Thought of the Week at Parkersburg Eclipse
A Parkersburg Eclipse editorial reprinted here urges tolerance for all beliefs and condemns America First and fascist influences. It recalls des Moines visit reactions to Gerald L. Smith and links to prior Charles Coughlin rhetoric while stressing vigilance against price manipulation during Centennial celebrations.
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Des Moines
Gerald L. K. Smith
America
Smith
Charles Coughlin
Editorial Comment Clear Lake Reporter Iowa Bar Association meets in Davenport
The Iowa State Bar Association meeting in Davenport adopted resolutions regretting the United States supreme court feud and urging the court to interpret laws within constitutional limits rather than pursue political social or economic aims. The memo notes the resolutions stress duty to interpret law within constitutional bounds. Contour farming pays off as five inch rain harms Keokuk county, eroding topsoil. contour or sod farming minimized damage and proves value of strip cropping and soil conservation.
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Clear Lake
Iowa State Bar Association
Davenport
United States Supreme Court
Sigourney Review
Keokuk County
Ten Years Ago Pella July 23 1936 Briefs and Notes
A column recalls Robert Gosselink earning a master’s degree at Iowa University and years teaching and serving as Hull superintendent. Mrs Alda Mae Van Duren is noted. Lightning hits two homes near West Second and Columbus, shattering many windows. Local projects include Tulip Time planning, park landscaping, annex construction, and a large storage shed. Rain saves corn as heat ruins gardens. Residents travel and comment on the Landon Roosevelt campaign and Coughlin’s following waning.
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Robert Gosselink
Iowa Unive
Hull
Iowa
Alda Mae van Duren
Bart Vander Waal
Des Moines
Drouth
CCC
Knoxville
Farm Bureau
Pella
Francis A. Robinson
North Main
William Ebenpard
Rossereen
George Gosselink
Mission Field
Matt Kempkes
Boston
B. F. Vander Linden
California
Alf Landon
F. D. Roosevelt
Brant Vor Meer
P. van Donselaar
Charles Coughlin
Wall Street
Weather Revival Notes As July 1926 Passes
20 Years Ago July 29 1926 records heat and drought easing with welcome rain good oat yields reported north of Otley 68 bushels per acre and another field at 71 percent by front page story says Atlantic and Pacific Co plans to locate a store in Pella renting a building on the south side with a name of interest.
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Otley
Atlantic & Pacific Co
Pella
Monroe
Hamilton
Stureman
Aschenbrenner
Sack
Dean Pietenpol
Central
Central College
Third Reformed Church
Walter Halbert
New York City
Europe
James Verley
Third Reformed
A. G. Childs
Kokomo
Indiana
Peter van Houweling
Joe Boyd
Carl Beyers
Town
Missouri
Mike Langerak
Webster School
Melcher
Milo
Prairie City
Peter Kuyper
Billy Stout
Central College Area Busy With News and Happenings
The town reports a near collision at a crossing, local business upgrades and openings, a fire damage incident, a Federated Club circus on the athletic field, and entertainment by The Four Horsemen. marriages, football scores, and civic plans fill the pages alongside church auctions and campus activity at Central College.
Carnivals, Fire and Border News Spark City Talk
Thirty years ago July 26, 1916 Mayor Johnson shut several carnival concessions amid women of the Federated Club and managers pledging a clean show. The event tied to Garden Square, with games of chance drawing scrutiny. Kenneth Hicks of Kalona, Iowa, a Central Courne student, faced authorities over border troops enlistment, while Parshing's army gathered for Mex bandits. A Frey property fire destroyed a home by Frank LeCocq, extinguished by firemen using no water. Sybenga's bakery saw cordwood alight. Political writers praised Woodrow Wilson, and Carnival Company rumors swirled amid Borderey Place of Illusions.
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Nk Roose
Central College
Blue Moon Cafe
Royal Candy Co
Constantine Brothers
Marie Hoeven
North Main
Federated Club
College Athletic Field
The
Four Horsemen
Quartette
WHO
Des Moines
Ringling Bros. Circus
Madison Square Garden
New York
Ford
Ike
Everett LeCocq
Wichita
Kansas
Perry
Iowa
Mr. LeCocq
Frank
Pella
Billy Vanden Berg
Casey
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Joe Vanden Berg
Billy
Dena
Pella Motor Co
Essex
Legion Post
Ben Kuyk
Tillie de Koning
Sheppard
Pleasantville
Rena Juline
Charles Klein
Kleins
Johnson
Garden Square
Kenneth
Hicks
Kalona
Central Courne
Parshing
Advacant Hy Helgaton
Frey
Frank LeCocq
Sybenga
Cordwood
Woodrow Wilson
Feay the
Carnival Company
Borderey Place of
den of
Plea for Tolerance at Grinnell Congregational meeting
A speaker at Grinnell Congregational churches urged unity among denominations. He praised a Protestant leaders call for tolerance, noting Catholics Jews Presbyterians and others have been unfairly accused. He warned against narrow bigoted attitudes and emphasized freedom to worship as central to American life.
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Parkersburg
Grinnell
Life Insurance and Our Democracy in Public Life
The article explains life insurance as a means to provide food clothing and shelter through a common fund paying out on death or old age. It traces growth from 1860 to 1945, noting billions in ownership and payouts, highlighting security for families and broader social and economic benefits. It argues life insurance stabilizes credit and supports government and industry.
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Uncle Sam
Federal Reserve Board
Sam
United States
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