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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
9
Iowa notes a Des Moines man built a Dutch windmill from plans sent from Holland. George Heeren made the wings. Heeren hoped to interest the Pella chamber of commerce in bringing a mill from Holland to Iowa. The chamber did nothing then but the idea may be worthwhile.
A newspaper opines that the classic Mc Guffey reader motto No Excellence Without Labor remains true. It notes many reject effort for rewards but asserts individuals across all groups who pursue the motto advance in life.
Chicago criminals used insanity pleas to dodge punishment for years. Now police arrest suspects on any charge and require mental tests, provoking resistance from criminals and concern over police corruption. The underworld’s influence in Illinois legislation may shape the upcoming session.
The text denounces scammers as wolves in sheep’s clothing and warns against paying for false value. It contrasts slick sales talk with prudence, urging vigilance and a steady mousetrap against fraudsters while noting a moral economy of catching varmints for a bounty.
Knoxville gas firm seeks city franchise to pipe gas to Pella for sale to residents. Local residents favor cheaper fuel, but council and company have not agreed on ordinance details or reception. No test vote has yet occurred, leaving the proposal in limbo.
The article discusses whether Pella should build a municipal gas plant after success with the electric plant. Some residents favor gas, noting statutory bond hurdles and potential profitability concerns, while others point to lack of gas education. A negotiated agreement between the city and the gas company is needed before any franchise vote.
An Iowa to Wisconsin comparison notes Wisconsin as the most prosperous cultural state in the Midwest due to crops like hay and peas, solid dairy prices, and good potato outlook. It contrasts diversification with single-crop limits, cites farmers near Pella who failed after specializing in hogs, and argues Iowa should excel agriculturally through intelligent, diversified farming.
The author argues communism reduces value to averages and fails to incentivize production. Citing Iowa farm statistics, it asserts expected prices for wheat corn oats eggs and butter would not sustain farmers, noting most ventures fail and producers earn far less than calculated costs.
A raspy miscellany blends economic talk on rewards with sharp quips about efficiency and equality. It notes a Kansas City dispatch praising a bright agricultural outlook, a cheeky jab about beauty workers, and a Charles City cow turning a $5,569 three-year profit. Also recounts a medley of humor on manners and a bogus marriage scam by Frank McCarl in Indianola.
Poem excerpts on resilience and strength contrast man and tree with lines about droughts wind storms and struggle. The text includes fables about Rastus and Sam in heaven and a homesick verse on western life. It closes noting Minnesota hiking records and booster club jokes.
Chronical of 1907 records births to Schip pers Ver Steeg Kaldenberg Vander Meide. James Vander Pol Sunday school girls and friends held a Red Rock picnic for about thirty. Henry Kersbergen cannot deliver mail due to heart trouble. Jay A. Lapham moves from Osage to Central College at Tusseling house. John Carson family reunion after five years. J G Lankelma adds delivery wagon and matched ponies to grocery business.
Mrs. Nels Johnson of near Brooklyn misfilled an oil stove during a burner on incident. She grabbed gasoline instead of kerosene, resulting in an explosion that burned one side of her body. Families smothered flames. she is in St. Francis Hospital Grinnell and expected to recover over weeks.
Monroe will serve as a shipping point for Iowa coal this fall and winter with skids erected at the Rock Island tracks east of the passenger station to handle loads. Coal will be trucked from the Draper mines east of Monroe, with an estimated loading rate of two to three cars daily. Draper coal is described as a fair quality and compares well with typical Iowa coal.
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