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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
6
National Music Week was marked at the college with chapel programs and performances by local musicians. Messrs Wesselink Hackemack Schilling and others presented music while professors spoke on service to church and country.
The Central team faces Drake in Des Moines on Thursday May 8 after hosting Ames at 3 pm on Friday at Central Athletic field. In the Penn meet last Saturday Central scored 57 percent to Penn 41 percent with Wilkins earning 27 points.
An electrical storm Tuesday afternoon caused notable damage to houses and outbuildings near Eddyville. The Gaass Vander Linden jointly owned farm suffered a roof damage from a tree impact as the property owners rushed to assess the scene.
A fragment from a Copper Head of Ottumwa dated Thursday April 1874 notes Isaac Overkamp Sr as Pella’s first public school teacher. It mentions abolition debate and Negro enfranchisement, plus satirical items from Des Moines Register and other papers. It highlights a saloonkeeper contest in Jacksonville offering a cane and delirium tremens prize.
A historical page notes Amendment chatter and satirical jabs about suffrage for babies and women, mentioning Des Moines celebrations. It lists Pella ads for C. Post livery, L. Massdam bakery, S. Atlee lumber, Watts and Kruidenier furniture, and the American House hotel. It also describes a stabbing altercation at Viersen's corner and Dr. E. H. Keables treating wounds, with a Copper Head Printing Office image on the back page and crowds reading the latest issue.
Central and Penn competed with top placers across events. Tysseling led pole vault with 10 feet 6 inches, Wilkins of Central won shot put and high jump, Hunting and Six among winners, distances listed for javelin 163 feet 6 inches and discus 113 feet 5 inches.
Grimes Canning Corp along with National Canners Association sponsors a nationwide radio show The Hour of the Canny Cook designed to educate housewives on canned foods It has aired since March 17 over NBC WEAF and 47 stations at 1145 ET 1045 ET 945 CT and features practical tips guest speakers and dramas the program already set records for letters and interest in canned foods
W Clapper praises the radio program’s value to housewives and sponsors as thousands seek canned foods guidance. The Hour of the Canny Cook will run for months, with nationwide programs airing on CW Omaha Mondays Wednesdays, WOC Davenport Tuesdays Thursdays, and WHO Des Moines Wednesdays.
A brief notice urges listeners to tune in during the hour from 9:45 to 10:00 a m. for local programming. The call invites attention to the exact time and encourages audience participation.
Gradus Vander Wal, treated seven weeks ago for a blood infection after a tire change accident, was discharged from Ma haska hospital and shows signs of recovery. Surgeons feared a 24 hour prognosis, after fingers and part of his right hand were ligatured to treat the infection. Friends report steady improvement as he resumes daily life. Dr E L Hoeven of Alton, son of Mrs Marie Heaven, spoke at the Des Moines state Dental Convention this week.
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