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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
5
The Farm annual meeting at the house Monday afternoon featured remarks by Wallace son of Secretary Wallace. He discussed Europe, warned against tariff and debt policies, and advocated farmer controlled cooperative marketing while expressing doubts about benefits of wage restrictions and further industrial changes.
Mr and Mrs E Klaaren hosted a Christmas dinner on Broadway with about 20 attendees. Mr and Mrs H L Renaud entertained Dr and Mrs Payne and family Monday evening. Mrs H L Boland hosted the Eldeen Club for a grab bag afternoon with refreshments. Albert and Miss Christina Engbers of Orange City were guests in the community for three weeks and received another courtesy Friday evening.
A collage of sale notices and classified items lists for southern Minnesota properties, Polish China boars, batteries, used tires, permanent waves, pianos, adding machines, ducks and roosters, meat, and numerous automobiles and auto services. Local firms include Beyers Battery Electric, Fern Dow beauty shop, Kuyper's Music House, Kuyper’s, Ramseyer Hatcheries, and J E Cornelius Co. Additional items cover taxicab service, painting, paper hanging, and wallpaper cleaning.
Sealed list shows 1925 Ford Coupes 1926 Chevrolet Touring 1924 Oldsmobile Touring Chevrolet Coupe and a Ford truck with farm body and stock rack offered by White Way Auto Co.
Social notes describe a party at the Gosselink home with twenty guests enjoying rock music and refreshments. Other items include Norman Langerak’s birthday party hosted by Mrs. B. H. Langerak at 918 Main Street with games and treats, and local club gatherings at Central Park Cafe and various homes.
A sequence of social events includes a 14th birthday celebration with cards and lunch hosted by Mrs Berends, a League for Service meeting Thursday at 2:00 pm in First Reformed church parlors with lunch and program, a oyster stew gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Ben Blommers, and a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Renaud for guests from Otley with social time and food.
Changes in American life driven by new scientific machinery push more students toward junior colleges while overall college enrollments decline. Commissioner William John Cooper notes machinery and social shifts erode traditional higher education as youths seek specialized knowledge for immediate economic gain.
The J M Van Vliet store hosted a Saturday candy and Christmas cheer event with many local children visiting. Mrs J Kezelaar and family joined in Christmas festivities with a shared tea and treats. Jah Vander Gaarde and Ethel attended the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs A Witzenberg.
At the Orpheum in Des Moines a Christmas week bill opens December 26 with The First Viennese Song Romance titled Married in Hollywood starring Norma Terris and J Harold Murray. Oscar Straus supplies the music as lavish technicolor choruses and a starry supporting cast travel from a European principality to Hollywood. Gordon and Healy headline the Radio-Keith-Orpheum vaudeville act Suite Sixteen with three other artists. Cowboy Revels, Badger and Muesaler, and short subjects fill the rest. Beginning December 29, William Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian star in His First Command a color and sound all talking romance of the United States Cavalry set in Fort Riley Kansas.
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