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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
4
The Des Moines dailies mock Charles D Reed by pairing him with a groundhog to compare weather predictions. The piece notes Reed has missed predictions this winter, while praising improved accuracy of maps and instruments, and expresses hope for better forecasts.
A reader describes a rare Chicago Cubs News issue Vol 3 No 1 a three column four page publication with broad columns and half the page depth. It includes Cubs team material old and new player photos bleachers remodel at Wrigley Field and other Cub fan content.
Wallaces' Farmer February 12 issue warns farm dwellers about dangers shown in pictures of dents. The piece highlights careless gun handling near livestock, patched ladders, raised plow points, broken-handled axes, rakes or hoes left in yards, gun through fences, and loose nails in boards. It urges everyone on farms or in cities to avoid these injury tools to prevent fatal accidents.
The article argues skilled labor earns more than unskilled, but both deserve living wages. It suggests skilled overpayment and unskilled underpayment occur, while noting wage standards must match living standards. It links this to broader concerns about contagious diseases rising with milder winters and seasonable weather.
The writer notes a new Iowa state motor vehicle department accident report form full of questions and a diagram to map roads and streets. The piece mocks the exhaustive checklist and warns that anyone planning an accident should know their stuff.
The article argues relief beneficiaries may back the Democratic candidate regardless of policy, stating gratitude for aid influences votes and warning against blindly supporting the current relief administration, which the writer deems unsafe for the nation.
Fragmentary remarks express concern over erosion of self reliance and self respect, and fear for the future. The speaker asserts America, a land of plenty, must find a way to reduce the cost of life, pledging support for a plan until a better one is found.
A writer reflects on how hypocrites in church provoke disaffection among believers. People speak of debts unpaid while behaving well publicly, calling them religious robbers. The piece urges ignoring faultfinders, focusing on Jesus and the gospel, and accepting imperfect fellowship in the church.
Editorial excerpts critique holding companies and political stance. Roosevelt’s shifting stance on liquidation is discussed as justified by mixed practices. A local Indianola Tribune piece lampoons sales tactics in Warren County, noting officials abstain from whisky and tobacco, and remain practical and sober in public service.
Readings from Acts 3 6 Romans 12 rk Gs1 18 and Luke 4 on Jesus in Nazareth frame a Sunday lesson. Teaching authority astonishes crowds while unbelief hinders progress and the twelve are sent in pairs with power over unclean spirits. The sermon urges bold preaching on repentance, obedience, and labor for Christ amid testing. A Des Moines police raid note closes with a crime detail.
Mrs E Spann of Lynden Washington writes from hundreds of miles away that she enjoys reading the Chronicle weekly. She praises the paper's makeup and features and says she finds it excellent and fine.
Mable Ver Steeg 47 wife of Martin Ver Steeg of near Oskaloosa died at home Sunday night February 20 at 10 oclock. Surviving: husband three daughters Mrs. Henry Van Ekeren Mrs. Ted Van Veen of Pella Dorothy and four sons John Bert Edward of Pella Martin at home. Mother Mrs Ida Tr brothers Ray Will Clarence Steve all of Ponca City Okla and one sister Mrs Rose. Services conducted at ex-Garland funeral home Oskaloosa and at Pella Baptist church with Rev Paul J Christensen officiating Interment Oak Wood.
The writer requests correction of a quoted line about man centered life and defends films that show God's handiwork. He argues a production is Godless when it omits or misinterprets morality and religion, and notes why some films can be harmless or good. Martin Monsma signs.
A city light plant worker threatened to quit unless paid sixty dollars monthly and time off. Pella contributed to the war fund totaling sixty million. A newborn son blessed Mr and Mrs S N Van Vliet. Miss Lork Brooks broke her collar bone and missed school. Barber shop equipment sold due to ill health. Families moved to Perry Iowa and Mississippi. A Justice Department survey counted 50 saloons near the arsenal entrance to be suppressed during the war. Jim Ver Ploegh’s family joined him in Tingley. Mrs H F Closz left for Fort Riley. Death notices: Leendert Monster 90 Mrs John Drapers 75.
40 Years Ago March 1 1898 reports Van Maren family moving to Pella from a five net mount Isaac LeCoea B A Hurt and Miss Jane Hamilton buy stock in Keokuk a Bronson or Mears J Boland birth on West Hington street Klondike trip of A B Van Zante Klein family moves to Sioux County farm The Chronicle notes marriage notices including Klein Lubberden Goe maat Van Steenbergen Slykord Awank Van Ryswyk Van Lune Den Hollander and others.
Baptist church welcomed Newt Van Maren Ralph Grundman Ruth Grundman C M Van Cleave Carl Baitsell Carl Smith and W Baer into fellowship at Sunday service eighteen new members joined at communion Deaths reported Charles Renaud 82 Harry Terpstra 88 and David Tice 88 Frank De Wit a Los Angeles street car conductor survived a wreck after a broken rail Bert Kersbergen Elizabeth McClelland and others wed Ernest Vander Linden Anna Smith William Muilenberg Jr Edna Woody Albert Vander Linden Judith Wanders Jim Van Donselaar Nellie Wanders a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Robert Mitchell at Coal Ridge C C Rus a Central College student took a clerking job at Langeraks Margaret Klein celebrated seventh birthday D W Gaase moved to south town from his farm and other local notes
A fragment from a 1886 page lists Mayor H Kuyp and councilmen Geo Croll W Herbig F Brinkho Titer as part of a March 2, 1834 style note. The legible items indicate an early municipal meeting with names of leaders and attendees.
The newly formed Reform Church at Sand Ridge purchased the former Methodist church building for 800 dollars. Rev. William Wormser named first pastor as Kuyps Sioux County records show articles of incorporation for Hawkeye Reduction Works of Pella with a 100000 dollar capital. Incorporators listed include A. G. Curtis Joddard B. F. Kenbles D. Read R. H. Tripp S. Pronty AP Hunt and Pydetiek.
A subscriber suggests a Dutch model of a Doctors Health Fund where each low income family pays 10 cents weekly to cover medical care. The reader questions physicians' views and notes no response yet from doctors in their area.
The final day of the open season on cottontails and jackrabbits is March 1. Rabbits may be held in possession for only ten days after the season closes, under the applicable law.
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