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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
A Special Correspondent reports a flurry of local events. Scouts formed a new Troop 16 in Sully with officers Stanley Wood and Dr Welle elected as Scout Master and Assistant Scoutmaster, supported by a Commercial Club committee. Various visits, illness notes, and social gatherings fill town life, including church ladies aids, school study centers, birthdays, and family visits amid weather and car mishaps.
In Attica and surrounding areas, families like the Moons, Adairs, Tolls, Riggens, and Messamakers exchanged visits and shopped in Pella. A snowbound basketball game caused car trouble as residents from Gerrit Messamaker’s area diverted home after the Harvey contest. Delays and visits marked midweek social activity with neighborhood names and small errands.
Last Wednesday featured residents moving to new homes as Leon Komer and Will Van Zee swapped farms with Nick Schuring moving into Van Zee’s place. Henry Crum moved to the Wittember place in Coal Hollow. Des Moines trips to visit John Neerbos reported him improving and cheerful. A son was born to Mr and Mrs M A Sandmier on Wednesday Jan 80 1929 at Mercy hospital Oska poska. Visitors from Lynnville and Ames accompanied by Mrs Trumblee and family. Mrs Sarah Vander Gaarde visited Sioux County with her daughter Ethel. A daughter born Feb 5 at Mahaska County hospital Oska loosa to Mr and Mrs Marinus Vos. Mrs Vos recovering. Wm Van Speren traveled to Oska-
Doctors advise six months of age needing three ounces per pound daily for an eight pound infant equals twenty four ounces of fluid. Later the rule is two ounces per pound. Weigh breastfed babies to determine intake. bottle fed calculate by day’s total then add water to cover any shortfall. If feverish or unsettled, offer water and if needed Fletcher's Castoria. The advertisement touts Castoria as effective for colic diarrhea gas constipation and more, noting a vegetable formula and a Charles H Fletcher signature on the wrapper. A forty cent bottle yields thirty five doses and a Motherhood hook is included.
News items recount visits by Mr and Mrs Floyd Freyer of News ton to Otley to see relatives. Carl Freeken and Mrs Earl Tailor of Des Moines visited the Breen family. Mrs L Byer and Mrs S Byer called on Mrs S Meninga. Sunshine class served lunch at Tone Boat sale. Eddyville move delayed by roads. Mrs John Breen to Prairie City. Mrs ary Perry ill with stomach cancer. Tucker’s birthday drew relatives. Van Gorp in Pella with daughter and grandson. Den Hartog very sick with typhoid fever.
A reader quiz lists questions and provided answers across topics: di di Italia, St Francis Dam flood in Santa Clara Valley, President Portes Gil of Mexico, sister dirigible to Graf Zeppelin, presidential electors, and roles of famous figures. it also covers sticks used by Orientals, Victoria Land location, Denmark's capital Copenhagen, and more details including names like Chiang Kai-Shek, Mount Etna, New York Yankees, and Shakespearian figures.
A compact note quotes slogans about safe driving and correct crossing. It mentions three grades of eggs as a metaphor and warns against risky walking. It reports Charles Farnham of Cincinnati being arrested for hanging his hat on a policeman’s extended hand.
The text notes February derives from a Roman word meaning to purify. It mentions holidays and saints including Lincoln, Edison, Dickens, Lowell, and Valentine. It lists notable birthdays and celebrates purification festivals, noting amethyst as the birthstone and flower symbolism for the month.
In a lively block conversation Mrs. and Mr. Jones clash over women's clubs and lodges. He complains women shout while she argues self empowerment shifts household talk to broader topics. The exchange hints at neighborhood ideas about women organizing and public life.
Hatchery ad touts reliable chick performance with customer testimonials from Stillwater Minnesota. Letters praise quick laying and strong growth, urging orders for spring. Oskaloosa Hatchery in West lists address and phone in Midwest advertising copy.
In a dated health ad the text touts indigestion as excess stomach acid to be corrected by Phillips Milk of Magnesia. It claims fast neutralization of acid, mentions a small bottle price, and promotes the product as a physician trusted remedy for 60 years with registered trade mark details.
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