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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
4
A voter guide questions William L. Harding for governor with sharp inquiries on road taxes rural road funding city exemptions rural districts paving and temperance matters. It challenges his record and calls for straightforward answers on tax policy and saloon interests.
The weekly summary notes continuing drought with light showers in late August and early September, enabling rapid corn maturation and frost safety progress. By Sept 20 about 60 percent of corn expected frost safety, 85 percent by Sept 30, with northern Iowa largely safe. Corn harvesting and silo filling underway, sweet corn for canning at 3-5 tons per acre. Rain would aid pastures, meadows, and fall plowing. wells and springs failing. streams low. Acreage and yields for winter wheat 17 bushels, spring wheat 14, oats 37, barley 30, rye 18, timothy seed 4.8. timothy seed area up 22 percent. threshing 85 percent complete. GEO. M. CHAPPEL, Director.
Advertisements offer low rates for daily inserts with items for sale including a second hand range a bedstead and furniture, real estate bargains near Pella and Portland plus parcels around 76 acres at 72 per acre and small homes under 5000. Also a child’s story shows a misremembered multiplication with a moral about learning through play and a foreshadowed classroom correction.
A Spencer youth aged 18 slept in the city jail after stealing a box of cigars. The act was his third offense, with two prior misdemeanors unpunished. The narrator notes his first offense occurred while he wasn't at home, and he repeated offenses before age 18.
A reflective piece questions why boys commit theft and crime and argues it stems from adventure and unrest rather than disease. It urges parents to make home inviting with guidance, trust, and nighttime freedom from risky venues to keep their sons out of jail. It stresses knowing where the boy is tonight.
An old public health ad states many ills start with constipation. It recommends keeping bowels regular and taking Chamberlain's Tablets when laxatives are needed. The product is sold by F. D. Stubenrauch.
The report cites Congressman C C Dill stating only Democratic members appeared before the judiciary committee this year to urge a suffrage amendment. It argues that Wilson voted for woman suffrage in New Jersey in 1915 while Hughes did not register or vote that year, framing the compari son as a test of party support for suffrage.
An old age warning promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and biliousness. The ad claims regular bowels and a healthy liver help you look and feel younger. For sale by F. D. Stubenrauch.
The text notes the US population around 100 million and 2,445,664 automobiles in use, implying one car per 41 people. It asks whether this ratio signals prosperity or prodigality, presenting a historical reflection on personal wealth and consumption.
America, the Roman Catholic paper of New York, reports that about sixty percent of Chicago public school teachers are Catholics. The claim highlights religious distribution among educators in the city’s school system.
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