Post Office Dispatch at Pella Sparks Attention
A brief item notes a mailing matter at the Pella post office with designation second class mail status.
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
6
Southern Peculiarities Speech Debate Sparks North South View
A Virginian born civil engineer recalls moving to Iowa over 150 years ago and encountering regional speech peculiarities. He notes Southern tones, Midwestern German and Irish influences, and local terms like corns for corn and creeks for creek, with people humorously identifying quirks in conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Middle West
Mairy
Mary
Virginia
Iowa
South
Ikene
Religious life changing in modern times
A fragmented, era stressed meditation on how religious life evolves with society. The text notes shifts over a quarter century, church attendance broadening beyond preaching only, and changes in worship practices as people seek varied church activities.
Changing religious expression in modern life challenges church moorings
The text argues that religious life shifts from static worship to broader expression through many activities. It notes family altars fading, church mission aligning with daily needs, and prayer expanding beyond home or church. It suggests industrial centers push this change, and smaller churches will adapt, believing action completes prayer.
A Retrospect and Prospect for the New Year
A reflective meditation on time, past lessons, and future duties. The piece urges balancing memory with progress, living up to moral standards, and facing life’s duties with courage as one moves from past to future. It invites readers to evaluate conduct, responsibility, and character amid time’s onward flow.
Year 1929 Stock Take for Better Living
An optimistic reflection invites readers to assess the past year’s character, conduct, and service. It suggests taking inventory of personal gains and mistakes to guide wiser actions, urging improvement in deeds and duties in the coming year.
Unemployment and wages tied to industrial profits debated
A National Catholic Welfare Council survey on wage trends reports job losses from 1928 to 1930 across manufacturing, with most workers gaining only small wage boosts or losing hours. The piece argues ongoing unemployment harms broader business and urges sustained organization by industrial workers for fair pay and living wages.
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National Catholic We Council
Manufacturng
Essary
Iso
Land Loss Through Erosion Warns Farm Bank Policy
A columnist argues that land investment is flawed as soil erosion erodes value. He cites Texas farm loans tied to topsoil and refers to the Houston Farm Land Bank scrutinizing soil loss over decades. The piece warns erosion threatens security in long term farm credit and questions land as a safe store of wealth.
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Texas
Houston Farm Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Missouri
Mississippi
Twenty Years Ago Items From the Chronicle of Pella
A January chronicle notes a Railroad project ban, a forged check thwarted at Farmers & Merchants Bank by Anna Vander Ploeg, and a spelling error that delayed a payment to H C Ver Ploeg. An accident bereft Poet on the Otley road, plus 90th birthday honors for Mike Reus and W J Evans. Marriages include Henry Rhynsburger to Katherine Switzer in Iowa City, and Langerak to Emma Bousquet. Pella Overall Co. reports higher gravings, and Mayor Vander Zyl proclaims relief aid for Italy earthquake sufferers.
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Ucon
Peterson
Pélls and
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Rencon
Anna Vander Ploeg
Frank de Yong
H. C. Ver
Ver Ploeg
Poet
Otley von Kay
P. Haze
Mike Reus
W. J. Evans
Monroe
Henry J.rhynsburger
Pella
Katherine Switzer
Iowa
Governor Approves Budget Increase and Road Bond Bill
Governor Hammill signs a 2,000,000 budget rise raising taxes by 2.28 mills while seeking non tax funds to cover it. The state bond bill hurdles toward 100,000,000 for roads as Judge Bonner denies Attorney General Fletcher’s injunction appeal. Keokuk County stands to gain over 2,000,000 for primary roads from state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammill
Jacge Bonner
Fletcher
Keokuk County
New License Plates Anger Over 1929 Plate Colors
Secretary Ed Smith defends auto plate colors chosen six months prior and dislikes the green and black design. Town residents consider the 1929 plates the most hideous yet, with jokes about Bank convenience and broad dissatisfaction.
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Ed Smith
Keokuk County News Calls For Road Bond Reform
A Keokuk County News item argues county road bonds should fund more roads while reducing costs. It notes No 149 and No 2 are paved and No 77 graveled, with a push to surface more county roads and expand market readiness.
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Keokuk County
As i
Yarm
New York Central and East Facing Electrified Future
Chicago is described as the wrong end of the road as electrification advances on the New York Central and Pennsylvania systems. The Buffalo to New York electrification and Niagara power aim to modernize service, while eastern officials seek power from the St. Lawrence Seaway though Chicago may gain from eventual electrification.
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New York Central
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Niagara
St. Lawrence Seaway
Railr
Chocago Tribune
Marketing and Farm Mindedness in Corn Canners
At the Iowa corn camera annual meeting a New York marketing expert scolded canners for not coordinating production and marketing. He, raised on a farm, argued farmers are too farm minded and should study marketing alongside production. He praised Department of Commerce data use and urged cane r producers to unite for better control of outputs and sales.
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The
Corn Camera of
Iowa
New York
Department of Commerce
Wallace
Local history review praises hard work and famous figures
Kuyper extols persistent effort as the path to progress, citing Moses, Caesar, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and modern icons like Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth. The piece argues that consistent toil underpins achievement, from ancient times to today, urging diligence as timeless truth.
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Bob
Moseu
Mount Sinai
Moses
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
David
Apostle Paul
Christ
Caesar
Napoléon
Cromwell Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Leo
Roosevelt
Wilson
Jack Emsey
Bobby Jones
Babe Ruth
Pianist Paderawski
Rolscreen vows disciplined plans and brave work ethic
The speaker urges careful planning for the year and daily tasks, highlighting imagination, perseverance, and dependability. He cites Edison, Columbus, Magellan, and Ford as examples of overcoming doubt, and calls for extra daily calls, courage in competition, and true product trust to build lasting confidence and unity in the Rolscreen organization.
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Edison
U. Hve
5Th Avenue
42Nd Street
State Street
Madison
Magellan
Globe
Alps
France
Wilson
Bob
Ford
Fords
Fenestra
Sam
Army
Air Service
Frank Crane
Rolscreen
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Joe F. Denburger
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Pella Vander Linden Drug Store
Crumbaugh
Oskaloosa
Towa
Frank Pohlman
Mgr
Pella Supply CO
James V. Lankelma
Washington Street
J. E. Shultz
South Side
H. C. Payne
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Intry
GEO. H. Lankelma
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F. F. Carpenter
Franklin St
Main and
Liberty
Keable
Aschenbrenner Ohsician
Franklin Street
H. O. Wormhoudt Dentist Office
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