Inquiring Reporter praises the Pella Chronicle
Five readers across states share high opinions of the Pella Chronicle as a news source. They commend church news coverage, the weekly This Week in Pella, Ed Le Cocq cartoons, and the editor’s up-to-date reporting. Readers across Grand Rapids to Elma praise its personal touch and Christian editorial background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goulooze
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pella Chronicle
Pella
Ed le Cocq
Good
Chronicle
George Hankamp
Lynden
Washington
Will van Oostrum
C. M. Moore
Elma
Jesus Answers Adversaries with Love Principle
The lesson outlines the principle of love as core, the pursuit and practice of love, and the perfection of love. It emphasizes loving God and neighbor, real daily practice over mere profession, and applying Christian love to meet opposition. The piece urges teachers and believers to embody love in life, not just words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
God
Christ
Brotherhood of Man
Jerico Road
Appendicitis Toll in 1932 Is Emphasized by Health Message
Chronicle Weekly Health Message notes 241 Iowa deaths from appendicitis in 1932 per Vital Statistics. It explains peritonitis from ruptured appendix, signs like sudden pain, fever, and the dangers of laxatives. Urges prompt surgical removal and early diagnosis for uneventful recovery. Also lists weekly communicable disease reports across Iowa counties for May 11, 1933, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, tuberculosis, and gonorrhea figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
William Osler
Towa
Polk
Woodbury
Rasputin and the Empress at Princess Oskaloosa May 21
The Siren-like production features John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore in a lavish replica of the Romanoff era set for a four day run at the Princess Theatre Oskaloosa starting Sunday May 21 with a 11:30 p m midnight show. Ralph Morgan plays the Czar and Ethel Barrymore the Empress with a grand cast including Tad Alexander Diana Wynyard and others in a spectacular historic recreation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Ethel
Lionel Barrymore
Romanoff
St. Petersburg
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Czar
Tudor .Williams
Los Angeles
Ralph Morgan
Ethel Barrymore
Prince Chegodieff
Richard Boleslavsky
Moscow
Who's Who
Rasputin
Grand Hotel
Diana Wynyard
Tad ‘Alexander
Norma Shearer
C. Henry Gordon
Edward Arnold
Snijboonens Spelling Debate Settled by Dutch Term
The Vandermeulen Co. reports a recent shipment of snijboonenmolens from Holland, the bean cutting mill, and John F. Dykstra provides what is believed to be the correct spelling, ending the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Dykstra
Vandermeulen’ Co
Holland
Cordova Area Social Visits and Health Notes
Cordova residents share visits with neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schuring and families near Knoxville. John Bloodsworth made a Des Moines business call. White Breast school reports exam passers Arthur Vande Kieft and Mary Zeger as the school announces Friday closing. Families visit Gerrit Vink and mother in Amsterdam neighborhood while Tone Robus of Fifield endures bladder infection and daughters visit. Angie Klyn from Bartus Klyn shows illness and appendectomy at Oskoloosa hospital after sickness Thursday. Local farmers seek dry weather for pending plowing. Evelyn Kool stays with Bloodsworth family while mother undergoes surgery in Town City. John Willemson and Wm Zegers visit Knoxville and Sully area acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Schuring
Knoxville
Wm. Zegers
John Bloodsworth
Des Moines
White Breast School
Arthur Vande Kieft
Mary Zeger
Gerrit Vink
Vink
Amsterdam
Tone Robus
Fifield
Ed Kingery
Fred Robinson
Monroe
Angie Klyn
Bartus Klyn
Osloosa
Evelyn
Joe Kool
Otley
Town City
John Willemson
Barney Duinsbergen
Sully
Shaw Drops Dead in Newton Indiana
Oliver G Shaw a Monroe jeweler died in Newton from heart failure after feeling ill while leaving a moving picture theatre Sunday evening. He had been in poor health for months. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist Episcopal church in Monroe with burial beside his wife in Monroe Cemetery.
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Oliver G. Shaw
Monroe
Newton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Shaw
Candy Kitchen
Capitol Theatre
Monroe Mirror
Farm Bureau Band Engaged to Play at World’s Fair
Chicago May 17 arrangements announced to have the 800 piece Southern Iowa Farm Bureau Band perform two concerts at A Century of Progress on June 13 and 14 led by Mayo Williams of Ottumwa. The band, with Farm Bureau families from nineteen southern Iowa counties, will arrive June 12 with 3,000 Iowa Farm Bureau members and officials headed by Charles Hearst and Miss Daisy Williams. The audience will sing the Iowa Corn Song with the band, a sight noted as surpassing the Great Lakes Navy Band of 600 during World War I.
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Chicago
Southern Lawa Farm Bureau
M. S. Winder
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mayo Williams
Ottumwa
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Charles E. Hearst
Daisy Williams
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Great Lakes Navy
John Phillip Sousa
Iowa Farm Bureau Day at the Fair Highlights Band Dress Rehearsal
The American Farm Bureau Federation invites Farm Bureau members nationwide to attend Iowa Farm Bureau Day at the fair. The giant band has practiced for over a year and will hold its dress rehearsal on May 28 in Ottumwa before a crowd exceeding 20,000. Chain broadcasts are expected to carry the concerts nationwide. Mr and Mrs George Vander Zyl of Prairie City were visitors here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Ottumwa
George Vander Zyl
Prairie City
Baxter farmer injured separating hogs
Alden Berry, a farmer near Baxter in Jasper County, was injured while trying to separate two hogs. The hog charged, striking his thigh and tearing a wound several inches long and deeply enough to sever a muscle. He endures considerable pain from the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Alden Berry
Baxter
Mr. Berry
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Chronicle Weekly Health Message
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Jefferson
Story
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Empress
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Eyts
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High Ave
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