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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1932
Page
8
Chronicle Weekly Health Message defends funding for local public health nursing, urges continued support in schools and communities. Iowa disease report for week ending November 3 1932 lists cases by county for diphtheria scarlet fever typhoid measles influenza mumps meningitis chickenpox and other illnesses.
Richard Lewis notes a fifteenth century English witchcraft view shaping modern voting, linking public distrust and the origin of the X mark on ballots. The piece traces witch trials, anti witchcraft measures, and the evolution of the X as a protective and signing symbol used on public documents and ballots.
A Des Moines based safety campaign reports 1,493 school age children killed or injured in Iowa in the first nine months of the year. Data list fatalities by county from Adair to Wright, with totals including Polk 392, Scott 99, Woodbury 218, and Des Moines 8. Compiled by John L. Mansfield of the Accident Record Division.
The article states that no person may hunt game without a license except on farm lands owned or occupied by the landowners or tenants and their families. It also notes Dr. H. C. Morrison of the University of Chicago urging full public school support in a talk to Iowa county superintendents at Hotel Fort Des Moines Y.
A RKO-Radio comedy brings a mock penitentiary gridiron to Rivola Theatre Oska loosa with eleven referees. The Penitentiary Conference Championship pits Bodemore against Lynwood prisons as Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star alongside Edna May Oliver Roscoe Ates Warren Hymer Paul Hurst Edgar Kennedy in a Norman Taurog directed farce.
A historical article advocates treating game birds as a farm crop to maximize land use. It outlines benefits for families, revenue from hunting permits, and additional sales of farm products. It also covers essentials for bird support: food, cover, and predator protection, plus cooperative farming among landowners to scale profits.
The passage discusses planting near food sources, placing brush piles, and practicing soil erosion control to aid game birds. It notes willows along draws and pollarding to create cover and control erosion, and mentions using a flushing bar during nesting season as part of farm game bird management.
Dr. William J. Scholes urges early action on sore throats in children to prevent diphtheria. He notes most cases occur in school-age groups and deaths rise with treatment delay. The Schick test can indicate susceptibility, and toxin antitoxin can confer immunity. Emphasizing parental responsibility, he warns thousands die yearly without preventive use of antitoxin and vaccination.
Susceptible individuals to diphtheria will benefit from toxin centivenin and antitoxins, potential life-savers in preventing deaths.
The Northern Zone open season for Fox Mink Otter Civet and Skunk begins November 10 and ends January 15 1933. Southern Zone opens November 20 and runs to January 15. Prohibitions include spearing or shotgun shooting of Otter or Mink and molesting or destroying Skunk dens or Fox dens. A special permit tag from the Fish and Game Commission is required to ship fur-bearing skins out of state.
A public Saturday release reveals that Iowa state departments incurred expenses totaling 45 million dollars during 1931. The figures highlight the era’s administrative costs and potential funding implications for state services.
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