A Farmer in Clover Thinks Over Soil Help
This piece profiles Peter Boerefijn’s pasture improvement on eighty acres near Pella. With Soils Conservation Service aid, lime and fertilizer revived land once eroded and thin, turning pasture into productive hay and grasses. The article urges readers to adopt a long range plan during National Soils Conservation Week and start now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soils Conservation Service
Milwaukee
Peter Boerefijn
Pella
Missouri
Boerefijn
Boerefijn Place
Peter
Keepsakes for Our Next Hundred Years in Iowa Farming
The Iowa Burea u Farmer June issue features Mrs R E Newcomer urging elders to leave children intangible values over money land or antiques. She envisions keepsakes of character and civic effort lasting a century linking farm life health education soil and wildlife stewardship with national progress. A photo shows a farmer with his grandson in a clover field illustrating the theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Newcomer
Iowa Bureau Farmer
Iowa
Towa
America
Old home town pride keeps Pella memories alive
Letters from former residents in distant states express deep nostalgia for Pella. The Chronicle recalls wartime longing for home, praising the town’s streets, green lawns, and friendly homes. The piece urges locals to welcome wanderers and preserve the town’s cherished heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcely
Chronicle
Pella
Cateau Stegeman Tracy
Denver
Colorado
George Vande Noord
Atlanta
Georgia
Tracy
George
West Coast
Anywherelse
Editorial Panorama Reflects Iowa Public Opinion
A compilation of editorials and notes from Burlington Hawkeye Gazette to Clear Lake Reporter. It critiques Washington indecision, warns of mass highway fatalities in Iowa, cites savings bond trends, compares prohibition era headlines, discusses foxlike political tactics, and praises Iowa’s balanced economy and even population distribution across cities farms and small towns. Strong entities include Iowa Development Commission and Iowa state cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Clear Lake
Bernard F. Nowack
Iowa Development Commission
Texas
California
Union
Mississippi River
Towa
Voice of the Public Warns of Impending Storm
Poem reflects on looming global conflict and societal decay. It warns of war, famine, and moral decline, urging readers to heed signals and question the nation’s course. Written from Pliny A. Wiley in Wichita Kansas with a public concerns stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny A. Wiley
P.O. Box
Wichita
Kas
Life Insurance Policy Types Participating and Nonparticipating
The text explains two life insurance policy types. Participating policies set a fixed premium above expectations and return dividends from surplus as refunds via the reserve and surplus fund, with net cost varying by experience but never exceeding the regular premium. Nonparticipating policies fix a rate close to expected normal costs with guaranteed in advance and unvarying cost. Competition tends to keep long run costs comparable.
Ten Years Ago July 2 1936 Marion County News Highlights
The 1936 column recalls J N Darling addressing Federated Clubs of Marion County at Auld's Park in Knoxville. Pella history group discusses incorporation to advance Tulip Time, corn on M J Thomassen farm tall as a man, Tulips ordered for fall curb displays, and a new Pella Creamery project. Walter Arant of Des Moines urged Chamber of Commerce patrons to be served well. Local spots note Orville Foster’s KRNT daydreams entertaining business men. Van der Linden family heads to Pomona. Grundman family reunion in Minnesota. Isaac Van Nimwegen builds a West Third Street home for Marion. Merchants plan Friday hours before Fourth of July, band concert listed. Chamber drives membership led by Dykstra and Vanden Berg. Cyclone damages Rose Hill area June 29 and G W Ryke farm outbuildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N. Darling
Federated Clubs
Marion County
Auld’s Park
Knoxville
Pella Historical Society
M. J. Thomassen
Pella Produce Company
Walter Arant
Des Moines
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Orville Foster
KRNT
BP. van der Linden
Pomona
California
Roy
Henry Grundman
Sauk Center
Minnesota
Grundman
Isaac van Nimwegen
Marion
West Third Street
Chamber of Commerce
C.F. Dykstra
G. H. Vanden Berg
Rose Hill
G. W. Ryke
Rykes
Pella
Community plans joint banquet and council votes on pay
A city planning meeting outlines a forthcoming joint banquet while the City Council rejects a two proposal for higher pay for council members. Officers confiscated a 100 bottle of liquor hidden in Buxton for the 4th of July celebration. Home brew remains a popular beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
George Jewett
Jewett
Des Moines
Pella
Central College
John Ulrich Jr
Fred van Rheenen
L. van Rees
Black
Edward Vanden Oever
Ivan Sadler
Pella Notes and Events From July 1916
Council met for three hours with little done. Topics included bad hitching racks at West Market and a proposed brick smokestack at the light plant. Two Central College students Hillyer and Coulston injured in a motorcycle crash near Boone and Davenport. Meteors beat State Serum Co. 12 to 0 on July 4. Campaign heats up as Governor candidate Harding faces ministerial opposition. Ed Meredith touted as clean. Car buyers list tops 75 names at Star Auto Co since January 1 1916. Vander Pol stock bought by Grundy Center man Liebschon for sale at reduced prices. Streets cleaned for first time with a flush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Market
Lloyd Hillyer
Will Coulston
Central College
Boone
Iowa
Hillyer
Monroe
Pella
Galesburg
Professor Groet
Chas Sipkema
James Lankelma
Lou Bousquet
Henry Ver Steeg
Ralph Grundman
Burg
Will Ver Ploegh
U. S. Indian Service
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Redskins
Hamilton
Meteors
State Serum Co
Des Moines
Aschenbrenner
McWilliams
William Harding
Ed Meredith
Star Auto Co
Slogar
Grundy Center
Liebschon
Militia Passes Home Visit Amid Local Notes
Marty De Cook of Camp Dodge returns on weekend pass to see his parents. Harry Keables travels to Fairfield to oversee Perfection Tire Company interests. W. B. Howell of Waterloo and his wife visit Pella to see kin and the old homestead on South Main near Webster School. Sam Van Vliet had Mayo Hospital surgery a week ago. The Universal Masterpiece Neptune's Daughter shown at Kozy Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker Corporation
Marty de Cook
Camp Dodge
Harry Keables
Fairfield
Perfection Tire Company
T Plane
W. B. Howell
Waterloo
Pella
Howe
South Main
Webster School
R. R. Sadler
Sam van Vliet
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Neptune's Daugh
Kozy Theatre
Woodrow Washer Co to Move from Newton to Pella
Twenty years ago a front page note announced the Woodrow Washer Company would relocate from Newton to Pella with operations starting by early 1927. The Chamber of Commerce budgeted $2,000 to move machinery and equipment, while local residents and several pairs from Pella attended Sesqui centennial events in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Washer Company
Newton
Pella
Philadelphia
A. T. van Houweling
C. F
Orville
Don Dykstra
Cornelia Hospers
Alma Rietveld
John Reed
Cedar Rapids
E. H
Tone
Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow
Farm Bureau
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Pella Chronicle
Oficlal
MH. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Main St Pelle
Lown
Goethe
Newcomer
Old Home Town
Towa City
Sigourney Review
Milwaukee Journal
Washington Journal
John Rittenhouse
Becauve
BY Collier
LABOR
Voice of
Banquo
National Labor Policy
Institute of Life Insuranc
E. IT
van de Voort
Life
Fliteo
Tyme
Ete Leyahan
Gearts Feed Mill
Foxbilt
Chevrolet
Tktso
Todery
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