Pella Fair and Patriotism in Wartime Talk
The Pella Fair is mocked as a rain maker during droughts while patriotic buttons flood public life. Maurice Curtis and Herbert Bellamy of Knoxville are named by Governor Harding to Marion county on the Iowa Council of Defense. Curtis is portrayed as coalition cabinet minded and expected to resign to make space for a Democrat.
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Pella
Maurice Curtis
Knoxville Journal
Herbert Bellamy
Knoxville
Harding
Marion County
Iowa Council of Defense
Maurice
Immigrants Eye Return as US Literacy Law Controversy Grows
The piece notes Russia’s upheaval prompting former immigrants to consider returning home and forecasts likely repeal of last winter’s literacy test for immigrants vetoed by the president. It argues public demand will pressure Congress to act.
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Russia
America
United States
Liquor Ad Efforts Shift To Barley News Notes
The latest move by liquor dealers in the free plate line is to furnish newspapers with material advocating barley over other grains. It may skirt the liquor ad ban, yet brewers aim to push their scheme, and careful papers will resist.
Sabbath law clash with religious liberty feared
Attorney General Havner warned the legislature to repeal Sunday laws ignored in many areas or face strict enforcement. His stance aims to curb laws deemed outdated, but the effort clashes with religious liberty in a country that guarantees it. The piece criticizes the legislature’s limited scope to resolve the issue.
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Havner
Yellow grain misleads buyers on corn meal taste
A writer scornfully notes urban editors urging more corn for bread shortage. They praise yellow corn for cattle feed while observing human corn meal comes from white corn. Despite claims of palatability, no yellow corn meal is offered for sale.
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Europe
Government urged to curb coal speculation and store reserves
The piece argues for targeting coal operators to prevent artificial shortages, comparing the issue to food hoarding. It proposes mining at full capacity during slack seasons and storing coal at distributed sites to avoid costly shortages during winter, warning against repeated seasonal congestion.
Unopened Lincoln area street proposal roils council debate
Last week the council discussed opening a street between Main and Broadway just south of the Lincoln school grounds. The proposed path was once platted but never built, then vacated when the school was built and land returned to adjacent owners for a nominal sum. The vacating remains a mystery amid little nearby development. Half the land went to the school district, the other to P H Bousquet’s heirs, with the remaining property now subdivided and sold.
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Main
Broadway
Lincoln School
Washington Thnt
P. H. Bousquet
Bousquet
City must act on street ceded to estate for passage
The ceded street portion is fifty two feet wide and runs four hundred feet, worth several hundred dollars to the city though released for one dollar. Residents demand a Main to Broadway crossing between Washington and Extension streets as new houses rise. If not condemned soon, the street will pass to developers who could demand higher prices. Acting now would prevent loss.
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Main
Broadway
Washington Street
Extension Street
Prohibitionists Criticized For Delaying War Laws In Congress
The piece argues against attaching liquor prohibition riders to emergency war legislation. It cites prohibitionists as unwise obstacles, notes state laws' supremacy on liquor within their territories, and urges Congress to prioritize war measures and participation in the conflict against German autocracy. It blames Congress for delays and praises recent victories for state authority.
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Congress
Roosevelt’s wartime enlistment debate sparks political clash
The piece denounces Theodore Roosevelt as self serving and driven by ego in calls to lead U S troops. It argues Congress delays the army bill to fuel his prominence, says if fit he may enlist but rejects special legislation to remove disability. It warns against leveraging national danger for political gain.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Teddy
United States
France
Hearst editorial on Prohibition in Des Moines
A Hearst editorial argues that prohibiting grain use for liquor would push the nation toward whiskey. The writer notes no whiskey carloads are entering Des Moines since a Supreme Court decision allowed enforcement of Iowa laws, suggesting bootlegger schemes would fail due to railroad and express company interests.
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Hearst
Congress
United States
Des Moies
Iowa Press Association
Iowa
Des Moines
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Pella
Iowa City
Railroad and Express
Prohibition Debate on Iowa Brew Policy and Whiskey 1917
The writer argues against an editor's view on Iowa prohibition, noting violations before April 15 1917 and asserting that no carload of 300 million gallons in bond will enter Iowa. He questions benefits of congressional actions, claiming banning grains for beer reduces a greater evil and that whiskey will be consumed elsewhere regardless.
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Iowa
Moore's Mixture and Mild May 1917 Chronicle Notes
In a playful column dated May 14 1917 C M Moore shares jests from The Pella Chronicle of May 20 1917. He riffs on ads and headlines such as a “sensible cigarette” and “five reel feature” while praising entries about student beginnings dental and osteopathic ads and a mine shaft accident leading to a Reno style joke.
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Pella Chronicle
Pella
Chronicle
the Chronicle
Moore
Carl Byers
California
Portland
Ore
Columbia River Highway
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
Georgia
Dubuque
Iowa
Reno
Nevada
Rough on Rats Ends With Free Comic Pictures
An old advertisement proclaims a pest control product “ROUGH ON RATS” that kills rats and mice for outdoor use and is sold by E. S. Wells in Jersey City. It touts nationwide government endorsement, economy sizing at 25 cents, and free comic pictures with purchase, urging refusal of substitutes and available through drug and country stores.
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U. S. Gov't Too
Drug & Country
E. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
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Sadler Bros. & CO
H. H. Sadler A. Young
Marion
County
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
C. M. Moore
Homer Furnace CO
Homer, Mich
Pella Plumbing & Heating CO
Penla City
Buick
White Way Auto CO
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