Signs of Spring and radio politics mix in 1916 view
A nostalgic column surveys signs of spring with seed catalogs and longer days, then shifts to politics. It critiques radio broadcasts from Congress, the Hobbs racketeering bill, labor backlash, and public pressure on lawmakers as President Truman asks constituents to contact their representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring
House
Senate
James Petrillo
Musicians Union
England
United States
Pete
Cecil de Mille
de Mille
American Legion
Truman
Factfinding Commission
No Crates for the Women HEN in the air age prophecy
War era prophecies said common folks would fly when the war ends. Manufacturers report booming orders from businessmen, professionals, farmers, travelers, and hobbyists. Women show strong interest in planes with gadgets and refinements, lace, and curtains, hoping to fly in style. Pella, Iowa, notes as an auto airport city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Age
Serense
Pella
Towa
Keep That Lid On Price Controls Loom Large
A voiced editorial argues price fixing is a vital self protection voted by people through their leaders after World War II. It warns that lifting controls could trigger inflation and wage erosion, citing citrus prices as a lesson and urging readers to resist any move toward independence from controls. The piece portrays critics as promising freedom while masking dangerous economic outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Editorial Musings on Weather Worlds and Fast Flight
A collage of editorial snippets contrasts Iowa weather with distant places Indonesia and the world at large. It notes a restless, rapidly changing pace in transportation and aviation, comparing early dreams of global circumnavigation to future speeds, and observes human adaptability as essential for survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
Globe
30 Years Ago in Central Iowa High School Basketball
A scrappy early game saw Central win by 26 as Vander Tandon led with four baskets. The page notes classmates, local events, a death, a hospital pledge drive, a hospital fund effort, and a city sewer contract with Redd & Tomasse of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Gevne
Vander Tandon
Boyd
Auld Roach
Tinkhiasa
Incore
Ikhga
Ikhga Bur Hus, Sack, We UN) EY Aed For the Tiers, Bign Furor
Sam
K. Verley
Woul
Muskegon
Michigan
Pella High
Oska
Loosa
Anthony Tyss
Pella
Floyd Gambell
John Dykstra
Broadway
First Reformed Church
George Croll
Ben Blommers
Oan Iey
Marion
Sitner
Redd & Tomasse
Omaha
Clarinda
Tit
Corn Growers Association address in 1926 town
Twenty years ago on January 28 1926 a visitor urged farmers to join a Corn Growers Association part of a national plan to influence corn production. The town showed little interest while Editor Young commented. Lincoln School hosted a program front page. Pella Band held a banquet and music and dance at Legion Mall. Reverend Bernie Mulder accepted a call at the First Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Growers Association
Young
Lincoln School
Pella
Legion Mall
Bernie Mulder
Ten Years Ago Jan 23 1926 Highlights And Unrest
A 1926 snapshot notes more than twenty pictures in the issue. Dena Vander Pol’s death is recorded after years in Pella business, starting with Star Restaurant fifty years before 1931. Property transfers, a fatal sled propeller accident near Monroe, and weather at 22 degrees below zero are recorded along with local sports, Tulip Time prep, and corrections on local real estate and ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Que
D-X
Main Street
Dena Vander Pol
Pella
Star
Ford Gariyce
Hudson
George Ramsey
Ford
Ulrich
Chamber of Commerce
Central
Penn
Wesleyan
Hoogheem
Winterset
Langerak
Liter
Lee Herwehe
Monroe
P. van Niewans
Oskaloosa Street
Ed van Gorp
R. D. Douwstra
Thomassen
Washington Street
Chronicle
Simple Language From A Small Town Editor Aims Clarity
A Lake Mills Graphic excerpt recounts a small town editor’s motto to write plainly and avoid pretentious language. It notes residents live in homes not residences and go to bed rather than retire, arguing plain words reveal thought. It cites Edward Tok on the difficulty of saying no in any tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mills Graphic
Ade
Edward Tok
Visitors at the Home for the Aged
Gerrit De Jong and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bokhoven visited, joining Mr. and Mrs. William Rozenboom of Rock Valley in stopping by the Home for the Aged to see residents including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Heukelem and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit de Jong
Sam Bokhoven
de Jong
William Rozenboom
Rock Valley
Albert van Heukelem
Peter Pol
Ralph Kuiper
Peter Lan
Tenry Langstraat
Dick Langstraat
Local visits highlighted by families and friends
A string of social calls is noted across several households. John De Jong and various couples visited L Langstraat, C Den Hartog, and L Huiser, with lines indicating visits from the Van Ham, Klein, Van Eck, Van Dyk, Gosselink, Welle families, and others including a Grand Rapids couple and a Newton doctor family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Jong
Peter van Ham
Henry Klein
John Nunuinkhoven
Herman Langstraat
L. Langstraat
Henry den Hartog
C. den Hartog
John van Eck
John van Dyk
Chandler
Minnesota
L. Huiser
Dy Geenen
Boerelyn
G. Gosselink
Grand Rapids Visma
C. B. Welle
Joan of Newton
H. Welle
van Zee
G. Bos
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Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
Hlh. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Owares
Sociatio
By Sadler Publishing Co
Mala St. Pella
Iowa
Pelin
Tennyson
O.k
Washington
Mike-Shy
Sigourney Review
West Coast
Pacific
Oskaloosa Herald
Java
Imperial
Iowa Falls
South
California
Washington State
West
Chariton
Army Transport Command
Fliteo
Tyme
Stegeman
Bert
Checotab
Olla
Ben
Ralph Tuisman
Tracy
John Seerema
Des Moines
I. P. van Gorp
Gary Vogelaar
Chicago
P. I. Kuyper
Udder Health
Raullé
de Laval Magnetic Speedway
de Laval Speedway
Holtein
LAVAL
Fordelves
DE Laval
Nation de
Laal
Sa Ene
Ecu
J. J. Stuursma
Peoria
McCormick- Deering
John Deere
O. K
Deere-Monsier
Andringa & Stuursma Worth & van Zante
Elbert van Maanen
Don Vos
Liberty Corner
Guernsey
T. B
Bangs
Boone
A. C
New Idea
Bible Hour Society of the
Otley
Chr
Marion den Adel
Klyn & van Zante
Vriezelaar & van Maanen
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