Thought of the Week and City Pride Reflections
The column offers New Year advice to keep a light heart and temperate habits, urging calm daily use of time for happiness. It praises local merchants and city lights for holiday decorations, notes civic pride, and discusses England's democracy, Kennedy’s remark, and Miss Struther’s view on class and education. It also covers a visitor’s critique of Pella’s library funding and the need for more books and periodicals.
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Country Store
Charley Grant
Voices across time praise Churchill and urge farm district vote
The piece lauds Churchill and attacks Mussolini while urging readers to back a Jan 4 vote extending the Soils District countywide. It promises free advisory services, notes costs only arise from personal farm investments, and frames soil conservation as a shared benefit with no tax hike. It emphasizes community duty and neighborly action.
Editorial Comment on Churchgoers and Frontiers Open
The piece notes churchgoers attend weekly for fellowship and spiritual nourishment, accepting imperfect preachers and choirs. It cites Fremont Gazette quoting Thomas J. Watson asserting frontiers remain open and pioneering effort promises reward as history and science push progress forward.
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Fremont
Thomas J. Watson
Think
A Christmas Thought by C H Zander in Toledo Chronicle
In his In Front of the Linotype column C H Zander pleads for child welfare during Christmas. He laments undernourished and ill-clothed children and contrasts wartime Europe with the Babe of Bethlehem teaching. He urges individuals to drop hate and deceit to build a gentler new year.
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C. H. Zander
Toledo Chronicle
Europe
Bethlehem
Gall
Earth
45 Years Ago in Pella and Nearby News
Miss Dena Boland received a special leave to visit the John Grundman family in Sauk Centre Minnesota. Des Moines worker H J Vander Ven, a former Pella man, suffered severe head injuries after a fall on a downtown sidewalk. Tee from Tile Mill pond prepared for summer delivery as winter work. Court Avenue fire destroyed a building owned by Pella’s P H Bousquet and Des Moines’ J M Earle. J H Vander Linden and Bro advertised warm wool underwear at 67 cents per garment. B S Schermerhorn of Portland visiting Pella after Japan vacation. Russell Livingston returns to Central College after a year away due to a shotgun mishap. Central College winter term had begun. W W Cook attended a Teachers Association convention in Des Moines and clashed in debate with colleagues. Al G Edmand of Jamaica Iowa visited Pella with his brother in the grain business. New Year watch parties at South Pella and South Main Street homes featured high carnival and guests for the Buerkens Gans wedding. Supt J H Garber elected secretary of the Graded Section of the Town Teachers Association. Dancing club planned by married couples. News editor notes many marriages reported. State of the Pella National Bank showed assets about 143000 dollars, with deposits around 41520 dollars. The banking house valued at 950 dollars. loans over 104000 dollars.
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Pella Blade
Dena Boland
van Spanckeren
Sauk Center
Minnesota
John Grundman
H. J. Vander Ven
Harbach Furniture
Des Moines
Pella
Tee
Miss Maxwell
What Cheer
Iowa
Jozephine Beaner
Court Avenue
P. H. Bousquet
J. M. Earle
J. H. Vander Linden
Bro
Charley
Schermerhorn
Portland
Oregon
Japan
Russell Livingston
Monroe
Central College
Central
W. W . Cook
Teachers’ Association
al G. Edmand
Jamaica
Towa
Edmand
William Vander Linden
South Pella
J. J. Thomasson
South Main Street
Messrs
Aubrey Fike
William Rhynsburger
Thomassen
Charles Buerkens-Amelian Gans
J. H. Garber
Polla Public Schools
P. H. Jousquet
R. R. Beard
H. P. Bcholte
30 Years Ago Jan 1911 Skyaorara rent room in epee house
A fragment from 1911 reports group of young men naming a local issue. Clarence Renaud is listed as president, with Dennis iromuter and Fred Thomassen connected to the Overland award to a widow’s son. Details are incomplete.
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Skyaorara
Epee
Glarence Renaud
Ice Cee A
Dennis Iromuter
Fred Thomassen
Thomassen
Over Overland Ag
iBelaercot & Boupon
Wvad
City council weighs motor fire engine purchase
A 1921 Pella item notes the city council favorable to buying a motor fire apparatus. The volunteer department, with sixty members, might be reduced to fifteen aboard motorized equipment. Local happenings include students abroad, a theater show by Leighton group, and a burn incident near the furnace.
Ten Year Ago Celebrations Marked a 90th Birthday
A fragmented report notes Fan A. vou’s 90th birthday celebration across town showing he remained vigorous. In contrast, Fara. Vai Vilet suffered severe injuries and lay hospitalized, while area officials issued several statements amid optimism among residents.
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Fan A. Vou
Fara. Vai ‘Vilet
Erin Sanalion
Local Business Boom Hint From Era Prophesy
The article notes a predicted business revival around a year marked by growing time payments stalling a downturn since the 1929 peak. It covers prominent ads from Bell Clothing House and D. Dan Adel & Co marking a 25th anniversary sale, plus Fred Van Rheenen and Mrs. E. F. Black promotions. Pelle High School beat Oskaloosa 24 to 0 in basketball. An anecdote details Henry Grundman’s radio aerial fix as neighbor John Steinkamp questions the wire. Marion Noilen of Western Theological Seminary spoke at the Second Reformed Church, praised as an exceptionally good sermon.
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Bell Clothing House
D. Dan Adel & Co
Fred van Rheenen
E. F. Black
Pelle High School
Oskaloosa High
Pella
Henry Grundman
John Steinkamp
Henry
Tima
Henry Field
Marion Noilen
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Michigan
Second Reformed Church
One Hundred Forty Aliens in This Vicinity
With alien enrollments in Marion county nearing completion, 215 persons have registered, though full compliance cannot be confirmed. Postmasters Reichard of Knoxville and Van Zante of Pella oversee the effort, warning that noncompliance carries fines or imprisonment. Knoxville reports 75 registrations, Pella 140, reflecting city size and foreign born population.
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Marion County
H. E. Reichard
Knoxville
Edward van Zante
Pella
Knoxville Journal
Christmas Dinner Gatherings in Des Moines and Nearby Homes
Sunday and Friday gatherings across Des Moines and nearby areas featured cooperative dinners and family celebrations. Names include Hill Elscott Van Hemert Van Maanen Brand Renaud Willemson De Jong Pothoven and Monsma among others, with patients in OsKaloosa recovering from pneumonia and a 60th wedding anniversary noted.
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M. Jessie Hill
Walter
Russell Hill
Des Moines
Guy Elscott
Lyle Montgomery
Glen Monsma
Phyllis
George ‘Terpstra
Carl Terpstra
Wanda Terpstra
Tunis van Maanen
Walter van Maanen
Evert van der Pol
Grace Elscott
Cornie van Hemert
Sully
Lester Gause Sr
Charles Gause
Oskaloosa
John Elscott
John Brand
Clarence
Frances
Harmon Brand
Louis Wanders
Harry Brand
Reya Jean
John Renaud
Francis, van Zante
Harold Guerts
Henry Willemson
Jeff Willemson
Sally
Milo de Jong
Harold Renaud
John de Jong
William Rhykoek
Rufford Pothoven
Pothoven
Younkin
Montezuma
Glen van de Krol
Anna Monsma
Grammar and Sentences in Everyday Speech Explained
The author muses on grammar's role in education and daily talk, lamenting ending a sentence with a preposition, and offering examples. He cites a proverb to define a sentence as a judgment expression and notes a British visitor critiquing American usage like Where am I.
Red Rock Dam Site Approved In Des Moines
The Red Rock site near Red Rock and Knoxville received approval from the Des Moines defense industrial committee dam group and Madrid Tow business men. A second Des Moines faction backs Saylorville, while Army Engineers favor Red Rock for its solid foundation and fewer highway impacts. A full committee meeting in Des Moines await next Monday to decide.
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Red Rock
Des Moines River
Knoxville
Des Moines
Saylorville
Army
Dea Moines
Howell
Knoxville Journal
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