A Cure for What Ails You by Roger Babson
Statistician Roger Babson declares relief from the current business depression is possible this fall by accelerating money circulation. He urges reduced overhead, better measures, increased research, and more advertising to speed up buying and revive commerce. He notes households curb spending, while the moneyed hold back, and argues advertising is a strong investment to spark demand and uplift industry. He cites radio broadcasting’s growing role and looks to future television as further progress.
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Roger Babson
Babson
R. H. Ballard
Southern California Edison Company
Los Angeles
Shall Charity Be Organized In The Coming Winter
The piece discusses looming unemployment and the expected hardship of a hard winter. It weighs whether residents should feed transients individually or support an organized plan. It urges a community meeting to establish food provisions and a fund, possibly coordinated by the city or chamber of commerce, to aid needy families this season.
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Chamber of Commerce
Community Welfare League
Marvels of the radio in the jealous age
A fragmentary note discusses radio’s reach and power in a changing era. The piece reflects on selection, singing, or preaching over airwaves and hints at the distance and influence of broadcasts within a modern society.
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Costs That Do Not Appear
Hawkeye Utilities argues the public misreads electricity costs, mixing manufacturing energy with full service expenses. It compares public perception of prices to other goods and services, noting generation, transmission, metering, billing, and overhead raise total costs beyond the raw energy price.
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Hawkeye Utilities
Public Utilities of
Iowa
This Week in Pella column playful quips and rants
A long miscellany from Pella features social quips about arguments at home, driving on the Pella Knox bridge, humorous misreadings by the writer, jokes about sun power tires and cactus in Lower Mexico, and light local gossip. It notes a rest day for Wisconsin ducks, school stickers, and road name joke proposals. It ends with cartoons of street name changes and flirtation banter.
Kitchen Mechanic Wanted for Modern Appliance Era
As electrical appliances solve housework drudgery, the new challenge is locating a skilled kitchen mechanic to operate and manage the growing array of devices. The role demands practical know how, reliability, and familiarity with early electric appliances.
Flight o Tyme Chronicles of 1910 and 1920
A brief note reflects on recurring Flight o Tyme entries in the Chronicle dated 1910 and 1920. The item highlights publication timing across two decades and notes archival continuity without detailing events or names.
Two Exclusions Stir Walnut Street Baptist Parish
From the Chronicle dated Sept 22 1910 two members were expelled from Walnut Street Baptist church Waterloo Iowa for signing a saloon petition. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Conrad De Cook John Vinton De Cook died. Bennie Gardner harvests his second strawberry crop for four years. An epidemic of infantile paralysis feared near Monroe with two children affected. A Baptist council met at Otley to ordain Rev Albert Van der Ploeg of Pella. Talk of reviving the watermelon club at Central Will.
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Chronicle
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Waterloo
Iowa
John Vinton de Cook
Conrad de Cook
William Verros
Baptist
Otley Baptist Church
Albert van der Ploeg
Pella
Bennie Gardner
Burdette Girl Injured by Power Pump Incident
A three year old girl, Burdette, daughter of Mr and Mrs R M Sargent of south of Pleasantville, was caught in a power pump and her limbs were almost torn off in the accident.
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Burdette
Ten Years Ago Processing and Local Notices
Ten years ago this week Mrs W P Fowler died from injuries after a fall on church steps where she attended a Ladies Aid meeting. A fire at Garden City Feeder works was contained before major damage. Kenneth N Byram and Marguerite Cole wed in Laverne Minnesota. Mrs Ralph Norton of the Belgian Gospel mission visited the city. Deaths included Marion Lee Vander Wilt John I year Mrs John year L H Van Houten a Central college 1908 graduate named head of vocational education at the University of Wyoming. Abraham Goemaat, 71, killed by an angry bull while guiding cattle. Grant, 63, and aged 7 are noted in the record.
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Chronicle
W. P. Fowler
Methodist
Ladies Aid Society
Garden City
Kenneth N. Byram
F. N. Byram
Marguerite Cole
S. F. Cole
Laverne
Minn
Ralph Norton
RR. Beard
Marion Lee
M. Vander Wilt
John I
John Year
L. H. van Houten
Central College
University of Wyoming
Abraham Goemaat
Grant
Unfolding Crashes and Weather on Iowa Roads in 1924
The Chronicle reports multiple 1924 incidents near Pella including two auto collisions on highway 63 west of Pella and east of town involving a Pella Produce truck and a Hudson coupe. A Delaware-like fine for Wilfred Skola results from a reckless driving incident at North Main Street. A fatality, Gerrit Snel ler, occurs at a daughter’s home, and Miss Jeanette Wilma Roose dies at 21 in Peoria. Four inches of snow reported in Wyoming.
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Larson Construction Company
Pella
Franklin and
East First Sli St
Wilfred Skola
North Main Street
What Other Editors Think Teddy's Patent Nostrum
A compilation of editorials from various papers critiquing Teddy Roosevelt’s Philippine governance approach and the administrations policy in education. It notes Oskaloosa Heralds take on Senator Wheeler and Walsh, and Wallace’s Farmer debate on Legge’s farm plans versus the Smoot Hawley tariff, arguing tariff retaliation dominates the policy debate.
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Teddy
Monroe County
Teddy Roosevelt
Philippines
Changes in fuel and politics shake old business
Notes warn that conditions can endanger firms as new fuels from corn stalks and weeds emerge. In Northwood, Ruth Hanna McCormick shifts stance on a dry ticket, pledging to vote wet if Chicago votes wet, challenging opponent Lewis. A Chicago column brands her a typical yes woman amid political wrangling.
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Oskaloosa
Times-Globe
Northwood
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Chicago
United States Senate
Congress
Lewis
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