This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
4
The column highlights Frances Perkins on moral purpose and parental guidance amid a material age, notes Marion County 4 H livestock projects with hundreds of animals, discusses Red Rock dam floods and flood control debates, recalls a farmer’s soil conservation tale, praises persistent contouring, and ends with sugar rationing easing and its social quirks.
A rural tragedy near Pella highlights the risk of 110 volt circuits on damp floors in milk houses. The article urges dry rubbers, dry clothing, and cutting power before repairs to prevent shocks. It warns that many basements are damp and warns workers to have care around live wires.
Editorials from Oskaloosa Shenandoah Knoxville urge action on parking meters Des Moines River flood control. They argue for or against dams reservoirs and land conservation measures, calling for agreement and decisive steps to prevent repeat disasters and protect farms and homes.
Forty years ago July 11 1907 a buggy mishap in front of The Chronicle injures Mrs Schippers and her baby while Mr Schippers and a small son suffer minor hurts. Mayor Simon Vander Zyl is badly bruised after a bicycle accident near Huber Grain Office. A string of local notes follows including homesteading news, a golden wedding celebration, rail promotion, several minor injuries, and a playful pun about water softening.
30 Years Ago July 12 1917 Dr J W Bailey left the Baptist Church after serving as pastor during a ministerial vacancy. He spoke at a fare well gathering along with Glencre Grundman who gave a reading. Bailey was to lead a fundraising drive to establish a new Baptist college in town while awaiting a new minister. President Wilson announced wartime food and metal export embargoes as a war measure. McWilliams Byram were notified for officer candidacy at Ft Snelling Minnesota. Byram had enlisted. Marriages of Lida Hilgabeth Ox to Del Cox and Harold Clos were recorded. Burglars stole motor cars and a Ford tire.
A South Pella building boom note lists Van Zante Brother opening a new garage while Rock Island Freight House workers reportedly opened and rifled many mail order parcels. Ads tout the Crow-Elkhart Multi-Powered Car priced at 845 dollars and the Overland Highly-Five Four as the best car for the money.
Twenty years ago Monroe residents reported the town council sparing with the Highway Commission over limiting oil usage on highways. Citizens pressed for streets sewers and grades for sidewalk funding while July celebrations drew large crowds and netted about 4200 dollars in receipts. Betty Hart named Queen of the Pageant of Progress with a coupon plan. Des Moines businessmen planned Great White Way ties to national road. Plans emerged to intersect Highway 14 with 63 at the Marion County line and the Iowa Farm Bureau announced a farmer life-insurance venture.
A traveler from Iowa to California in six and a half days, a medical school graduate awaiting an internship in Los Angeles, appears in a Knoxville note. Waite Phillips of Tulsa gave $20,000 to free the financially troubled Knoxville Fair. Mr and Mrs Schippers marked their 60th wedding anniversary on July 4.
Ten year old Chronicle piece highlights a special WWI history edition with 28 pages and Legion dedication. It notes the municipal swimming pool dedication with Frank Miles and Iowa Regents swimmers, honors for retiring Superin- tendent Frush, Dutch costume parades, a Des Moines chamber visit, and road surfacing plans from the Arie Toom Quarry.
A Monroe County aerial survey over Eddyville to Ottumwa shows extensive flood damage after heavy June rains. Erosion scars appear on hillside cropland while contour fields resist, and towns from Eddyville to Albia show submerged streets and rising Des Moines River waters.
A group on the Lish Creek Watershed project toured Pella and stopped at West Market where lunch was provided by the Marion County Soils Improvement Association. The excursion illustrates growing interest in conservation during the pioneer period.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.