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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
6
In Pella and Lake Prairie readers weigh the upcoming amendment to ban intoxicating liquors. Arguments cite taxes, medicine whiskey, and the danger of saloons returning. editors urge unity to vote yes for 100 percent prohibition next Monday to keep saloons out of Iowa.
The piece argues the must for unity and sacrifice as war rages. It denounces anti draft critics as enemies of democracy, warns that dissent harms morale, and calls for suppression of traitors by forcing service or confinement. It frames loyalty, patriotism, and civic duty as essential to victory.
The speaker argues that money itself cannot wage war or produce goods, only labor and ideas can. Money serves as a measure enabling exchange, while the real value lies in the workers, inventors, and planners behind war production. Using examples like corn and corn planters, the piece explains money’s fluctuating value and the potential benefit of investing in Liberty bonds for future purchasing power.
Mrs. I J Beerends of 810 W Liberty St Pella reports constant backache fatigue and poor sleep from kidney problems and credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief after prior treatments failed The ad promotes the 60 cent price and urges asking for Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A sorrowful essay laments a missing boy not by bandits but by parental absence and church neglect. The speaker blames his father mother and church for failing to engage the boy during his years, leaving him lost to home and faith with many parents and clergy seeking him.
The next regular teachers examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent on October 24, 25 and 26, 1917, beginning at eight o'clock. Mae Goldizen, County Superintendent, urges readers to patronize Chronicle advertisers. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by Greenville residents for years as a quick cure for colds and bronchial troubles.
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