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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1940

Page

14

Holland May Beauty Through Mrs Plemp Sketch

Mrs M Plemp recalls Holland in May with vivid images of Pella roots and a Montana move to Billings. She notes Holland’s water engineering prowess, windmills replaced by electricity, canals shaping life, and a strong respect for thrift and civic order while describing dikes, dunes, farming life, dress, and sea linked traditions.

Nelia Leo Pella J.B. LeCocq P. Schelte Pelli J. F. LeCocq Amnoon Pieter Floris Frank LeCocq Gorkom Christina M. Pleno America Holland Columbus Montana Billings Les Holland New York New Amsterdam Holland American Line Plymouth England Maas Rotterdam Netherlands Lowland Haarlemmermeer Helder Rhine Zuider Zee

Visitor’s view of Holland and war preparedness

A travelogue notes Dutch life including schooling languages and relief aid. It recalls Queen Wilhelmina, Kaiser Wilhelm, and a water defense boast. The writer compares Holland’s prudence and America’s wasteful living, urging future preservation of national resources.

Holland Wilhelmina Germany Wilhelm Kaiser America United States

Iowa’s Historic Indian Tribes and Their Long Reach

Seventeen tribes occupied what is now Iowa from 1673 to 1833. The Ioway provided long habitation that shaped the state’s name. Major tribes included Sauk and Fox, Chippewa, Dakota, Oto and Omaha, with brief residencies by Ottawa, Huron, Miami, Peoria, Moingwana, Tapuaro, and Coiracoentanon.

Iowa Wittlers Mildred Motti Iowa Journal of History and Politics State Historical Society of Iowa Towa Muscatine County

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