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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1924
Page
1
An Iowa section reports tuberculosis as the worst scourge with Marion County noted for high death rates. A Farm Bureau led summer extermination effort faced opposition and slowed progress. The piece references Dr. K W Stouder’s lecture linking cow tuberculosis to human infection via milk at a Pella area farm Bureau picnic.
A public health statement notes tests over many years confirm an infection from a source. It is presented as fact with substantial evidence, not guesswork, and acknowledged as increasingly affecting children in the state.
The battle against TB centers on the bond between people and milk cows. It declares that halting TB in children begins with eradicating the disease in the state’s dairy herds.
An editorial emphasizes testing cattle for tuberculosis to protect milk supplies and prevent exposure to vulnerable consumers, especially children who rely on milk as a dietary staple. It warns infected cattle should not contribute to the milk supply to avoid endangering drinkers.
The text notes that infected animal flesh poses danger to consumers and that carcass examination guards against this risk. It states the United States government assigns competent inspectors at all slaughtering plants to inspect each animal before it can be sold for food.
The text discusses how a small infected area may be removed without harming the rest of the carcass, whereas a disease might justify condemning the whole animal as unfit for food. It notes inspectors' directions attached to carcasses showing required actions.
The United States government treats preventing human tuberculosis by stopping animal infection as a major issue. It also seeks to curb milkborne spread from infected cows. Dr Stouder notes about 500000 dollars has been allocated by the federal department of agriculture to help purge dairy herds of the disease.
The state allows a general levy on all property to raise money for tuberculosis control. In a short time several Iowa counties have taxed cattle to fund testing and partly indemnify owners of cattle condemned as unfit for retention.
A petition requesting the board of supervisors to impose the required tax was circulated in Marion County and collected signatures from residents, initiating the law’s implementation process.
In Marion County a petition for a levy to fund tuberculosis control faced a hearing on Sept 27 and a second appearance Oct 1. Objectors, led by attorney L D Teter, presented a withdrawal of 832 names claiming misrepresentation. County Attorney Hays ruled remonstrance void for late presentation, and Supervisors Kool Stevens on one side and Tusseling on the other split, yielding no state or federal support for now.
The piece argues rumors claim the levy opposition did not come from petition signers who withdrew but from a group opposed to funding public works. It notes such opposition has surfaced in health, schooling, and road projects, led by those who benefited from past initiatives but refuse new costs.
The piece contends that many oppose public funding for tuberculosis work yet would aid a neighbor in danger. It argues neighborly duty would override reluctance if a child’s life depended on public effort and asserts the public health work has proven helpful in saving children.
The county faces a two mill levy totaling about 18000. Petitions show the cattle test would cost under two cents per acre, with signers and later withdrawers sharing the expense. Petitioners would benefit directly yet pay with all taxpayers, while some objectors own property but no cattle. Opponents may have been spurred by cattle owners withdrawing their names.
The article notes the test would be paid by taxpayers and argues it cleans up herds, reduces disease, and protects public health. D Stouder spoke at a farm bureau picnic advocating the measure, saying public funds would partially compensate owners for losses, while critics outside cattle owners oppose the levy.
Marion County urges continued tuberculosis battle, warning disease endangers every child and contaminates milk. Prominent dairy owners have already cleaned herds without county levy aid. others may follow to avoid penalties. Financial incentives favor keeping county free from disease, affecting hog prices.
A passionate call argues that the finest marketable product should be less than the goal of protecting children. The message insists the fight continues until every child is safe from the scourge and no resident opposes essential health funding, even if it requires a small tax increase.
Observations recall a college football game with misheard terms and a child’s confusion about a quarterback. The piece shifts to political speculation, noting Democrats’ hopes for Davis on November 4 and drawing parallels to historic elections. A music teacher losing pupils ends the collage.
A reader laments narrow newspaper content and jokes about not obtaining business from papers while noting a Ku Klux Klan parade nearby. The letter stresses the value of broader reading material over narrow biases, suggesting people miss many good things if they choose reading matter by basis of personal gain.
An autumnal reflection notes evening haze over hills and the approach of winter. The writer recalls Indian Summer beauty as creatures prepare for cold, focusing on a grey squirrel hoarding hazel nuts in a hidden stash and wonders if the animal can reason, implying a lesson to seize the sunlit days.
A pithy adage states that the value of a soul increases with its compassion, underscoring virtue as its own reward. The aphorism links moral worth to the depth of empathetic feeling across human character.
Advice on safe driving from Walter P Chrys covers braking on wet downgrades, crossing bridges, avoiding railroad tracks, horn etiquette, obeying signs, respecting police signals, and the push for better street lighting. It notes loose gravel as a hazard, and Minnesota debate on requiring lights after dark for all vehicles.
Twenty years ago William Bergman died at his father in law H Van Houten near Town. The Fair association considers selling its holdings to purchase a larger tract for expositions. George Gaass took the state bar exam in Des Moines. A Knoxville man visiting a football game stole kerosene from a livery stable thinking it whiskey. owner chose not to prosecute.
Notice filed in Marion county Iowa district court regarding the last will and testament of Stephanus De Kock deceased. Hearing set for October 20 1924 during the September term with all interested parties invited to be heard. Clerk Walter Kester Knoxville Iowa issued October 11 1924. Quote: Blessed is the young man who does as much hustling after he gets a job as he did to get it. Burtscher.
A Georgia farmer who doubted tuberculosis in cattle fed milk from a reactor cow to his family. Ten years later his wife and son suffer bone tuberculosis and his two daughters are in hospital. He acknowledges the inspector warned him of the risk.
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