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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
1
In Massachusetts voters show cautious support for Lodge with his renomination seen as a reaction to regional views. The scene hints at ongoing political dynamics and voter sentiment shaping the race.
A curious remark questions why Brookhart speaks for a "mothers' bloc" and notes he did not strongly engage the mothers of Pella, suggesting limited impact or support there. The comment hints at a political dynamic and local reaction without detailing broader effects or concrete support.
Brookhart stated he would call for Cummins resignation if elected, a claim that drew sharp reactions from Cummins supporters and sparked political tension among friends of Cummins.
The text asks readers to consider why interested parties favor high tariffs. It states the sole reason is to allow higher pricing, questioning whether one is buying or selling “protected” goods.
The piece notes Maine leaning Republican while Michigan and Massachusetts vote for standpatters. It suggests some voters still favor Harding and difficult times, implying two more years of such leadership will satisfy them.
The party splits over a tariff bill as Congress must pass it or risk losing credit with campaign financiers. Although it may pass, experts warn this could be the last tariff of its kind and condemn tariffs as an abomination.
The speaker notes that not every moment yields peak prices or perfect timing. Those who saved during favorable periods avoided later distress, while others who spent freely now complain. The message emphasizes prudent conservation to withstand future economic downturns.
It is not many years since pro fanity on the streets of Pella was an unusual thing. It now appears to be the accepted thing as law enforcement officers stand complacently by and allow the vilest language to be yelled so it can be heard a city block.
The passage argues that strikers erred by placing loyalty to unions and voluntary groups above government, reflecting Soviet Russia ideals. It claims this stance, if carried to its logical end, would amount to revolution and cost strikers public respect and sympathy.
Report notes no visitor faced complaints about reception or courtesy. Locals aimed for a good time and the Hi Y and Boy Scout training are credited with encouraging thoughtfulness among youngsters during the event.
Readers are invited to write letters on any question of interest. Letters help public discourse and allow writers to share opinions. If anonymity is requested, provide a name for responsibility. We welcome voices opposing our views as well as supporting ones.
The passage condemns propagandists attempting to influence children in public schools with un-American sectarian ideas. It notes critics who once denounced public schools as Godless now push a harmful agenda to undermine the values that made the country free and great.
The text stresses the need for utmost watchfulness in electing school boards and in the hiring of teachers, urging careful oversight by communities to safeguard educational standards and governance.
The piece argues many endure adversity but fail when given civilian power. It notes privately capable soldiers falter with commissions, misplacing blame on others for disagreeable tasks. Hard knocks correct such faults, though some are ruined. in democracy, milder cases offer hope.
The author argues Havner and coal operators win the dispute keeping coal prices high despite the governor’s remarks. They claim strikes are public harm, justify making strikes unlawful, and push for reemployment bans after strikes to prevent recurrence. The piece frames economic conditions and landlord power as barriers to access the essentials of life.
The author argues strikes harmed the public and shifted coal mine losses onto consumers. Officials failed to safeguard workers, while railways gain from the Cummins act. Strikers gained little prestige and left the public unfriendly, urging unionism to prove its value to both workers and the public.
A report lauds a gas used to drive burglars from an office safe in Oskaloosa last week. The author suggests refining odorless, nonviolent variants to render thieves unconscious, protect valuables, and allow owners to capture them.
A constitutionalist notes that while the summer strikes by coal miners and railway shop workers ended, the unions aimed for nationwide action and class conflict. Public officials failed to enforce law, yet economic forces prevailed as miners and shopmen settled with separate employers, undermining their initial policy amid state and federal impotence. Hunger supplants constitutional government in the conclusion.
The message notes that the Soviets the strikers attempted to set up were not established as a functional body. Constitutional government remains in place, though neither the state nor national administrations deserve credit for it.
A Vienna postcard from Samuel Spitz & Sons notes poverty in the Austrian capital and shows 200 kronen postage, illustrating currency depreciation since the war. The writer argues war imposes high costs on both victors and vanquished, with lasting suffering for Austria for decades.
The Chariton Leader recounts Pella’s seventy five year anniversary with Dutch heritage notes and a joke about not wearing wooden shoes. It also covers Mahaska county farmer Elsworth Richardson urging farms to be homes with profits and refinements, praising wild shrubs and woodland trees for yard beauty and wild fruit flourishing under civilized farming.
A collage of verse and gossip pieces quotes from campus and local notes. It blends a University Herald lyric about a cherished auto with snippets from the Columbia Record and Knoxville Express about weather, celebrations, pranks, and social scenes.
In southern Arizona the wild rubber plant grows abundantly and could be cultivated commercially if present experiments prove that a marketable crude rubber can be extracted.
A 1922 travel note explains how Americans fare in Europe with strong dollars and English as a common language. It covers money use, tipping errors, accommodation costs in Germany Switzerland Italy France and England, train services and class differences, and general travel attitudes for American visitors.
An account of European travel in 1921 notes de alcoholized beer in Europe, pleasant ocean passages, and a rough North Sea crossing in June. The author praises large liners like the White Star Line Olympic, detailing its size, power, and steadiness amid waves. The voyage from France to New York lasted six days, ending with sight of the Statue of Liberty and a night in the Hudson.
Market quotes from Pella Iowa show hogs priced by ewt from six seventy to eight seventy dollars. Corn at forty eight cents per bushel Wheat ranges three to eighty five cents. Oats at twenty eight cents. Cream quotations include heavy hens light hens springs ducks and geese with hides and furred articles listed.
A noisy nocturnal pest disrupts the neighborhood with a loud mower waking residents at four in the morning. The complaint questions why the mower cannot operate at a civilized hour and how the disturbance unsettles blocks around.
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