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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
3
The fragment notes Sadler Publishing Co with publisher and editor references at the Postoffice in Pells Iowa, indicating a column or notice from 11 matter. No further details are given to specify dates events or names beyond Sadler and Pells Iowa.
The piece argues humor can deflate aggression at the London Conference as Molotov rants, while Bevin uses wit to expose fear. It notes Western powers’ confidence, and suggests sending American newspapers with relief parcels to show everyday life and democracy beyond propaganda.
In a rural Iowa community readers debate the appeal of city books and candid photos of pretty girls printed in major dailies. Critics, mostly women, protest the images while men defend their appeal, recalling a tale of a local druggist and a Varga girl illustration from the 1920s.
Churchill and British leaders push plans to develop eleven African colonies with roads railways schools and factories to boost exports and reduce dependence on Britain. The program aims to train natives in trades, raise raw material output twenty-fivefold, and reinforce imperial power amid India’s independence and global shifts.
Editorials urge voters to read a non partisan Iowa League of Women Voters pamphlet You Are Democracy to question civic engagement while Washington Evening Journal links inflation to money supply and pricing, noting higher wages amid lower productivity and stressing public refusal to accept the current rules as the cure.
February 13 1908 notes form a Pella business and civic snapshot. Gosselink and Stege form a shoe store partnership. Stegeman’s long shoe career and Aikins ties trace the trade. Seed corn urged for planting. Den Adel and Vander Linden marriages. Thomassen's $25000 offer for grain cutting machine rights. transient merchant license rules. Vander Zyl as mayor. school board orders fire escapes on each building.
Readable items include a comment on college fire safety and the possible saving of their auditorium with proper fire escapes. Three Pella men paid fines after a melee, two Ouley men were badly beaten. Billy Sunday meetings near Muscatine drew nearly four thousand converts and nearly $8,000 in offerings despite his health concerns. Local sports report a 43 to 13 loss for Pella High to Oskaloosa. Additional items cover soap sales, weather lore, travel updates from Marion Porter, a train delay in New York, steamer tickets for Arie Vander Heiden’s family from Holland, and local business and theater announcements.
30 Years Ago February 7 1918 Pella front page outlines Hooverized Week meals with meatless and wheatless days. Des Moines based Warfield Pratt Howell & Co plans a 100000 dollar canning plant to boost corn, while local real estate subdividing Morningside and sale of unused West Market Square pump proceed. City notes cover school basketball wins, local draft calls, a Washington speaker for a food-saving rally, college tours, and a high river flood impacting rural carriers.
Twenty years ago in 1928 Pella police Dennis Carder and Fennema raided eight places for bootlegging at local basketball games finding liquor in two homes. The death of 79 year old mason Peter Vander Werf was noted for his sidewalk work. Local amateur nights at Alamo Theatre invited performers as Ramon Navarro starred in Road to Romance. Anthony Van Zee wed Jenna Van Houweling, Peter Pippel wed Marie Vande Haar, Connie Van Roekel wed Mabel.
Ten years ago on February 17 1938 Elmer Carpenter left Oskaloosa to assume ownership of Heerema Drug Store. He had spent eighteen years as a partner in Purity Drug Co and the front page featured the trio Three Little Girls in Blue with performers from Station KSO Des Moines. C H Wormhoudt sold a North Main Street residence used as a funeral home to Dr R M Martin, the former Vander Meulen home. Merchants advertised two Dollar Days for that weekend.
Advertisements list bargains while a Los Angeles church calls Rev. Jacob Prins of the Second Reformed Church. A Night School class toured International Harvester in Moline led by M M Dockendorf. Dionne Quints in the news and an ad touts Quaker Oats. The Second Reformed Church marked its 75th anniversary with a pageant directed by Sara Gosselink. Central beat Parsons in overtime 31 to 29 at Fairfield after sleet iced roads. Winterset beat Pella 19 to 16 as Menning scored 8 and Stientjes 4. State Senator G Roelofs to speak at the Washington Banquet on campus. Ginger the bull dog pic, a pet portrait, appears with John Gezel. A twin photo shows Bernie and Doretha Vogelaur, 20.
A compact ad for Gearts Feed Mill Garden City offers Mash Pellets Egg Mash Grain Balancer and Mineral Meat Meal Complete Hog Feed 40% Hog Supplement Dairy Calf Meal and pellet options with a$1.60 per ton pellet surcharge call for pig hog poultry feeds feeders waterers and tank heaters.
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