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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
9
A.T. Vander Beek, longtime Sully resident, was home over the weekend visiting family. Richard Giles, attending summer school at Central, left for Dallas Saturday to visit his parents.
J P Culley, 72, once Otley born, traveled through over half the states and Iowa, recalls the stormy January day of his birth near Otley. Now living in Seymour, Missouri, he declined a sheriff bid to avoid Knoxville. He remembers East Side Fire, the stagecoach pace, and his habit of never selling the last item on hand. He toured with his wife and daughter in law, while his daughter teaches at a Tulsa university with 1100 students.
Saturday evening about 8:00 p m a Van der Meulen hardware truck and a Vos dairy car collided in the 400 block on East First Street. Both vehicles turned over causing serious damage though no injuries were reported.
Morning service at First Reformed Church features Rivers of Living Water with an afternoon program on Joshua and Israel and an evening session titled Four Essential Looks II A Compassionate Look Around If weather permits the lawn service will be held and the pastor will preach The Peril of the Empty Soul Baptist Church holds Sunday school 9 30 am worship 10 45 am Sermon Living Epistles Young People's service 6 30 pm Evening service 7 30 pm
The Chronicle announces Ed Le Cocq, a noted cartoonist with work for the Des Moines Register, joins the staff. His weekly cartoons will focus on Iowa happenings with local interest and fresh weekly perspectives.
Many farmers cut brush in summer or fall hoping to prevent growth, but the U S Department of Agriculture notes second or third growth will occur. Brown alfalfa hay can match field hay in palatability but not feeding value, with brown hay often resulting from accidents. A leather strap protector helps shield horses from nose botflies, outperforming crude wire or burlap methods. Dairy experts advise cheese factory sites near cow populations with clean water and good drainage, plus road access. leather care instructions follow, including drying and polishing Leather can burn when wet, and damp oil helps pliability. Mr and Mrs Pete Dingeman visited Des Moines on Monday.
Members of the Zion M. E. church gospel quartet from Muncie Indiana visit J E Cornelius in this city. The quartet includes Park Anderson Howard Fox and Robert Eaker on strings and Coral Norton on cello and piano. Mr Eaker is Lou Eaker’s son. Two members are licensed local preachers in the Methodist conference.
When sadness settled on the Clarence De Penning home after the death of the husband and father neighbors responded quickly. Several drove their teams to the farm and plowed the corn in the field, easing the burden on Mrs. De Penning.
Bloomfield Chronicle reports a Bloomfield Democrat press mix up leading to early next issue sourcing. Press workers loaded forms into a car and delivered a timely run by 10 o clock with praised service and up to date equipment.
A longtime editorial urges citizens to attend church regularly, arguing the fault lies with both the public and clergy in adapting teaching methods to modern times. It warns that apathy and reliance on home radios threaten the nation’s moral foundations and underscores church attendance as a civic duty.
Cotton, milk and hogs are the principal cash crops on American farms with cattle and calves and eggs and chickens also ranking ahead of wheat. The average tax per acre on farm real estate declined slightly in 1930 but rose versus market value. The U S Bureau of Animal Industry notes swine kidney worm losses in the South are tied to sanitation and pasture conditions. Pigs should be weaned early and moved to clean pastures to limit exposure to larvae. pigs typically do not discharge worm eggs before age six months.
Tests by the U S Department of Agriculture show cutting time affects little if alfalfa is properly cured in the swath. Four to eight hours in swath cures enough to windrow when cut in forenoon or early afternoon. if cut late afternoon rake next morning. Do not cut until dew dries and rake before leaves shatter. over cured hay may shatter less if raked early in the morning while dew remains.
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