War Food Drive and Farm Labor Struggles Inspire Citizens
A wartime editorial urges men and women to join the food production army by supporting farming efforts and volunteering at meetings. It praises farmers in Iowa for boosting production despite shortages, notes government attempts to speed up machinery supply, and critiques economic planners while advocating practical action over theory. It also discusses postwar Germany policy, the promise of penicillin, and anxieties about potato supplies and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Brain Trust
Bill Jeffers
Henry Kaiser
Editorial Point Of View On Mars And Bataan Valor
Omaha World Herald notes a skeptic would see a blue planet from Mars and questions our own view from here. Oskaloosa Herald recalls Bataan and argues Filipinos fought bravely for their country alongside American soldiers during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World Herald
Mars
Oskaloosa Herald
Bataan
Filippinos
Manual L. Quezon
Pocketbook of Knowledge notes a drunken offense in Pella
A reprinted Iowa state Democrat story says Professor A. Van Haveske, well known in Pella, was picked up by police and jailed for drunkenness. Friends tried to assist but he did not respond. A commentator quips he is a better musician than a drunken bum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Bhide
Woomseads
Iowa State Democrat
A. van Haveske
Pella
Tooting
Bee
Nur
FliteO'Tyme recalls Pella memories from four decades ago
A look back at happenings in Pella spanning ten, twenty, and forty-two years ago, noting notable events and local color from past editions. The column highlights community milestones and moments that shaped the town’s history.
Pella News Aids, Visitors, and Oddities 1890s Echo
Local notes recount a Jol ly Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin show coming to Pella on August 1 with admissions 23 cents adults 14 cents children. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Frank Clark of Elwood Nebraska. Reports mention hot weather above 100 degrees and a late potato crop outlook for Jasper County. A monster bull snake display and a pre historic tooth found in the Des Moines River are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peta Blade
Daly Su
Lynn Henry
Khoat Dysart
Jolly Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
Pella
Frank Clark
Elwood
Nebraska
Ben V Zante
Bon ‘Ton
Eddyville
Moonlight Mission
G. I. Wormhoudt
Gerrit Kaldenberg
Jasper County
Neyeneseh
Gerrit Hoet
Seattle
Washi
Monroe
Clarence Downey
George Koder
Walter V. Sexton
Wormhoudts
Newton
Des Moines
Chicago
Charley Keables
Colorado Springs
Death of Gerard Gosselink in 30 Years Ago Notice
Thirty years ago in July Gerard Gosselink son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gosselink died at age nine from typhoid fever. The family lived on West Franklin Street 21. Reports mention Brown family ties, the Western Pacific Railway presidency, and local events including a Dutch costume troupe, Miss Elsie May Had’s elocution work, and Effie Stubenrauch’s Montana visit. A car crash during a White Way picnic advertisement injured a mule and damaged vehicles, with no serious injuries. Joe Faassen of the Commercial Club entertained at Oskaloosa as Pella advertised the White Way picnic. Redpath Vawter Chautauqua in town noted the opening would not start on Sunday as advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Gerard
William Gosselink
West Franklin Street
Brown
We M.aot Pella
Western Pacific Railway
Chats
Dios Moines Valley
Rock
Uhundhue
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas City
Effie Stubenrauch
Mile City
Montana
J. H. Garberson
Theodore le Cocq
Oska
Fred de Cook
Joe Faassen
iCommercial Club
Oskaloosa
Pella
Dutehowm
Peter Kuyper
Des Moines
Pella Busters
Redpath Vawter Chautauqua Co
Notable Visitors And Tragic News From Pella July 26
A July 26 entry recalls J W Blattner, superintendent at the Oklahoma State School for the Deaf, visiting Pella with old Central College ties. The death of Godfrey Bevan is reported after anemia thwarted blood transfusion efforts, leaving sympathy for Mrs. Bevan and the Bevan boys. An Wichita item notes Ike LeCocq’s accident near Caldwell, Kansas where a wind gust caused a ditch crash. attorney Fred Hinkle sustained severe throat and head injuries in the same crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Blattner
Oklahoma State School For the Deaf
Sulphur
Oklahoma
J. J. Cole
Miller
South Dakota
Pella
Central College
Godfrey Bevan
LeCocq
Marion le
Farm Bureau Day plans and town events at Pella
Local notes show CoeQ's two hundred farm near Caldwell using gasoline power for a wheat crop. Mrs Ellsworth travels to Des Moines to help plan Farm Bureau Day at the state pair. Pella baseball drama, Prairie City items, and a fire alarm mark a busy period as towns raise funds and invite a new pastor and his wife to Baptist church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Prairie City
Otters Way
Aris City
Pea Hall
Don
Windy Zondervan
Baptist Church
Thurstowels
Georghire
Derbyshire
Pella
Ten Years Ago July 27 1928 Local Notes
A look back records Gerrit Klein death after WWI illness, and other deaths of Mrs Kalden and Mrs Van Zee. Government to implement new business code August to spread employment. Edward Van Zante appointed postmaster of Pella on Louis Murphy’s recommendation. Knox ville kittenball all star team named with players listed. local real estate and bank office plans, Gamble Agency store opening, Colorado trip update, a fire at Dick Dickema home from gasoline stove explosion, Frigidaire demo by Vanden Bere Electric, Phillips Yason change on Main, advertising airplane sign removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit’ Klein
Kalden
D. G. van Zee
Edward van Zante
Jof Pella
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
Kittenball Pla
Knoxville
A. Wisse
D. Dingeman
M. Vand
Co Neifert
Kie 'Eyaeedings
HE van Arkel
Donald
Ver Heal
Re Rysdam
Bill Koopman
der Meere
GG. Wormbhaudt
Eibert
van Maanen
Security State Bank
Joans
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Joe Steinnies
Gamble Agency
John W. Vander den
Gorgetown
Colorado
Dick Dickema
Bronway
Resurfacing Highway 14 Planned in Marion County
The Highway Commission will consider a major resurfacing of Highway 14 across Marion County from the Lucas county line to Monroe totaling 20.7 miles after removing paved concrete portions and adding a short segment to Monroe. Two smaller contracts will be let for 1.8 miles on Highway 311 from Harvey to 92 and 1.1 miles on Highway 365 from Tracy to 92, using about 3,540 yards of crushed rock. The south segment near Knoxville was resurfaced lightly two years ago but remains worn as cement work was deferred. The county plans additional resurfacing on other badly worn roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Highway Commission
Harvey
Highway 92
Tracy
Marion County
Lucas County
Monroe
No. 14
Knoxville
Knoxville Journaly Highws County
Mater
Band Welcomed Lieut. Welden and Family in Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls welcomed Lieut. Commander Fred Welden and Mrs Welden with the city flag band. Mayor F. M. Cottrell and Police Chief Joe Salle led 12 high school band members and Welden family members to greet them upon arrival in Town Falls after service in California and Pearl Harbor. His next station is overseas.
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Iowa Falls
Fred Welden
Weldon
Iowa ‘Falls
F. M. Cottrell
Joe Salle
Welden
Town Falls
California
Pearl Harbor
Our Shameful Cry on Food Policy in War Time
Samuel Grafton argues the US overfocuses on food shortages while production remains record high. He argues subsidies distort prices, warns against antiwar demobilization schemes, and predicts subsidies will end the political food debate as wartime needs continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Grafton
Chicago Sun
London
New Yorker
sreat_house of Portmand Mason
Lord Woolton
Pike's Peak
Raio
America
Who Is This Young Man From Pella In Quiz No 63
A fragment shows a Pella native born October 12 who lived in Pella most life then moved to Oskaloosa to find a wife. He excelled in football at Pella High School and Central College, won four letters each, and later enjoyed golf. He led civic groups, ran a flourishing business, and is described as good natured, kind to dogs and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Pella
Mas
Oskaloosa
Pella High School
Central College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Arie Schiller
Iterfere
Race Riots and the Threat to American Democracy
Rev William rine rmerchant for erican 10 New York City warns that racially charged riots echo Nazi propaganda and threaten democracy. He contrasts 1917 with today, urging strong democratic action to apply principles and stop racial hatred before minorities and ministers are endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New Los Angele
Beaumont
Detroit
United States
Azis
Germany
America
William Rine Erchant
New York City
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Sadler George Ver Steeg
By Sadler Publishing Co
Main St. Pella
Lows
Tin Town
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pan American Clippers
Henry Wallace
Connecticut College For Women
Vane de
Department of Eds
Medical Journal
England
American Research Council
Agriculture Department
North Africa
Dir
Aln
Peoria
Iowa
Pocketbook of
Wisinews
Fliteo
Tyme
Vanden Bere Electric Co
Chrles van Vliet
Gement
Phillips Yasion
Main Street
Scripps-Howard Press
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Dilly de Bruyn
Ump
Tony
Earth
Lla
Pelle
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