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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
4
A historical look at tensions between farmers and city consumers as the Corn-Hog Referendum results provoke claims that democracy was discredited. The piece argues agriculture sustains wealth and links farm income to factory payrolls, urging fair profits for producers while detailing complex income-production relationships.
In a string of casual remarks, locals praise the pleasant morning as energizing and excellent. They contrast it with harsher weather elsewhere, boasting how this season’s mornings offer vitality and vivid enjoyment for walks and rambles.
Those students who stayed on for Thanksgiving vacation enjoyed two long roller skating parties in succession. The line formed Wednesday evening and the event lasted three hours, with everyone on skates having a fine time.
A whimsical Christmas recipe column offers almond flavored drops, steamed chocolate pudding, raisin sauce, and traditional mince pies. It includes making a light sponge, a raisin sauce with butter and sugar, and two methods for mince pies with pastry and brandy, all in a playful Mother Goose tone.
A lively turnout attended two sponsored roller skating events. Patrons enjoyed numerous skate formats from couple and trio spins to ladies only sessions. Ample skating action, mixed crowd, and upbeat atmosphere marked the night.
A columnist weighs parental anxiety over the youth's morals and future, noting worries about taxes from New Deal debt, lack of self-reliance, and reliance on government. Veteran editor Tom Long quips the burden rests with the cradle. Some envision a radical new order resolving old injustices, others fear the future.
The speaker notes a perceived difference between children and elders, arguing the New Deal has advanced slowly toward a new world. He cautions that excessive expenditures and radical ideas could turn the public against the program within a year, and vows not to worry over freedom or dictators if public interests falter.
The Central Bay report notes the campus week began in the college chapel with hymn and devotional led by Professor Mennenga, then Dr. Spann spoke on The Praying Jesus. Music featured Professor Wing and Miss Petersen, with Josephine Rollins and a male quartet providing sacred selections.
A sermon-style reflection discusses Jesus authority rooted in moral character and direct knowledge from God. It contrasts political force, office power, learned credential, and parental love, arguing Jesus offers a perfect, loving, easy yoke for believers. The piece ends urging obedience to Christ’s will.
Mrs Cornelius DeVos of Coopersville is awarded a 1936 model electric range after her 1916 Hotpoint was judged the oldest in use. The DeVos family, pioneers in Michigan electrical service, has long ties to Consumers Power Co and local industry.
Canada born in 1855 to Holland-born parents, he moved to Pella Iowa, then Battle Creek Michigan in 1878, and settled in Coopersville in 1894. A display at the Michigan Women’s Centennial exposition in Grand Rapids features Mrs De Vos’ range in use since 1916 alongside a newer model.
An advertiser asks about rates and Anestigator provides figures for full page ads: The American Magazine costs 4000 dollars and The American Weekly costs 1500 dollars. The note highlights national circulation and prompts readers to consider where to place ads.
More than four million dollars in construction projects are underway in 44 town counties, a Sunday Register survey found. The Red Oak bonded indebtedness dropped 62 percent during 1933 and 1934, per the state checker’s report just received.
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