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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
5
The article cites Uncle Sam's tax relief enabling denatured alcohol production at six cents a gallon. Sawdust becomes a cheap fuel and feedstock, promising vast benefits for manufacturers, farmers, and households, with Technical World Magazine praising the breakthrough and urging timely, efficient effort.
The piece extols timeliness as a core virtue. It argues unreadiness ruins success and that the ability to respond instantly to emergencies defines capable individuals, with readiness attracting support and rewarding prompt action. It emphasizes doing the right thing at the right moment.
George H. Allen issues a printed booklet titled I Am Reminded containing his Utica New Year’s Day speech on the parcels post. The Utica Press calls it bristling with satire and wit, with portraits and points urging a parcels post and criticizing Congress and Taft over tariff and the ills of graft.
A century old column recounts frustration with promises of a downward tariff revision. Readers compare pledges to a broken bread offering, lamenting misused free lists of dye materials and accusing Taft of empty advertising. A Hebrew anecdote underscores political deception warnings.
In Bussey crowds enjoyed the Old Settlers Reunion with daily programs despite light dust. Len Vander horst and Mrs. DeWitt celebrate a new granddaughter. Lena Yeater plans classes and speeches in several states. John Hartsock sustains injuries moving a school house near Robert Sparks'. Newton visitors the Lamonts head to Monroe. Emma Van Winegarden attends the Jarnagin-Van Winegarden wedding near Kellogg Prairie City.
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