the paucity of gains for an honest public servant.
A Sioux City businessman created a stir by advertising for an office girl to wear a freshly laundered white shirt waist each morning. He received fifteen replies, presumably contingent on pay sufficient to buy and wash daily shirt waists.
A string of remarks humorously critiques the Chicago Chronicle for ceasing publication due to lack of patronage, noting past Walsh money and bank failures. The piece also mentions a South Dakota town banning women from bridge, a farming outlook from Secretary Wilson, Iowa crop concerns, and a Chicago reformer vowing to quit smoking in public.
The housewife who started carpet pounding in March and moved the stove to the woodshed in April continues ironing with a shawl over her head. Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania signed a law banning bucketshop businesses, and Missouri has enacted a similar statute.
In Pella residents contend against warnings of a hay crop shortage this season. Skeptics, including a man who mows his own lawn, question forecasts while farmers monitor pasture yields and market prices amid uncertain weather.
The farmers wear a smile now that won't come off all owing to the welcome sunshine.
A playful rhyme about a sick baby and a mother seeking cure, noting a sale at Langerak's Drug Store and Vander Linden's Bazar at 23 26 with a cheerful market tone. The piece blends a nursery line about a pig to market with a note on available goods at local shops.
Mayor Vanderzyl proclaims a July 1 1907 special election in Pella Iowa to decide granting a 20 year franchise to Z G Houck for Electric Light Heating and Power Plant replacing the existing charter. Polls open 8 am close 7 pm with yes or no votes.
A Colfax Clipper observation notes that a man who overspends on luxuries often begins to cut his church charity contributions as part of a halting economy. The remark highlights frugality without detailing specific individuals or events.
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