03 Jul 1952
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
1
Practical guidance from Jewel Graham on planning a home wedding reception. Emphasizes setting a lovely table with fine china, white or pastel linens, and centerpieces. Recommends background music, careful seating, two hostesses, and step by step serving with tea, coffee, cakes, and treats to ensure gracious calm.
A young boy named Ken plays sheriff on an early summer morning knocking stones at passing cars he deems bad. His playful justice ends when adults intervene and he ends up in a cast for the summer, learning limits to his vigilante impulse.
A Post Greenhouse crew has removed old tulip bulbs from the city park beds in Orange City to allow replanting with large bulbs this fall. While bulbs are scarce, beds are being filled with other flowers for color this summer and fall, ensuring better blooms next spring.
Iowa's non farm employment rose by 1 800 in May to 632 350, with gains in construction services transportation and utilities. Manufacturing fell by 650 from April while banks and insurance added jobs, average weekly pay rose $2.44, hours gained 1.3, hourly earnings held at $1.62 amid industry cutbacks affecting 2 000 workers.
The article notes the Washington Monument cornerstone laid on July 4, 1850. It mentions Enoch W. Eastman and his inscription praising Iowa’s bond to the Union, reflecting Iowan affection like rivers bordering the state.
This column introduces a series by Mr Nollen who writes for the newspaper. He is a banker and executive, formerly vetted as a shalimas of the board at Bankers Life Co and president of a major insurance firm. A native student of economics, he directed an investment program at Iowa's largest financial institution.
Opinion argues democracy rests on individual self-control while communism relies on government dictatorship. It warns overreach of central government risks eroding freedoms, urges restraint and preservation of checks and balances amid modern social needs.
Fragmentary line ponders a choice between liberty with flaws and government rule with injustices, underscoring the tension between personal freedom and collective control. The terse reflection hints at a broader debate on political systems and human rights.
The 1961-52 Iowa fur take totaled $972,184, the most profitable in years, with mink pelts worth $406,532.36 from 23,247 animals and muskrats totaling $361,081.31 from 263,563 animals. Overall pelts reached 369,609. prices fell though the volume rose, mink average dropping from $28.60 to $17.48. The peak period remains 1943-44 with 979,000 furs earning $2,961,000.
On July 18 1865 Dubuque celebrated the completion of the Illinois Central Railroad to the Mississippi River with a speech by Stephen A Douglas delivering the speaking of the day.
Iowa State College home management specialist Naomi Shank urges extra care for refrigerators in hot humid weather. Defrost often, possibly every other day, clean interiors with a baking soda solution, keep foods covered, leave space for air circulation, and lower outside heat by cooling settings. Monthly, remove dust from motor and coils while safely unplugging first.
A caution urges not to merely turn off appliances but to give refrigerators breathing room. If cabinets enclose it, pull the unit out several inches from the wall to allow air circulation and heat dissipation as workload increases. Snakes have up to 300 rib pairs.
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