Real America Found in Hinterlands Not Cities
Hal Borland argues in The Saturday Evening Post that true faith and strength lie in America’s hinterlands, not the jittery East. He urges readers to focus on their own work and trusted guidance from God amid a noisy postwar era, noting economics show recovery as production climbs and goods return to stores.
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America
Hal Borland
Sweet Land of Liberty
Saturday Evening Post
U.S.A
Atlantic Coast
East
Borland
Federal Council of Churches
God
Quiet Restored After War Time Distrust In Iowa
Dismissal of a legal challenge to school funding in Pocahontas County ends a long dispute over distribution. Iowa moves toward equal access to education and modern facilities, avoiding a repeat of delays. The piece contrasts postwar Britain with America, noting a return to normalcy and cultural shifts as Americans await lasting peace.
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G. W. Stillman
Pocahontas County
Supreme Court
Bhaif
Iowa
England
Covent Garden
Red Cross
London
Britain
Bedlam
O.K
Editorial Comment LONG DISTANCE LOOK
Editorials from Oskaloosa Herald Toledo Chronicle New Sharon Star and others discuss distribution efficiency in retail finance open diplomacy and public opinion. They urge less political meddling, warn about debt, and call readers to write to their representatives about prices and labor legislation.
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Oskaloosa Herald
New Sharon
Farmers Night School memories and town notes
A 1926 ARBAB column recalls the first Farmers Night School class with M. M. Dockendorp as instructor. It notes graduates still attending, Tulip Time contest results, a Houston speech trip, high school excavation work, a leg injury, and various local events from Tulip Time planning to fires, building projects, and road discussions.
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Marvel
M. M. Dockendorf
I. LeCocq
Wichita
Kansas
Pella High
West Market
Ernie Schippers
Deelam
Mary Louise Renaud
Dorothy van Houweling
Ernie
Wolters‘Thomassen
Historical
George Lankelma
Harry Sixsmith
Bill Neely
Neely
What Does Central College Mean to Pella?
The 1926 front page feature by Rev. John Wesselink appeals to Pella citizens to donate to the New Central College building fund, stressing the college’s role in the community and local progress.
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Central College
Pella
John Wesselink
New Central
30 Years Ago 1916 Mar 30 Marriage Record and Local Notes
Marriage of Elizabeth De Vries to Alonzo Wormhoudt recorded. Marguerite Cole ranked third in a Knoxville humor contest. Severe weather forced some to turn back at Pella. Mayor Johnson urged motorists to honk or ring a bell at crossings. John Nieburg closed a large land deal. Wormhoudt Brothers and A J Kuyper sold a 15000 acre Wyoming ranch for 3.
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Elizabeth de Vries
Alonzo B. Wormhoudt
Marguerite Cole
Knoxville
Pella
Johnson
John Nieburg
Wormhoudt Brothers
A. J. Kuyper
Wyoming
Soul Searching in Grinnell Herald-Register
A reader notes an artist agent’s claim that women’s legs reveal their soul and cites Eleanor Roosevelt’s legs as “traveling dynamism.” The piece mocks the notion with Eleanor’s picture beside a strip teaser, then Elsa Maxwell’s figure, and dismisses claims of dignity and complacency while joking about two WACs observed in Des Moines.
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Grinnell Herald-Register
Eleano Roosevelt
Eleanor
Elsa Maxwell
Des Moines
Rol screenings and plant activity at Rolsereen factory
Several office staff are absent due to illness including Louise Van Hemert while Henrietta Nielson and Colleen Walker settle into a new apartment. Wilma Gaass moved, Jeanette Aalbers visited Otley with a sick mother, and Jake Swank is out with Murray Grandin substituting. Woodworking stays busy with hundreds of blinds, glass plate shipments arrive, Amana bread gifts appear, Central College art class visits, and former employees drop in. Bob Sherwood shows products to students. he receives a War Department promotion to Lt Colonel, retaining the rank in the Reserve.
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Ben Kuyk
Central College Girls
WSUI
Iowa City
WOAW
Omaha
Nebrka
First Reformed Church
New Central Building
B. Mulder
George Derbyshire
J. De'Haan
Jank Warner
St. Louis
Don Rozenberg
Onstine Grocery
Max Schakel
Western Union
Meulpolder
Netherlands
Andy Butt
Minnesota
Ralph van Peursem
Mansford Ver Steeg
Pelican
Nick Gosselink
Hospers
Iowa
Tiny” Smit
Louise van Hemert
Henrietta Nielson
Colleen Walker
Wilma Gaass
Jeanette Aalbers
Otley
Jake Swank
Murray Grandin
Gerald Bogaards
Oskaloosa
Pella
Amana
Central College
Vernon Hobbitt
Rolsereen
Bob Sherwood
Dean Graves
Rose Olivier
Gus Lensink
War Department
Army
Reserve Officers Corps
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Hoh. Sadler
George Ver Steeg
Sadler Publishing Co
Main St. Pella, Lowe
Telia
Sam
Tower of Babel
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Angels
Ministers of Grace
State Department
Oledo Chronicle
United States
Arthur Vandenberg
UNO
Fliteo
Tyme
Howell Station
City Hall
Skunk
Ralph Bolton
Lowa
John Dicleman
White Way
Schrubring Hotel
South Main
I. J. Rhynsburger
Broadway
Union Street
Bas Andeweg
Main Street
Emerson Hough
Chronicle
Grace Cunard
van Roekel Plumbing & Heating Phone
Oskaloo
Sale Barn
First Rock Road
Guernsey
Farrow
John Deere Corn Planter
Ben Thomas
Frank Reed
Harold Lisk
Tom Brown
Co-Op
Farmers Co-Operative Union
Burdock Cut Rate Lumber Co
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Burdock’s
Rose Hill
Rock Road
Old Tioga
Allis Chalmers
John Deere
Poland
China
Raymond Walker
Loren A. Wymore
L. J. Augustine
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