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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
3
A local discussion questions how bank examiners judge note security without knowing individual status. The piece notes some security is shaky, citing heavily mortgaged merchants at risk and ordinary people with little personal property, yet equal ultimate value in the end. Banks remain more careful and restrictive in lending.
The Republican governor candidate George Wilson is commended for opposing wholesale condemnation of the New Deal at the state convention. The piece notes that while the Washington administration has erred, the party should pursue a workable program to solve problems and keep the public content.
The author reflects on relocating to a town and investing in a home rather than paying rent. After nine years in Pella, they note paying over $3,000 in rent and wonder how different life would be with a home, emphasizing stability and a roof over one’s head for long staying families.
The writer notes NRA policies clawing back in daily life with early hours and wage standards. The piece also laments delays on repaving highway 163 through Pella and urges faster action by authorities to complete the project.
A preacher’s sermon on Religion and Baseball drew mixed church responses in a town, with one congregant labeling baseball as gambling and comparing it to castor oil. The piece notes similar sermons in Pella and Oskaloosa, and quotes Sam Jones on pleasing everyone as a grand vas sal.
A local plea asks for organizational backing to develop a baseball diamond on the city field. The note emphasizes community benefit and invites groups to respond to support the project.
The piece argues to improve a local lot into a first class ball diamond and notes youth use as a positive. It defends editorials and political expression, citing Senator Gillette and opponent Wearin to illustrate democracy and differing views in a free country.
The piece notes that summer dress codes among clothing merchants aim to show they sell neckties year round and set a good example in being fully dressed. It contrasts their polished appearance with others who prioritize comfort and ends with a Will Rogers quip about removing attire making a man look worse.
A reflection on regrets and the desire to redo life. The piece notes many would choose different careers or paths yet contends that in practice people repeat the same mistakes. It cites examples from a Virginia attorney to a streetcar accident survivor and questions whether change is possible when living again.
Humeston New Era mocks a hobo seeking papers to read society notes and mock politics, while Sigourney Review derides American women who marry foreign nobility and return poorer, warning of buoyant rivals at home. Both pieces reflect wariness of elites and foreign entanglements.
The Chariton Leader questions the Iowa presidential primary’s value if only about 400 000 voters enroll in two parties. It argues that conventions with around 2000 attendees may simply confirm choices already made by a small hotel committee, implying the process lacks broad legitimacy.
A Sunday school lesson on Samson links strength to Nazarite vows and hair, stressing that true power lies in moral and spiritual discipline. It contrasts athletic training with moral training, warns that power misused leads to downfall, and urges self-examination of personal sources of strength and responsibilities in using power responsibly.
A humorous blurb compares payments to various parties in a birth and wedding, noting the editor repeatedly pockets little or nothing while others receive modest sums, and ends with a joking tally about the editor’s growing wealth through long articles.
Fragmentary observation from Garner Leader describing an obituary lengthy two column item, lodge and society resolutions, poetry, and a thanks section. It notes a doctor fraud scheme with financial losses ranging from £25 to £100 and £800 to £500 for undertaker services, culminating in a £30000 payoff to the editor, suggesting the con artist’s exposure.
A letter from Mrs Betty Klaaren in Lewiston Idaho compliments the Pella Chronicle and notes a photograph of Dan Vander Linden's new combine and a Lewiston Tribune photo showing local harvest. She praises Pella’s Rotary Club and Idaho farmers amid hot weather reaching 110 degrees Sunday.
Wallaces' Farmer reports that 62 percent of Iowa farmers cooperate with the federal crop adjustment plan under AAA acreage allotments. The survey argues cooperation helps avoid larger surpluses and potential marketing quotas, noting many farmers accept today’s program though some oppose it. Iowa AAA leaders anticipate the 62 percent figure rising toward a two thirds vote needed for further measures.
Wick July 21 A runaway team of mules driven by C C Tillotson rattled through Wick streets startling residents. The wagon slid from a wagon bed near H F Jones home, crossed a rail line near a delayed train, and stopped at a windmill base after careening into rocks. Tillotson and the passenger were unhurt as the event drew crowd attention.
The Chronicle lists birthdays and wedding anniversaries on or before August 4. Notable names and ages include John Vander Veer 60 of Pella on July 22 and Abe Van Ringelstein ... July 25, with numerous other entries for Pella Ottumwa and nearby towns, plus several wedding anniversaries such as Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Schakel 10th anniversary.
Four combines powered by tractors harvested 24 500 bushels from a 700 acre field near Lewiston Idaho in about three and one half days. Operators A L Grover and Ira K McIntosh began harvest in upper Tammany 12 miles south of Lewiston, yielding 35 bushels per acre against county average 27 and national 13.
Creel Fortune and Wayne Back return to Knoxville after watching Dizzy Dean and the Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Bees in a doubleheader. Hartnett hit a ball into the grandstand where Fortune sat, he caught it one handed and pocketed the ball as a keepsake for display at his barber shop.
A nostalgic look back at Pella events from 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. Notable moments, local happenings, and community highlights reflect the town’s history through multiple decades. Names, places, and dates anchor the reminiscence.
Fifty two years ago on July 27 1886 the area faced drought with swollen cisterns dry wells and discouraging crop conditions. Willie Van Viiet sick with typhoid, Sallie Martin clerking, Dr. Oggel becoming Northwestern Academy professor, Arie De Vos building a home, J T Bakker remodeling for his wife’s return, and the city council seeking bids to dig curb and wall four wells for fire protection.
Dina van der Linden ill with typhoid fever. Wacehter and Porter bought a tandem bicycle. Misses Wormhoudt Kuyper De Haan Van Zante Van Donselaar Lizzie Kempkes Gerrit Bos attend Normal School in Oskaloosa. Kaldenberg named cemetery sexton replacing J Tollenaar. Marriages: Van Hemert Steenhock Brom Ver Steeg Carpenter Ten Hagen. Normal School attendees listed for Knoxville and surrounding names.
The item notes Judge W J Curtis son of Rev I C Curtis a leader in founding Central university retires from law. It mentions J S Gladstone returning from Des Moines after losing his right eye during July 1 fireworks display and a 12 year old Samuel Vanden Berg catching a 25 pound catfish in the Des Moines River. Also reports weddings deaths births and local harvest progress.
A garbled item notes Main Street traffic by the depot expected next week and a improvised wagon used as depot baggage. John Van Niewenhuizen rebuilt a wagon as a depot vehicle praised as very comfortable for riding. Walter Deni left Sybengen ery for Ottumwa after accepting a Korn Making Co position. Mrs Kak feorge Gaass took Miss Hertha Tysseling to Dex Moines for an operation. Beard family returned from a lengthy trip to the Holy Land.
A roundup of local tragic and notable events. Josephine Thomas fractures her leg when a fallen telephone pole collapses near her grandfather J. W. Todd’s home. David Christ of Ames sustains severe injuries in a Des Moines Ames auto crash. Six year old Robert Elwood dies after being struck by a windmill taken down on Kroh farm. Dirk De Jong of Otley dies from a horse kick. Army recruit Yelle Heerema arrives safely in the U.S. An post office inquiry into war savings stamps cashing. Tall corn on Tunis Ver Meer farm. Ross Schakel visits. Christine Ter Louw leaves for Mercy Hospital nurses training in Des Moines. Deaths listed: E. H. A. Van Sittert Gomert Van Haaf ten Cornelius Zondervan Maxine Woolford N Van Horsen John F Dinge man.
Iola Suhr owner of Ra-O-La ice cream parlor on Main Street Knoxville lived with a thorn embedded in her right forefinger for 15 years. A minor operation on Monday freed the thorn after half an hour of probing. The finger remains sore but healing. The item ends with a stray note about a device that could project a speaker's voice half a mile.
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