Thought, science, and service shape our civic life
A prose collage recalls Joe Doakes endorsing free enterprise, debates over advertising influence, and a lecture on isotope use in agriculture at Oak Ridge. It highlights public figures Paul Ebersole and Ben Jensen, soil conservation battles in Des Moines, and a plea to vote for two school board directors on March 8.
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Joe Doakes
Marshall Adams
Mullin Mfg. Co
Warren
Ohio
Jensen
U S. Soils Conservation Service
Farm Bureau
Naling
Mead
TVA report favors flood control dam debate in valley
The TVA summary extols benefits including recreation and industrial growth while noting flood control impact on the Des Moines River. It argues power needs limit flood measures and urges informed, bias-free judgment on Red Rock and other Tennessee River dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Tennessee River
TVA
Editorial Comment Sigourney Review on World Banker Shift
The piece argues Britain was the world banker for centuries by lending capital to developing nations and collecting interest. It contends the United States now fills that role but sees little profit back as nations owe for exports yet refuse to pay. It claims U S imports are limited by domestic markets and industry absorbs most production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Review
Great Britain
United States
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pella Notes Highlight Local Figures and Events
Forty years back J C Visser of Pella defended moving his brush factory south into a booming Harvey area while claiming 20 000 dozen brushes made last year and selling two dozen to Pella merchants. D W Wilkes was the sole Pella Democrat at Cedar Rapids state convention backing W J Bryan. Marion County Teachers Institute sessions reported by A Lapham at Knoxville. College Glee Club announced ton concerts across Crawfordsville Ainsworth Muscatine Jordan's Grove and Waterloo with dates to keep them on the road. Central College Academy debaters set to clash with Iowa College Grinnell students. Iowa Dairy Cattle Improvement Association urged breeding stock to lift butterfat from 140 to 250 pounds yearly. Mrs Kate Keables Beard and R R Beard toured Greece and Palestine. Beards planned to visit Pella schools. Kay Van Maren began as Rock Island depot messenger on April 1. Ancel Reuvers joined C Rhynsburger store as clerk around school hours. Elizabeth Westerly of Oskaloosa visited Mrs Dr Van Zee in Pella. Rev J H Pietenpol and wife scheduled Open House for their 25th wedding anniversary on April 3. S H Viersen hoped the Pella Waterloo Southwestern railway would be built to ease future travels to Waterloo.
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Teachers’ Institute
Knoxville
College
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Muscatine
Jordan’s Grove
Waterloo
Central College Academy
Iowa College
Grinnell
Story
Iowa Dairy Cattle Improvement Association
Iowa
Kate Keables Beard
R. R. Beard
Greece
Athens
Palestine
Pella
Cleveland
Ohio
Kay van Maren
Rock Island
Ancel Reuvers
C. Rhynsburger
Walter Johnson
Louisiana
Tex
Elizabeth Westerly
Oskaloosa
Dr. van Zee
J. H. Pietenpol
S. H. Viersen
Waterloo & Southwestern
Alfred Synhorst
Rochester
Minn
Comas
Traer
Iown
Little Brown
Vate
Worp Borgman
Elvis Kolenbrander
Ise
Kolenbranders
Legion Post
Hr. J. Moogenakker
Des Moines
Kuyper
Korner
J. Iddeng
J. C. Penney
Rising Sun
Rock Island Railway
Miners strike and town debates tax levy in grinnell
Coal miners nationwide strike while warm weather hoped for. C D Dozier in Buxton solicits funds for a new Pella church and criticizes locals. The Ben Nur film runs three nights at Electric Palace with Beard adding talk. Grinnell Township rejects a tax levy for the Pella Waterloo and Southwestern railway by six to five. Craig Pas enlists in the Navy in Des Moines after passing through Pella.
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Buxton
C.D. Dozier
Pella
Ben Nur
Electric Palace
Beard
30 Years Ago March 29 1918 Pella World War I notes
Obituary records the death of Andrew Roorda at 18 in an automobile crash northeast of Pella. News items include drafts for war service and remarks by General Guy Logan. Camp Dodge soldiers beat the Tigers 49 to 28, local letters from Camp Dodge, a draft for U.S. War Bonds salesmen, and local civic notes on firehouse driving warnings, a Des Moines trip for a car, and Red Cross fundraising through a soda fountain opening.
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Andrew
W. A. Roorda
Pella
Reuben Schakel
Guy Logan
Tigers
Camp Dodge
Harry de Reus
Ralph
Shorty
Grandman
U. War Bonds
C. H. McNider
Mason City
Arie van Rees
Gary Vogelaar
Gladus Klein
Henry Klein
Pell
Philip de Vries
Des Moines
Engineering Corps
Army
Ira van’ ‘Cleave
Whittier College
Whittier
California
Central College
Frank Stubenrauch
Red Cross
T. G. Fultz
Luke Vander Linden
1928 Marriage at Little Brown Church in Rochester
Twenty years ago on April 6 1928 Dr Alfred Synhorst wed a Me Comas from Traer Iowa at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. The news item covers local fire thefts bank closure including Pershing Savings Bank, community events, tulip festival plans, and a fatal assault in nearby Knoxville with second degree murder charges.
Rain and sleet storm downed trees and lines in town
Ten years ago on April 7, 1938 a rain and sleet storm damaged the town breaking branches and disabling utilities. Photos showed wrecked maple and cottonwood limbs on West First and Independence Streets with seventy five telephone lines down.
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West First
Independence
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HH. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Belloma
Cin Mall
By Sadler Publishing Co
Main
Detroit Aircraft Club
Adams
Ption
Canada
U. S
National Farm Institute
D. Toines
Paul Ebersole
Oak Ridge
Tennes
Ebersole
Atomic Commission
Ben Jensen
National Association of Soils District Commissioners
U. S. Soils Conservation Service
Iextension Service
Extension Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bower
Des Moines River
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Oliver Wenvec Holmes, JR
Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Fliteo
Tyme
J.C. Visser
Planns
Harvey
South
D. W. Wilkes
Cedar Rap
W. J. Bryan
Dent
Fod. A. Lapham
Marion County
J. P. van Gorp
Lon Wormhoudt
John Res
Tolland
Central College Mass
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Res
Netherlands
Holland
Fred Lankelma
Carlisle
Fred
G. I. Gosselin
John de Prenge
Bert Conrey
Lee Coleman
Near Tracy
Pai
Little Girls In Blue
Joyce Klein
Bernace Vander Linden
Melba Hoekstra
Emily Kuyper
Virginia
van Gorp
Reader
Sunset Corners
KSO
Columbia Mutual
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
England
Iitler
Federal Land Bank Farm Loans
National Farm Loan Ass
M. D. Taylor
Clark Taylor Secretaries
North Market
Lautenbach & Verought
Direct
Holland Honey Cake Co
Holland, Michigan
FHA
Labilies
Equitable Life Insurance Company OF
Warner van de Voort
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