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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
6
The item surveys Republican critique, school funding woes, and tariff reform in a reflective column. It laments a neglected high school, notes Bryan and Roosevelt shifts, and argues for freer trade, state parks, and preserving outdoor recreation for future generations.
Oska loosa Globe reprints from the Marshalltown Times-Republican an article on private land ownership and public safety. It cites Charles Lorack and his son injured by land owner Joe Cole near the Iowa River at Iowa City, urging swift justice and warning that trespass is no defense for violence. The piece argues riverside lands become closed commons as farmers close river lands to hunters for ten miles, and questions what the public should do about it.
A moral essay urging young people to uphold honesty across school and work settings. It warns against tattle culture, petty graft, and misusing funds. Emphasizes transparency, full public accounting, and avoidance of “junketing” and hidden costs to raise standards of business and social life.
Colorado amendments allow commission cities to regulate taxation locally. Pueblo plans fall ballot on raising city levies by land values only, not altering school or state taxes. The move aims to shift city tax off individual product value onto land value, per Joseph Fels Fund Bulletin excerpts urging voter education.
A letter from George J. Knapp urges Pueblo voters to adopt a single tax amendment at the November 4, 1918 election. It claims a $15.82 annual saving on city taxes for a typical schedule No. 1024 valuation, with no change to state county or school taxes. The piece argues the reform would tax vacant lots equally and shift revenue to monopolists and speculators, plus promises literature and answers to questions.
Advertisement for Dr F M Trimmer a Chicago physician promising successful treatment of cataract eye ear nose throat and lung diseases and other ailments with a special in person treatment and confidential consultation referencing Drexel State Bank of Chicago at 166 Oakwood Blvd Chicago Ills
A commentator urges not lagging behind sister states in promoting reform in justice. The reform is inevitable and cannot be prevented, with the question focusing on whether progress will be intelligent or if interests will misuse opposition to hinder it.
A period advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure cannot be found by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. It includes testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes internal action and 75 cents per bottle with drugstore sales. Mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A travel-style reflection describes Seville's Alcazar gardens and the surrounding court with casual orange trees and modest rentals. It notes a two story antecourt cottage where a student whispers through a ground floor window and references the intimate, unguarded urban life beyond the palace walls.
In a Harper's Magazine quotation, W. D. Howells recalls a scene where a lover stands outside iron bars at a shuttered window from 10 in the morning, undeterred by distance as contact is blocked. The piece notes time holds no barrier for lovemaking, whether in Spain or the United States, with moonlight ideal but sunlit days acceptable.
The Brooklyn Times reports a fisherman nickname Uncle Joe offers a humorous but curious theory of tides. He likens the sea to a person under bed clothes, slipping about as bedsheets shift, explaining the tidal motion in plain terms.
A city editor at Parkrow, not universally loved by his staff, took leave for Florida due to ill health. The newsroom rallied with a farewell testimonial on his birthday, coordinated by a copy reader who met a former reporter now seeking to contribute.
A Saturday Evening Post fragment shows a reporter offering to contribute to a funeral, while a collector mistakenly believes the flowers are for the man’s birthday. The reporter demands his dollar back as the scene unfolds with humor and confusion.
A humor item from the Boston Transcript features a groom asking to become son in law and a witty reply about finances. A pithy remark about money lost to a fortune teller and a playful misquote from Baltimore American rounds out the brief clip.
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