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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1932
Page
1
A Chronicle youth appeal urges authorities to stop boys riding bicycles on city sidewalks. The note recalls a previous call and warns that es tu pedes trians remain at risk. The item then pivots to praise for the World Series and the radio revolution in reporting sports.
Fresh fish sells for 28c a pound shaping the market tale that fishermen reap the largest share. The column notes beefsteak remains easier to eat, and fish cleaning proves challenging, questioning daily diet costs and labor.
The paper reflects on publishing historic murders or self-harm deaths. It notes potential distress to descendants and readers and weighs as good copy against causing grief. The editors decide to withhold such stories to avoid reopening old wounds.
A local businessman proposes using unemployment relief to repair city streets and eliminate dangerous pavement dips. The Chronicle notes prior success removing dips at Broad Way High School intersection and West Washington Street, urging immediate action to prevent accidents.
The piece contemplates the surge in suicides across the nation, examining motives from ill health and financial strain to domestic trouble. It discusses the especially tragic aspect of suicides among the young, the impact on families, and the difficulty of understanding such acts while expressing a wish for more happiness and less grief in life.
The piece reviews fifty years of Labor Day history from 1882 to 1932, noting New York City parades and the era’s widespread unemployment. It weighs discouragement against progress, citing protective labor laws and gains in working hours as signs workers have advanced despite hard times.
Speakers at the 1882 Labor Day celebration in New York emphasize wage data and labor safeguards, noting improvements over five decades while acknowledging unemployment as a blot on the economy. They foresee shorter work weeks, potential pay adjustments, and stronger economic planning guiding future gains.
A 1918 to 1929 rise in Iowa government per capita costs prompts critique of Republican control. The Iowa Democrat questions the party’s economic management and calls for a new general manager. Keokuk County News highlights gasoline station oversaturation and its impact on business and civil service payrolls.
Vinton, county seat of Benton with a 3,000 plus population, faced a depot closure last week blamed on tracks. Shippers favor moving freight by track, reducing railroad tax burden and sharing costs. Authorities note the preference may reshape local freight flows and tax allocations.
The Knoxville Journal argues that prosperity awaits Hoover’s re election and mocks past promises of a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage. The piece contrasts current optimism with Hoover’s four year tenure and questions the paper’s confidence.
The piece argues that selecting Herring or supporting Long as an independent offers better state financial reform than continuing with Turner. It portrays Herring as inexperienced but eager to learn, comparing him to a "green colt" stepping into a challenging job and urging readers to favor reform over politics.
Married men and women who held jobs under the government before July 1 thought to keep their posts by separating and living in different apartments as single persons. The government had ordered that one of a married couple could not continue to work.
The new mayor asserts duty beyond finances and aims to curb theater burlesques he deems too filthy for the public. He hints at sending more censors to other cities if local showings fail standards, arguing that a censor protects moral welfare rather than merely judging money matters.
W. A. Young, former Chronicle editor, noted Orville Dykstra as the first of his kind reported. Orville quipped about matrimony and managing money, saying he might not have accomplished such a feat if married. A recent visitor to John D. Robinson’s Milton home recalled a 21st accident.
An editor and party shuffled away after a carriage overturned and a fence incident left the editor uninjured while another pocketed $6.50 in chicken feed. A Chicago Drovers Journal item recalls a man’s odd will after a doctor’s prognosis, while snappy quips spark office chatter about Bush and baseball. The piece closes with Iowa legal satire as John P. Kelley sues Herbert Hoover for 18 cents over a chicken value dispute.
Twenty years ago the Chronicle reports Central College secured a 6 to 2 football victory over Highland Park. Lineup included Kempkes, Peterson, Van Rees, Ver Steeg, Visser, P. Phillips, Hendricks, Aschenbrenner, Rempe, Van Zante, Bogaard. Also note September library circulation of 1,310 books and a local election with Woodrow Wilson 48 Roosevelt 47.
A crowded Fowler Telephone Exchange heard a Pella Newton football radio update while A N Vander Linden hosted a dinner for Pella baseball players and friends. A new bandstand and park dedication drew large crowds amid other local tidings.
A reflective poem contrasts a saloon as a doorway to heaven and hell. It links the bar to manliness wealth and pride yet also to want broken health sin grief and shattered lives. The piece warns of drinking’s dual pull from joy at home to tears and graves for drinkers.
Disjointed fragment discusses Japan China incursions, Roy Chapman Andrews, dinosaur eggs, and human intelligence. Mentions Russia Soares and a supposed road system for many, with unclear connections and speculative tone.
The article argues about easy government revenue from lotteries and gambling linked profits. It cites William G Sumner on medieval cities profiting from public lupanars and Monte Carlo gambling, noting tax relief for the wise and a potential narcotics trade as revenue.
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