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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
6
An item indicating postal distribution and classification entered at the post office in Pelle Iowa serving Pella in Marion County Iowa as second class matter.
A Republican newspaper portrays Democrats as overwhelmed by facts and party infighting. It notes Hi Johnson’s tendency to ignore or deflect uncomfortable data during heated exchanges. The piece frames criticism around a confrontational political stance.
Citizens who bought army bacon beans and canned goods six weeks ago are reassured the items have not been forwarded. The text notes that standing in line, though lengthy often a formality, is required to obtain army supplies.
The piece notes staunch friends of China in Idaho and Washington would oppose a renewed Chinese immigration surge. It reflects on a past forty year period and warns that similar tensions could arise if Chinese seek to immigrate to the United States.
Pella struggles with a severe housing shortage as many homes remain unfinished. Builders start many new projects while few reach completion, prolonging the wait for rental housing and stressing the community. A call is made for timely completion and better project management.
Spring pigs at the Pella Fair sold for 50 to 70 dollars each due to good stock and pure breed. Scrub stock of the same age might fetch about 30 dollars. The article notes pure bred hogs require similar feed and care as scrubs, and that even higher priced fancy hogs come from well advertising breeders, illustrating gains for pure bred stock. It argues land and rent costs leave little room in Iowa for scrubs among hogs or other farm animals.
Wise financiers in the east push rising interest as a tool to curb speculation and ease price levels. Yet with many money lenders, charging for use of money hinges on supply and demand, and borrowers seek maximum credit value.
The passage argues high land rents, created by community effort, are a root of high living costs. It advocates the single tax to fund government from land values, freeing capital and labor from production taxes, and clarifies capital versus land in production while asserting land belongs to the people.
The Chronical opines on the steel strike and long hours, noting lack of clear wage demands while stressing the right of workers to representation by agents in bargaining. It cautions against worker control of industry, cites Russia as caution, and urges nonviolence to constitutional government.
A wartime statement emphasizes the Y M C A's aim to aid the war effort rather than seek recognition. It notes 7,850 overseas workers operating in fifteen countries at 3366 points, including neutral nations with POWs. Work was conducted with the A H F and with French and other troops, highlighting funding-supported welfare activities.
The Y M C A operated at 60 points overseas while the Salvation Army had 40 and the Y W C A 48 points. Estimates mention 600 Knights of Columbus and 180 Salvation Army workers. The Y M C A’s force per point was smaller than the others, yet returned soldiers recall especially grueling, tireless work across large areas. The organization ran the army’s entire canteen service, equivalent to 3000 to 4000 small grocery stores, and faced hard rules from army headquarters. The Y M C A aimed to aid victory without grandstanding, functioning as part of the military structure and earning much of the credit for success.
A farmer's wife recalls a day of chores and temper, then reads an ad offering a maid's wages and concludes her own work is worth more. She resolves to prove her value at home, persuades her husband to buy a bath tub, notes others feel rich only by interest, and remarks on contentment.
A verse from Woman's Home Companion portrays a day in a mother’s life full of cooking cleaning child care schooling and ironing. It highlights the census labeling such tasks as no occupation while the woman maintains a demanding, relentless routine from dawn to night.
A Chariton Leader column recalls many small town scenes from the fair and countryside. It jokes about health officials, real estate prices, labor strikes, and army wages while recounting Case Van Synpost’s fair misadventures, airplanes over a farm, and attention on sacred sheep exhibit. It laments city folks’ farming ignorance and ends with farming chatter about corn firing and silks.
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