Frontiers for the Young and Education for a War-Won World
A columnist urges young readers to pursue continuing education after military service, highlighting Uncle Sam's offers to returning G I s and the need to build confident citizens. It covers education week participation, home influence on values, conservation in farming, and Hutchins defense of liberal education as essential for democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tye
Get Hutchins
Chicago U
Ers
Cism
Phi Beta Kappa
College, New York
John Dewey
Hutchins
Dr. Hutchins
Pacific
Japan
Editorial Commentary Warns On Hague Destruction Motives
Knickerbocker Weekly quotes a German commander urging severity as The Hague is to be mined and civilians evacuated. Shenandoah Sentinel contrasts future peace prospects with disarmament and warning against appeasement leading to another war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
Hague
Shenandoah Sentinel
Leaves and compost as soil builders in autumn
The Washington Iowa Evening Journal notes autumn leaf behavior and soil importance. Timmerman, a journalist and gardener, opposed burning leaves and saved them for next season. Neighbor Mrs Wallace maintains a compost pit to decay leaves into fertilizer, urging less waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Evening Journal
John Timmerman
Journal
S. R. Wallace
Should Our Light Plant Be Managed by Trustees
In a Pella editorial debate the author weighs trustee governance versus council control for the municipal light plant. Arguments for trustees cite longer terms, long range planning, and professional management, against council oversight citing honor, pay limits, and practicality. The piece notes fundraising and private ownership pressures while referencing local figures M. Frush and Faassen and media ties to Zion Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Wrer
Wirst
Knoxville
Tt ix
Ceeding Council
Our P
Serge Sumste
AO Council
Asem
Cal
Caunnell
Kiehth
M. Frush
1914 Des Moines trip and high school plan front page drawing
ARR RR notes the front page features a proposed new high school building drawing and an architect's design while detailing the December construction call. It records about forty business signers backing the project, plus local campus and community happenings, including a Billy Sunday event and wedding anniversary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elect Constru
K. M. Cole
Young
Des Moines
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
H. Kuyper
Jennie Kuyper
Japan
Harry de Cook
Central College
Dena Vander Pol
Star
Garden Square
Penn and Central
Oskaloosa
Puritan Drug Store
E. T. Warren
Arie de Jong
Peoria
Christian Orphana Home
Council Bluffs
Ned) Bodenham
Riceville
Iowa
Berry Aldridge
Fremont
1924 Thanksgiving football win and local news notes
Twenty years ago coach Amidon led a high school football team to an 18 to 6 win over Tracy on Thanksgiving Day. The report notes the death of Cornice Jaarsma at age 19 after an appendicitis operation. A fire destroyed second story of the Tice home on Hast First street, with residents listed. Chamber of Commerce dinner featured Rev. Carman and Prof. Dudgeon, multiple speakers, and a football squad dinner. County auction sold two Ver Dught estate farms at strong prices. Local social and club events, theater shows, and playground fund notes are included.
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Amidon
Tracy
Cornice Jaarsma
Des Moines
T. D. Tice
Hast First
P. A. Ibert
Ida Amos
H. J. van Vliet
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
C. A. Carman
Grinnell
Winfield Dudgeon
Central College
India
Andy Butt
Petey” Grundman
G. F. Lee
Central
F. M. Frush
R. C. Amidon
Jack Ponce
Peter Heerema
del de Haan
Vred van Doorninck
John Rouwenhorst
George Lankelma
Masonic Theatre
Oskaloosa
Pella
W. Ver Dught
G. H. Fennema
C. W. Ver Dught
D. C. van Zante
Federated Club
Toms Pearl Shinn and Hospers Kuyper Lead Capacity Days
Toms Pearl Shinn and Hospers Kuyper led town efforts for Capacity Days on Friday and Saturday December 6 and 7. Merchants rallied to lift mood, boost buyers, and counter apathy with active cooperation.
Ten Year Ago Parade and Local Tales in November
A 1931 recap recounts a Chamber of Commerce parade planned for Santa Claus Day on Dee 14 featuring Mother Goose Cinderella and Wolf Hounds. The tale of a billy goat attacks Charley Le Cocq as John Rabbit Robertus and Harry Mitten figures emerge. Reports include a football banquet with Lee Taylor guest speaker, Pride and Relief fund notes, a Woodrow Washer Co. order for washing machines, and the college A Cappella Choir presenting Iolanthe and HMs Pinafore.
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Mother Goose
Cinderella
Wolf
Dee
Chamber of Commerce
Charley” le Coca
John “Rabbit
Robertus
Harry Mitten
Charley LeCocq
Mitten
Charley
Lee Taylor
The
Des Moines Register
Pella Business Men
Arie Schilder
Wells
Collee
Yea
Plette
Seldorp
Woodrow Washer Compa
Seattle Ashington
Charley Eveland
ILMS
Retty Liggett
Edith Vander Ploeg
Suinley Roelofs
Dohu
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Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
H. H. Sadler George Ver Steeg
D. Sadler Publishing Co
St. Pella
Lowe
Mwan
William Benton
University of Chicago
O Red
Unclem
G. I. Doe
Radio Choru
Dulag
Leyte
Britain
Charles Gummo
U. S. Air Force
Neyland
Suffolk
Nayland
Charles Gumm
United States Air Forces
Aachen
Hitler Youth Movement
Aship
HH. H. Bennett
U.S. Soils Conservation Serie
West
Conseration
Wayland
Mayor Frush
Rcute
West Market
di Faassen
of Pine
Uy Gant Zion
Ilinois
Fred
Shiloh ‘Tabernacle
Zion
Fliteo
Tyme
Fremont Gazette
Ned
Ander Zyl
Vande
T. J. Kiley
Y. T. van Niewaal
Willard Scbeon
Wileh
Carpenter'’S Drug Store
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
Alae Island
Uy Cui Oy
Bloem’s Grocery
Carpenter Drug Store Farmers Co-op
Exchange
Bernie Menninga—Insurance
Star Oil Co
Vande Voort’s Grocery
Vander Linden Rexall Drug
Vandermeulen Hoeksema Co
van Roekel
Wormhoudt & Son
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