Central college wins first Iowa Conference title in 76 years
The Central College basketball team completed a 15 game conference season with only one setback to claim the Iowa Conference title, the first in the college’s 76 year history. The victory stirred jubilant community reaction and praise for Coach Winter’s clean sportsmanship and the Holland stock’s high ideals.
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The Divorce Evil and a Way Forward
A press dispatch warns that one in five marriages ends in divorce, a rise seen as alarming. The piece blames weak divorce laws and flimsy grounds, urging couples to resolve disputes privately, seek forbearance, and ensure love rather than ulterior motives guide marriage. It notes desertion and suggests protective guidance for daughters to avoid unsuitable matches.
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Daily Papers
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Marriage and Morals in the Divorce Debate
The passage stresses mothers rushing daughters to marry for moral protection and fears divorce. arguing that safeguarding marriage and the family now will reduce future divorces and secure the next generation. It links financial strain, societal pressures, and the desire for stable unions as a remedy.
The Power of Suggestion in News and Life
A newspaper reflects on a past error and the power of suggestion. It recounts how a misstatement was corrected by a letter, notes readers acted after the letter, and cites a banquet incident where suggested ideas spread. The piece argues understanding others' thoughts guides actions and that consensus varies across communities.
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Fathers and Sons
This Week in Pella and Local Humors
A collection of light, chatty items from Pella and area. Local commentary on council motions, small-town sayings, jokes, disputes over autos and gas, a quip-filled church supper, mischief with wages and salaries, and a long comic list of names and curious anecdotes. Includes a tale of a fiery pumpkin, the First Flapper joke, and the alphabet baby’s long name.
Readers weigh in on politics and policy across Iowa
A collage of editor opinions from multiple papers critiques life essays and policy. Edison on practical experience versus college training. Butter nationalism in Bremer county and oleomargarine burnings. England's aristocratic governance salary contrasts. Depression era concerns about bread lines. Junior colleges debate in Milford Buena Vista warned. Toothpaste debates and business cooperation trend. Soviet church closures challenged culture and faith.
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Milford
Storm Lake
Chronicle items from March 10, 1910 include local weddings and shifts
Ver Steeg store adds a model cream tester while Swan river bridge is swept away by ice. Frank Brunin and Gerrit Klein host anniversaries, I J Beerends buys Newton business, Jim De Witt rises to jeweler, Vriezelaar and Van Bentum wed, Bible class gathering with baskets, Pella Creamery plans engine room enlargement and new boiler.
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Pella
Ten Years Ago 11 1920 Local News Highlights
The Chamber of Commerce began a drive to raise funds for a new college gymnasium. Rev Robert Carroll resigned as pastor due to ill health. A fire at Pella Motor Co. garage destroyed a car and spread to others, total loss of a new Overland. E M Cole left the board of education after 24 years. Manhattan Oil Co. bought the International Oil Co. weddings included Henry Carson with Dora Van Vark and John Boot with Pauline Ver Ploeg. Joyce Lapham became field secretary of the YWCA covering eight states.
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E. M. Cole
Board of Education
This Week in 1929 Baptist Sermon by Rev John Firth
Rev John Firth delivered a fine address at the Baptist church on his visit this week in 1929 Chronicle note.
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the Baptist Church
Experienced leaders chosen in Assam school election
Experiences in Assam report C H Wormhoudt and H A Veenstra elected as school directors. Vanden Berg Electric Co. notes their 81st Woodrow washing machine sale since agency. C C Dickey becomes manager of Central Gates Electric Co., succeeding C W Shafer. W A Young pens travels to the Pacific coast. Two spans of the Pella Knoxville bridge fail due to two months of ice pressure. Rev Geo C Conrad gives farewell sermon at the Baptist church.
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H. A. Veenstra
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C. W. Shafer
W. A. Young
Pacific Coast
Pella- Knoxville
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Baptist Church
Farming notes on poultry housing and crop mixtures
Facts for Farmers covers poultry house layout for sitting hens including seclusion and nesting placement to minimize jumping. It discusses cowpeas for hay and recommends intercropping sorghums kafirs Sudan Johnson grass soybeans and millet. Intercropped sorghum or kafir with cowpeas yields better hay or silage, balances rations, and suits livestock preferences.
Practical farming hints from a dairyman to boost profit
The text outlines how a dairyman can increase earnings by scaling feed and labor, recommending selling milk at market prices and using feed as a key cost control. It covers celery seed sowing with filler materials, incubator egg cooling guidance, seedbed preparation, soil mixes, and early spring horse care to prevent sore shoulders.
Rupture Shield Expert Offers Free Consultation
C F Redlich, rupture appliance expert, announces no charge consultations for Perfect Retention Shields. He claims the devices hold ruptures firmly in any position, provide instant relief, heal ing openings quickly, and strengthen tissues to prevent recurrence. Claims include high recovery rates and avoidance of belts or leg straps, with a Minneapolis home office contact.
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C.F. Redlich
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Minnesota
Cleaning the horse after work and harnessing routines
The instructions outline daily shoulder cleaning after work and before harnessing, washing with warm water and Castile soap, rinsing with cold salt water for two to three weeks. It advises lifting the collar to remove dirt and dead hair, and letting the shoulders cool when possible to maintain the horse in good condition.
Mastering fate inspires a child's enduring grit
A motivational quote from J. W. Holland urges teachers to teach a child that he controls his future through perseverance. It stresses that being down is not final until he gives up, and that inner resolve determines triumph.
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J. W. Holland
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