Poppy Tribute To War Dead On Memorial Day
On Memorial Day the red poppy will honor fallen soldiers as flowers and flags cover graves at home and overseas. The Van Veen Van Hemert Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will bring poppies to Pella on May 16 for wearing on May 30. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and families of the dead, giving the flower a double mission of remembrance and relief.
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Wheat Belt Jobs Shrinking as Combines Replace Harvest Labor
The wheat belt from Texas to Canada draws many seasonal workers seeking harvest income. But rising use of combines by grain farms reduces need for labor, signaling a rougher season for wanderers. Young men from Pella are urged to secure work before traveling, or risk disappointment and hardship in the field season.
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Bloomfield merchants form cash sale agreement in Nebras
Local Bloomfield Nebraska merchants report a shift to cash sales after dissatisfaction with slow customer payments. The accord encourages cash transactions to settle overdue debts and improve turnover, reflecting a trend toward prompt payment among regional traders.
Cash pricing and credit use in retail trade
The passage argues cash sales should be cheaper to benefit the buyer, noting buyers with credit face higher costs and that cash discounts are a real incentive. It predicts merchants may drop credit in the future for self protection.
Parking problem prompts talk of new space rules
In a discussion on street congestion near the square residents push for marked parking spaces and stricter ordinance enforcement. Advocates argue existing double parking bans are insufficient and larger spaces or redesigned rules are needed to accommodate steady car flow during busy times.
Warns on new battery boosting scams in cities
Local warning from Better Business Bureaus about con artists selling “popping up” battery boosters. Salesmen mix a few cents of epsom salts into a vial and charge a dollar per person, a common fake aimed at motorists. Recommends buying advertised goods only from trusted dealers with known reputations.
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Fish and Bees Comb Honey Prices Steady at 25c
The note observes that comb honey continues to fetch the same 25 cent price as it did forty years ago, highlighting a remarkable stability in pricing for this niche market. The remark underscores a curiosity about long running price equivalence in agricultural produce.
Why have fish prices soared while honey stayed flat
The piece contrasts stable honey prices with rising fish costs over 40 years. Bees yield 200,000,000 pounds of honey annually worth about 50 million dollars, while some fish once priced at 8 to 10 cents per pound now fetch 30 to 40 cents. The author wonders at the differing price paths and notes the puzzling gap.
Stop Look Listen at Railroad Crossings Urged
Railroad men warn motorists to obey Stop Look and Listen signals at grade crossings to prevent deaths. They urge constant caution as bells and lights may warn of another train and a safe view may be blocked by multiple tracks. Emphasizing single decisive judgment at crossings, they hope to spare communities from fatal grade crossing accidents.
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Pella
Pella Echoes on Family Roles and Names
In this Week in Pella Ry Al Autry notes country life and tour talk. Census reveals views on wives and household headship, recreation choices, and male dominance. A New York campaign targets ash can appearance, while a Dutch joke about names highlights common middle names and absurd pairings.
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Ealing
Ehildren
Quirks and Inconsistencies Through Small Town Notes
A column of light anecdotes on social shifts and oddities. It references Pella teachers using retained instead of failed, Bebe Daniels engagement reports, Ralph Livingston of Monroe, a car as an Eight, population tallies via beauty shops, double census counts for Jake Sterrenberg, and Yellville Kansas electing all women to office, highlighting humorous contrasts in everyday life.
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Ralph Livingston
Monroe
Early 1900s Oddities and Local Snapshots
A collection of light vignettes from daily life including a laundry mishap with a grandma, a remark about Dutch nail healing, calls for detour sign painting jobs with the start of driving season, a straw hat sighting before the official opening, a college baseball hot day comment to a grandmother, switches running homes, and Old Dobbin's scratched coat sparking family fuss.
Noisy baby drives jealousy in Pella family
A Pella woman recalls her nephew saying baby brother will talk soon. The jealous brother quips that the infant only gets what he wants by yelling, highlighting sibling rivalry and the humor of early communication.
Worldly talk at dining table echoes global verge
A waitress quips a flood of nation names as diners joke about meals and travel. The scene shifts to a woman describing a life from hospital to grave, detailing a modern routine of meals, golf, bridge, cinema, and retirement to a mortuary.
What Other Editors Think Chariton Leader
An exchange notes equal honors between parties as a Chariton Republican taunts Democrats in Iowa. Oskaloosa Herald cites Heflin’s independent bid charging Democratic leaders with bias and anti Catholic attacks. Knoxville Journal reports Ruth McCormick spent a quarter million in her U S Senate primary and questions her November prospects.
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Herbert Hoover
Heflin
Alabama
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Debated global hunger and grain relief debate
Monroe County News questions overproduction logic citing mass starvation in China and suggests U S wheat donations to relieve surplus abroad. Denison Bulletin notes Softy Association hostility to prohibition enforcement and Curran testimony claiming funds spent to sway Wisconsin public to back repeal of saloon restrictions.
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Laughing Around the World With IRVINS. COBB Dampness Would Be Their Sole Reward
IRVINS COBB delivers a humorous sermon urging true religious spirit over mere thanks and shouting. He warns that without heartfelt faith and fear of sin, immersion in the Jordan river will yield only wetness.
Flight O'Tyme Chronicle Date Reflections
A compact note traces the Flight O'Tyme chronicle to its 1910 and 1920 origin dates. It highlights the publication's historical ties and recurring features tied to those years. The piece notes how the chronicle echoes early aviation era milestones across the two dates.
Twenty Years Ago Items From the Chronicle of 1910
Invitations announced the marriage in Grand Rapids Michigan of Miss Anna Van Westenberg daughter of Rev and Mrs J Westenberg to Peter Happe. The 1910 high school graduating class included Leona Burg Gertrude Bennink Cornelia Dureth Bouma Anna Grundman Frank Keables Nellie Neels William Joe Rhynsburger Ansel Reuvers Mary Sheehy George Ver Steeg Veda Tice Alfred Overkamp Wormhoudt and Connie Dykstra. Meyer Langerak ran for clerk of the district court on the Republican ticket and D G Van Zante and J B Vriezelaar were Democratic and Republican candidates for supervisor. Mrs Dena Vander Pol went to Prairie City due to illness in the Wagaman family. Nick Gesman offered a 2500 automobile for sale at 650. Deaths listed Bruinekool 86 cold 64 Jennie Brand 23. Clarence Vander Wilt son of G and Mrs G Vander Wilt student of Miss Wormhoudt ill with sore throat was sent home and died as diagnosed diphtheria.
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Ten Years Ago Highlights From 1920 Graduates and Local Incidents
A list of then graduating 1920 high school members includes Ray Boland Harriet Frush Nickolas Gosselink Delwin De Haan Gradua De Kock Fred Lautenbach Harold Van Maren Marion Vanden Oever Lucile Pletie Helen Vander Pol Fred Van Rheenen Angeline Roor da and Anthony G Van Zante. The Garden Epee company branch house in Sioux Falls burned destroying a storage garage belonging to J R Dieleman and three cars. A college musical organization awarded peanuts with instructions inside each peanut for their tasks. Rev H W Bruins injured his back after falling from a step ladder at his home. City Marshal Dennis acquired a new motorcycle with sidecar. Deaths include Gerrit Ust ermarkt age 91 near Pell James Sherman Houck in Kansas City age 64 and Miss Francis Mc Adoo Okmulgee age 16.
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Delwin de Haan
Gradua de Kock
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Chronicle items from May 16 1929 memories
The Chronicle notes include the 48 member high school class as the largest ever, a contest winner with the title soaking the boys for a feed, May 17 and 18 proclaimed Straw Hat Days, Hoeksema and Trump open a woodworking shop in the old Farmers Co operative Exchange building, lightning hits the A T Van Roekel farm roof ten miles west of Pella, Loyde Hilyer and his band win a Western Colorado tournament per J J Beerends, and daily reports of student riots at Des Moines University.
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Des Moines Register
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For Sale Announcement from Chronicle Office
For sale items include adding machine paper and typewriter ribbons. Carbor paper also offered by Chronicle Office.
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