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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
6
A collage of editorials and quotes from various sources rails at the press and politicians. It cites a Philadelphia judge, President Wilson, Senator Capper, and Greek turmoil, commenting on press influence and political misquotation amid global tensions.
The readable fragments discuss pressure from the Homestead and Journal to back Harding and the Republican ticket in 1918. It contrasts the Homestead’s close ties with the party and the Journal’s unwillingness to release support, likening the situation to a carcass whose stench remains.
The piece argues Republicans misread the League of Nations aims, insisting it threatens sovereignty. It contends the United States bore the burden of war regardless and that joining the league would reduce conflict risk, while Republicans seek political gain through deception.
The piece argues that education is shaped more by home and moral training than by schooling method. It contrasts one-room schools' individual effort with graded systems and suggests both depend more on the person than on the educational machinery and yearns for balanced intellectual development.
A fragmentary remark argues that sentiment against the single tax harms farmers by obscuring the crucial link between the farmer and the land they work. It posits ownership shifts would change conditions for both farmer and landowner.
In Pella on Saturday morning, excitement rose as the so-called automobile bandits were held, drawing townsfolk to the jail to witness the scene. Witnesses like Martin Englesma blamed a worsening world, while locals such as Polk De. Nooz and Francis Dykstra offered cautious takes on the thefts and motives.
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