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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
3
A Galveston News item notes a domestic issue quoting a common saying about men and wives. It observes the difficulty of making a wife pay cash as she reportedly lacks funds. The remark highlights household financial dynamics and gendered money expectations of the period.
Mrs L H Lothrop testifies that Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription helped her nervous condition and feminine trouble after her daughter s experience. She notes it cured irregularity and served as a tonic in middle life. The ad urges getting the Prescription from a druggist in tablet or liquid form.
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham stresses the Bible as the world’s best selling book and warns of neglect. It outlines three paths to the Bible lost, found, and used, urging daily reading and memory work, with quotes from Dr George C Lorimer and Dr P S Henson and a Josiah example.
The Central Bay report details a May eleventh gathering of the Pella mothers and daughters at the Ladies Dorm. A dinner featured Bri dal Wreathes decorated tables, a planned program led by Mrs. Wesselink, music from eight Pella daughters, and a series of toasts and performances reflecting on ideal daughters and mothers.
A 1914 troop bulletin from Troop 1 Pella Boy Scouts outlines progress toward first class ranks, upcoming popcorn sales on May 18 24 and 20, and a shift to a return baseball game with Oskaloosa Scouts. It preserves mottoes and laws, reports merit badge work, and shares a war story of a heroic bugler plus short skits and time-management fables.
Advance Society presented The Man on the Box at Central last Saturday. The comedy, set in Washington and acted by Central students and Pella residents, drew praise for casting and pacing. Notable turns included Betty Annesley and Lieut Robert Warburton with strong support from the entire cast including Miss Watson as coach and Gerrit Van Roekel in the Russian diplomat role.
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