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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
1
The Iowa Republican state convention last week ignored Senator Brookhart. Voters now decide whether to ignore him or the Republican bosses. Brookhart leads the Daugherty scandal committee and has a decisive chance to prove his worth or worthlessness as a state senator.
United Press Dispatches report a prohibition enforcement agent was arrested in Algona Iowa while intoxicated. The piece argues enforcement failures reflect appointing power more than the Volstead act, comparing it to a horse thief enforcing anti theft laws and saying the law itself remains legitimate despite poor enforcement.
President Coolidge states the Philippines will not gain independence. he argues islanders should have fought for self-rule earlier, but emphasizes a desire to end US connection due to war risks and asserts only exploiters benefit from continued American governance.
The claim that looters accessed government secret service codes via telegraphic messages links the Republican administration to a major scandal. A secretary of the secret service is married to the secretary of a Washington publisher tied to Fall, and McLean himself has secret service ties. The piece questions Coolidge's handling of officials involved as eight years outside power give way to alleged graft and theft.
Daily papers clash over a proposed secretary of education in the president’s cabinet. Proponents warn of centralization. Opponents include critics of public schools who fear federal support could erode parochial systems and Democratic ideals. The piece champions American public schools as foundational to citizenship and church-state separation.
A single carload of corn was shipped from Pella by the Farmers Co oper ative Exchange last year. The brief note highlights the cooperative’s activity in grain shipments and reflects on regional agricultural trade volumes.
The piece questions a proposed corn withholding movement by farmers to lift prices, arguing against supporting a scheme by those who feed hogs with corn. It cites tariff graft, warns against altruism that harms self interests, and urges ending protection to let industry seek true inducements. It treats economic classes, protection, and market realities as core issues.
The Chronicle argues Republicans opposing Hiram Johnson are exposing all the dirt they hold. They claim rule changes pack conventions with anti-swing delegates aiding Coolidge’s southward path. Johnson is blamed for past treachery and for misusing names to influence votes, while opponents are labeled traitors to the party.
The letter criticizes President Coolidge for silence amid a oil scandal involving Denby and Daugherty, arguing the president shields grafters and erodes public trust. It questions his resolve, citing cabinet ties and a telegram to the probers, and suggests a shift from Silent Cal to Empty Cal.
An assorted jumble notes a divorce plea denied over a radio, leap year schemes, humor about loudspeakers, and school voting by children. It recalls Senator Cummins and Brookhart politics, college visits to the Chronicle, and a light exchange about seeing and believing witnessed by readers. The piece ends with a remark on temporarily paused Republican editorials.
Twenty years ago Chronicle notes eight vagrants lodged in the jail over the past month. Local visitors Herman Bauman and James Sheehy. Marriages of R Van Dyke with Grace Elsloo on March 3 and Marie Rietveld with M T Sels. A Leighton area baby born to Mr. and Mrs. John Schakel. death of J De Vries infant. Leighton drugstore to add gas lighting. subordinates in Washington keep thirty carriages at $25,000 yearly. ripples and mumps in town.
Dr. R H Colley cites U S Dept of Agriculture data showing 20 percent of US timber decays yearly, about 5 million cubic feet. Iowa’s I.T. Bode notes fence posts cost Americans $6 million annually. creosoting could cut usage by half, saving Iowa farmers $3 million yearly and yielding 12 million posts.
For 400 years the patriarchate of the Nestorians has been hereditary. The current patriarch is the world’s youngest religious leader, aged twelve.
A new would be cook explains to the housekeeper she left her last job because she could not endure the way the mister treated staff. The exchange hints at a troubled household dynamic and a possible workplace conflict. The brief scene sets up tension around the house and its occupants.
During May June and July the peak activity period for toads an estimated each will destroy 360 beneficial insects and 9720 harmful ones The value of toad services for destroying cutworms alone equals 19 44 per year based on one cent per cutworm eaten A toad was recorded eating 34 celery caterpillars in three hours
Eastbound and westbound passenger numbers with times are listed for Rock Island trains. Local freight numbers and morning and evening times appear, with a rule that freight for shipment on locals must be at the station by 5 00 p m the evening before. both local freights carry passengers.
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