27 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
1
Delis Walraven and Hubert Steenhoek host visits at nearby farms sharing family news and farm life. The piece highlights new marriages, two young children, farm homes, and a view of local countryside as rain, roads, and tractors shape rural chores and daily life.
A review roundup spans LIBRARY NOTES IN THE SHADOW OF LIBER TY by Edward Corsi on Ellis Island and migration, FLYING CARPET by Richard Haliburton detailing world air travel, and DOUBLE CROSS RANCH by Seltzer a swift cattlelands adventure. Also TABITHA MARY by Ethel Parton presents a girls’ tale of an orphan girl.
The piece recalls Newburyport in 1810 with colorful locals nicknamed Tatsy and others like Mat thew Minburn Libby Teebe and Uncle Nimmy, then shifts to reviews of several novels. Kathie by Bacon follows three friends who run a tea room and a romance with a mystery tied to a Lowry ruby. Sunlight on the Hills portrays a London actress befriending a boy whose mother is in a sanitarium. The Golden Imp features Diane Prothero inheriting a tourist inn and chasing hidden treasure. Hills of Gold follows Jord Lambert in the San Francisco gold rush. Probate Judge Bist-Tine notes 2160 marriage licenses issued in Bowling Green Ohio last year.
Connie Van Veen reports unusually tall grass in the northeast part of town, with stakes showing grasses up to 66 inches long while most is waist high. A photo accompanies the note, noting not all grass reaches the extreme height.
County Agent Walter Brown shares timely feeding tips for club calves before fall shows. Rex Beresford advises a sparing start on high roughage corn diets and warns against starving calves finishing too soon. He emphasizes continued protein supplements like linseed oil meal or soybean meal, suggesting about one percent of protein daily to improve finish over time.
The Chronicle prints the Iowa County Officers Association resolutions from its June 12 Mason City meeting. They urge local control, high officer standards, and oppose centralized bureaucracy, while advocating tax relief, improved roads, county administration reforms, public health, rural housing, social justice, and continued district meetings. The document champions state legislative committee permanence and support for Town County Officer Magazine.
Baby beeves again hold the spotlight in preparations for the Iowa fair as thousands of farm boys and girls participate. A state survey highlights ongoing preparations and public interest in the livestock event amid community excitement and local agricultural activities.
About 4000 baby beeves are being fed by 4-H Club youngsters for the final state championship at the State Fair in August. Counties leading enrollment include Cerro Gordo, Benton, Marshall, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott, and Boone with big increases in Jasper, Poweshiek, and Tama. The top six hundred beeves will compete for a champion prize of a purebred registered heifer. The 4-H dairy calf club and sheep club see growth with plans to double entries and prizes totaling 15000 dollars, the largest in fair history. The fair runs August 21 to 31. Weather notes include a cow struck by lightning near Monroe and a horse killed southeast of Prairie City, plus 1.71 inches of rain in Newton over 36 hours. A mystery girl in Red Oak is jailed.
A Jasper County farmer reports a lightning strike this week killed a cow during severe storms that threatened livestock. Local authorities urged caution as storms linger, with farm operations disrupted by power outages and grazing restrictions.
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