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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
2
Local residents report travel to Wisconsin for a Sunday-school convention, family visits, and community events. War front letters from France boost morale, while Red Cross drives and social gatherings frame the town's summer tempo.
The article outlines soldier odds in combat and health, comparing mortality by cause. It notes twenty nine chances of returning home to one of death, forty nine to one recovery versus death from wounds, one in five hundred to lose a limb, and claims longer life due to training with better care at the front. It also references government protection under the soldier and sailor insurance law for wounded, dependents, and families of the fallen.
Mrs DirK M Hessing died at her East First Street home at 2:00 a m on Tuesday July 9 1918 following a brief illness. She was 74 years 4 months 11 days old and a widow residing with her children. Survived by two sons and five daughters. Funeral services set for today Thursday at 1 30 p m at the home and 2 p m at Third Reformed Church. Interment in Van Domselaar Cemetery.
Between one's ancestors and one's posterity one leads an uncomfortable life of little freedom and much responsibility.
Freeman Lankelma writes from Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco describing rough but comfortable bar racks, good food including potatoes and roast, and Sundays with muskmelons. He notes cool, misty mornings with sun by noon, plans for the 67th Coast Artillery in France, six hours of drill, two to three hours of lectures daily, and well treated officers. Libberden and he stay together, bunking and sharing a squad due to similar heights.
Iowa farmers warned of heavy grasshopper numbers this summer and advised to protect binder twine by soaking in blue vitriol solution or using Bordeaux mixture. R L Webster, state entomologist, notes this prevents twine damage and grain loss, reducing waste and handling issues.
Methodist Episcopal Church lists morning service titled The Value of a Man and an Evangelistic evening, with Sunday school at 10 and Epworth League at 7. Sermons by Rev H M Bruins include An Ancient Hero while music features quartette and solo numbers. Baptist services follow with Cedar Rapids convention report and a life story lecture on dancing. Robert Carrall is the pastor.
Cook and Son relocate their insurance agency from Pella National Bank to Booster Office. W. W. Cook will devote his full time to Insurance and Farm Loans.
Help wanted advertisement seeking a hardware clerk, must be over draft age with some hardware experience. State salary, provide references, address to "K" for response and further instructions.
The American Red Cross coordinates with the Swiss Red Cross to feed clothe and supply U S soldiers held in twenty seven German prison camps. About 300 American troops were in camps at the start of June with over a thousand Germans captured by American forces. Berne hosts a warehouse delivering twenty pounds of food weekly per prisoner.
A fragmented OCR style row presents multiple numbers with inconsistent formatting including commas and decimals. No identifiable people, organizations, places, or events are readable to anchor a news item or construct a factual summary.
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