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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
6
City educators prepare to open schools in a hot dry spell, noting summer fatigue among students. Postponed opening dates have yielded positive effects, with hope for cooler weather to ease bill payments. The piece stresses faith in the younger generation to improve outcomes.
Discussion on slow recovery for local businesses amid high unemployment a year ago. Emphasizes cautious optimism, urging resilience and belief that better days will return. Notes unemployment remains critical but shows improvement and calls for a stiff upper lip and perseverance.
JP notes surprising change in dental care over 25 years. He recalls limited attention in youth and credits school education for improving habits. He says early instruction will help children form brushing routines, preventing decay and costly problems for families.
A conscientious worker earns trust by showing genuine interest in quality work beyond hours and pay. Such dedication aligns with promotion prospects and personal satisfaction, even if not celebrated in fame, yielding fair compensation and rest at night.
An NC preacher allowed a rattlesnake to bite him, his arm and tongue swelled but he escaped lasting harm. The piece questions risking danger for faith unless others benefit, noting the congregation was impressed yet warns against similar risks.
In hot summers the call is for better ventilation and electric fans in churches to reach comfort levels found in other buildings. The expense is noted as a hurdle, but the point is that religious spaces should maximize physical comfort for worshippers.
The author warns that reliance on machine age routines makes people perform tasks mechanically. From lineotype to churchgoing, copying others dulls the joy of service. Restoring the spirit with the task is urged.
Varying groups in the county prepare for the fall election as old ideas waver. The period is one of transition with experiments in social and economic policy likely to give rise to new party names and ideologies.
A renowned Dutch bacteriologist and university professor visiting Iowa State College for special work stayed in Pella on a Muscatine plot trip. He described Americans as always on the move riding with the wind, smoking quickly, and moving on, noting youthful restlessness.
The piece reflects on changing thrills from buggy rides behind spirited horses to Tin Lizzie crank starts and fast cars. It notes how speed has driven people to seek ever greater thrills, suggesting later that after many thrills, excitement may fade as speeds rise beyond imagination.
The author argues that personal experience with tobacco and alcohol shapes judgment. Those who abstain sympathize less with users, while those who have fallen into such habits understand their own struggles. The piece contends a wiser stance comes from having faced the bitterness of vice.
Editorial roundups from Monroe Mirror Chariton Leader and Indianola Record discuss ethics in Iowa politics and editorial practices. The Monroe Mirror recalls Kraschel as honest after a DA case dismissal while Chariton critiques enforcement and monopoly cautions. Indianola laments editorial debt and tokenism alongside clipped comment trends.
Washington News Letter argues that population growth will turn negative by 1945 as deaths outpace births. It suggests federal prizes for larger families, akin to France and Italy, due to immigration restrictions and a shrinking domestic birthrate. The piece warns administrators fear a future lacking taxpayers amid declining family sizes.
In this week’s Pella item, local witticisms touch on social life, weather quips, and small town chatter. Notes include jokes about a dentist, a bride’s party, a banker, and the editor’s playful anecdotes about daily life and local characters.
The fragment discusses attitudes toward women's reputation and modest dress, describes early bathing outfits as full body coverings, and notes social expectations of silence and propriety. It mentions rail fare costs and general reading at home, suggesting a window into past daily life and norms.
E V Good presents Hosea as a prophet of love amid Jeroboam II era. The lesson outlines Care Compassion and Cure, contrasting God’s chosen weakness with worldly power, urging repentance through Christ’s cross and John 3 16. It emphasizes God’s universal offer of salvation and the healing of sinners.
A nostalgic set of reflections on the Chronicle's lineage from the Pella Blade, noting the 70th year, founders Henry G Curtis and James H Betzer, and the shift from Republican to Democrat alignment. The author recalls leaving Pella in 1873, the railroad boom, and questions about continuity between era volume numbers and local newspaper history.
The writer traces Pella’s early newspapers from the Pella Gazette of 1855 to later titles like Weekblad Chronicle and Booster Press, noting ownership shifts such as Neyenesch selling the Blade and Weekblad in 1903 and Sacier buying the Chronicle in 1905. He also recalls personal memories of schooling, printing, and local figures, while acknowledging confusion in the historical record and requesting access to Booster Press files for clarity.
A fragment reflecting a narrator who emphasizes freedom to write as they feel, tolerating typographical errors, spelling mistakes, and ungrammatical phrasing, embracing a casual, self constrained approach to expression. The passage centers on autonomy over linguistic accuracy.
A column from August 27 1914 notes I B Renaud departing from France for the United States. Deaths include Mrs E C Renaud 55 Marinus Bouma 88 and Leslie Hugh Sadler 36 the latter brother of H and W W Sadler in Omaha Neb. L D Schakel led the Garden City Feeder Works exhibit at the state fair Mrs J C Boot near Pella operated for appendicitis Ray Bousquet came from Lead SD to recover from an appendicitis operation three weeks prior John De Bruin northeast of town lost a valuable horse to a wire injury Main street lamp posts deemed at risk from autos Albert Wichart s daughter had adenoids and tonsils removed Melissa Durham left for Fairbault Minn for illness of her son Fred who died later at age 45 Miss Bess Bousquet formerly teaching at Charles City was elected to Burlington High School Latin and German dept Paul Zylstra went to Des Moines to bring home daughter Bertha from hospital after appendicitis Mrs C F Sadler was treated for a thumb infection Henry Dieleman returned from Des Moines hospital after an appendicitis operation.
The August 25 1904 item highlights Katie Schakel’s sunrise party at her home, a sensational divorce case involving Rev M L Everett in Keosauqua, farm trades in New Sharon, a Peoria to Pella marriage license for Alva Fleming and Ella Slycord, a crystal wedding anniversary hosted by Mrs E J Fansen, and visits and relocations of local figures including Dr Will Rhynsburger and Charles Porter.
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