Pella Civic League Constitution Presented Here
The Pella Civic League presents a constitution drafted by a special committee for a meeting at the Second Reformed church on February 2. It details purpose, membership, dues, fiscal year, executive committee, meetings, voting, quorum, and amendment rules with a Christian civic framework and aims to promote honest government and moral public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pella Civic League
God
Jesus Christ
League
Jury panel reports for service in Chariton court
In a historic show of resolve 33 jurors reported for jury duty in Chariton district court with only three requesting dismissal. The court faced unusual crowding as the grand jury used the regular room and CWA offices filled other spaces leaving petit jurors to seek seating in corridors during intermissions.
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Court House
CWA
Chariton
Country eighth grade exams set for next week in Lincoln
Prof Frush announces county examinations for country school students to be held next week Thursday February 1 at Lincoln school building. About forty pupils will take the exams in Pella per county superintendent Miss Batten.
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Frush
Lincoln
Miss Batten
Pella
Cost of Corn Hog Program in Marion County
Marion County will determine corn hog program expenses through the local corn hog production control association after sign-up days. Costs will be prorated among producers by corn acres and hogs under contract, with average county costs historically near one cent per bushel in wheat areas.
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Marion County
Walter L. Brown
Brown
Mr. Brown
Hatchery Code Adopted At State Meeting In Des Moines
At Des Moines on Monday about 500 hatcherymen and wives attended a state hatchery meeting where a hatchery code was adopted. The code governs purposes hours wages general labor provisions unfair methods of competition and related items with a 40 hour weekly limit except watchmen and deliverymen. Minimum wage set at 15 dollars weekly and a fixed higher price for hatchery products during the NRA period.
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Henry Hackert
Des Moines
Weekly Health Message on Scarlet Fever Quarantine
The piece warns that familiarity with scarlet fever and small pox breeds contempt for quarantine rules. It notes lax enforcement in some places, risks from infected people leaving homes, and emphasizes faithful quarantine. Iowa reporting shows nearly 2,000 cases and 42 deaths in early 1983, 17 in November.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Infectious disease report for Iowa week ending Jan 18
Report to the U S Public Health Service lists cases by county with totals for principal illnesses including diphtheria scarlet fever smallpox measles meningitis whooping cough chickenpox mumps influenza gonorrhoea and syphilis noting state and county totals and trends toward quarantine measures where applicable.
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Iowa
United States Public Health Service
Polk
Clayton
Allamakee
Carroll
Union
Fayette
Dubuque
Cass
Woodbury
Wapello
Butler
Pocahontas
Iowans Share Wheat Fund Payments Totaled
Washington D C farm administration reports that wheat payments to farmers for acre-age curtailment reach 30,994,785 dollars. Checks issued to 399,762 farmers in 36 states. Iowa counties show varied recent payouts with Page leading at 5,603 dollars from 104 checks and Sac, Guthrie, and Henry counties also listed among others.
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Washington
D. C
Farm Administration
Iowa
Towa
Pottawattamie
Boone
Audubon
Guthrie
Henry
Sac
Page
Burns Claim Life of Mrs E L Jackson at Forest Home
Mrs E L Jackson aged 70 of Forest Home died Saturday from burns after her clothing caught fire while lighting a kerosene lamp. Her husband suffered serious burns. she died about four hours later. Funeral Monday at Forest Home church. Burial in Forest Home Cemetery. Survived by husband and nephew Robert Blessing of St Louis.
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E. L. Jackson
Forest Home
Montezuma M. E. Church
Forest Home Cemetery
Robert Blessing
St. Louis
New Sharon
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C. F. Dykatra
Peila
Rock Island
Princess Theatre
Oskaloosa
Sun
Bing
Marion
Davies
Fifi
D’orsay
Stuart Ned Sparke
Kelly
Todd & Kelly Comedy
Reel—News
Chronicle
Iowans Share Wheat Fund
Beunos Aires
Argentina
Tiger
Tiger Supreme
Pharis
Henry Field
Authorized Age Gamble Stores
South Side Square
Joe Stientjes
den Adel’s
Entory
D. den Adel
Clothier
Pella, Iowa
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