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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
7
Frequent short items about residents visiting Des Moines Oskaloosa and Chicago. military enlistments and travel. a house for rent. potato guidance from food administration. volunteers for women service hospitals. exchanges between Pella, Ottumwa, Fremont and other locales. Includes families: Smorenburg Flem ing Jeffreys Gosselink Verhey Vander Kraan Langerak Mitten Beintema Bogaard Kaldenberg and others.
London reports that postal censorship offers a fast track to advancement for educated women. Pay starts at 7.25 a week, rising to 15, with war bonuses. over fifty women earn above 1,000 yearly. Deputies, examiners, and administrators shape a vast wartime machine linking the war office, admiralty, and foreign offices. Women use judgment and discretion to outwit spies, with some serving years unseen and celebrated only in secrecy. The role blends danger, education, and opportunity, inviting capable Londoners to join a growing network.
A Warren landlord uses an electric desk sign flashing Will you take Thrift stamps for your change, drawing attention to the program. The sign is not copyrighted but proves popular with patrons.
In New York a man at a Flatiron War Savings booth asked for a whiskey. He bought a stamp for a quarter and a second stamp for another quarter, explaining he uses stamps to resist drinking by purchasing a second stamp to avoid the drink.
Genevieve Rinertsen married Larsen at 1 30 p m on Wednesday June 19 1918 at the bride s father s home in Kelley Iowa. The brief ceremony joined the couple in marriage with close family witnesses.
Lida Young married Rev W L Allen at the bride’s Knox ville home in June. The ceremony was officiated by Rev G L Minear with about thirty present. The bride, a former Pella teacher, and the groom, a government servant from Cincinnati, will reside in Knoxville until the next Methodist conference. The Chronicle joins in congratulations. Also notes a Democratic state convention called for Des Moines July 18 1928 to select delegates and adopt a platform. Marion county gets 13 delegates.
M Vander Linden offers bespoke style swaps and fittings with finish and fit. Suits priced from 20 to 50 dollars and tailored to measure for each customer.
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