Thought of the Week raises doubts on Allies and music
A column linking political cynicism about Hitler and Stalin to the danger of aligning with Communists. It questions Western policy toward Russia, praises a protest by National Music Clubs against jazzing classical works, and notes a shift in U S farming via cover farming. It urges strength, sane alliances, and support for 4-H and youth farming initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Music Clubs
Los Angeles
California
Beethoven
Brahms
Schubert
Chopin
Debussy
Foster
Editorial Comment A RUNNING SORE
Adel News notes Harry Bridges as a running sore of the west coast who testified at the deportation hearing claiming full agreement with Inglewood strikers at the aircraft plant. The piece questions when deportation officials will act while the Reinbeck Courier weighs in with a parodic verse praising the barefoot boy as a symbol of fragile national debt faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adel News
Harry Bridges
West Coast
Inglewood
Reinbeck Courier
Midwest Farmers Awake to Nazi Threat, Wallace's Farmer
Cliff Gregory argues Washington folks dismiss early warnings of a Hitler victory as scare talk. He notes past complacency when Nazi funds flowed freely, foreign consulates served as spy centers, and defense strikes were unaddressed. Action now replaces talk, and Midwesterners will believe warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Gregory
Wallace
Washington
Vacation safety tips from Fred Braun urge careful driving
America enters peak vacation season as thousands hit the roads. Braun urges drivers to signal intentions, stay in lane, beware others, and prioritize self control to avoid tragedy on long trips. Drive smart and prevent funerals by delaying risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Braun
America
Obedience in Faith: Paul Barnabas Missionary Journey
The lesson stresses obedience over disobedience, citing Abraham and Saul, then follows Paul and Barnabas returning to Antioch, their split over John Mark, and Luke joining the mission. It reports on the open doors in Asia and Europe guiding Paul to Philippi, Lydia's conversion, and the spread of early Christian faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
John Mark
Silas
Cyprus
Syria
Troas
Luke
Lyatra
Derbo
Hero
Timotheus
Chrison
Too Much for Old Gent Reading Chart
A patient tests reading ability with a doctor, repeatedly failing to read the chart. The doctor insists, the old man asks for the specs, and the exchange ends with the patient unable to read and seeking further guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe
Doc
Sales and local notes from Pella area July 1896
In this 45 year retrospective items note Stegeman's Shoe Store offering a thousand dollars in porcelain ware as prizes with every $2 purchase, land ads in California, abundant fruits, social plans for an ice cream event near Pella, doctors removing neck tumors, tall corn stalks found near town, a young suitor blocked from wedlock, Des Moines state centennial festivities with drownings, and a Professor Bailey column on weeds aiding soil aeration.
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Pella Blade
Stegeman's Shoe Store
George E. Faw
San Francisco
California
G. A. Vander Meulen
G. Bockenoogen
Gonzales
Calif
Aus
Minnie
May Vander Zyl
Des Moines
Minnie Bloem
Second Street
Messrs
J. Van Gorp_and Co
Geiser-Peerless
Antonie van Houweling
Otley
Pannekoek & van Vork
Huber
FE. II
Schuring
Oska- Jooxa
Bessie Bootsma
Klein
Pella
Fata
Epworth League
Mrs. Thomas
M. Moesman
T. Veenschoten
Brak
South
John Dykhuis
A. B. van Zante
Galesburg-Sandridge
Knoxville
John Daugherty
Sandridge
Union Park
Cavanaugh
Bailey
Is it kidnapping at Pella in 1911 twins birth and robbery attempt
30 years ago July 13 1911 Otley couple Aric and Mrs Vriezelaar welcomed twin boys. A Pella local spoke of Grandpa and Grandma Klein racing to see them while C H Randall from Georgetown Colorado aimed to rob a Pella home to seize Vander Zyl’s daughter Bess as his wife. Betzer death noted in Lincoln Nebraska. Betzer formerly in The Pella Blade office. A new sidewalk merchandise ban stirred council debate with Mayor Gesman blamed for strict rules. A stem construction notice to the City Council appeared. Frush ill but improving. Grandson reference to Mrs Jake Elliott and Aunt tickling goats. Frank Gregory traveled to Des Moines for a relay position as a lineman. many garbled lines remain.
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Aric Vriezelaar
Otley
Grandpa
Grandma Klein
Pella
C. H. Randall
Georgetown
Colorado
S Vander Zyl
Bess
C. J. (Neal
Hawkeye
A. H. Betzer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Betzer
Pella Blade
Council
Gesman
F. M. Frush
Jake Elliott
Mra
P. Johnson
Kate Will
Frank Gregory
Des Moines
Relina
Basusburger
War Quieted Bloom in Molland Fields
Anita McLean Willison notes in Front Views and Profiles in The Chicago Tribune that this year tulips and hyacinths did not come, as war silenced spring. She laments the loss of color and life, pleading for a sane war's end to restore joy and the world’s ordinary breaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molland Fields
Holland
War
Anita McLean Willison
The
Chicago Tribune
Women’s Federated Club hosts Mutual Elwell Chautauqua event
In July 1921 Pella residents faced a slow start for a County Y M C A discussion while the Women’s Federated Club pressed on with a Mutual Elwell Chautauqua led by president Mrs J C Mitten. Local happenings include park commission vote on July 14, heat illness for Mrs G G Thomassen, Alfred Wormhoudt’s wedding visit from Gary Indiana, and a busy Gun Club shoot with Ed Van Gorp’s 68 rocks.
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Elwell
G. G. Thomassen
Alfred Wormhoudt
Pella
Gary
Indiana
Sid Poland
Michigan
John Lasschuit
Ed van Gorp
Earl Black
Harry Boland
Turk van Vliet
Tunis Klein
D. A. Rietveld
Peter Kuyper
Y. T. van Niewaal
W. D. Carter Wins Sioux City Sewage Plant Contract
Ten years ago in Sioux City W. D. Carter secured the contract to build a sewage disposal plant for little over thirty two thousand dollars. The entry notes a business shutdown in August for a local band concert and mentions injuries from a street accident involving Jelle Jelsma near Vandermeulen Hardware store. Connie Vanden Baard drove the car. Henry Beckering involved.
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W. D. Carter
Sioux City
Jelle Jelsma
Central Park
Vandermeulen Hardware
Connie Vanden Baard
Henry Beckering
Substituting Gasoline Idea Provokes Dad and Son Talk
In a brief exchange, Charlie asks if a gasoline substitute will ever be found. His father replies they already have one, suggesting shoe leather as the trial. The son doubts it, calling it unfamiliar.
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Charlie
Charles
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Mala St. Pella
Low
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der Feuhrer
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Germany
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Russia
Kirk Fox
Kirk
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Lieve
F. L. Dudley
Midwest
J. C. Russel
Bearch
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U.S
Laan
Scotland
Abraham
Saul
Israel
God
Galatia
Phyrgia
Jesus Christ
Asia
Bythinia
Mysia
Greece
Rome
Trons
Macedonia
Samothracia
Neapolis
Philips
Philippi
Christ
Thyatira
American Sunday School Union
Lydia
Jesus
Bible
Io Jesus
Leonard Eilers
Frances Keables
Baptist Church
Model Clothing Co
Ray Vander Zyl
Paul Popma
Ozarks
Gosselink
New York
Bob Lautenbach
Berlin
New Hampshire
John
Casey van den Berg
Don Waechter
John Ulrich
Harry Dixon
W. E. Johnson
Sovereign Service
Tripe
Star Oil Company
By Oeea
Iverview Park
Sun
Riviera
Bob McGrew
Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong
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