Inquiring Reporter presents views on Christmas spirit
Weekly survey gathers diverse opinions from Lane Mealpolder Mrs Charles Dykhuis Florence de Haan Thomassen Hattie de Heus Klein Roy De Wild and Leonard Allen on whether this Christmas bears a brighter spirit than last with notes on spending mood shopping and general happiness plus a brief legal note on a Redwood California doctor testimony about flat feet in an accident case
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Florence DE Haan Thomassen
Roy DE Wild
Robert Monteith
Redwood
Calif
College Heads Still More Known Than Movie Actors
Grinnell Iowa eighth graders show familiarity with college president John S Nollen of Grinnell College over the University of Iowa football star Ozzie Simmons in an intelligence test administered by C E Humphrey superintendent of schools Forty students were tested with questions naming Will Rogers Mae West John S Nollen Bert N Whittaker and Ozzie Simmons Will Rogers was named by all but one. Mae West was unknown to two boys. Mayor Whittaker received the highest score with eighteen correct answers. Nollen barely led Simmons by two points sixteen to fourteen.
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Grinnell
Grinnell Public
John S. Nollen
Grinnell College
Ozzie Simmons
University of Iowa
C. E. Humphrey
Will Rogers
Mae West
Bert N. Whittaker
Whittaker
Nollen
Simmons
President Nollen
Died at 82 John Sipma of Hotchkiss Colorado
John Sipma aged 82 years 11 months and 1 day died at his Hotchkiss Colorado home on December 2. He was born January 1 1852 in Pella and moved with his father to Sioux County in 1870. He married Dena Harmson in 1875 and later moved to Colorado in 1906. Survived by two daughters three sons thirty two grandchildren a sister and a brother. Funeral held December 6 at Hotchkiss Methodist church.
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John Sipma
Hotchkiss
Colorado
Sipma
Pella
Sioux County
Dena Harmson
Mrs Richardson Receives National Honor in Farming Group
Mrs Ellsworth Richardson is elected vice president of the National Farm Women's Association in a high honor. She has long been active in farm women’s work and has been named outstanding farm woman of America. The Chronicle and friends praise the recognition.
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Ellsworth Richardson
National Farm Women's Association
Farmers and Industry Faces Overproduction Debate
In 1934 American agriculture aimed for 90 percent of 1929 production after foreign market losses, but actual output stood at 85 percent. Industrial production, after trade loss adjustments, needed 96 percent yet delivered only 58 percent. The piece argues farmers should restrain output while industry must raise production, noting a shift in approach and criticizing critics of farming.
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Dreath
United States
Wallace
Your Eyes and Vision Principles in Glasses and Light
Dr Scholes explains vision as a brain process with the eye functioning as a camera, the retina as film, and the optic nerve sending impressions to the brain. He covers refraction errors, astigmatism tests with a watch, and eye care including proper lighting, then reports a Belleville Illinois incident where 12 year old Jack Munie and his dog Tiny bit each other with minor injuries.
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Kodak
Belleville
Ill
Jack Munie
Jerome Munie
Tiny
Jack
Hints from Betty Webster Household Hints for Household 4
Practical kitchen tips cover cheese slicing with hot knife, salted potato soup, stew salt balance, cinnamon in custard for color, Worcestershire in soup, salt timing with beef, egg whites whipping aid, not over beating cake batter, creaming butter and sugar, frosting texture with butter sugar mix, hot sugar butter frosting, soaking prunes then bacon-wrapping with cayenne and frying for a relish.
Kitchen Recipes and a Fatal Truck Dragging Incident
A collection of recipes includes Baked Figs, Potatoes Baked with Bacon, Scalloped Oysters, Huevos, and notes on cost of government reaching 15.2 billion and taxes taking about 30 cents of every dollar. Also reported: John Quirk, a 75 year old farmer, was struck and killed by a truck north of New Hampton. the truck dragged his body six miles and did not stop.
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John Quirk
New Hampton
Dr Mary Bruins Tells Of Bible Scenes Abroad
Dr Mary Bruins recounts travels to Kuwait with Miss Van Pelt and Mylrea showing hospitality from Gosselinks and Pennings. She visits a Boys School, Arabic study, hospitals, bazaars, and a Kuwait City mission while noting food, tea, and local customs amid a journey through desert landscapes and ancient walls.
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Mary Bruins
Gosselinks
Pennings
Jesus
Kelien
Mylrea
Towa
Mision
Miss van Pelt
the Shekh
Miss van
America
Kuwait
Amer
Passenger Bus Schedule From Pella to Des Moines and Oskaloosa
Bus service departs Pella for Des Moines at 9 30 am 3 30 pm and 7 45 pm and for Oskaloosa at 9 25 am. All buses depart Central Park Cafe.
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Pella
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Central Park Cafe
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