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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
6
The Pella Chronicle imprint shows editors W A Young and H Sadler with a one year subscription of 92.00 and six months at 1.00. The note indicates entry at the Pella Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
In a Cobble that blends national policy with small town commerce President Harding defends Wilson era choices and appoints local figures to federal posts while noting neighboring towns copying Pella’s Bargain Day sale plan optimism rises as Audubon merchants emulate the event.
The piece stresses the bond issue for Pella water works to shield homes and property from fire. It notes the Y M C A work in the county, organized in Pella for two years, deserves continued support, with emphasis on youth involvement and religious organization outreach.
A wary note warns of a retrogressive drive by forces of evil to roll back past decade restrictions as war morale declines. It cites women voters, cigarette sale bans in Iowa, and stricter federal prohibition enforcement as targets, aiming to ease vice profiteering and loosen liquor laws amid public debate.
The Chronicle notes Utah's tobacco reform move targets nuisance open to critique of reforms. A Chamber of Commerce discussion warned against abandoning the public school for free Christian schools, arguing the school is a civic, patriotic institution teaching all subjects from an American viewpoint without religious instruction. It stresses the public school’s role in citizenship and civic matters.
A proposed bill in the present legislature would extend city authority over telephone companies, challenging a wartime practice of a pre-service charge. The piece argues the charge creates a monopoly edge, urges local oversight, and contrasts it with direct service costs. It weaves in editorials on peddlers, civic turnout, and community happenings with notes on local visits and social items.
A 1921 plea from W A Young editor in the Chronicle Pella Iowa asks businessmen to place boys aged 14 to 17 in farming homes through the Big Brother Movement. The aim is to provide shelter and work with monthly pay or clothing support, with return option if unsatisfactory. readers urged to respond in Des Moines.
New York society women have become patrons of prizefights. Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of the late [illegible] nancellor, attended ringside last Friday night when Leonard and ... exhibited the spectacle.
An advertisement/practical testimonial praises Dr LeGear's Stock Powders for horses and livestock. J C Huste of Rockbridge Baths Va reports his horse recovered from severe illness after use, noting improved vitality, appearance, and milk production in cattle. The ad claims decades of veterinary experience and a money back guarantee via local dealer C N Cole in Pella.
A fragmented line suggests a woman’s shopping unpredictability as she begins, possibly aiming for different items such as tees. The read is incomplete but implies a note on consumer behavior and choice.
The Miami Herald notes the fight ended with Mitchell unconscious in the sixth round. It condemns prizefighting as brutal and argues society should not permit women of Miss Morgan’s standing to attend such events despite charitable proceeds for war relief.
All men are not born eloquent. Natural orators are few. But the few that nature has produced are worth infinitely more than all the manufactured products of the schools the world over. Art, however, may prove serviceable to the man whom Nature has endowed. All natural products need cultivating and pruning in order to their perfecting.
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