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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1923
Page
1
The United States Department of Agriculture argues that planting successive timber crops on nontillable lands in the Mississippi Valley and eastward would create a lasting forest products supply for national needs and help sustain rural communities in areas with poor soil and limited farming options.
Gifford Gordon writes from Melbourne praising Australia’s temperance scene and contrasting it with the United States. He claims to have traveled over 25 000 miles since July and seen only nine drunken men, asserting Americans are worse off before prohibition. He calls the Eighteenth Amendment the world’s greatest social experiment.
Keosauqua Republican cites research claiming less than one per cent of Iowa University coeds marry, used to defend their suitability as wives. The piece notes the troubling lack of such alumnae to meet demand, challenging the assumption that university products lack homemaking skills.
Frank Harris of Oakdale Farm Tremont Illinois reports eight inch tile in a forty acre field broken by his 5000 pound tractor after plowing thrice. He replaced an average of one and a half tile per rod. He notes pasture tiles remained intact across fifty tested units.
The state should accept the Rockefeller Foundation offer to support hospital service benefiting people of all ages and walks of life. The piece emphasizes the vast aid and compares it to personal opportunity, urging acceptance of the gift.
The Washington Democrat notes that underage students smoking cigarettes outside the school during breaks and games show lawless attitude. The piece urges immediate local intervention by authorities to enforce the cigarette law against these youths.
An Exchange quips that the surname Harding haunts the Republican party from Bill Harding of Iowa to W. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve and Warren G. Harding, alleging misfortune tied to their actions and associations, suggesting the party has had bad luck with the Hardings.
Local interviews with over fifty farmers show a common view that extra bank credit does not solve farm woes. They say profits from farm products and fair prices are the cure, while extended credit simply shifts pay day.
An Iowa Legionnaire article quotes a verse about Americans buying rye in Canada and singing “To hell with the president God save the King” at the border. It argues a drinker's loyalty should decide whether such a person stays in the United States or is sent to the king's domain.
The Manson Journal cites remarks that prohibition and speed limits are not fully enforced and notes that over ten thousand deaths and more than double that number injured last year due to speed violations. It asks whether laws should be repealed because of imperfect enforcement.
Webster City dispatch reports a spring exodus of farm owners from renting to returning to farming. Those aged three to five years since retirement are moving back into operations, while younger farmers resettle and even older owners wish to return. Even when unable to do all work, they plan to supervise and hire tenant farmers, chiefly in Hamilton county.
Records show in early 1923 about 9 116 livestock owners joined the Better Lives Better Stock drive by the Bureau of Animal Industry and USDA to raise domestic animal quality. Enrolled hold over 1 100 000 breeding head and report steady stock improvements as pure bred sires encourage pure bred dams across generations.
The Indianola Record remarks that business should serve needs, not become the end itself. It uses a dog chasing its tail analogy to describe how regulation and the economy spiraled, pinching farmers and laborers, with the backbone the Federal Reserve Bank seen as overcorrecting after a supposed three-year disruption.
In Clay Center Nebraska the Sun argues against a state deposit guarantee levy citing bank failures rare in Nebraska and blaming high salaried experts for missteps. The piece proposes bonding financial institutions and placing banking under a private guarantor like American Surety Co to guarantee deposits and reduce premiums. The author suggests diverting the $3,500 deposit into profit sheets to encourage lower interest rates.
A rural paper mixes satirical verse on vaccines and editors with notes on wedding notices obituaries and the perils of misreading public discourse. It jokes about teachers radio, proclaims voters should study tickets, exposes a fake Dr. shampoo scam, and records a fragmentary Roy Kimmell sighting of a robins conference.
Two groups argued over timing as heavy snows this week prompted some to retreat while others cited John Ver Steeg’s forecasts and insisted it was still safe to risk travel a bit longer.
The annual debate between Central and Penn at the college chapel ends 2-1 in favor of Central's negative team. Debaters Floyd Nagel Calvin Schnudder and Henry Rozendaal argued Cabinet Parliamentary form as contrary to American principles while Harold Bauer led the first affirmative and earned praise for his opening speech. A reception followed the event with Penn hosting and Advansonia noting four of six debaters were Advansonians.
The Affirma tive team led by Connie De Bruin Aber Klaaren and Harold Bauer traveled to Penn for a debate against Penn’s team. Chaperone Liggett timekeeper Ben and companions joined the delegation, arriving by afternoon more than ready to compete at Penn’s new auditorium after a banquet and a humorous reading by Prof Kies.
Notice to qualified electors of Pella Independent District Iowa that annual meeting will be held at City office on the second Monday in March 1928 from 1:00 p m to 7:00 p m Two directors will be named for a three year term to succeed Sim on De Haan and J H Cochrane Meeting open for business March 2 1923.
A high school sophomore recounts a romantic meeting that ends badly when the boy throws sand at her, souring her feelings for him. The brief item captures a troubling episode of young romance and discomfort.
A fragmented excerpt notes that men seek more than action, yearning for knowledge and the sense of achievement. The passage hints at a philosophical craving beyond mere deeds, reflecting a public ledger tone about human aspiration.
Twenty years ago the fire department elected Mm Hammel as president and Chas Porter as secretary with Henry Kleintreasurer, A Vander Meiden chief, T Smorenburg assistant chief, and Peter Baer and John Bloem Jr foremen. Night police and all night electric light were urgent needs. Col G W Bain of Kentucky spoke on the college lecture course. Weddings: John H Klein and Anna Doedyns, Mark Todd and Eleanor Hamilton. Deaths: Mrs A Brouwer of Pella and Wm Martin of Chicago. Editor laments fire department evasion of pole-tax. Special 63 cent railroad ticket rate to Monroe to hear Princess Bonnie opera. W E Stout visiting in city. Engagement Minnie Edmond and Frederick P Noble announced. Jake Kuiper broken leg from wagon led horse incident. K P Lodge set entertainment with B I Sallinger speaker. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Vander Linden silver wedding March 14. Central College beat Company M of Fairfield 17–16. Wm Ringlestein’s west town residence burned with loss of contents.
The clipping reports local business moves and events in Pella including kerosene lamp costs not exceeding 150 dollars, Cole & Bro seeds as new De Booy building HQ, hog sales to Vander Zyl Brothers at 3.55 per hundred pounds, lumber yard relocation, Rev H R Schermerhorn departing east, birth of a girl to Dr and Mrs Keables, Dutch cheese sent by Mr Bousquet, hog breeding imports by J Markel, Muscatine Western Railroad discussions, Verploeg delivering 610 lb pigs, De Stem der Waarheid in Holland language from Battle Creek, former resident C De Vos editing there, Rhynsburger returning from Kansas Holland colony, and Towne of Pella at Dixon's corner.
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