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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
6
The text reflects a retailer explaining why prices rise and notes that many Pella men with good ideas lack funds for implementation. It also suggests preachers withhold news to avoid inciting a riot, implying caution and reluctance to provoke unrest.
A collection of satirical remarks from Pella locals about neighbors, Germany, China, weddings, the Congressional Record, and Memorial Day. The piece riffs on liquor taxes, farm labor shortages, fashion trends, and a harsh note on wartime revenue rules affecting automobile livery use. The tone is nostalgic, wry, and community focused.
The speaker notes the city council plans to pave more streets during absence, arguing it will help factories and attract new enterprises while easing postwar unemployment. Cautions against untested materials, recalls Main Street resurfacing failure, and urges contractor rebuilds before starting new work with proven paving material.
The Chronicle editor reflects on immigration policy learned from war. He doubts literacy tests as sole gates, arguing allegiance and acceptance of democratic values matter more. He condemns German-born fealty gaps and foreign indifference to American welfare as disqualifying for new residents.
A Michigan libel case pits Henry Ford against the Chicago Tribune over a 1 million dollar claim for calling him an anarchist. The parties spar over wartime sentiment, neutrality, and journalism bias, with Ford portrayed as honest and patriotic in opposing war while seeking peace. The piece weighs both sides’ arguments on defiance of law and government.
The article reflects on 1916 wartime coverage, German language columns, and motives behind the Tribune’s campaign for preparedness. It commends Henry Ford’s active war work and the paper’s editors as “valiant soldiers,” while noting tensions with President, IWW, and pro German groups. It argues the U.S. entered and fought to a victorious end.
The Chronicle editor urges stopping immigration to prevent un-American influence from foreign-born residents and their native-born descendants who fail the wartime test. It calls for full Americanization, language learning, and shedding old political ties before becoming fully loyal citizens to avoid a repeat of wartime dangers.
An open letter to the mayor and a stream of local observations from Pella recounts humorous anecdotes about residents, taxes, and rain. It cites Rex De Reus, Del Hendricks, Eli Hollebrands, and others, comments on meat prices, auto issues, rain needs, and a proposed local band director, ending with a plug for Jennie June’s poem.
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