Restricted Immigration Aids Unemployment Opinion
The Chronicle cites Scottish Rite News Bureau and Harry E. Hull, Commissioner of Immigration, arguing for restricted immigration amid high unemployment. It notes Canada’s policy, calls for U.S. authority to curb arrivals, and criticizes ongoing inflows of job seekers while millions remain jobless.
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Going to School Early in September
In September the doors of our schools reopen as children return from vacation to learn, prepare for careers, and fulfill civic duties. The piece praises education’s progress from one room schools to modern facilities, mentions improved highways aiding access, and notes higher teaching standards, wages, and the presence of two grade schools, a high school, and an accredited college in Pella.
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Will Man Declares Library To Be Masculine Only
Le Mars attorney proposes a trust of thirty to forty thousand dollars to endow a library but forbids women from involvement in its design construction and authorship of books. The plan envisions a strictly masculine building and collection policy.
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No Women Admitted: The Will That Denies His Daughter
The will excludes his wife and daughter from the estate with a mere $5 to the daughter and a $40 monthly rent for the mother’s occupancy. The text notes his stated hatred of women and contrasts it with the reader’s respect for mothers and sisters, lamenting the man’s lack of regard in life and death.
The Cleanest City In Town of Pella Iowa
A local piece extols Pella as the cleanest city in town, praising civic spirit and collective effort. It notes residents’ pride in beautifying premises, city administration support for clean streets, and a shared aim to maintain the city’s tidy reputation.
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Pella
Ordinary talk and memory echoes in a bustling column
The column reflects on daily ordinary life and notable quips from figures like Herman Jacobs and T. H. Klein. It recalls past jokes about misidentification, a West Virginia traveling salesman, and a Boston Globe snippet about "Not So Many Years Ago" with vintage details on milk prices, carriages, and theater seats.
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What Other Editors Think One Way Out Of St Monroe County News
A collage of reader opinions and editorial snippets on economic distress and social issues. Debates on bank deposit safety, Prosperity promises, sects in war, and fake cures spark a chorus of cautions from several small papers.
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Monroe County
Evils Of The Tariff Decline Of Trade Cited
The Grundy tariff threat is linked to a continuing drop in United States foreign trade. Early 1929 showed a $550 million decline, and the first four months of the year saw American exports to principal foreign countries fall by about $380 million.
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Oskaloosa Times Globe
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Sec Hyde Blames Chicago Pit for Farmer Hard Times
In Chariton Leader and Indianola Record extracts political foreshadowing about blame for national woes. Hyde suggests Chicago pit pressures farmers while critics point to Wall Street and League of Nations failures as roots of economic strain. A Dead Indianola Record line advocates a deadly approach to bank bandits, opposing high-paid lawyers.
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Fragmented plea echoes in chaotic public vigil
A jagged, accusatory plea warns against obstructing justice and political meddling. The raucous speech condemns leniency, intimidation, and improvised punishments while urging rapid, decisive action against banditry and wrongdoing.
Rain, Prayer, and Weather Debate Sparks Church Clash
Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick says prayer does not affect weather while a Des Moines Baptist Tabernacle pastor counters with historical rain data from Christian prayers. He argues against propaganda undermining Christianity and American values, insisting rain has followed ritual acts like rainmakers incantations and dances, yet sensible people reject such claims.
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Flight O'Tyme Chronicle Roots From Two Early Dates
A compact note traces the Flight O'Tyme column back to its Chronicle origins in 1910 and 1920, tying the aviation themed feature to the paper’s historic issues. The item highlights the column’s emergence and enduring presence in the publication.
Twenty Years Ago Items from the Chronicle of Sept 29 1910
The Chronicle front page outlined the Oct 4 fair program. Rev John L Barton, a Central College graduate, resigned Colfax pastorship to enter Rochester seminary. Dr Barton now serves as field agent at Sioux Falls College. Ernest H Schubring, 82, dies in city hotel business. Pears sold at $1.10 per bushel locally. John H Ver Steeg named by Governor Carroll as Iowa delegate to the Farmers convention in Lincoln Nebraska. Leighton Reform church parsonage nearly finished.
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Marks Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Marks Sr celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Mayor Gesman ordered police to arrest all auto drivers who exceed ten miles per hour.
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Ten Years Ago Thus era items recount local events
Ten years ago in 1920s era notes report the local Legion post planning a choral society led by John Van Steenwyk. Pellapionee dies in Chicago at age 86. Co operative shipping sells stock cows for 5200 dollars. Pella schools enroll 559 students. Neil Ver Heul’s meat market fire blamed on a backfiring gasoline engine. Ed Plette sustains a slinged arm from an incident at a post and steel vault. Olaf Truman injured when his team runs away in Coalport. Clarence Renaud nurses a broken nose from an auto accident near Eddyville.
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Eddyville
Church Sabbath Labor Resolution At Third Reformed
Representatives of several churches met at the Third Reformed church and adopted a resolution urging Larson Construction to cease labor on the Sabbath. A scoreless football clash between Pella and Fremont is noted on the local gridiron. Plans were announced to reopen United Self Serve after a three week closure. Prof G P Sailien’s father M Sadler died in India shortly after his son’s arrival. A Knoxville reporter fell into the Des Moines river and was soaked while walking a bridge. Black Style Shop building enlarging work began. Mrs H W Pietenpol hosted a Japanese tea for Miss Ai Sodeyama visiting Central College. De Winter sustained an un touchdown and limped afterward.
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This Week in Pella and Local Snippets
A collage of town odds and ends from Pella. Jake Sterrenberg voices honesty about chairs and truth. A Sunday trailer arrives in town. Call the J C Penney dry goods counter for details. Curious naming question about Pullman cars children. An empty bottle found at Security bank corner triggers little interest as evidence. One drys notes wood alcohol pads police access. Linotype operator jokes with police about absence. Dr. Aschenbrenner comments on health interest.
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