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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
9
Business entrants to a new community are misled into believing they can achieve results others have failed to for twenty five years. Experience serves as a strong teacher guiding prudent steps and cautious plans.
Healthful sign as rock-ribbed Republicans commend Chronicle editorials opposing Governor Turner's highway expansion stance. Substantial reader response indicates growing wakefulness among subscribers and broader editorial engagement.
Citizens note improved driving since dips were removed and urge continuing road safety work until all hazards are eliminated. The remark suggests ongoing traffic relief and public approval of the change.
After years of effort to sustain a high protective tariff, the speaker argues that infant industries have grown unwieldy and foreign nations retaliate by protecting their own. Italy’s wheat policy is cited as a sample of this effect.
A local broom peddler visiting the office proposes restoring legalized saloon traffic to ease financial low mood, though he claims teetotaler status. He argues booze on highways and streets would aid doctors and undertakers, while noting professionals largely oppose its return.
Discussion on wealth fairness notes community conditions with $3,500,000 in moneys and credits that could provide $1,000 per person, yet many live hand to mouth and fewer have substantial bank balances after expenses. It urges attention to local economic inequality and needs.
Two rival groups, the Women’s National Committee for Law Enforcement and the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, join the battle over enforcement and modification of the 18th amendment. Observers compare the mobilization to the suffragette era as women’s votes may sway future elections.
The Literary Digest describes Soviet authorities brutalizing rebels by confinement in damp cells, boarding them into trucks to execution sites, shooting them, and dumping bodies in a common ditch without notifying kin. The piece condemns Russia’s regression under a harsh regime.
The piece discusses the death penalty issue, noting Michigan’s 1846 abolition and a recent effort that voters rejected. It cites Governor Brucker and observes that several states abolished or later restored capital punishment. The article argues penalties are already severe yet crime persists, with emphasis on gang influence gutting justice and the deeper social causes of crime. It also shifts to reflections on happiness and modern strain, citing the farmer’s wife about faster living and the toll of relentless activity on middle age life.
The Raleigh Register portrays Democratic efforts to mold political strategy for 1932 around prohibition reform. It criticizes post 1928 defeats by wet advocates, insisting the 18th Amendment remains the law and that enforcement must tighten, despite calls to repeal or modify.
The piece argues against altering national prohibition, condemns political gamesmanship, and notes voters repudiated 1928 trends. It critiques Franklin D Roosevelt for his stance on prohibition and his handling of Walker charges, urging him to distance from opposition and preserve prospects for the presidency.
A group discusses national economic strain and food surplus with ideas for fair wage systems and universal opportunity. The piece weighs equal opportunity against limited individual breaks, citing J C Penney Edison Ford and a push to keep people employed in honest toil.
Highlights include Pella high school announcing 24 graduates in the commencement exercises. Central college French class aided famine relief by selling ice cream. Des Moines businessman Mr Weinberger bought the Wagner Quality store. Local deaths include Raymond Hornung 10, of Knox ville, Albert Boonstra 19, drowned in the Skunk river, and Bobbie Mahaffey Nicholas De Wit and Edward L Brown. Burglars robbed three city schools of money and small items. Rietveld boys north of town caught a dozen coons in a cage. Edward L Brown is noted as brother of Mrs Kate Hammel in St Paul Minn.
Delirious for four days after being dragged by a horse, residents recall a strange incident. Central college president Dr John L Beyl and Star restaurant proprietor Peter Vander Werf are listed among town figures. Jewelers M De Vries and real estate agent John Hollebrands are noted, as are Monroe school instructors Misses Hasselman and Clark home for summer vacation. Camp Wormhoudt closes a successful year and prepares for dental school, Miss Henrietta Ver Heul teaches in New Sharon, while P G Gaass A N Vander Linden and Paul Lynhorst embark on a business trip through Oklahoma.
P H Van Gorp came back from a business trip to Canada. Pella's new municipal lighting and water system cost 90000 dollars. The Chronicle gave front page to the project story. Chas F Dykstra and Miss Artie Vander Linden wed at Oskaloosa May 23. Mr and Mrs Adam Van Toom celebrate silver wedding anniversary. Jolsma in Canada disposing of real estate. First Christian Reformed church undergoing extensive repairs. Dr and Mrs Carpenter attending Newton high graduation exercises. Grandson Pred Carpenter graduates. A son born to Mr and Mrs Chas P Dykstra.
A local column bundles humorous notes on Pella life. Jokes about fashion, weather, taxes, shop windows, and school lunches mingle with quips about residents like Doctor Fox and Lob Van Vark. The piece preserves small-town voice and the era’s social quirks through brisk vignettes and light sarcasm.
Twenty years ago the Chronicle noted a ten month old baby of Mr and Mrs J Grundman breaking a collar bone after a fall from a high chair. Dr Aschenbrenner advertised electrical gear. John Gregory near Knoxville reported a freak eye-less colt. Memorial Day saw memorial monument unveil preparations. A Central College play titled The Teeth of a Gift Horse was staged. Daniel Marsh, age 19, was mentioned.
In a Polo Grounds game between Detroit and the Yankees Damon Runyon received a note from a spectator asking which Coveleskie brother was pitching. The message asked the announcer to identify the pitcher and record an answer on the reverse.
Attorney T. H. Klein says a man must not use his head in swimming, prompting President Wesselink to compare to a Chicago psychological experiment. A man balanced a table with him on it and remained still until solving a math problem.
A humorous exchange shows Skippy noting blood rushed to his head when his father stood on his head. The father then stood and asked why blood did not rush to his feet. Skippy replies that feet are not empty, prompting a lighthearted punchline.
The Toledo Chronicle notes Gov. Dan W. Turner’s veto of a bill that would have restricted bullhead fishing. It praises his stance that pollution, not fishermen, threatens bullhead stocks and lauds his human portrayal during the veto. Hurrah for Turner.
The Van Buren Record urges readers to inspect all twenty dollar gold certificates due to widespread counterfeit activity in the region. The piece questions the burden of such a task and recalls a prior late-night effort to manage work backlog.
The Charles City high school building burned recently and the school board met there the preceding night. Neighboring towns wonder if the board could hold meetings in their own unused schoolhouses and other public buildings that have outlived usefulness.
The piece notes Governor Turner faces unpopularity with the good roads faction and lawmakers, while a statewide Democratic candidate could threaten Turner. It cites Dan Steck as highly popular and a potential Senate candidate against Brookhart, suggesting Steck’s run would boost Democratic strength and discusses finding another popular man for governor.
Eastbound passenger trains 472 474 475 478 and freight services operate Des Moines to Keokuk Eldon and back with daily service except Sundays. Local freights 83 and 831 carry passengers, freight must be at station by 5:00 p.m. prior day. trains 472 and 478 run Des Moines to Keokuk, 474 and 475 Des Moines to Eldon. Westbound times listed for Howell and Harvey with locals 70 71 carrying passengers on alternate days.
A text notes that bridges built obliquely to the highway line seem to waste money and create a public safety risk. The author questions the logic of such an alignment and its potential danger to travelers.
Effective September 1 1930 four round trips daily on Des Moines to Ottumwa via Prairie City Monroe Oskaloosa with three connections at Monroe for Knoxville Special round trip rates among stations. Pella departures to Des Moines 831 am 281 pm 501 pm 746 pm Des Moines to Pella 800 am 1200 pm 430 pm 615 pm Pella to Oskaloosa 934 am 134 pm 604 pm 749 pm Oskaloosa to Pella 800 am 1200 pm 430 pm 718 pm All buses except late evening connect at Monroe with Knoxville line All buses run through Oskaloosa to Ottumwa
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