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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
9
The Chronicle is praised as a community force with broad coverage and strong features. It highlights readers trust, farm tips, The Inquiring Reporter, local humor, national letters, and regional items, while stressing professional printing, advertising value, and reader loyalty.
A reflection on life as a game of wins and losses, urging courage to take chances and invest in how we play. It cites sports and work as arenas where measuring victory is not just outcomes but integrity and faithfulness to duties. The piece warns against chasing worldly gain at the expense of the soul and recalls the biblical reward for faithful service.
A speech by Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur argues rural and small-town life offers better opportunities for children than mass urban living. He contends urban environments breed poor conditions and limited chances for boys and girls, urging families to consider moving away from cities to provide a healthier upbringing.
In bygone days visitors were received in the front parlor or the sitting room for intimate chats. Friends called rarely, and conversations filled hours with topics from the tariff to the baby's illness, spoken loudly as people lived apart then.
A humorous tale recalls a long-absent South character returning home. The family jokes about Mr Jimmy's growth and a stout figure, noting a protruding stomach suited for showing off a gold watch chain.
A fragmented reminiscence on conversation, media fatigue, and social disconnect. It laments radio and film replacing engaging talk, recalls Dutch town chatter about neighborliness, and weaves in quick, witty ruminations and riddle-like quips about life, language, and common sense.
This column records light local humor from Pella residents. Jests on shops, family life, language barriers, a dog-like bark by a traveling salesman, and playful asides about doctors, weather, and social scenes. The piece weaves anecdotes about neighbors, church groups, and town characters with wry observations on daily life.
A summary of local society items from March 30 1910 notes a reception for Mrs Hiamn at Mrs Martha Laurel home a Laurel band scene Walter Johnson visits from Osage to invite Walter Fowler to Thomas roadster births marriages and anniversaries including Mr and Mrs John Denberger 50th wedding anniversary and a Jersey cattle sale by M Kaldenberg.
Central college glee club directed by Prof Sadler leaves for a two week tour through South Dakota and Illinois. E Hollebrands of Federal Life Insurance wins a free trip to Los Angeles for top business. Weddings include Hackett Van Zee, Van Baale Hoogenakker. Deaths: Henry Verhey 67, Junella De Jong 2, B Pellikaan 80. Will Van Heemert visits Eddyville. Mrs Carl Aschenbrenner goes to Iowa City for son Zae Aschenbrener’s medical school graduation. P Klein and Dan Meulpolder buy the Central Park cafe building.
A roundup of editorial opinions from Albia Union-Republican Northwood Anchor Knoxville Journal laser County Record Sumner Gazette Toledo Chronicle Milford Mail Chariton Leader and Oskaloosa Herald. Pieces urge party discipline, warn against factionalism, advocate county manager systems, reflect on acquittals and governance, and note rising gasoline taxes in 1920 21 and 1929 with facts from officials and papers.
This week in 1929 reports Vansous found dead in his rooms near Main and Franklin. Kuyper Lumber Co displays fir tree parts. Henry Brom named night marshal after Levi Carter. W A Young of Burbank reports Rev John C Kendrick death in California. Miss Helen Brooks, a popular schoolteacher, dies at 123 Broad from typhoid fever. Woodrow Co doubles factory force, adding day and night shifts. Nelis De Reus dies at 88 after extended illness. Work on the Pella Knoxville bridge slated to begin when conditions permit.
Advice on dehorning castration and fly protection in cattle, cool weather wounds, Sudan grass as a sailing crop with high yield, sowing intervals for sows, hominy as dairy feed, Bordeaux mixture storage, copper sulfate lime preparations, keeping chickens away from turkeys to prevent gape, worms in turkeys, chick susceptibility, and using sheep poultry and pigeon manures as strong but sparing garden fertilizers.
The text covers feeding sows during nursing with barley as a main feed and supplements, gradual feed changes, and a simple mineral mix. It discusses poultry house manure management, safe spraying practices for yard trees, and recommends durable hand dusters for spraying with a 4-foot rod and 15 feet of crese, noting metal dusters should resist corrosion and be practical for the task.
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