Thought of the Week and a New Atomic Era
This item blends reflections on Bert Hoover's birthday address praising American opportunity with a longer feature on a forthcoming atomic fission power plant at Brookhaven. It highlights American goodwill abroad, the value of honesty and citizenship, and the promise and challenges of harnessing atomic energy for peaceful power generation.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
New York
Pella
Lyle Borst
Parking Meters and Polio Debate Traced Across Cities
The piece argues meters are accepted where law enforcement is courteous and notes Grand Prairie and Dallas programs using five cent meters with welcome cards to deter overtime parking. It also critiques mixed public opinion on Sister Kenny’s polio treatment versus orthodox methods, citing a New York conference and fundraising bodies, warning against closed minds amid a nationwide fight against polio.
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Grand Prairie
Port Worth
Dallas
Chiamaber of Commerce
Iowa
California
North Carolina
Vaboth Kenny
New York
Kenny
National Foundation For Infantile Paris
March of Dimes
Miss Kenny
Sister Kenny
Editorial roundups on postwar policy and comics code
Washington Evening Journal warns leaders who caused the war would strike again if given chance urging world organization. Oskaloosa Herald notes three fourths of American families keep money in banks or government bonds awaiting purchases. Eldora Herald-Ledger voices support for a comics code while condemning excessive comic reading by youths. Sigourney Review warns steel price rises threaten general prices and employment, urging Congress action to maintain jobs and pay war debt, cautioning against Communist advances.
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Washington Evenings Journal
Holding Savings
Oskaloosa Herald
Treasury Department
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
Piper
Sigourney Review
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Our Democracy A Salute To Teachers In Schools
As school opens a salute to teachers and parents. The message honors men and women as a whole and highlights learning as preparation for future roles in America’s progress. Parents are urged to provide every opportunity for children to have fuller and more useful lives.
Car collision injures crew. farm for sale at 56 per acre
Flite O'Tyme Pella veers into a street ditch. rear springs break. Matthew Carr farm near Cordova, 120 acres, listed at 56 dollars per acre, with cash price sought after a land swap. Nebraska Indians performed baseball in Oskaloosa, drawing wary reactions from spectators amid show operations led by Dykstra and Kaldenberg. Nan ooseliik and Margaret sen joined them, while Frank E. Baer of Richmond toured his people in Pella as a Meyer Cigar Co salesman.
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Thessrs. C
Front page highlights of 1908 Pella and New York arrivals
The Kansas City Star clipping notes Holland family Branderhorst led by William M Branderhorst arriving in New York en route to Pella to start farming with hopes of better opportunities. The piece mentions high school seniors at A N Kuyper home and a town orchestra, a Y M and Y W welcome for new students at Central College, and a reception with readings by Leona Reuvers and Miss Hamilton. Central College enrollment hits 260. church and civic life reflect local talent and politics with John T Clarkson’s U S Senate candidacy and fervent interest in Bryan or Taft garments.
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Kansas City
New York
Holland
William M. Brander
Horst
Pella
Branderhorst
Theodore Roosevelt
Beieve
America
A. N
Y. M
Y. W
Central College
Bert Baron
Alfred Trewery
Morris Nies
Henry Vanden Oever
Roswell
New Mexico
The
Chronicle
Simon Vander Zyl
Colorado
Fannie
Ver Steeg Brothers
G. B. Ver Steeg
Charley P. Dykstra
Arie
Nick Ver Steeg
G. B
J. E. Cornelius
South Pol- Ia
Pella Overall Company
Bryan
Taft
A. J. Kuyper
South
County Agent Urges Calf Rearing and War News Highlight 1918
Thirty years ago this week farm youth were urged to feed a calf ten months to win prizes from the Iowa Baby Beef Producers in Ames. The issue lists missing-in-action soldiers including Frank Simonse and notes letters from overseas, including efforts to locate Rus Van Zante. It covers draft guidance, the Price Interpreting Committee chaired by R. R. Beard, and local incidents from Des Moines fires to whiskey seizures at Charley Welch’s home, plus updates on Camp Dodge, war work, and returning soldiers.
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C. W. Bond
Iowa
Frank Simonse
Frank
H. M. Bruins
Pella
D.bruins
John N. Vander Linden
John
Rus van Zante
Billy Young
Chronicle
Gamp Dodge
Lyman van Houten
Lou ‘Thomassen
Mr Kooper
Carl Ver Steex
Ralph Grundman
van Houten
R. R. Beard
Henry F. Johnson
Beard
F. C. Warner
Nathan Firth
J. Blommers
Ben Kuyk
Charley Welch
Des Moines
Charley
Order of Owls
Camp Dodge
Geraldine Aschenbrenner
New York
Rube Brand
20 Years Ago in Pella Iowa News Highlights
A 1928 slice recalls Martin De Jong’s stroke and infantile paralysis fears, the Vander Lindens becoming Maytag estate superintendents, a new store sale near Percy, and a fire truck bid. Iowa events include Oranje City College opening with 22 students, Central States Electric laying gas mains, and a Band issue address by Fred White in Tagion Hall.
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Clarence Vander Linden
Fred. Ls Mayfair
Newton
Maytag
Neva
Wisconsin
Percy
Pella
Polly
Tan
Central States Electric Company
Knoxville
Ralphayes
Pella Motor Company
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Burlington
Towa
Martin Vander Heiden
Oskaloosa
Manhattan Oil Company
Paul Synhorst
Ross Synhorst
West Palm Beach
Florida
Bess
Sousa
Drake University
Fred White
Iowa Highway Commission
Tagion Hall
Minstrel Show Plans Highlight Pella Youth Activities
Ten years ago in Pella September 22 1938 students and clubs prepared a minstrel show with Grundman Black Dekker and Wormhoudt expected to perform. Gerald Vande Berg a Sioux County student quit school. Junior Chamber promoted the event. high school Juniors to present The Whole Towns Talking directed by Maurice Bird. Central College enrollment topped 300 with a record freshman class. Harry Tysseling joined Dick Den Adel's store after two years at Sybenga's Bakery. Forty thousand cases of tomatoes canned locally.
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Pella
Grundman
Black
Dekker
Wormhoudt
Gerald Vande Berg
Sioux County
Maurice Birdsall
Central College
Harry Tysseling
Dick den Adel
Sybenga’s
Hoover addresses West Branch on dignity and American spirit
Former President Herbert Hoover returns to his birth state West Branch to celebrate his birthday and to emphasize a higher meaning of America beyond power, wealth, and expansion. He argues true American dignity rests in moral and spiritual qualities of free people, not mere material achievement.
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America
Sons of Man
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
West Branch
Bert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Towa
Europe
Grimes plant notes partial crop failure and county sports update
A. M. Sels, manager, says Grimes plant yields about 80 percent of normal due to partial crop failure. Coach s Little Dutch football rescheduled to play Indianola after a loss to Knoxville 27 to 0. Six 4 H club projects pictured with a story by M. M. Dockendorff. Baby heeves shown by Glen and Eugene Van Zee and others. Pigs shown by Lester Vanderden, James Huyser, Mark De Prenger. Unemployment and building remodeling at standstill. Philco cabinet radio offered for sale by James Van Dusseldorp. Junior Legion Auxiliary wins Esther Thompson trophy for community service.
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Den
James Huyser
Mark de Prenger
Philco
James van Dusseldorp
Junior Legion Auxiliary
Esther Thompson
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Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
WANS
H. H. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Dy Sadler Publishing Co
Fontofice
Town
J. O. Christianson
Agricultural Department of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
Vanden Baard
Ayden
Denma Holland
England
Sweden
Germany
Christianson
Gone
Congress and Prices
Martin de Jong
Martin
Albia_ Union-Republican
Louis van der Streek
Dick Leydens Station
Coronado
Briggs & Stratton
Durant
Louis Vander Streek
Herman Vander Streek
Ford
Fort
Ulrich Motor Company
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