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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1931
Page
11
The 75th anniversary parade of September 5 to 7, 1922, celebrated Pella's Dutch settlement of 1846 with floats and demonstrations. The Model Clothing Co float Worm houdt Kempkes depicted dress styles from 1776 to 1922 among a record crowd spanning the city and beyond, with notable attendees including Senator Brookhart.
A first person recollection from a Pella resident born April 18 about 74 years ago. He recalls farm life details from early schooling near the square, rabbits caught on the way to school, selling them to a German buyer, crab apples in winter, and friends and teachers. He recounts Sunday school routines, the War era schooling, and a fox hunting episode in which he wounded and killed a fox and earned a scolding from his father.
Cyrenus Cole recounts childhood memories around Pella Iowa, reflecting on farm life, the old church, the early brick church windows, and experiences with corn plowing and a blind horse named Dexter. He recalls first schooling, teachers like Miss Lois Martin, reading Shakespeare from almanacs, and the pull of nearby Des Moines college. He notes how these elements shaped his path to journalism and his lifelong ties to Iowa.
A short collection of famous lines contrasts brutality to animals with cruelty to humans. The quotes urge humane living before death and reflect on the undertaker’s remorse at life’s end.
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