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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
5
A reflective musing on the ease of belief versus denial urging readers to question information and seek truth. The piece cites John Burroughs and notes the responsibility of writers and speakers to avoid spreading misinformation.
Strangely humorous report from England says thirty churches across Essex Hertfordshire and Kent suffered 500 to 1000 holes in spires. Green woodpeckers blamed after decades of insect pest control with DDT left moth-eaten masonry. Experts note woodpeckers hunted woodboring worms and dormant flies, a payback for insect destruction.
A Iowa legislative preview cites rising income and gas taxes and broader sales taxes amid exemption changes. Senator Duane Dewel of Algona criticizes lawmakers as not true statesmen, while Churchill’s retirement draws praise from Eisenhower for guiding the free world through wars and leadership.
Arnold Toynbee declares Winston Churchill will not be sidelined and remains vital to national life. He notes Churchill will sit in the Commons, perhaps in a back seat, yet his identity as Winston Churchill persists regardless of location.
The UNESCO note reports Pakistan experiments seeding clouds with salt particles to trigger rainfall. Two seeded areas showed about fifty percent more rain than nearby regions, using inexpensive equipment and methods from rooftops to ground level. Dr E M Fournier d Albe notes salt seeding works in warm climates where cloud ice would not form, contrasting with dry ice approaches.
A collection of editorial notes urges good manners and brisk reading ethics, praises speed reading, and advocates removing the Oakland Mills hydroelectric dam. The piece argues the Skunk River would offer abundant fishing if the dam were removed, contrasting with costly state lake programs.
The Chronicle revisits notable events from 10, 20, 30, 40, and 60 years ago. It highlights community milestones, local personalities, and incidents reflecting the town’s history, with concise notes on dates and involved institutions.
A clipped Knoxville Journal item recalls three out of state men soliciting liquor sales to be shipped by express under the name Lone Jack. Knoxville, wary of Pella’s saloons, warned readers to watch streets between 9 and 10 pm Saturday. The column notes local reactions, temperance events, and various town news from Colfax to Des Moines.
Front page advertisement promotes Billie Ritchie the original comedian as the weekly star at Electric Palace with the serial The Master Key. Violet Mercereau and Hobart Henry headline the pictured feature She Was His Mother. City council sets wage scales for labor police and road work. Walter Damrosch and New York Symphony coming to Des Moines with 200 student seats reserved. Ottumwa special train. Supt Frush salary boost and four high school teachers reelected.
The issue notes the death of John Kuyper of Orange City with kin in Pella and mentions his era of moves to Sioux County. It covers a lecture by Professor Fitch on city beauty in Pella, a Kuyper Lumber Co ad urging Sunday School support, and a large Maxwell car promotion. It also notes local decisions about Kuyper and Dr Ayers’ practice and relocation.
A front page letter by E N Hopkins laments the death of John H Ver Steege and praises his aid to farm youths in seed corn breeding. The issue recalls Nellie Curtis inheriting a Fresno mansion valued at 200000 for an art gallery, and notes Curtis’s marriage to Frank Hamilton Short. Observations cover a Wright Iowa Lundy farm sale at 80 dollars per acre, rising postal rates, and a two cent gas tax. Community events include student singers from Pella and Central High, a meeting led by Mrs A N Vander Linden, torn traffic signs repaired, and Pella High boys preparing for meets at Valley Junction and Oskaloosa. Film notes cite Ruggles of Red Gap and Clive in India, plus local chatter on sexes. The Chronicle wins a Tows Press silver trophy for circulation methods. The City Council moves to buy high pressure boilers and water softener tanks, as Overall Factory opening nears.
Ten years ago in Joi on Central College campus students cheered a new shop opening while federal plans offered Marion County farmers crop insurance as a test to expand in 1946. The piece recounts war news including service members, injuries, and honors from Holland to Italy, with local charity drives and a plea for tolerance from Fisk University’s Dean Faulkner.
A 1935 Easter edition marked 20 years ago, a 12 page issue with an elaborate front page showing children of a choir singing in a church.
Klein's approval backed a $12,000 light plant fund proposal for a swimming project. Total votes 1,848: 693 yes 655 no. First ward opposed, 192 for. The operetta Tulip Time at the high school, with ing directing, inspired the Tulip Time festival concept for local merchants. Marion County farmers received corn-hog checks totaling $425,000 to 1,637 growers.
An Eastern paper praises a retired television comedian for good taste while readers worry about commercial influence on children. They urge TV programs to consider family impact as telecasts enter the living room and shape household life.
Quick action by neighbors saved Aaron Howard a Summer Farmer after a tractor skidded on ice and rolled into a ditch. He was trapped in icy water about 30 minutes before bystanders jacked up the machine and freed him.
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