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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
3
Officials urge all citizens and residents to file 1919 income tax returns by March 15 using Form 1040A. Do not rely on exemptions. report all income, compute net income, and attach payment if due. Penalties include up to 1000 dollars fine and 50 percent of tax for fraud, plus other penalties for late payments or negligence.
All income tax returns for 1919 must be filed by Monday March 15. Each return requires payment, either full amount or at least a quarter. Cash payments only at the collector's main office. Iowa residents file with Louis Murphy, Collector of Internal Revenue, Dubuque. Penalties apply for late returns or late payments. early filing and payments are urged to ease office overload.
London reports a new air service linking Cairo and Cape Town, ending months of construction. The route cuts travel time across Africa from weeks to about one week with a 5200 mile flying distance and about 52 hours of flying time at 100 mph.
A religious fanatic in India endures spikes on a board as self imposed penance to demonstrate insensitivity to pain and win converts. He sits silently, claimed to be happy despite extreme discomfort, challenging ordinary perceptions of holiness.
New York state executioner John Hulbert, who operates the Sing Sing electric chair, has hiked his fee from 150 to 250 dollars. He billed 250 dollars for Vincenzo Esposito’s Jan 8 execution in Schenectady, an amount unpaid to date. The state hired him in 2014 for 50 dollars per execution after replacing Edward Davis, with warden Moyer later lifting Hulbert’s pay to 150. He has presided over forty eight executions, though only one in the last nine months.
J D Wilson, secretary and GM of Algona Brick and Tile Co, Des Moines, credits Tanlac with ending three years of nervous indigestion and helping him gain 24 pounds to reach 142. He reports improved appetite, digestion, and kidney function, noting he can eat steak and onions without distress. He says pain is gone and his physical condition is much better.
The speaker endorses Taniac as a worthy option for relief and offers a statement for public use. It is sold in Pella through Ideal Pharmacy and by leading druggists in every town.
An administrators sale will be held March 11 1920 at the G G Van Houweling farm southeast of Pella and northwest of Leighton. The listing includes horses cattle farm equipment vehicles grain hay and house goods with terms cash under 10 and ten months on bankable notes at 6 percent interest 8 percent if paid late lunch served by Pleasant View Working Club.
If your feet ache and burn and make you tired all over ask any druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease powder. Shake it in your shoes and walk all day in comfort. It has no equal for corns bunions blisters or callouses. Used by American British and French soldiers.
Prices corrected by Van der Zyl Bros show steers 8.00 to 12.00 per cwt butcher stock 6.00 to 9.00 per cwt hogs 12.25 to 14.00 per cwt corn 1.00 to 1.30 per bushel wheat 1.76 to 2.10 per bushel oats 0.78 per bushel eggs 0.39 per dozen hens 0.24 ducks 0.18 geese 0.14 hides 0.15 per unit.
Advertisement claims Mother Gray’s Sweet Powder eases colds feverishness headaches stomach issues teething disorders and worms in 24 hours. Marketed as pleasant for kids and used by mothers for over 30 years with samples free from Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
A St Paul reader extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets for improving health after childbirth. The testimonial, from Maus A J Allen, says four children thrived and credits the remedies with bringing strength to her family. A Fort Dodge Iowa report notes a daughter saved from a deadly prognosis after using the medicine decades ago.
Paris fashions whisper of a revival of small waists with secrecy among dressmaking houses. Gowns seen and admired hint at the trend though officials deny tight lacing will return, calling the wasp waist obsolete like stage coaches.
Berlin reports a minister of education decree banning pictures of the Kaiser and predecessors from German textbooks. Anecdotes about the Hohenzollerns are also barred to prevent monarchist sentiment and glorifying the dynasty among pupils.
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