Thoughtful words and Dutch tulips spotlight a wary era
Churchill urges faith over fear as Washington paralysis echoes. Dutch tulip trade surges with US as top buyer. 1952 sales record to be surpassed, 30 million dollars in bulbs exported, 500 million bulbs shipped through 16 000 outlets. Dutch growers push ad campaigns, contests, and Tulip Time links to American gardeners, signaling vast future market potential.
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United States
U. S
Holland
U.S
Pella
Peila
Hunger and World Peace from UN FAO Talks
Delegates from sixty eight nations met to discuss a six point program to stabilize agricultural prices through international agreements, create a world food reserve, and distribute surplus food via an internationally financed agency. Hunger everywhere feeds wars, and feeding the hungry with fair producer payments could unite nations and bolster peace efforts.
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Wasta
Italy
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
United Nations
Hoegh Calls for Duty and Law Enforcement in Oskaloosa
Attorney General Leo Hoegh spoke to Methodist men in Oskaloosa urging good citizenship defined by courage faith hard work loyalty and responsibility. He urged equal enforcement of laws resisting special privileges backing officials acting in democratic interests and said enforcement rests on citizens who guard against crime and protect law.
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Leo Hoegh
Methodist Church
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Hoegh
Editorial multiple voices on highways soil and faith
A mother of five lost in theories now has many children and few theories. Belle Plaine Union notes highways shift from towns to respect local access. Ashland Herald-Progress warns of modern neglect of nature as people litter and chase stores, urging reverence for soil and its role in faith and community.
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Washington Journal
Ashland
Herald-Progress
Louis Deuster
Muenster
Texa
Miscellaneous 40 Years Ago In Pella 1914 Scattered Items
A church door wire incident during a Christmas program raised fire danger concerns. Dan Kruidenier returned to Aberdeen after visiting relatives in Pella. Sherman Dennis fell ill and his father A E Dennis of Pella watched by his bedside. Mrs. Mary Hayward of Osceola paralyzed while visiting the American House hotel. Garden City Feeder Co salesmen planned 1914 business. A J Kleinjan of Waukesha Wisconsin visiting in Keables Drug Store. Vander Pol advertised a pre inventory sale with solid type. Local prices: flour 98 cents per 49 lb bag, blankets 88 cents to 2.48, hosiery 10 to 39 cents, brooms 26 cents, coffee 22 cents per pound. A two reel drama at Electric Palace. Four reel Ivanhoe feature to come. Prof Lyman HJ Van Houten of Toledo visited Pella and Des Moines on school contracting business for Toledo’s new school.
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First Reformed
Dan Kruidenier
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Pella
Sherman Dennis
Des Moines
Colfax
A. E. Dennis
Mary Hayward
Osceola
Iowa
T. W. Cox
Garden City Feeder Company
A. J. Kleinjan
Waukesha
Wisconsin
T. Voelur
Keables Drug
J. G. Vander Pol
M. J. McQuarie
Electric Palace
Lyman HJ. van Houten
Toledo
Fire damages De Bruin home near Pella in 1924 blaze
A large hole burned in the roof of J. C. De Bruin farm home east of Pella after a Sunday morning fire that proved stubborn to fight. Downtown electrical pumping caused trouble with devices as light plant workers adjusted to lighter loads. Dinosaur eggs, petrified in Mongolia, were displayed at New York City’s museum. Roy Chapman Andrews led the expedition. Community Players planned two plays at the high school auditorium sponsored by the Women's Federated Club: When Mother Goes on Strike and Cappy Ricks.
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J. C. de Bruin
Pella
Hous
Mongolia
New York City
Roy Chapman Andrews
Cappy _Ricks
Town State College alumni noted in holiday reports
Rika depravation of Rabie Kyne's famed John Gosselink was a student at Town State College and had spent the holidays at home. John Holle of the Holly Oil Company was in town Monday with no oil evidence observed. John lived in Des Moines. Lester Welle worked for the Fuller Brush Company at Keokuk and visited his mother Mrs Eva Welle. Ford car prices at all time low. the 1924 Model ing car listed at 295.00. Detroit Michigan. The new model had been improved especially in appearance.
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Rika
Pella College Ticket Offer and Local Matters 20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago the college sold season tickets to seven basketball games for 2.25 amid scarce money. Joe De Hoog became marshal of Pella by appointment but would serve only until Apul when a foreman role awaited with Supervisor W. A. Butts. John Kaldenberg sold a calf at public auction for 60 cents, the only bid, and the buyer could not resell it. Depression era notes mention Dame called to pastorate but not yet accepted. Professor Winfield Dud, famed scientist, died after influenza pneumonia. Pella High alumni beat Pella High 34 to 30 with Van Arkel and Dykstra starring.
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Joe de Hoog
Pella
Apul
W. A. Butts
John Kaldenberg
Matery. Co
P. Dame
Second Reformed Church
Dame
Muskegon
Michigan
Winfield Dud
Central College
Dudgeon
America
Ewing Christian College
Allahabad
India
Botanical Society of India
Pella High
van Arkel
Dykstra
Farmers petition Warren County soil district in 1943 drive
Ten years ago in Warren County a soil district petition circulated among farmers. Seven hundred and nine farmers signed, about 33 percent of the eligible growers. Marine officer Danny Meulpolder was promoted from second to first lieutenant.
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Warren County
Danny Meulpolder
Marine
Invasion Echoes and Local Harvest Tales
The piece blends wartime notes and farming news. It mentions Pvt John Vanden and the Tarawa invasion, reports illness among workers delaying production, notes concerns over the European Corn Borer crossing the Mississippi and quarantines in eastern Iowa, and ends with Grundy Center farmer Klein auctioning a hayloader with 36 bids drawn from a hat to determine the buyer.
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Air Ree
Jamet Santa Tere
California
John Vanden
Mississippi River
Clinois
Iowa
Klein
Navigating the Air Subject Draws Iowa Editor Comment
The Bloomington and Iowa City Town Standard for November 13, 1840 notes Mr Davidson of Virginia plans lectures in New York on navigating the air and transporting mail by air and sea at 100 miles an hour. The editor comments that if the project matures the idea could transform mail transportation.
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Bloomington
Iowa City
Navig
Davidson
Virginia Bar
New York
Iladelphia Daily Chronicle
Justice Jackson Urges Rule of Law Over Force in Chicago
At a Chicago Am Center ceremony Justice Robert H. Jackson warned that freedom and law survive only if people cling to reason and justice amid rising force. He called law the last best hope for a tranquil nation and urged projecting legal principles into international and domestic relations. He stressed the bar and all citizens must uphold fair dealing and respect for law.
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Robert H. Jackson
Am Center
Chicago
Justice Jackson
Driftle
Bar
Daily trails concentrate toward central link
Fragmentary text notes daily trails concentrating to one place from four winds and mentions a regular line between Bloomington and Town City. The passage reads as a transportation or movement snippet with placeholders for broader routing context.
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Bloomington
Town City
50 Years At Churdan Hardware Store Milestone
In Churdan M M Reading marks a half century in the hardware business, celebrating over 50 years serving the local community with tools, supplies, and general hardware. The longtime proprietor’s anniversary reflects deep ties to the town’s trades and daily needs.
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Churdan
M. M. Reading
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