War, politics and farming debates in Iowa issue
A reflection on military leadership and democratic values discusses General George Pase and public shock at military discipline. It critiques wartime bombings of Berlin, praises public conscience, and notes Iowa Farm Bureau actions endorsing a graduated land resale tax. It also reports Soil Conservation advances favoring shallow, surface-preserving plowing to retain moisture in semi arid regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pase
Iowa Farm Bureau
West
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Friends of the Land
Chicago
H. H. Bennett
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Nebraska
Hill Farming: Rethinking Soil Conservation Methods
The passage urges farmers to adopt mulching and shallow soil incorporation of crop residues rather than plowing. It notes centuries of hillside cultivation wasting soil moisture, warns of bankrupt soils in some regions, and calls for immediate change to preserve productive topsoil through gentler farming.
Editorial links juvenile and adult delinquency in democracy
A Rogers Park News editorial argues that juvenile delinquency stems from adult behavior. It contends children absorb bigotry, poverty, and irresponsibility from adults, and asks why parent neglect of civic and economic duties isn’t labeled adult delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rogers Park News
Chicago
Editorial Comments From Keokuk Area News Across Topics
The piece supports ditching daylight saving time nationwide, argues it is a New Deal constraint, and notes dawn and dusk drawbacks. It praises Cordell Hull for Moscow conference work and critiques farm group organizers. It also cites a Washington report on bourbon taxes, framing taxes as patriotic revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk Co
Congress
Mason Dixon
Ailys
Sigourney Review
Pella Area Storied December 1932 Marion County News
A 1932 Marion County yarn recalls Van Houweling first to crib under the corn town program with De Haan as sealer. Fire at Battle Ridge school near Pella destroys contents. Gary Van Zee reports the blaze. A new school bid is set. Chiropractors meet in Pola with Miss Louise Goodwin, and Henry Wallace advocates Corn-Hay program cuts. Teter seeks homestead tax exemption. Madrid Chalmers to address Marion County News Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Houweling
del de Haan
Marion
de Haan
Pella
Battle Ridge
Gary van Zee
Pola
L. M. Henry
Santa Claute
Harold Sack
Henry Wallace
Ed Gartners
Marn County
Teter
Vella
Bohin Chalmers
Madrid
Marion County News Union
20 Years Ago December 20 1913 Local News Summary
The Garden Cafe robbery ends with entry by Dave Verought and a stolen cash, a gold watch missing. John Wynberg purchases Farmers Produce Co from Neal Kersbergen. Eddyville Olney ties recall. Des Moines Electric Co plans a 175,000 horsepower plant and lines through Pella. Coolidge commutes WWI sentences. American Legion objects. Mort Annie Van Mox dies near Cords of her death. Wheelock faces bank assets loss and suicide. Pella plans electric line to Hou ix ell deemed costly. road paving and new high school urged. Puritan Drug award goes to Karl Ver Stees for Central College team. Pearl Phillips runner-up. Pella Creamery asset sale to W F Paradise moves plant to Clarendon Arkansas. John Hamilton seeks aid for Chicago’s Enterprise Institute and loses over $500. Deer seen near Des Moines River island. Alfred Wormhoudt transfers to Chicago. Donald Mair becomes night…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Electric Co
Pella
Des Moines
Calvin Coolidge
American Legion
Wheelock
Heeren
Anna Crum
Des Moine
Corsner
Pella Commercial Association
Hoxell
Howell
Karl Ver Stees
Puritan Drug Co
John Heerema
Neal Koster
Alfred Wormhoudt
St. Louis
Chicago
Donald’ Mair
Portraits of Local Figures and School News in Pella
Notes on a banquet for ex‑war inmates, memorials for Cornelius Spruit, and a tribute to Dr. Jewett. Central College events include George Fewett speaking at the chapel, Stubenrauch learning of Spruit’s death, and pension ties to the Deaf school. Also announced are free meat for cash and a $1,000 prize program by the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs for student histories. The Christmas issue appears scarce, printed in green ink.
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Pella
Centra Colle
M. Cox
al Scutest
Georie Ramsey
Aviv Bolan
Georgia Chalfont
Main
Franklin Streets
George Fewett
Tel Moi
Central College Chapel
Red Rock
Iowa
Oregon Trail
California
Jewett
Jil Stubenrauch
Cornelius Spruit
Stubenrauch
State School For the
Council Blut
Lown
Ilinois Pella
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Musings of the Town Crier Quiz and Christmas notes
December 6 Kris I Day and Black Pete lore mix with Santa like daybreak. Pupils, neighbors share cookies and pies, while a local teacher jokes about brains and butcher stories. William Wing showcased as a versatile painter amid town chatter.
Informal Dispatch From Fowler Exchange Crew Return
Operator at Fowler Telephone Exchange Merman Van Zante and Wet Vanden Bene returned from an area where they hauled bene to teak after affairs at the canin branch of the Garden Cis Feeder Vo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler Telephone
Exchansre
Merman van Zante
Wet Vanden Bene
An Ada
Bene
Canin Vranch
Garden
42 Years Ago Devret Notes From Old Bound Volume
Rec ord closes the year 1801 from a bound volume loaned by the State Historical Department. Items include Sunny County bond votes for a new courthouse, Orange City as county seat, Sacient of the Pahaska Tribe, and minor posts filled by local figures. Des Moines River ice and a Des Moines Daily News price in Java listed. New Year Eve party invites, property purchases on Liberty Street, and smallpox cases at Coal Ridge are noted along with a Wormhoudt family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
State Historical Department
Sunny County
Orange City
Anne Vander Meise
Redmen
Will Allen
C. C. Croll
Gregorie
Sagamiores
Ch. Porter
A. W. de Bruyn
John Reuvers
Lake Prairie District
Stout
The
Fair Association
Dacob de Ronde
Mardscrabble
Des Moines
Des Moines Daily News
Java
Amquerade
el Cook
Talbert
Liberty Street
Seattle
Wart Benjamin
Coal Ridge
W. J. Dickey
Getty
Wormhoudt
Pella Holiday Visitors and Local News Report
Des Moines residents Ed Kraide Hier and John Lautenbach visited Pella during holidays. Frank LeCocq and family moved to South Main Street. A fire damage rumor arose from a large broken building, with a large move to the city. Death of Baldwin Vos, cancer at home, market prices listed. John Pos of Sully Implement Co. spent holidays in Pella. The Chronie issue 1402 Souvenir announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Wormbhendlt
Clark of
Newton
Wirmhendt Hone
Ed Kraide Hier
John Lautenbach
Pella
Des Moine
Frank LeCocq
South Main Street
Dicke
Eganville
Johnson Sear Sully
Ala
Onesch
Hiss
F. Johnson
Bart Steveman
Franklin Street
Beran Ti
Nik Brand Sett
Vander
Thve Brothers
Baldwin Vos
Sind Eise
Lille
John Pos
Sully Implement Co
Backing the Attack with WAI BONDS and War 1 Ads
WAI BONDS supporters rally behind war effort as ads urge funding through bonds. Campaign materials highlight national security, economic mobilization, and public duty, urging citizens to purchase bonds to finance military operations and sustain wartime needs.
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WAI
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War Department
Cordell Hull
Russia
China
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Bill Henry
Washington
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Fliteo
Tyme
Tal- Dave Verought
John Wynberg
Neal Kersbergen
Farmers Produce
Eddyville
Olley
Mortanie van Mox
Taylor
Cords
Pete Kuyper
Kris
Black Pete
Christos
Oth
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Mary Tayor Liggett
Pearl van Gorp
Dorothy Bean
Margaret Lubbers
Elizabeth Pictenpol
Queene Cox
Joe Smore
John Tilma
Edith Gazel
Edith ‘Thompson
Ryn Vander Ploeg
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Vern Carpenter
Grace Vander Zyl
William Wing
Tenn
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Liberty Streets
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Nellie D
Wer
H. H. Fliat Street Zone
J. J. Sybenga
M.D
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Vander Linden
Sully
P.O
Dieleman
Lowa
de Penning's Gamble
Lynnville
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
Equitable Life of
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Golden Raleighs
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Box
Louisville
Kentucky
UNION
Hildegarde
Elmer Hartgraves
G. H. Ballenger van der Linden Drug Dan Meulpolder Verought Service
R. E. Postma
George Cummings, Jr
W. P. Koopman
Carpenter
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