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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
4
The weather front spoiled the second day with heavy rain delaying track conditions and forcing postponement of racing into later in the week. Opening day drew record attendance as livestock, art hall displays, and Merchants Arcade exhibits impressed crowds.
Dr Luella Shaw of Mason City and her sister Mrs G S Fox of San Diego have been visiting old friends in Pella for a few days. They traveled to Pella with Mr and Mrs Frank Snow who are also in town.
Mrs G H Waechter departed Thursday to visit friends in Marshall town, likely traveling for social and family connections. Her trip reflects common midwest social ties and personal travel patterns of the era.
After two days of hearings on a paying controversy Judge Applegate issued a restraining order against the city, forbidding resurfacing until the merits are heard in October. The order cites a council voting mistake in Mayor’s office as the basis and urges the Bryant Asphalts case be handled to avoid entanglement. City Attorney Teter to contact Bryant officials immediately.
Herndon Sadler formerly of Pella and Huntington, W V, weds Miss Iline Thompson of Guyandotte, W V on July 16. They will reside in Huntington where Sadler has worked since moving from Pella two and a half years ago. Chronicle extends best wishes.
Poem by Chas. J. North from 1919 reflecting on afterlife themes. Verse depicts unseen voices hidden things and a journey beyond the end of the trail with imagery of nature, veil, and faith.
Quotations from the Farmers Co operative Exchange in Pella Iowa show hogs priced per hundredweight from eight to ten dollars and twenty six cents. Corn quotes are forty five cents per bushel and wheat prices are around ninety five cents per bushel with small adjustments listed.
The Attorney General states World War veterans are not exempt from poll tax and debunks a growing belief among ex servicemen that they owe no tax. He notes confusion from misreading the Civil War veterans exemption and warns against nonpayment. He cites 39th General Assembly provisions and asserts enforcement remains required.
Mrs. Jim Dorris of Bear Arkansas and her husband cooperated in home demonstration work earning from cows and chickens a total of 1200 dollars last year. They sold 458.85 dollars worth of milk 495.75 dollars butter 249.80 dollars eggs from 69 hens. The money acts as farm insurance against crop failures and showcases community leadership and morale gains from the program.
Frank Smock of 1338 Avenue A East Cedar Rapids Iowa reports twenty years of malarial fever stomach trouble and a restricted diet. After trying Tanlac he reports dramatic relief with improved appetite restful sleep renewed energy and elimination of pain and bloating following meals.
Church notes state Walter Halbert will lead the morning service at the church with no evening meeting scheduled.
A church schedule lists catechism at 9 00 a m The Mediator Described in Holland and evening services including Psalms 87 3 5 and Matt 20 30 34 The Story of Two Blind Men in English with care topics for Christians noted through the day
The Ladies Aid Society of the Reformed church at Otley held a summer picnic Thursday afternoon after moving the meeting from Wednesday due to rain.
Windbreaks planted along roads and farm divisions in the Midwest reduced wind erosion, protecting soil and crops. The gradual effects improved farming conditions across the plains as trees shielded fields from drying winds.
USDA says carefully cutting lettuce by removing two or three lower leaves and all diseased leaves lowers decay in transit. Experiments compare this method from Florida to northern markets with commercially cut lettuce.
Specialists advise field potatoes be rotated with two or more year intervals to prevent disease carryover between crops.
A short editorial note argues that true quality and honesty drive demand, not inflated rankings. It emphasizes that genuine virtue persuades thinking men and women, warning against marketing tricks that mislabel products as top.
Relatives in Pella learn Sunday death of Mrs. Peter Visser at her Bussey home on August 7. Survived by husband several children and one brother Arie Schakel of Pella. Son Gerrit noted in Pella for Central College ties and work before the war. Funeral and burial held Tuesday afternoon at Bussey.
Mrs Joe Mullenberg died at her home, 304 East Third Street, at 3 00 p m Thursday August 4 1921 aged 50 years 1 month 2 days after several months illness described as ul.
Funeral services were held at the M E church at 2:00 p m Saturday after a brief home service conducted by Rev M E Hayes. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
Acknowledgment from Joe Muilenberg and children to friends and neighbors who aided and sympathized during the bereavement and loss of their wife and mother.
We thank relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy in our great bereavement in the loss of our little daughter and sister special thanks for the beautiful flowers offered in tribute to her memory W A ROORDA AND FAMILY
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