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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
6
This piece asserts the world is shrinking not by size but by faster transport and communication. It notes 29 450 000 telephones, 85 percent of instruments connected internationally, and praises wireless telegraphy radio and air travel. It contrasts past rural mail delays with daily doorstep mail and explains how phones and cables link distant places, ending with a view that progress makes barriers vanish.
The U S department of agriculture warns against using health giving claims in food and drug ads and labels. It argues health comes from natural sources like air sunshine rest and proper eating, not from medicines.
Salvation Army official Col Margaret Bevill argues in a 1920s tone that prostitution and vice shift from streets to regulated venues and cars. She urges tighter parental restraint, school oversight, and law enforcement patrols to prevent youth from moral decline and preserve the rising generation.
Farmers wake to the need for unity through Farm Bureau, Farmers Union, Grange and cooperatives. Co operative marketing boosts returns, with examples like $80 extra on a hog carload. More farmers are organized than ever, facing a world full of organization and learning the value of collective effort.
A collection of light local observations from Pella and adjacent areas. Jokes about politicians and prohibition era debates mingle with satirical cartoons and editorials. References include Hoover era verdicts, bootlegger anecdotes, and remarks on media attention to sensational news. The tone is quippy, era specific, and rooted in small town life.
A survey of editor opinions notes Frank Beatty as a Republican state senate candidate for the Poweshiek Keokuk district praising his record and opposition to an expense bill. Other items include golf aiding high blood pressure, a Sumner Gazette merger plan for WHO and WOC, and Notes on West Point, life insurance, and child schooling from Jasper County Record.
Legislation will be asked of the Senate to curb channel use and ownership of broadcasting stations by newspapers and utilities or subsidiaries. The issue stems from a Railroad Commission denial of increased broadcasting time for Insull interests. The DC Court of Appeals reversed, cutting Prairie Farmer time, and a Louisiana case where the owner swore on air prompts action.
February 8 1910 notes include Charles Sipkema buying into the Y T Van Niewaal, obituaries for Bastia Nimwegen 71 Hazel Mae Kaldenberg infant Stoffer Groet Nibbelink 62 and a farewell for Marie Van Gorp by Edith Rhynaberger home attendance. Irving Wallace and Mae B Tice wed at the bride’s home in this city.
Doctor Payne traveled to South Dakota to treat a sick child with typhoid fever. While away he suffered appendicitis and underwent surgery upon returning at an Ottumwa hospital. A 12 pound boy was born to Rev and Mrs Vander Werf. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Peter Vander Baard. Four granite columns were placed before Citizens National Bank. The public library issued 2,749 books in January.
Ten years ago in February 1920 reports show limited improvement in the flu epidemic with several deaths in Leighton and Monroe including Cornelia Walser, Mrs B Onstine, Thomas De Wolf, Anthony Van Zante, Mrs William Van Dusseldorp, and Mrs R G McDuff who was accidentally shot by her husband while cleaning a shotgun. The record notes marriages and social pairs, a man named Thomas Davis from Oskaloosa admitting but then recanting involvement in arson against Hollanders, Ora Eller returning to work in Wagner Clothing Co, and old market quotes from 1905 observed by Berta. Prices cited show butter at 15 cents and eggs at 5.05 per case.
Chronicle notes rare rabbits ears in Colorado brought by John Van Veen of Howell station. Reports include multiple local incidents and milestones: Mrs. T. A. Tysseling sustains injuries from a fall, a $2,500 film "King of Kings" shown three nights at the Strand Theatre, and several marriage licenses issued. Local deaths include Mrs. Joe De Koning from a stroke, Mrs. Jacob Fennema after surgery, P. Kruidenier’s 90th birthday, and Buerkens Manufacturing Co. selling a record 82 bob sleds. John Valkenburg ships over 17,000 pounds of honey to Cleveland, Ohio, setting a local mark.
Limited Local Pass describes 'The Limited' and confirms no schedules at Harvard. Freight trains 70 and 71 will carry passengers from Howell on alternate days at 200 am and 1 30 pm. The fragmentary text notes passenger service and timing ambiguities.
Rail service notes eastbound trips 472 and 474 plus locals 4765 473 and 831. Trains 472 and 478 operate Des Moines to Keokuk while 474 476 run Des Moines to Eldon. All trains run daily except Sunday. Local freight shipments must be at the station by 6:00 p.m. the evening prior. Both local freights carry passengers.
The article profiles two Black workers at Edgewood Arsenal near Baltimore, one newcomer and one veteran, with a wartime sponsor, Burton Lowe, a chemist and former explosives inspector. They discuss handling dangerous poisons, sulfur compounds, and warning phrases about poison risks, reflecting concerns over hazardous materials and safety culture.
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