06 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
1
A persuasive farm promotion urges farmers to use brains as best fertilizer and embrace modern power. It claims gasoline engines perform chores at one cent per hour per horsepower, running any wheeled device and enabling profit from by-products.
The item notes the Pella Chronicle entry by C L Garrett Epior and H H Sadler business manager. It states the paper was entered at the post office in Pella Iowa as second class matter in Marion County for six months.
A debate cites the idea that a Democratic victory would trigger a stock market crash, echoing fears from past crises. The St Louis Globe-Democrat and New York World question links to the Roosevelt panics and Republican financial fears across 1890 to 1992, reflecting partisan anxiety about elections and markets.
The Chicago Journal condemns an indiscriminate police shooting that killed a young man on the street after a mistaken identity. It argues that even if the suspect were correct, the act would be unjustified, calling it an outrageous abuse of police power and demanding prompt punishment.
The Commoner uses a farm metaphor to compare Democratic insurgents and standpatters as corn planted in May June and July. Democrats lead in growth and potential yield, insurgents need favorable weather to mature by November, while standpatters are unlikely to yield much.
A mass meeting in Los Angeles endorsed returning to Africa with the aim of uplifting African Americans. The speakers criticized Booker T. Washington while praising his view that Black citizens should educate themselves, gain civic standing, and eventually be seen as worthy by white Americans. They argued backward migration would fail to elevate the race.
The Democratic National Campaign Committee distributes its Campaign Book sold at $1.00 per copy or 60 cents each in ten or more. It highlights the Maine victory and urges Democrats to fund and obtain the book, with orders sent to F. F. Garrett, Treasurer, Democratic Campaign Committee, 821 15th Street NW Washington DC.
W Johnson sold his Buena Vista township farm of 120 acres east of Newton to Garet Hasselman for 175 per acre. He originally bought it from James Balmer three years ago at 115 per acre after making no valuable improvements. Johnson came from near Prairie City while Hasselman is from Oskaloosa. Newton Journal
A staged slate lists Governor Claude Porter and a wide Democratic ticket across state offices with county origins from Centerville to Des Moines. It names judges, clerks, auditors, sheriffs, recorders, attorneys, superintendents, surveyors, coroners, and trustees, plus township and constable roles, with multiple local names and places.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for any incurable catarrh case via Hall's Catarrh Cure. The undersigned attest to F. J. Cheney's 15 years of honorable business dealings and financial ability to meet obligations of the firm Welding Kinosa Marvin.
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