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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
7
Last Friday students gathered at the Heemstra home for a surprise birthday party. Edna Vande Meer returns, Miss Storey visits, and Frank Brower takes a church post in Brooklyn. The new semester starts January 25 as campus clubs plan spring concerts and a comedy play.
Anna Pavlova and Ballet Russe bring a grand farewell American tour to Des Moines next Tuesday at the Coliseum with nearly one hundred artists, new costumes, Russian scenic art, and Pavlova's DeLipsky lighting system. Geo F Ogden handles the one night engagement with tickets from 1.00 to 3.00 dollars plus tax.
C E Hamilton of Oskaloosa died at 9 10 a m Tuesday January 6 1925 of tuberculosis after years of illness. He was forty two or forty three, born in Fairmont Nebraska, lived with aunts in Pella, married Maggie De Bie of Pella, and worked along the Rock Island and M & St L railroads in Iowa. Funeral at 2 30 this afternoon at Wilcox Garland Wilbur Funeral Home in Oskaloosa. The poem and names Torrey are included as noted in the obituary.
Cornelia Henrietta Wynberg daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wynberg and John A Bos son of Brand Bos of Prairie City wed at the bride’s home with Rev J De Hann officiating. The couple will reside in Prairie City. Also Teunis Van Zante son of Wm Van Zante and Miss Sarah Lautenbach were married at the First Reformed church parsonage in Pella with Rev J Wesselink officiating. They will farm southwest of town.
A compact, period tone verse urging youth to persevere in labor and sorrow, with imagery of looms, shuttles, and speed. It calls for faster weaving, appreciating life and easing hardship, as the master directs the process. The fragment emphasizes work ethic and resilience without narrative details.
The piece surveys urban transport scale in New York, noting millions ride elevators daily and compare traffic rules to railroads. It explains a rubber disk tweak to stop window wash water, then details shipbuilding by modular parts, and a steamship voyage on Lake Nyanga. It recalls gas tests on birds, Mexico’s mineral wealth, and a magnetic drum telegraph display. It ends with a rubber band alarm muffler tip.
A method to unclog coffee percolator holes is to hold the unit in a gas flame for a few minutes then tap lightly to open all the holes. This avoids pricking the holes with a needle and is presented as a better approach.
A spiritual meditation urges labor under divine guidance as destiny and toil entwine. The speaker envisions the Lord shaping their labor like fabric, transforming despair into a purposeful design and demanding room for the divine presence in the craft.
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