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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1929
Page
7
The convention at Chicago endorses widest publicity to inform buyers about stock variety and prices. It argues chain stores win by quality relative to price and broad advertising, predicts continued competition and urges merchants to adopt similar methods rather than oppose chain stores.
An API study charts gasoline taxes rising from 50 cents in 1921 to 13 dollars in 1928, with a projected 17 dollars by 1929 end. It notes rising motor registrations 2.5 times but total gas tax up about 110 times, provoking strong criticism of state taxation and legislative leaders.
Twenty years ago De Bruin sold his south side hardware business to John Fos who had been with Van Zante Bros for years. Central college disputed Drake University claim of winning a football game 2 to 0 when it was a tied contest. Professor Ches Marsh went hunting and did not return prompting a faculty and student lantern search overnight. they found he had quietly returned earlier.
A legislative office voices mixed feelings about gasoline taxes, noting frustration with privileged gains but expressing hope that both state and nation will soon abandon the current undemocratic method. The statement argues for timely reform after long delays.
A Parsons college reportorial class hears Herbert F. McDougal argue education should teach living well rather than earning power. He says college aims to cultivate appreciation, not merely create club members chasing money, and that true education nourishes life beyond material wealth. He cautions against equating diploma with capacity to enjoy life.
The article contrasts ambitious students who strive for top grades with those who do just enough to pass. It argues education is essential, shaped by family background and parental effort, and warns that lack of a solid foundation handicaps future success. Success hinges on upbringing, opportunity, and consistent effort.
A digest notes the Society for Occupational Research formed in Los Angeles to aid youths through high school and college. Chicago churchgoers demand fair prohibition coverage, urging readers to discard biased papers. Gas taxes rise from 50 cents in 1921 to 13 dollars in 1928, with forecasts to 17 dollars in 1929. The National Chain Store Association vows robust publicity against anti-chain propaganda amid a 600 percent rise in related legislation in 1927 and 1928. American Hotel Association reports a 6 billion investment, 500 thousand jobs, at its Detroit meeting. American Electric Railway proposes selling streetcar tickets in bulk or by week to combat rivals.
A humorous survey of town life in Pella includes gossip about a young woman’s changing views on romance, barber shop radio, crowded stores, and a football win by What Cheer over Sigourney. Anecdotes cover traffic, fashion, civic life, church, and social manners with light sarcasm and local color.
A string of pun riddles and humorous exchanges touch on wordplay about Noah Webster, animals, furniture, and household items. The items vary from punny questions about cats and dogs to everyday objects, ending with a flippant exchange about a dog that died by inches rather than by a disease.
A compilation notes editorials from Oskaloosa Herald and other papers. It cites statements on Patrick Henrys eloquence, radio influence, youth morality concerns, Iowa coal prospects, and telegraph company habits. The items reflect regional opinions on culture technology and law enforcement.
A San Francisco newspaper man recounts a humorous breakfast exchange with a Japanese kitchen helper who mishears English. The wife asks what’s for breakfast and the helper replies Hash my darling, reflecting a mislearned phrase in a lighthearted anecdote.
A fragment from a column mocks Knoxville coal shortages and prideful denial of need. It parallels a jab at a merchant losing by poor strategy and a farmer cursing weeds, then shifts to Grinnell coeds vaping, framing it as a segregating nuisance.
If favorable weather holds, the McCarthy Improvement Company will finish paving the Bloomfield to West Grove primary highway by Saturday night or Sunday morning. Shoulder work on the concrete highway remains about a week more, but travel should be possible within ten days. Bloomfield Democrat.
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