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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
6
RH Wells argues that nearly everyone is indirectly tied to big business through banks and deposits. He asserts savers and investors alike benefit from corporate profits and that opposing big business harms the common good, placing all in the same financial boat.
H. Hills essay argues domestic animals show understanding and affection. A hunter plans to shoot his aging dog Bob, who hides behind his wife as the hunter readies his gun. The piece stresses forming bonds with dogs cats and birds yields reliable friendship.
The piece reviews arbitration as a tool to end industrial wars, noting past failures from 1902 to 1909, costs of major strikes, and the theoretical tension between compulsory arbitration and free labor contracts. It questions whether government intervention can curb waste while delivering justice amid volatile labor relations.
A Portland writer recalls visiting Pella Iowa in April 1884 staying at the American House. He describes Neal Rongers at dinner the rosy faced dining room hostess reciting the bill of fare fried Buffalo fish from local rivers and lingering fond memories of Pella cuisine and people. The memory notes river spots and local chatter during a brief stay.
The memoir recalls long-ago Pella travel on rattling trains and a modern thundered line, a soldiers reunion transit through town, and a generous act of water and silver. It traces a family move from Illinois to Pella in 1860, early homes, nearby neighbors Grundman and Katie, and street-less memory of the square, with later moves to Colorado and reflections on the old home and familiar faces fading over time.
The reminiscence recalls J B Cotton hi goods store in a three story brick building at the square corner and leaders in Sunday school. It reflects on a New Year poem sold by a paper devil, Vandermeulen jewelry store clocks, Lip Viersen and back room peach theft, first cigar episode in the Blade office, and Kuyper's Corner opposite Viersen's at the southeast corner.
C M Moore reflects on bygone Pella days recalling gates opening to welcome visitors on state occasions and fond scenes nearSpanckeren bakery and the old schoolhouse. He mentions letters from Mrs Logan and other locals, hinting at a serialized memory of Pella life.
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