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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1925
Page
6
The piece notes sparse growth among Florida boomers and Iowa’s likely crop relief from an early freeze that killed insect pests. It contrasts claims about the coldest October, old ice ages, and a Fourth of July snow, then critiques careless weather talk.
The League of Nations met the demands over the Greece Bulgaria dispute as Senator Lodge’s posthumous apology for opposing it circulated. Lodge may earn a place in history, but likely as a despicable figure for prostituting his office to thwart a great world peace effort.
A visitor to Pella recalls a woman who sold her cookstove to raise money for a circus outing. The husband returned from work to find no stove to cook his meals, and the resolution remains uncertain though the informant confirmed the tale.
A farm census shows Sioux County land worth 66 million, far below 1920 value of 145 million. Despite similar production now and five years ago, speculative price surges pushed farm prices to 600 dollars per acre. The piece notes how Iowa land suffered from the speculative craze, with bystanders harmed in the resulting crop of losses.
The article notes a sharp Canadian election division over tariffs aimed at U S products. It highlights an east west clash with the east gaining ground toward government control while the issue remains unsettled, urging American farmers to study protection debates like Canadians.
A columnist argues production remains high yet consumer spending outpaces income. He cites booming business, but widespread belt tightening, with households funding summer pleasures by skimping on winter basics. He warns without saving for emergencies, deficits could trigger inflation and crises.
The essay asserts that while credit is crucial for distressed men, ideal creditless conditions exist only in small scale, not large scale commerce. It questions whether large business is truly better, suggesting hundreds of ten thousand dollar ventures may be preferable to a single million dollar enterprise, despite some theoretical economies of scale.
The article argues credit harms small producers who lack asset control and warns that large estates reduce worker autonomy. It notes wage disputes, union power, and the shift from many small farms to few large operations threaten rural prosperity. Warehouse loans won't help workers without asset control.
An Iowa Farm Bureau proposal to shift more schooling costs to urban taxpayers prompts questions about the purpose of education and who gains. The piece argues education serves individuals and public interests, notes Oregon’s compulsory schooling and Iowa’s rural aid for miners, and suggests local funding could sustain schooling without external tribute, preserving rural communities and reducing outflow of young people.
Observations describe Bob Goedhart leaving meat in a bicycle rack outside Bell clothing store. A white dog steals the meat, police dog Watson Van der Ploeg pursues and taps the thief, who drops the package. The thief escapes as the dog keeps the meat. The text then quotes the Prairie Lumberman on a satirical ten point ad on cash sales.
A civic column extols community debt to industrious men who balance daily work with public-spirited effort, urging readers to recognize their enterprise and abilities without self promotion.
Gary, a native lifelong resident, runs hardware and farm implement business and remodels his Franklin Street store. He chairs the Van Veen Van Hemert American Legion post, boosting membership, and sponsored an ice cream treat for a newborn daughter. A future alderman or mayor, he embodies civic duty and patriotism.
Amendment adopted October 1 1925 at Pella Iowa by unanimous stockholder vote to change the corporate name from Garden City Feeder Company to Pella Securities Company. John Weyers and P H Van Gorp certify the proceedings and authenticate the instrument before a Marion County Iowa notary.
The document states the instrument was signed and sealed for the Garden City Feeder Company by its stockholders authority and the signers acknowledged it as the voluntary act of the corporation. Notary Tunis H. Klein attested in Marion County Iowa.
Farmers and officials in Iowa face the danger of the European corn borer after conferences with experts from Ohio Michigan and Canada. Dean C F Curtiss heads a new committee to coordinate control, while quarantine measures and entomological imports are explored as potential remedies amid ongoing harvest storms and hail damage in Greenfield Fontanelle and surrounding areas.
The past summer and fall showed asbestos and other composition shingles fail to withstand hail as well as wooden shingles. Fire resistance remains a noted advantage for the synthetic options.
At Adel in Dallas county a merchant advertises cane sugar at 5.69 per hundred funds claiming the best grade. The low price recalls a Brookhart resolution in the U S Senate calling for an investigation into high sugar prices. Northern Iowa beet growers fear smaller autumn bonuses tied to October to December wholesale sugar levels.
Meyer Langerak returns for the winter in South Dakota. Charles E. Hall buys Pella Opera House for 24000, paid largely with Nebraska land. Hallowe en passes quietly. Sidewalks damaged but likely to be removed next year. H G Geelhoed plans a two story house. Tunis Van de Goor home fire from overheated stove. H J Hoogenakker leases Colfax Tribune to winter due to wife’s health. Marriage license issued to Simon Douwstra and Margaret De Haan. Hazelnuts plentiful and brought into town by the bushel.
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