No Footdraggin Now Christmas Cheer and Policy Shifts
A Christmas column urges home warmth and good wishes for all, then shifts to policy notes. It discusses Canada’s margarine ruling lifting bans on possession and sales, arguing for equal footing with butter and transparent labeling. It also reports on University of Iowa faculty praising President Hancher for defending academic freedom amid partisan activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Supreme Court
Congress
oOo
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
American Association of University Professors
Virgil Hancher
Progressive Party
Messiah Singing Tradition Spreads Through Lindsborg
In Lindsborg Kansas townspeople have sung Handel's Messiah since 1882 under Dr Carl Swensson and Bethany College founder ideals. A community effort grew from scores distributed to farmers who could not read music, drawing crowds from miles around. By 1900 The Messiah at Lindsborg became a national institution as almost everyone could sing.
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Central College
Pella
Lindsborg
Kansas
Carl Swensson
Alma
Bethany College
Messiah Music Unites Bethany Lindsborg Pella Towns
Fragmentary text notes The Messiah performance unites farming towns Bethany College Lindsborg and Pella with college students and townspeople. It highlights thousands voting in chorus and the social harmony created by community music across the region.
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Farme College
Bethany
Lindsborg
Bethany College
Pella
Penmanship Debate From The Good Writ Club
A Washington Down Journal piece argues for typing skills for all students citing handwriting loss. It cites the Good Writ Club on penmanship quality, teacher training, and continuous focus from primary grades, plus tips from a veteran newspaper man urging legible, barred flourishes and use of a typewriter for large orders.
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Washington Down Journal
Ralph Shammon
Good Writ Club
Iiny
Editorial Chatter and Freedom in a Loose Press
A compilation of editorial excerpts from multiple papers debating free speech, tariff policy, hunting laws, and auto industry costs. Highlights include calls for clearer hunting rules in Iowa, optimism about freer world trade, and notes on rising vehicle repair costs due to fender and body design, with price estimates for a rear window at $62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Farm News
Four Decades Ago in January 1909 Notes on Crops and Rail Plans
A country tour noted corn prices at 72 cents per bushel and forecasts them remaining high until the next harvest. Farmers planted alfalfa, Chautauqua contracts were signed for 1909 with noted speakers and music shows. Rail road prospects to Waterloo Pella Southwestern looked up, and local events included G A R Circle president election, merchants extending evening hours for winter study and social clubs. A pro social was planned, a boy Rienus Den Adel died at ten, and a letter from Jennie Kuyper described reception of the U.S. Fleet in Yokohama.
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Tle
Appea
Bob Taylor
Ellworth Plumstead
Robert 8. Arthur
M."l. Bowman
H.W." Sears
Denton G. Crowl
G. A.” Gearheart
Luther Manship
Zuickey
Norton
McGuire & Co
Midland Concert Co
Farekit Quartette
Girls Glee Club
van Doren
Grace Butman
Thoms
Rebecca de Gook
Edna van Doren
Clarke Applegate
Attica
Pella
Ral Awtry
Ja ¢Ma
Awtry
Vander Meuwhen
Lanma
Jennie Kuyper
Yokohama
Japan
U.S
Matthew Kempkes
Kentucky
Fifield
Rienus
P. den Adel
Tom Sheehy
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
J. J. Sheehy
Chronicle
Lucy Huber
Chicago
Armour Institute
Farm rental plans and business chatter across states
Muilenberg leased a Corsica area farm and planned a January departure with his wife and son to manage it. Predler Zyl, writing from Inview Texas, indicated he would work with Nick Ver and Steve on a business venture. Thirty new houses are under construction with workers in shirt sleeves. K. Donai of Des Moines reported busy visits in Path, citing butter and another occupation.
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Muilenberg
Corsica
Auary
Will
Predler Zyl
Inview
Texas
Nick Ver Steve
Yok
K. Donai
Des Moines
Path
Senator Ed Smith Proposes Publication Ban on Foreign Papers
Thirty years ago Senator Ed Smith of Winterset introduced a bill in the Town Legislature to prohibit publishing county board proceedings in foreign language newspapers. The move follows wartime ire at such papers and their alleged sedition. The Chronicle also notes local WWI veterans and community notices, including hospitalizations, service returns, and a complete WWI service list for Pella and vicinity.
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Caaning Today
Ed Smith
Winterset
Fred Jewell
Ringling Brothers
Higgenbeck-Wallace
Oskaloosa
Pella
Jacob de Groot
Camp Dodge
John van Veen
Second Reformed Church
John
168Th
Legion Post
T. R. Miner
Knoxville
the Chronicle
F. F. Carpenter
Central College
Verna Hendricks
Bernie Vander Linden
Edison
James Leon
Witc
Cotton Hall
Oakdale
T. B
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Ben Kuyk
Draft Board
Pella Produce Co
Jim
Croll
Pete van Zante
Catherine Lubbers
Cherokee
Red Cross
Andrew van Zante
Atlantic
James van Vliet
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Carl van Emmerik
John Klein
Gerrit
Peter Bloom
20 Years Ago in Pella Local News and Signs of Change
Twenty years ago in Pella and nearby areas a high school class staged a temperance play titled Who Killed John Wright. Local figures included Mulder and Be Menning as coroner. The town welcomed a tax relief effort by Red Cross and noted civic initiatives. Fire damaged Joe De Koning’s shoe shop, and a long street rut hindered traffic. The article also mentions Will Welch, church resignations, civic groups like Pioneers and Indians, and a pastor seeking a Michigan post.
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Eranuary Ch Ura
Tidents
John Wright
Mulder
Jmher
United Self-Serve
Robin J. Weles
Phoenix
Arizona
Weleh
Pella
Des Moines University
Northwestern University
Americum Institute
Neatone
George Gnad
New York
Welch
Clasanate
the of Commerce
Holid
Mber
Henry Scons
Dan Dicleman
Bloomfield
John Heerema
I. Joe de Koning
Hert van Var Kilmer Meredith
Cole Foot
Heerema
Helen Vander Pal
Linccoln School
Readers flood editors with letters yearly
Editors handle roughly fifty million reader letters annually, a volume reflecting strong public engagement. Many letters express opinions on local issues, culture, and events, contributing to community discourse and shaping coverage decisions.
Pella Chamber Discusses Promotion Plan At Meeting
Ten years ago on January 19 the Pella chamber discussed promoting to barn with Charl Dykstra presiding. John Dickerson showed motion pictures of Pelke's Tulip Inn and California, enjoyed by attendees. Wesleyan led Central 22 21 at half. final score 24 22. Aerials covered farm plots and roads. The highway commission planned widening Highway 163 from Mahaska line to the city with easements secured.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charl Dykstra
John Dickerson
Knosville
Pelke’s
Tulipine
California
Randall Jones
Sun
Abot
Pella High
Callas
Wisse
Stientjes
Vic van der Linden
Pella
Cal Whitney
Federal Home Administration
Des Moines
Cordova
Berkey
Jd Town Wesleyan
Wesleyan
Central
State
Hig
Highway 14
Monroe
Knoxville
Charles FP
Dykaz
West Palm Tion
Ose
Albert Tysseling
Highway’ Commission
Highway
Mahaska County
Ty of
Twins Celebrate 70th Birthday in Little Rock
Mrs 5 Danssen of Sibley and Mrs Toy Kruse of Little Rock celebrated their 70th birthday at a gathering in Little Rock. The event honored the twins with family present and well wishers.
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Little Rock
5 Danssen
Sibley
Toy Kruse
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