Thought of the Week and World Policy Reflections
A column applauds direct information in U S world policy and commends Wrigley for halting brands rather than lowering quality. It warns against inferior goods, notes veterans’ work in nonunion shops, and discusses music education shifts in Boston and Brookline with an Los Angeles Philarmon hall meeting by Gerald K Smith. It laments propaganda and favors responsible public discourse.
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Harold E. Stasten
California
Philharmonic Hall
Los Angeles
Gerald K. Smith
America
Smith
Huey Long
Lindbergh
Joe Stalin
Editorial Comment on War and Economics in Midwestern Press
Editorials urge vigilance against a growing bureaucracy while noting wartime rumors of peace with Japan. Opinions critique land value rises tied to farm prices, defend farm income trends, and condemn radio studio laughing as poor taste amid broader wartime messaging concerns.
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Iowa
Chester Bowles
Washington Post
Bowles
Department of Labor
Fayette County Union
Pella Memoir Highlights Local Council Actions 1915
A reused 1915 Pella snapshot notes the City Council approving a library trustees ordinance and ordering a forty foot culvert. It reports chautauqua tensions with Newton officials, a warning against riding with strangers, local auto business moves, circuses, population figures, flood sway, and farmers urged to watch for chicken thieves as war news swells in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
IL. P. van Gorp
Star Auto Co
Gary Voxelaar
H. P. Sc
Lake Prairie
Summit
Red ‘Rock
Iowa
France
Germany
U. S
Kaiser Wilhelm
Europe
Henry Edmand
Lake City
G. A. Vander Meulen
Los Angeles
Cal
Pella
Thy
G. R. Hagens
Casper
Wyoming
Des Moines River
20 Years Ago August 1925 Pella News Highlights
The Heinz Company ran a pickling plant near the tracks in South Pella with 50 to 60 acres of pickles and cucumbers. Prices paid ranged from 1.00 to 3.50 per hundredweight. Canning preparations were under way for corn. Lynnville beat Meteors 4 to 3 in ten innings. Van Arkel and Vanden Dover featured the ninth inning rally. Rev. Wesselink delivered his farewell sermon and became Central College president after 12 years, church membership rising from 400 to 700. Dollar Day promotions and a two page ad spread drew shoppers. Council voted to remove cast iron street markers due to car damage. pavement lines replaced them. Henry J. Kool yielded 98 bushels per acre on eight acres, the season’s high. Family reunions noted for Groatveld and Vander Pol clans. Klein and Ver Ploegh family plenaries upcoming. P. G. Gaass and A. N. Vander Linden returned from California via Colorado. Ralph Grundman harvested $280 in alfalfa seed from a three acre plot. Death of Henry De Koning reported near Fifield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz Company
South Pella
S. H. Douwstra
Pella
Lynnville
Meteors
van Arkel
Vanden Dover
Rysdam
Hoeven
John Wesselink
First Reformed Church
Central College
Henry J. Kool
Groatveld
Eddyville
Vander Pol
West Park
Klein
Ver Ploegh
P. G. Gaass
A. N. Vander Linden
California
Colorado
Ralph Grundman
Henry de Koning
Fifield
New School Laws Studied At Knoxville
School supervisors and boards studied recent revisions to Iowa public school laws in a Knoxville meeting led by Paul B. Norris of the state Department of Education. Attendance was reduced by rain. speakers outlined changes in school closures, tuition, transportation, district reorganizations, and a new pension plan for teachers.
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Marion County Court House
State Department of Education
Paul B. Norris
Norris
Marion County
Sylvia Plots
Des Moines
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Ten Years Ago in Pella Aug 1 Trade Show and Local News
August 1 issue notes a merchants trade show in Central Park to spur spending amid depression. An old auto burned. state patrols ticketed faulty cars. Temperatures hit 98 degrees. Relief rolls trimmed. clients must work. Vocational agriculture department begins at Pella High School. Ottumwa pool trip inspires a Pella pool proposal. Tulip bulb sale nears close with heavy community push. Recovery views vary. spiritual life cited by some. Sherman brothers win water contests in Ottumwa. Kittenball games popular. nine hundred plus relief applications noted.
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Central Park
John Klein
Pella
John
M. M. Dockendorff
Vocational Agriculture Department
Ottumwa
Homer
Harold Sherman
H. L. Sherman
Shermans
Pelle
Relief Committee
Social Worker
Spuds in Them Hills Near Lamoni Chronicle Report
Ray Knight of the Saints Home farm near Lamoni checked his potato field and found promising yield from the first hill with 48 potatoes unearthed, as noted in the Lamoni Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Knight
Saints
Lamoni
Lamoni Chronicle
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HH. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Ny Sadier Publishing Co
Bella
Stevens
Truman
Wrigley Company
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Massachusetts
Quette
Mozart
Beethoven
Schinn
Boston Symphony
Joseph Zimbler
Cern
Hitler
Jesus Christ
Christ
Erivan
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Oskaloosa Merald
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Chicago Daily News
America, Inc
Fliteo
Tyme
J. G. Vander Pal
T. J Kelly
Polad
Rock Island
Leighton
Abert van Houweling
Martha Firth
Kate Beard
Cedar Falls
Iown
Jacob de Hann
de Cook
Ben Sack
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
New School Laws
Paul Norris
Dep’t
Education
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
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Nellie D
West First Street
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Londonderry
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John Laaschuit Hone
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