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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
6
A weekly Chronicle visit profiles the Roy Karr and Templeton families near Cordova, noting Mrs Karr’s hospitality and the 38 year farm residence. It details farm life on 282 acre Emerson and 700 acre Templeton holdings, regional flood history, wartime era talk, and local kinship with the Van Hemert, De Heer, and Muilenberg households.
The column discusses Rep Ruth Bryan Owen Florida’s shift on resigning the lame duck session, Mrs Garner’s Washington life, Senator Caraway’s office habits, and James Stone’s views on Chile’s nitrates trade. It covers Franco-American economic friction, Japan Manchuria policy, and US evolving role toward League association, with notes on taxation and international business. It concludes with a prompt to read the Chronicle Want Ads.
What Are Blood-Tested Chicks By Prof W B Krueck explains that blood testing to remove pullorum carriers helps reduce disease though not 100 percent accurate. It emphasizes lungs as the main site, early chick mortality, and the need for continuous testing and culling undersized or diseased birds to build a stronger flock.
Iowa State College Extension Service expert W D Termohlen outlines methods to raise summer egg quality and income. Key advice covers balanced rations, multiple daily collects, cool dry storage, gentle handling, and market frequency to combat enzymes that degrade white and yolk quality in high temperatures.
Medical experts explain that women's voices have grown noticeably deeper in recent decades. While cigarette smoking and political participation are cited by some, doctors attribute the change to the abandonment of corsets. Freed abdominal muscles allow truer breath support for lower tones.
The article promotes swimming as a beneficial exercise for most people while stressing heart condition awareness and safe limits. It advises avoiding swimming after meals, not diving into overheated water, not staying long in water, and using clean water to prevent infection transmission from skin or mucous infections.
Michael Blenner, an Iowa shell shocked veteran, has been paid government compensation but the unused portion totals 22000 dollars. A West Virginia woman named Mary Chuke claims to be his sister and knows his identity, though Blenner doubts the claim. No government records confirm his identity or relatives and he has been at Independence hospital for the insane. A Knoxville hospital case is cited where alleged parents may have been unaware of their son’s identity.
Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery star in Letty Lynton at the Princess Theatre Oskaloosa starting Sunday for four days with a 11:00 p m midnight show. May Robson plays the stern mother whose sacrifice anchors the plot based on Marie Belloc Lowndes novel set in New York South America and an ocean liner. Nils Asther appears as the jealous South American. The piece notes a 25 cent horse maintenance cost per hour.
A fragment recounts a 1847 claim that a Scotchman named MacIntosh discovered rubber was waterproof, linking the name to rain coats. It notes a contrast that sharks have teeth while whales do not and describes the Grand Canyon as a 200 mile long gorge in the Colorado River, a mile deep in places and often ten miles wide.
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