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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
1
The administration states America will not attend the Genoa conference and argues that treaties cannot take effect if the senate blocks their implementation. The remark underscores Senate opposition as a decisive factor in U S participation.
Advocates of the four power treaty waste effort urging the Senate that adoption eliminates war or that defeat would harm the nation. The piece argues this was shown with the Versailles treaty and that current senators seek personal political advantage rather than conviction.
The Des Moines Register extends its annual rat killer contest from March 17 to April 7. The goal is to reduce food destruction and prevent disease. Rats are blamed for destroying grain and poultry in town valued at about a hundred million dollars, with Marion County accounting for roughly one million, comparable to all direct taxes.
The writer, a Democrat aligned with Harding and Lodge, mocks Borah Reed and other senators for attacking former associates over the League of Nations. He suggests slander against Woodrow Wilson and accuses Republicans of trying to claim the idea for themselves. He questions Lodge’s possible stance if identical agreements were in the League.
The Knoxville Express reports the Board of Supervisors asked the highway commission to add the Knoxville Pershing road to the county primary road system. The piece encourages support and urges unity among Lake Prairie farmers, contrasting with prior opposition to the Pella road.
London dispatch reports growing wine feasts and sly drinking among factory girls in England. The piece links this trend to a movement by temperance and prohibition advocates to resist legalized liquor in the United States, citing a Iowa rallying cry of wine and beer but no saloons. The writer insists there can be no compromise with the liquor traffic and warns against its return.
The author criticizes county and state candidates as largely self serving, motivated by salaries and perks, with little regard for public duty. He laments entrenched graft and minimal citizen action to curb it, suggesting reform may be far off.
The country elected a strong Republican majority in both houses two years ago, and political momentum shifted quickly. The sweeping victory reshaped agendas and set the stage for major policy pushes.
The piece notes Republicans must unite with Democrats in the farm bloc to curb eastern moneyed interests harming farmers. It names Senator Kenyon of Iowa and Senator Capper of Kansas as leaders, calls their sincerity toward farmers doubtful, and argues the GOP cannot be trusted to protect common people’s interests without genuine Democratic opposition.
The article argues that Irish factional fighting holds little American impact unless Britain becomes involved. It notes Ireland’s love of conflict, De Valera’s potential to provoke British intervention, and the risk that sympathy in the United States could resume funding. It portrays English critics as quiet, Irish factions disputing, and Americans unsure where to place support.
A column questions a cited Lincoln statement about buying American goods and keeping both goods and money. It argues prosperity relies on trade volume, cites Germany’s lack of market despite money and production, and notes U S factories closing under tariff ideas while foreign demand boosts recent business improvements.
A Washington briefing argues President Harding will not back adjusted compensation, tying his position to a sales tax and veto threats. It suggests his friendliness to Debs and ties to party bosses and Wall Street explain his stance, with veterans left exposed to Mellon influence and money power.
The Eddyville Tribune reports Ed Chapman sold thirteen Poland China hogs born Sept 1–6 weighing 3080 pounds total or 287 pounds per head at about 180 days old. A Boone County judge recently granted a divorce over cigarets and chewing tobacco. A southern correspondent asks why men have stopped whittling. the dean of the Academy offers a study reflecting on Josephus and related thoughts.
The writer notes that only North American pioneers kept the pastime of whittling alive, suggesting chip piles remain as rare archaeological traces. He asserts the decline stems from sticks being exhausted and jokes that whittlers “whittled themselves out of a job” as the main cause.
A compact reflection on education as self knowledge and world understanding. It argues that exposure to humanity requires studying the best thoughts, with Greek and Roman classics as a central, satisfactory portion. The quote anchors the idea that such study aligns one with humanit ies.
In Oral English the debate favored the affirmative on prison comfort. Sophomore English held Dickens and Shakespeare letter contests with top honors for Clarence Niewaal, Mary Butts, Pearl Visser, Harry Hasselink, and Dena Ver Steeg. Hi-Y and Do Without Club activities featured talks by Attorney Johnson and school entertainments including the operetta The Maid and the Middy. Girls' basketball won the county tournament in Dallas, earning a banner for Pella High.
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