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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
9
The postal department ends the practice of delivering letters with defectively addressed envelopes. An order requires legible addresses for all mail. Letters with freak addresses will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington City, with no exceptions.
Widespread concern over late April frosts harming this season's fruit yields across the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. Reports vary by region with some areas untouched while others show heavy losses, though initial fears lessen as more lines come in.
The piece notes a dollar buys a pound each of coffee sugar butter eggs bread for housewives for the first time in eight years while dieting trends cut bread consumption. It argues the fad harms wheat growers bakers and potato farmers and speculates on broader shifts in agriculture and industry away from traditional staples toward lighter fare and new trades.
The piece argues that widespread adoption of centralized schools replaces many one room schools as roads improve and autos enable access. It cites Nebraska where 284 one room schools disappeared in five years and contends the shift provides a uniform curriculum, better facilities, and broader learning opportunities while preserving the one room model for remote areas.
A passerby left a remark outside a shop that quietly illustrated the era’s brisk sales mindset. The observer notes how people favor exchanges and eager service, revealing the social texture of commerce and the appeal of ready merchants.
The piece argues that cost nothing yet builds goodwill, which underpins repeat business. It stresses treating customers as friends, avoiding nuisances like loafing and loud laughter, and states that a cheerful store environment expands any enterprise. A stranger's remark about liking to trade at a happy place reinforces the idea.
An editorial urges readers in Pella to ignore chain letters that demand writing and mailing to friends with a threat of bad luck. The piece calls such schemes a waste of time, paper, and stamps, noting they burden postal workers. It praises discernment and dismisses superstition as foolish.
A Pella newspaper argues against war by citing wartime costs and social toll. It notes the United States spent 86 billion on the war, maintains 28,000 veterans and 230,000 compensated veterans, and plans over 800 million this year for pensions, hospital care, and insurance. It projects 11.5 billion more by 1945, plus wartime loan debts, warning war harms the nation’s youth and leaves women and children in hardship.
The Department of Agriculture urged farmers to cut wheat acreage by at least 10 percent to lift prices. Some reports say 16 percent in parts, with Montana Idaho and Minnesota around 5 percent. Harvest totals are uncertain, but cooperation with the Farm Board is encouraged to restore the wheat market.
Miss Marie Bland a Canadian nurse who aided American soldiers in World War I was denied U S citizenship for refusing to swear she would bear arms on the firing line. The Raleigh West Virginia Register notes the judge cited Rosika Schwimmer and a split Supreme Court as reasons, while noting pacifist influence and uncertainty about future policy.
The text condemns a ruling requiring women applying for citizenship to swear an oath to bear arms, calling it the most amazing imposition in any country. It contrasts with other nations and criticizes proponents, labeling them akin to madmen like Ted Russia.
A liberal sketch of tax policy dominates Iowa primary talk, contrasting Dan W. Turner and Ed M. Smith on income tax. Turner advocates it as a farm relief, while Smith argues it raises costs for farmers and towns. Wisconsin's experience is cited, showing higher overall taxes despite the tax. The piece blends political analysis with snippets of humor and society notes.
A column from Pella shares playful vignettes on courtships and dating among young men, local vanity about personal liberty and Jamaica ginger, a joke on police car tags, and reflections on village life. It mentions golf, radio education, and church envelope humor, ending with a domestic scene as a man returns home to his wife.
A column roundup quotes editorials from Oskaloosa Herald Monroe County News Chariton Leader Davis County Republican Northwood Anchor and Toledo Chronicle. Topics include road quality affecting farming trucks political accountability prohibition enforcement and governor nominations with George W Clark backing Ed M Smith.
Chronicle recalls a 71st birthday for H J Hasselman with six children helping celebrate. Harry De Haan welcomed a daughter Leona Marie at Frank Warner store. Deaths include Lewis Vander Kolk 18 and Daniel Vander Linden 87. John Kersbergen injured by a wagon fall. Lightning damaged Harry Schakel’s residence. Charles Welch suffered a broken hand from a coal lump.
Ten years ago Otley saw a sensation with the disappearance of Edward and Ethel Price aged 20 and 16 later found in Oskaloosa. A slippery White Way road caused a collision between two Ford cars driven by Peter Visser and Tunis Heukel EM. Fern Smith, a post graduate music student, impressed at a recital at the First Reformed Church. A fire at Henry Vande Voort’s West Franklin Street home caused serious damage but was extinguished. Miss Hattie De Haai, 19, died after a long influenza illness.
The Chronicle’s 1929 special high school issue features important stories and photographs of city schools, buildings, and people. Peter Van Hemert dies at 62 in the Home of the Aged. County auditor Fred O Hall reports Pella's money and credits exceed 3 million. Peter De Cook of Leighton named manager of Farmers Cooperative Exchange, replacing Andrew Van Driksi mani of Knoxville. A sher mage injures a hand in an accident with a wringer. Mrs. F M Frush wins third at the Federated Women’s clubs convention in Sioux City with a paper on Why Federate.
Chronicle Office offers for sale adding machine paper typewriter ribbons and carbon paper.
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