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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1930
Page
8
In discussion notes from a Pella meeting, advocates say busy city schools miss home influence. A formal Parent-Teacher Association would improve understanding between parents and teachers, address student needs, and strengthen community education through closer contact. Similar groups exist in smaller towns and prove beneficial.
A reflective piece on medical and technological progress, noting shifts from fatal appendicitis to routine surgery, advances in cancer therapy, and how innovations like long distance communication and television have transformed life. It ponders humankind’s reach and limits, urging awe at ongoing scientific growth.
A reflection from the Albia Union Republican on Armistice Day noting that hundreds of now-grown youths were dismissed from school after noon and largely ignorant of the 1918 Armistice when hostilities ceased and the supposed barbaric slaughter ended. The piece recalls those too young to remember and contemplates the war’s legacy.
A reader letter argues World War I yielded no lasting benefits, calling it a needless slaughter and blaming European greed. It praises the United States for fighting to make the world safe for democracy while condemning imperialism, profiteering, and the idea that might makes right.
The piece argues state by state control over alcohol laws mirrors Civil War battles over union and state sovereignty. It cites Lincoln on a nation not half slave and half free, warns against a half wet half dry nation, and notes pre 18th Amendment prohibition majorities plus shifts after woman suffrage, suggesting current momentum favors a national approach.
The speaker argues the Eighteenth Amendment will not be repealed and only amended or left to the states for ratification. He notes prohibition remains supported by voters in industrial centers with large foreign populations who have seen the misery of saloon days and insist the law stay.
A South Carolina mill tale illustrates that knowing how to do things matters more than the act itself. The piece argues life’s primary need is proper living, requiring schooling in character and experience to make the most of opportunities, and that spiritual ends separate from ordinary worldly skills.
A batch of editorials weigh the elections results as revolt against Hoover protest prohibition tariff or business mood. Some call it a mix of issues while others label coalition politics and welfare measures shaping cross party cooperation. Americans weigh motives amid a shifting political landscape.
An ex miner runs a Reno hotel with a cigar stand. A traveling man who sold him cigars asks for a thousand more Madero cigars and asks who is this Clara Madero intruding on the family business. The ex miner denounces all relatives and vows loyalty to old man Madero.
A newspaper notes advertising from Centerville Chariton and Ottumwa as it announces a new Sunday entertainment service. A check shows several hundred Albia and Monroe County residents already travel to these cities weekly for Sunday shows, now offered locally for their benefit.
An OsKaloosa Times-Globe summary notes about 30,000 yearly auto deaths, 100,000 fatalities from accidents, exceeding Civil War Union losses. Collier's Weekly cites a national tendency to confuse recklessness with courage and urges a broad crusade for heightened caution.
Knoxville Express critiques Iowa tax policy, arguing a hired commission seeks new taxes and broader bases to burden property already overtaxed. The rail against government spending escalates as critics say fiscal restraint is needed.
The Sigourney Review notes a Cedar Rapids labor union resolution asking employers not to hire married women if their husbands have jobs. The paper calls it a practical stance in unemployment times, arguing one head of the family should suffice to keep the wolf from the door.
Jasper County Record questions Capone’s income and the need for income tax actions noting his illegitimate income. Knoxville Journal seeks an honest opponent of the income tax to explain why it cannot be a replacement tax and questions the assertion that it does not replace the direct levy.
Ira N. Curtis shares wry anecdotes from Pella ranging from lawn duty and corn remedies to politics and small town mischief. References include Arthur Wagner, Dr Aschenbrenner, Frank De Wit, Henry Vande Voort, Jake Sterrenberg, Hoover era jabs, and local figures like Otto Mathes and Karl Vander Meiden, all delivered in a playful, chatty tone with casual gibes about vendors, elections, and everyday life.
A humorous column catalogues social friction and generational shifts with satirical quips. It lampoons graduates, mail carriers, cash culture, and polite cynicism, pairing old-time reminiscences with wry modern commentary about money, manners, and gender. It closes with pithy maxims on appearances and age.
This Week In 1929 notes a merger announcement between Sears Roebuck and Co and J C Penney. Eggs pricing shifted as merchants avoided egg purchases to keep a field open for production houses. William Bosch begins duties at Wilson Jewelry. Dr S L Nettinga preached at Western Theological Seminary. Farmers Cooperative Exchange shipped 13 carloads of hogs and cattle. Another Rosseroe n patent was issued to H J Dixon of the local plant.
Ten years ago a Chronicle item notes the American Legion organized a choral club led by Tudor Kempkes, marking a cultural initiative within the post. The brief record highlights community activity and veteran group engagement during December 1920.
Mr and Mrs H Jaarsma celebrate the 25th anniversary. Weddings reported include Harry Van Niewendorp with Harriet Van Zee Arnold Schippers with Lena Steeple Lewis Van Roekel with Margaret Van Ommen Leon Rus with Elizabeth Van Steenwyk. De Jong Floral House opened with 600 to 700 attendees. J A Van Klootwyk sails for San Francisco to re enlist in the Navy. A dog fight between Daisy Welles Bobby and Sid Poland s Tramp drew a large crowd on page 1. Death notices for Mrs E C Van Zee Albert Keuning Mrs Albert Van Donselaar Mrs Edith Warren Kinkaid Moses J Post and Miss Edyth De Bruin.
Twenty years ago residents of Leighton, with two Des Moines bankers, organized a savings bank. Neal Vander Werf and Bessie Dearinger wed at Newton. Frank M. Barker, formerly of Pella, died at his father’s Harvey home. Monroe suffered a $20,000 fire destroying four buildings. The community faced a drought drying many wells. Mr and Mrs Charles Sipkema attended Billy Sunday meetings in Des Moines. T H Klein returned home for Thanksgiving from the University of Iowa.
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