Mother's plea on fathers and a suggested path to presidential reform
A mother urges fathers to take a stronger role in raising children, arguing moral guidance outvalues money. The column then critiques the electoral college, endorsing a popular vote for president and vice president, with Nebraska cited as leading toward primaries by popular vote to curb horse trading and smoke filled rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Republican Party
Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Nebraska
United States
New Chloromycetin Drug Cures Typhoid Fast
Maryland doctors report a fungus derived drug, Chloromycetin, curing typhoid fever in three days when given early. Discovered by Dr Theodore Woodward and Col Rufus Holt, the medicine showed rapid drops in fever and is not yet generally available. The findings promise relief for a disease linked to contaminated water and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
M Land
Maryland
Army
Theodore *. Woodward
School of Medicine
Maryland University
Rufus Holt
Army Medica Department
Washington, D.C
Mala
Editorial Echoes on Public Policy and Social Issues
A collage of editorial notes and opinion across papers. Topics include consumer health jokes about indigestion remedies, Soviet and European economic ideas, union tensions, controversial remarks on fascism, and a call for standardized divorce laws. It highlights voter apathy, fiscal priorities, and the need for responsible governance.
40 Years Ago August 6 1908 Pella items and notices
The Epworth League meeting was held at E A Roorda grove northeast of Pella. Engelje Van Zee Vander Wal died, born 1830 in Holland, came to America in 1881. Murray Ten Hagen amputated leg after an accident in Pierre with a train on a viaduct. Nick Vande Kieft surprise party hosted by N Bogaard family with Bogaris orchestra. Hospers of Sioux County injured in a swinging misadventure in Pella. A traveling man fell from a livery rig. no injuries. W D Blank worked at The Chronicle, Des Moines, to learn printing. L D Schakel injured near Woodward. A A and John Visser built a house near Otley. L Stogeman showed land buyers to Milejer, South Dakota. Dakota seen as a money maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Methodist Church
E. A. Roorda Grove
Pella
Engelje van Zee Vander Wal
Holland
America
A. D. B. Vander Wal
Murray Ten Hagen
Jay Kempkes
Pierre
South Dakota
N. Bogaard
Nick Vande Kieft
Nick
James Verhey
Bogaaris
Overcamp
Henry
John Robertus
South Main Street
den Adel
Vander Heiden
John
W. D. Blank
Chronicle
Des Moines
L. D. Schakel
Pella Stucker Co
Woodward
Thirty Years Ago August 1 1918 News In Iowa
Rube Brand joins the 339th Field Artillery stationed with 12000 Nebr and Montana men at Camp Dodge. He reports an athletic show at the YMCA and a home town pride with Carl Ver Steeg boxing the pros. Deaths include Dirk De Jong from Otley after a horse kick and six year old Robert Elwood killed by a windmill anchor pole. Nurses are urged, with a need of 25000 nationwide and Iowa 1050. Marion County leads Iowa in securing a 4 H club leader government aid. C W Bond is the leader. Will Baer fails a Camp Pike physical due to lost fingertip tips and returns to Pella National Bank. Lt Lyman Van Houten praises Lester Welle's fire letter as a potential war correspondence piece. Bertha Brunia sails overseas, likely sending clothes home. A war stamp comment labels cashing stamps early as slacker behavior. William Kelderman takes son Billy to Iowa City for a leg operation. A large barn north of Poll completed destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rube Brand
339Th F. Artillery
Montana
Camp Dodge
Carl Ver Steeg
Rube
Berlin
Germany
Royal Palace
Dirk de Jong
Otley
Robert Elwood
Galesburg
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Marion County
C. W. Bond
Will Baer
Camp Pike
Pella National Bank
Lyman van Houten
Lester Welle
Homer Miller
William Kelderman
Billy
Iowa City
Arle G. Bonsink
Polla
Local Notes On Residents And Happenings In Pella Area
Leendert Monster Jr. travels to Colorado for health and hopes to return soon. Curbing cracks appear after rain and heat, puzzling owners. Harry Vander Linden visits North Carolina then aims for dental school in Atlanta. A new racing horse barn at Lake Prairie District Fair Grounds is painted. M De Reus plans to reopen his fire damaged Leighton store. W H Fowler gives Mrs Rietveld and daughters a fast tour to Oskaloosa in forty minutes. Arie Van Houweling goes to Plainview Texas for four to six weeks hoping to winter there if all goes well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leendert Monster Jr
Colorado
Harry Vander Linden
North Carolina
Atlantia
Georgia
Lake Prairie District Fair Grounds
M. de Reus
Leighton
W. H. Fowler
Rietveld
Harriet
Helen
Frances
Oskaloosa
Arie van Houweling
Plainview
Texas
Women improve West Market Park and area news
August 9 1928 report notes Federated Club members setting up playground equipment and transforming the park. Roadwork progresses on Number 2 road toward Washington County. Farm Union picnic planned August 21 with Milo Reno speaker and Farmers Union State Band at Grandman's Grove. Highway 14 Newton to Monroe graded, no gravel until spring. Trade Merit ad pages preview Saturday bargains. Montezuma oil fire draws multiple fire departments. blaze confined to storage area. Golf Club members beautify grounds north of Pella. women urged to golf. Iowa's first annual aircraft show to feature at State Fair. O and P Tire Shop offers tires at bargain prices. Heavy rain washes out Rock Island track between Pella and Ottumwa delaying rail traffic. Keokuk County farmers buy new combines. Corn and wheat price 90 cents to $1.00 per bushel. hogs $8.90 to $10.50 at local market.
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Federated Club
West Market Park
Washington County
Farm Union
Milo Reno
Farmers Union State
Grandman's Grove
Newton
Monroe
Montezuma
Golf Club
Pella
Iowa
Towa
Ford
Rock Island
Ottumwa
Keokuk County
Storm destroys Wormhoudt Furniture roof and more
Ten years ago a brutal August storm tore a roof from Wormhoudt Furniture and scattered debris across adjacent buildings. Pictures show Matt Kempkes soaked in his apartment, while trees shed branches and fields lie flattened. Wind speeds set records as farms and windmills fell, and apples stripped from orchards at Sybenga Scholte and Gosselink. Anne Hospers, visiting from Le Grand State Normal, planned to study cooperatives in Nova Scotia for Columbia University. The Galesburg Methodist church building sustained damage.
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Wormhoudt
Matt Kempkes
Sybenga
Scholte
Gosselink
Anne Hospers
State Normal School
le Grand
Oregon
Nova Scotia
Columbia_ University
Galesburg
Playing Ball or Betrayal of Prohibition Lies
The full page liquor ad by distillers asks if fathers really model right living while urging moderation yet implying drinking by sons. It accuses sponsors of mixed motives and warns a Prohibition cloud grows. It says distillers want to broaden markets and reach nondrinkers, including the young.
Storm toll and local notes from Galesburg area
A thunderstorm caused fire damage after lightning struck during a big storm. A threshing machine moving nearby overturned two miles west of Galesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lautenbach planned a Yellowstone Bryce Canyon Salt Lake City trip returning around Labor Day. Henry Roelofsen left Weekblad after 13 years to start trucking. Pella needs housing, birch trees die citywide, borers threaten forests, and soil treatment is advised. Farmers Union seeks talent for picnic, Senator Guy Gillette speaks August 24 at Grandman's Grove. County relief declines. subsistence gardens remain valuable.
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Galesburg
Paul Lautenbach
Yellowstone Park
Bryce’s Canyon
Salt Lake City
Henry Roelofsen
Weekblad
Pella
Ames Foresters
The
Farmers Union
Guy Gillette
Grandman’s Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
Onal Editorial
Plortion
Iw. Sadler George Ver Steeg
By Sadler Publishing Co
Main St. Pella
Tom Dewey
Dewes
Dew
Eddyville
Knoxville Express
European Union
Sigourney Review
Hitler
Europe
Knoxville Journal
Board of Commissioners
Marion County Soil Conservation District
Pleasantville
Knoxville
William den Adel
Wright County
OUR Democracy
Maj
A. A
John Visser
Levi Dykstra
L. Stogeman
Mile Jer
Dakota
Christian Science Monitor
Ben Hoeksema
2Nd St
Ney
Farmers Co-Op
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