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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1933
Page
4
Five citizens share optimism about President Roosevelts leadership and the nations economic outlook. Ed Van Gorp, G J Vander Beek, John F Dykstra, Pete Vander Sluis, and Henry Vander Voort credit he clarity of messages, action, and renewed confidence.
The Cardoan mine near Glasgow reports 11 dead after gas explosions. John Sharp, burned and shocked, recalls no immediate pain as his mouth filled with coal dust. Experts note that mental shock can suppress pain, with similar accounts from hunters, parachutists, and wounded soldiers.
The first baseball game of the season for the high school will be played with North High at Des Moines on the fourteenth. The operetta will be presented by the combined glee clubs under Miss Tysseling on April 21. Junior high declamatory contests coached by college students under Miss Bailey will be held April 11 and 12 at the college chapel at 4 o'clock. China Had Paper First In 100 A. D. notes the early invention and spread of paper from China to Central Asia to Europe, arriving 1,000 years later. Long tailed coats are less popular but handy for those who talk too long.
An Arkansas billman near Hog Scald owed a $24,000 mortgage. He brought a bucket of coins to the bank, but it contained only $17,500. He exclaimed that he had picked the wrong bucket.
A long polemic describes lies as a universal monster corrupting society from New York to San Francisco. It paints lies as immortal, immune to fire or time, attacking virtue and hindering progress. The proposed cure is for the attacked to stay actively engaged in meaningful, constructive work to improve others.
A young woman visits the studio of a renowned artist Ruskin. She spills ink on a cherished handkerchief given to her, fearing ruin. The artist smiles and works a transformation, restoring the piece and imparting a message of hope and renewal as the year begins.
Quotations from the Farmers Co operative Enchance Pella Iowa list grain and livestock prices. Wheat 30c oats corn dairy eggs and various fowl weights and hog delivery price noted with ranges and terms in trade and cash.
A mixed page item lists a 1929 Ford Truck for sale from White Way Auto Co, plus cabbage plants at 5 cents per dozen from Henry Brouwer, and multiple poultry and egg quotations from Farmers Union Marketing Association and John Wynberg of Pella Ia. Also mentions Lucas White House paint at set prices and a week long paper hanging special from Harold Sack with six pattern choices and room size restrictions.
The article notes Mr. and Mrs. N L Vander Linden living in Pella for 55 years of married life. It mentions their purchases, farm talk, and visits from friends. praises the Chronicle and Rev M Stein kamp article, and describes a hospitality scene with rye bread cookies and coffee.
A reflective meditation on how God speaks to the soul through inner voice and conscience. It cites Theodore Parker's childhood instinct to refrain from harm as a glimpse of divine guidance, then urges listening to that voice to escape shallowness and find direction, grace, and strength in fellowship with the eternal. The piece evokes Archbishop Trench to illustrate transformative moments in presence.
A collage of vintage ad bits and dialogue lines features a salesman touting a comb and lamp deals, a salon quip about a girl named Mateners, and other quirky lines. It also includes references to electric money, scrip, stamps, a Frigidaire installation offer, and a lawyer asking about car control with a husband in the rear seat.
The passage questions why one would feel weak or troubled, noting that faith brings prayer, joy, strength, and courage. It frames endurance as a shared spiritual state, urging steadfastness and reliance on divine support rather than personal frailty.
Article lists practical extra uses for a tea wagon such as carrying kitchen items during meals, moving supplies for window washing, providing a mending table, and holding cleaning supplies during chores. It also weaves in brief quotes and notes on a piano, tax payment reminders, and an advert for 500 sheets of yellow second sheets at 40 cents.
A humorous dialogue unfolds with a husband seeking a butcher knife and a wife retorting to tidy the kitchen. A sufferer laments towels and soap while the landlady critiques language. A money collector pun and a butter vs. best exchange wrap a scene of domestic and market quirks with a final joke about missing people who owe money.
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