A Quartet Of Years In Pella
E V Good reflects on four years in Pella, noting residents’ openness to new ideas, community effort, and the Chronicle’s role. He contrasts mossy incumbents with progress, cites involvement in Community Welfare League, PTA, and Chamber of Commerce, and explains editorial openness. He recalls evolving newspaper features Like Visits With Farmers and Inquiring Reporter and recalls origins of the latter.
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Chronicle
Pella
W. A. Young
J. G. Jacobs
Business Men’s Community Club
Hotel Pella
Pel Igy
T Piette
C. Aschenbrenner
Eva Stubenrauch
Weethnamage
Weekly Farm Visit debuts in Chronicle February 1981
The Chronicle marks the start of Weekly Farm Visit during the week of January 15 1981. Farmers H O Viersen L D Vander Linden John Bauman and W A Roorda were the first on the visiting list with work chores noted. The editor celebrates strong reader support and promises continued newsy coverage and evolving features.
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Chronicle
H. O. Viersen
L. D. Vander Linden
John Bauman
W. A. Roorda
Sbkewest
Dhocwag
Onn
Jesus At Work Lesson On January 15 1933
International Sunday School Lesson outlines Jesus active life across church home and city. It stresses Sabbath work, church attendance, participating in service, expelling evil spirits, and applying worship to daily life. It calls Christians to live faith beyond church, transform society, and embody Christ's teaching in family and community.
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Jesus
Jenus
Simon
Andrew
James
John
Church
Iowa State Fair Returns Profit From 1902 1920
The Iowa State Fair posted a net profit of 1 047 318 for 1902 to 1920, with two loss years in 1981 and 1932. After adjustments, 31 year net profit stands at 916 485. State appropriations and investments totaled over 1 million dollars, while operating expenses reached 6 044 708, largely funded by fair receipts. Heritage and agricultural growth noted with a retrenchment in costs by over 26 percent in the recent two years.
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Iowa
State of
State Fairroperty
Rtabe
Towa
State Agricultural Convention
Library notes on community support and book care
The town expresses thanks to civic supporters for library discipline efforts and notes the public underestimates the library’s value. A member teaching in a smaller town highlights how local access limits students, while borrowers sign cards promising care, and many books need mending. A rental shelf delay persists with undelivered bolts, listing titles including Cinderella, The Silver Horde, Uncharted Seas, A Farewell to Arms, and more.
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Wright Cinderella
Loring
Bentley
Hemingway
Evarts
Moccasin Telegraph
Buck—Sons
Sterrett
Ig Smith
The Wet Parade Review Meets Holiday Rush at WCTU Meeting
The December WCTU gathering with Mrs Lillian Payne drew fewer attendees due to holiday duties. The program reviewed Upton Sinclair The Wet Parade focusing on prohibition era hypocrisy and a tragic arc driven by liquor and reform. The discussion noted Kip Tarleton and Maggie May Chilote as figures shaped by drink’s legacy and celebrated the book as a tragedy.
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Lillian Payne
Upton Sinclair
Hughes
Wilson
Upton Sinclair Pictures
Roger Chilcote
Powhatan Tarleton
New York
Maggie May Chilote
Kip Tarleton
Maggie
Kip
Maggie May
County Seat Happenings and Local Robbery News
Marion County Taxpayers association announces a Jan 16 meeting at 7 30 p m to discuss gross income tax with speakers Mr McCoy and Mr Sampson of Indianola. Also reported is a robbery on Highway 14 near here, where James Murphy lost about 45 to 50 dollars to two masked men in a Chevrolet coupe. The bandits fled toward Knoxville after the victim sought help from a farm house. In a separate note Harold Cox, 19, wed Katheryn Mihalovich, 17, at Melcher, as Cox’s theft sentence was revoked on parole by Justice Brobst minutes after the ceremony.
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Meyer Langerak
Marion County Taxpayers Association
Langerak
McCoy
Sampson
Indianola
Murphy
James
Anamogsa
Harold Cox
Katheryn Mihalovich
Melcher
Cox
B. H. Brobst
Grow Fewer Acres of Grain
Iowa State College Extension Service soils expert William Watkins advocates a well balanced soil management program. A 17 year trial shows higher crop value with a 3 year rotation plus manure and limestone. Shifting to longer rotations would cut corn acreage and boost legume and hay areas, improving fertility and livestock feed balance.
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William F. Watkins
Iowa State College Extension Service
Iowa
Legumes priced higher than grain seeks soil care
Soil fertility seen as a farmer's fixed investment, vital to crops. Mr Watkins warns once lost it is costly to rebuild, noting legumes command higher prices than grain.
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Mr. Watkins
Pheasants Rising In Central Iowa Says ISU Professor
Dr. George C. Hendrickson of Iowa State College reports a rapid increase in pheasant numbers across central Iowa. Story Boone and Dallas counties show many birds on farmland. Farmers have aided winter feeding by leaving shocks of corn fodder kaffir corn sorghum cane and other grain within reach.
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George C. Hendrickson
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Story
Boone
Dallas
Trapping Season Closes January 15 in Iowa
Iowa open season ends January 15 for foxes mink otters civet cats and skunks in both zones. Within ten days after closing, trappers must file an sworn inventory detailing each animal caught. Before selling or shipping hides, a permit from the State Fish and Game Department is required.
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Iowa
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Poel
Ada
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Spain
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de Kruif
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White
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Jordan
Schoonmaker
Europe
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Bassett
Twin Lights
Norris
Hauck
Fletcher
Christie
Dutton
Bennett
Ken
Courageous
Rohmer
Gregory
Berkeley
Hendryx
Corporal Downey
Treehaven
Hill
Reverne
Man In the
Red Maltzahn
Erich Ohlson
At. Bindloss
Library
James Murphy
John Wynberg
United Paint and Body Co
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