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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1927
Page
8
A summary of late stage diplomacy from Woodrow Wilson promoting world peace via a League of Nations to Calvin Coolidge signing a treaty with a neighbor to curb smuggling. The action appears framed as advancing major economic interests tied to Mexico's oil wealth.
Observer questions the Republican platform pledge to place agricultural interests on equal economic footing with other industry. The article notes Cal’s suspected insincerity when accepting the nomination and argues higher crop prices would raise food costs for the East, which he opposes.
Frost lifts from the ground but roads remain poor in Southern Town. The piece urges patience as resurfacing comes slowly, warns against overcommitting financially, and says debt is worse than driving through mud.
Pella lauds June Stureman a Central College student for winning first place in an intercollegiate oratorical contest for the second time. A Pella girl known for speaking and singing, she supported her family by working in her father's shop during brothers’ military service and is about to graduate poised to succeed beyond the usual.
The Iowa Student at Ames urges renaming the state school from college to university arguing for unified state higher education. It claims Ames and Iowa City could share one administration, while stressing that state funds should fund knowledge and scholars rather than institutions or local pride.
Pella's measles outbreak leads the school board to curtail activities and push spring vacation a week earlier. Doctors warn measles threaten children, not just the young, and call for vigilant isolation and parental cooperation to curb spread. No local deaths yet, though county fatalities have occurred in past outbreaks.
The passage notes Democratic politicians ready to exploit a promising situation yet warns of real concern among Americans about the Coolidge administration. It questions presidential intent and highlights public unease with current government conduct.
The excerpt criticizes pushing the nation into war citing business interests tied to Mexico exploitation. It argues Secretary Kellogg is a discredited politician lacking statesman traits and questions his ability to safeguard foreign relations. It warns war may favor powerful financiers and a politico religious group, leaving peace fragile.
Pella editors urge dropping provincial anti Masonry sentiment and defend Freemasonry citing historic leaders and Central College founders as proof of Masonry’s progressive role. They note dwindling attendance at recent anti Masonic talks and urge local support for lodges and lodge involvement by youth.
The Iowa senate rejected the income tax measure passed by the House, delaying any tax on incomes for at least two more years. The piece attracted farm group support and general revenue hopes, but critics warned it would dampen income producing industries and misallocate the tax burden. The article argues taxation should reflect benefits conferred, noting land values rise due to public action and urging careful study of tax distribution.
The article argues that taxation on land rental value is equitable, since land use is universal and the state creates land value. It criticizes current methods that let a few reap benefits while many bear the burden, and warns pursuing an income tax would be flawed. It stresses the state’s role in lawful, revenue-raising land value capture.
Observations recount a damaging sleet storm around March 19 and 20 moving from Seymour southward into Washington and Iowa City. Damage in Iowa City area estimated at 100000 dollars, mainly to telephone lines and electric wires. The storm disrupted trees, business, and light service, with historic references to a 1904 January sleet event in Pella.
A 1904 sleet storm left the city without electric and telephone service for weeks, halting churches and forcing daytime services. Trees and brush suffered vast damage, central campus lost many trees, and hundreds of loads of debris were cleared. Today similar events would cause far greater losses, nearing half a million dollars.
Mayor Stewart Gillman of Sioux City and H W Seaman of Clinton spoke to a joint legislature session on developing the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to cut freight costs. Former Governor Harding also addressed on the St Lawrence Great Lakes project as water transportation remains a legislative focus.
Twenty years ago marriages were reported for F L Barret and Josephine Minor John Sytsma and Mary McCombs Daniel Tice and Gertrude Williamson. A city election produced a Democratic landslide with only one Republican alderman in the second ward John A Pos. Four small fires occurred in one day including the north west tower of the Baptist church with light damage. An $80 organ prize from a shoe store hints at early lottery advertising. Carnegie Viersen library foundations are complete with superstructure soon. Central College glee club returns home directed by Professor H H Severn. Wm Visser plans a cement block residence to be made on his farm. Curfew moves to 8:30 pm from 7:80 pm starting April 1. Fowler Automobile Co erects a 24 by 50 foot garage for 12 to 15 cars on Forsythe lots beside Peoples Trust building. Death of Mrs Arie Van Houwel ing reported.
Quotations from the Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Pella Iowa show hogs priced 8.50 to 9.80 per hundredweight and oats ranging from 58 to 60 cents per bushel. Prices reflect regional trading and market conditions for farm inventories.
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