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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1931
Page
14
A panel on farming education weighs costs and benefits. Respondents urge practicality and financing awareness, with views favoring college study for brighter futures and specialist skills, while cautioning against costly investment without clear plans. The discussion references farm board standards and college roles.
Chronicle Weekly Health Message cites Iowa health officials warning pneumonia mortality rates up to eight percent for young children and elderly. It urges year round precautions including proper ventilation humidity and stable temperatures around 70 degrees F. It stresses eight hours of sleep and avoiding factors that weaken resistance to disease.
Roaster turkeys advertised for Christmas dinner by Louis M Van Haaften Route 2 Pella Iowa. Also mentions White Plymouth Rock cockerels and portable hammock items in a fragmented classified style with unclear branding.
A town report warns against overindulgence and cold exposure while urging prudent money use and health as capital. It lists weekly communicable disease counts for December 3 1931, including diphtheria 14 and smallpox 116, with county breakdowns and state totals for diseases such as polio and tuberculosis.
Judge John Van Zante, formerly of Pella, passed away at his Portland home at 2 40 PM leaving widow Mrs A T Van Houweling and sisters Miss Dirkie Van Zante and Mrs A T Van Houweling of Pella and brothers D J Van Zante of Minneapolis and Kryn Van Zante of Hanford. He would have been about 60 years old.
A transcript of the trans Atlantic debate between Oxford and Harvard reports a successful experiment with speeches broadcast smoothly and punctually. Oxford advocates pressed for traditional British tariff and cooperation, while Harvard debaters argued for American independence and public rights. The Oxford speaker earned the only notable humor remark.
A fragmented descriptive scene portrays a winter landscape under a somber sky. The west sunset casts crimson over gray twigs as Orion and the Warrior rise, guiding a figure toward a path and a bright star piercing the deep blue night.
The piece argues against a gross retail sales tax in Iowa, contending it shifts burden to farmers and workers. It endorses exempting homeowners from property tax to spur retrenchment, efficiency, and building activity, projecting significant savings and prosperity. It cites Governor Turner, Senator Blackford, and Representative E R Brown while criticizing new tax plans as political ploys.
A blend of rural tips notes best churning temperatures for winter cream and recommends an eight year crop rotation to control root knot in southern gardens. Mentions chicken yard layout, rotating annual crops, and risks to figs from pests. Also cites trucking distances for fresh produce and a rural budget snapshot with federal funding and private credit figures.
The piece argues that leaving control of intoxicants to states mirrors past federal battles over slavery. It likens prohibition to a bayonet point decision and warns against adopting a communistic wage theory that pays by need rather than efficiency, urging careful stance on state powers and labor ideas.
The text cites Janis advocating higher wages to lift the earning capacity of the poor while noting the need to reward productive work. It also references Dr Albert Einstein in Cosmopolitan proposing two changes: a minimum wage aligned with production and a shorter working week by law. Chronicle want ads bring results.
A public sale advertises livestock and feed store goods to be sold around December 18 at a location 84 miles southwest of Otley and 2 miles northwest of Otley. The schedule mentions a closing and references Sully and Pella with unclear partial names.
Santa’s clean clothes come down chimneys with a bag of gifts for boys and girls. Wonder where he gets those fine toys. You’d better look us up for the answer. The Book Shop.
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