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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
3
The column cites Margaret Chase Smith on neighborly virtue and tolerance, notes new coal mining machines promising efficiency and job shifts, weighs farm price supports with Aiken of Vermont urging moderation, and reflects on global events in Indonesia and China while urging clear, principled U.S. policy and liberty for peoples.
The piece argues for long range land use reform and flexible price supports to prevent soil degradation and overcharges to consumers. It notes farmer ill will toward potato subsidy derailments and suggests a ninety percent support may be needed for some commodities at times to balance farmer costs with consumer welfare.
A compilation of editorials from Marshalltown Times-Republican Eddyville Tribune Oskaloosa Herald Winterset Madisonian Monroe County News praising civic duty and Beardsley opposition to treasury raiders. It reflects on voting, eye banking, rural electrification, and shared national progress through collective action.
The article notes that around 200 years ago hospital care was scarce in the United States. It cites a six bed ward in New York’s Publick Workhouse and House of Correction from 1736 and identifies Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia founded in 1758 as the first true hospital serving the broader community.
Forty years ago Miss Carrie Rue of Pr City married Harry Awtry near Pella. The front page features The Other Literary Society program at Pella High School with speeches, songs, and dramatic readings led by Dick Van Zante and Will Rhynsburger. Local notices include property sale, wireless lecture by Professor Patty, and a visit from A Van der Waals.Electric Palace showed Italian earthquake films while Dunn County settlers praised new grain farming expansion.
Republicans in New Orleans hosted a banquet for Wile and Taft with about one thousand invited guests and a ticket price of 26 dollars per plate. A “hot time” was forecast as California debated the Japanese policy. A Van Baulen family loaded a car of household goods to move by rail to Eddyville to join A Vander Zee’s farm, while Eugene Dennis or his TL team residence on East First Street was for sale. The Charlie Sipe property on South Main was to be sold at public auction and Henry Ver had bought a horse for use in his livery stable at Monroe, shipped to Petia by rail.
In 1919 ck Koopman lost the thumb in a mitten snag at Garden City Feeder Co. He touched a quick revolving rod and the mitten and thumb were ripped away. The Central College cue team beat Penn 21 to 19 on the Pella floor. Pela High topped Prairie ity 3 to 1 with Rillihan the star, nine baskets by Van Hemert and others. A letter cited Gerrit Van Hemert wounded in Sept 15 and dying hours later after hospital transfers. Sam Sigman moved to take over Elite Theatre in Pella. Garden City Feeder Co. managers gathered in Pella including Veenmans and Vander Wal. Army furloughs and discharges filled local notes from Camp Dodge, Des Moines, and France, with Van Hemert, Vander Waal, and others returning home.
Twenty years ago residents reported Elmer of Petey in Perth as a former cabinet maker from Holland. A Kinship story mentioned a car accident involving Central basketball players enroute to Decorah with Winter injured. Des Moines River scenic highway proposal drew support, while Central dropped games to Des Moines University and Mayskens starred. Gas meters and livestock buying protests appeared in local business notes as winter lingered with record cold and snow.
A decade ago on February 9, 1939, Mrs Ida Donald Le Coeq died after a post operative blood clot ended her life. She operated a cafe on the East Side of Garden Square. Vernon Bobbitt, art instructor at Central College, was sent to high schools to introduce students to art.
A historical survey notes Yale naming its first Negro football captain Levi backf rected Eli and other college leaders naming Black captains while the Federal Council of Churches honors Jackie Robinson’s leader ship. Arthur Spinne becomes football captain at Boston College as Ralph track captain and Malcolm Caven assist in sports management. The piece cites rising Black voter influence in the South and quotes Harry S. Ashmore on progress and continued work toward equal rights, urging community action and faith institutions to support democracy.
In Davenport the St. Ambrose Saints overwhelmed Central's basketball team 56 to 36. Loupee of Central led his squad with six baskets as the Saints displayed speed and control throughout the game.
A society page photo shows Mr and Mrs Adrian De Young on their wedding day as neighbors unexpectedly visit their farm west of Pella. The report notes Jim with a full head of hair and a handsome appearance while Mrs De Young wears an artful dress with ruffles on shoulder sleeve and skirt. A tale claims technicians in 125 laboratories and hospitals in town qualified to type pneumonia to aid the fight against the dread disease.
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