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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1930

Page

7

Echo Returns For Love's Reward In Gentle Reverie

A reflection on love's reciprocity. The text muses that loving freely brings back a gentle echo of affection, a reverberating reward that confirms connection and mutual sentiment.

Pella Society Lunch Discusses Farm Bureau Nutrition

The October Farm Bureau leaders met at the American Legion building for a second year nutrition lesson by Ruth Cessna of the Ames extension service. Lunch boxes were judged by iron content as the group reviewed diets for school children from ages six through adolescence. The talk urged regular meals and a physician’s checkups, noting calorie needs rise during growth and advocating simple lunches without sweets. The next meeting is set for December 5 near Howell station.

Farm Bureau American Legion Ruth Cessna Extension Service Department Ames A. Toom Howell Station

Mrs Gerrit Heitink Dies At 86 In Oskaloosa

Mrs Gerrit Heitink aged 86 died at her son Arnold Marinus Heitink’s home in Oskaloosa early Sunday morning. Body brought to this city for burial with funeral service at Wormhoudt and Plette Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 PM. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.

Gerrit Heitink Arnold Marinus Heitink Oskaloosa Wormhoudt and Plette Oakwood Cemetery

Nation Prosperous and People Poor in 1920s Contrast

The Capper era essay argues national wealth rose markedly from 1919 to 1928 with rising incomes, store sales, and consumer goods, yet many citizens faced hardship. It cites income growth to about 89 billion in 1928, widespread appliance adoption, and large rises in savings and home-ownership while noting enduring financial strain.

Capper

Growth and prosperity trend in 1920s economy and technology

The piece cites rising life insurance policy holders from 13 million in 1919 to 27 million in 1927 and over 11 million members in 1927. It notes auto purchases by wage earners, shifting saloon spending to autos, and rapid home improvements such as bathtubs, telephones, and electricity. It frames prohibition as a force enabling economic liberty.

Ballot Box Banter on Voting and Local Impact

A columnist laments voter indifference and its tax and school costs, noting that nonvoters effectively cast a ballot for the wrong side. The piece claims only idiots and felons are barred from voting, and urges participation to influence local politics and expenses.

Last Two Stanzas From London Punch Poem on Livingstone

Open the Abbey doors and bear him in to sleep with king and statesman, chief and sage. The Missionary come of Weaver kin, but great by work that brooks no lower wage. He needs no epitaph to guard a name which men shall prize while worthy work is known. He lived and died for good be that his fame.

Christian Intelligencer Jesus Paul

The Return and A Useful Life Reflections

A poem by John Burroughs recalls childhood scenes and the ache of returning home. The Christian Intelligencer discusses a great editor and the need for a fruitful life guided by love for the good, beauty, and truth.

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Woodrow van den Berg Pella Vee van Vark Clarence van Vark Oskella Club Zelma Rysdam Helen Groetveld Lavina Klein Hallowe'en Lucille Ver Ploeg Dorothy Kool Janet Groetveld Antoinette Groetveld Francis Bakey Sophia Lautenbach Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Gerald Paardekooper Donald Waecter Elmwood Inn Jay Blackford J. M. Cook G. W. Churchill Roy Porter Des Moines Mr. Churchill Des Moines Register-Tribune Mr. Porter Second Reformed Church Second Reformed Aid Society Mesdames A. D. Ver Steeg D. G. Gosselink H. C. Payne F. Hesselink Mizpah Guild H. J. Rhynsburger Hugo Kuyper L. F. Bousquet Cornelia le Coca The Savery Hotel Moines Hotel Savery H. C. Wormhoudt William van Sittert George Lankelma Ed Hoeksema Nick Vander Ploeg H. Vanden Berg John N. Vander Inden Diller Vander Ploeg George Ver Steeg Merry FU Club A. A. Lubberden T. G. Fultz Federated Club Edith Thompson Baptist Social Affairs Nordlund South Pena Division Baptist Church S. P. Fogdall Penn College Simon de Haan G. H. Wormhoudt Mr. Wormhoudt John Wormhoudt Ottumwa H. E. Wormhoudt D. Wormhoudt Newton D. D. Rietveld Case Dieleman Marguerite Kool Florence Black Wilma Vogelaar Stitt-Hesselink Wilma Nelva Stitt West 24Th Street Chronicle Arnvid Vernon Nell Waechter Leonard Allen Waechter Bridge P. E. O. Sisterhood Bert Baron G. G. Gaass Percy Grainger John Leffers Phyllis Cook Ben Woods First Reformed Sunday School Verda Vander Pal Leta Ann Vander Pol J. J. Sybenga Main St George Hankamp C. J. Fox Henrietta and Mary van Maren J. C. Penney Co Coats J.C. Penney Co Franklin Street Pella, Iowa America Mackintosh Washington London Punch Livingstone John Burroughs Rexall Devoe Lowa
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