American Education Week Programs and Slogans
Education Week set for December 3 to 9 by the American Legion the National Education Association and the U S Bureau of Education aims to instill Americanism in students churches may promote the effort and mayors and newspapers will participate Slogans include Visit the schools today and A square deal for the country boy and girl The plan lists daily themes from Education in the home to Physical Education Day with aims to boost literacy citizenship and educational equality across the nation.
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American Legion
National Education Association
United States Bureau of Education
United States
America
Squirrel Hunter Pete Vander Werf Delivers Fine Sample
Peter Vander Werf brings a dressed squirrel to the Chronicle office, claiming it is the sixty ninth victim of his hunting this fall. He says he only takes what he can handle, usually two per trip, and leaves the rest for another day. The sample is described as a fine one, noting long familiarity with corn growing areas.
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Peter Vander Werf
Chronicle
Pete
Prospects Rise for Marion County Youth Conference
Preparation for the Marion county youth conference at Pella next Monday and Tuesday shows a larger turnout than two years ago. By Wednesday 289 delegates had registered with many schools still unaccounted for, and final attendance is expected to top three hundred. An open meeting Monday evening will feature Dr Charles S Medbury of Des Moines speaking on Floodtides of Power. All welcome, with hope for strong local turnout.
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Marion County
Pella
Chas. S. Medbury
Des Moines
Corn Husking Champion Gerrit Pals At Orange City
Gerrit Pals on the Otto G Van Roekel farm near Orange City is cited as a premier corn picker. At 19 he reportedly picks 140 bushels per day over nine hours for two weeks with 50 to 60 acres produced per acre and a steady, clean flow of corn into the wagon while ear remains in the air.
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Gerrit Pals
Otto G. van Roekel
Fair Grounds
Orange City
Pals
Alton Democrat
Duck hunting from machine gun nest sparks outrage
Readers discuss a violent duck hunting setup described as using a lakeside machine gun position on Skunk River bottom with decoys to lure flocks. The account notes decoys, rapid fire, and occasional mass casualties among birds, labeling the shooters as sportsmen by some and nimrods by others.
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Chronicle
Nimrod
Henry Van Oostrum Surprise Birthday Party
Henry Van Oostrum was surprised on his sixty fourth birthday when a crowd of forty three relatives and friends arrived with plenty to eat. He recovered quickly and joined the celebration then was up town next day walking straighter with a brighter smile.
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Henry van Oostrum
Henry
First Basketball Game Of Season For Pella Juniors
The Pella Junior Hi Y team hosted an out of town Tracy Hi Y squad in the season opener on a Wednesday evening. Coach Fred Lautenbach led the Pella boys who lost 8 to 7 against the older visitors. Standouts were Van Oostrum Steenhoek and Klein as the team showed hard work and promise for future games.
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Pella
Tracy
Fred Lautenbach
Jeader
Pella Boys
van Oostrum
Steenhoek
Klein
Notice of Club Meeting at Mrs Van Zante Home
The Women's Federated Club will meet at the home of Mrs Ed Van Zante on Tuesday afternoon November 28 1922. Cor Beo y.
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Women’s Federated Club
Ed van Zante
Dick C, van Zanth
Beo'y
Fire ruins home in Second Ward
Firefighters battled a large frame house of L. J. Rus on East First Street Sunday evening. The blaze started on the roof and burned through the home with heavy contents saved by neighbors. Water pressure was low and the city awaits a new fire engine.
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L. J. Rus
East First Street
Liquor Crowd Fail to Gain in Congress
Washington D C The days hold a two thirds majority in the new congress Wet hopes of amending the Vol stead Act must be deferred until after next election Wayne B Wheeler legislative chief of the anti saloon league told the United Press that a careful can vass of the new cogress had been made and that as a result dry leaders are confident they still control Wheeler declared that 1 Congressional drys now are mass ing their forces to withstand the wet uprising which is expected as a result of the wet sentiment in the recent election abst gee 2 Wittarts will be made to take thy prohibition enforcement out of politics by passage of a bill placing all federal agents under civil service 3 No new teeth measures are planned for introduction in congress thus being contented with the present laws Wheeler declared the wet era heralded by the election was largely a myth An investigation has determined he said that new congressmen and senators who were claimed by the wets are not wets at all.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
United Press
Wheeler
Gilman School Board Acts on Cigarette Problem
Gilman school district adopts a rule requiring suspension of at least one week for any pupil found using tobacco on or off campus. The superintendent may extend the period. A mass meeting of about 150 residents was held at Gilman High School to discuss the action and aim to curb the cigarette habit among boys. A motion to revoke local cigarette dealer licenses and refund fees was sent to the town council.
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Gilman
Gilman’ School Board
Supt
B. S. Smith
R. J. Paul
Paul
Gliman
Miss Kuyper Named Principal of Ferris Seminary Yokohama
Miss Jennie M. Kuyper, missionary of the Reformed church active in Japan, has been installed as principal of Ferris Seminary for girls at Yokohama. The ceremony in Schatch Hall included music, prayers, and the reading of congratulatory messages from Dr. Booth. Kuyper hailed support from faculty, students, alumnae, and church boards as she assumed leadership of the school.
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Japan Gazette
Yokohama
Chronicle
Jennie M. Kuyper
The
Reformed Church
Japan
Ferby Seminary
Missionary Board
Miss Kuyper
Central College
H. Kuyper
Ferris Semin
Booth
Schatch Hall
D. C. Ruigh
J. M. Kuyper
H. V
Mission of the Reformed Church In America
Ferris Seminary
China
Kuyper
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church In America
Liddle
Melcher Thieves Fined and Sent to Penitentiary
Ten men arrested for robbing stores and railway property at Melcher Iowa were fined from 100 to 3500 dollars or given up to five years in prison after pleading guilty. George Weir 49 miner Tom Jenkins 38 city marshal Gale Welch 20 railroad checker were sentenced to five years at Fort Madison. Elmer Perry 25 drayman Joby Slack 27 and Silas Jacobby 38 were sent to the state reformatory amansas. El McCoy 35 proprietor W Oldham 30 John White 33 and Shelly Jacobs 38 miners were fined 100 to 500 for concealing stolen property.
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Knoxville
Iowa
R. I. & P. Railway
Melcher
George Weir
Miner
Tom Jenkins
Gale Welch
Checker
Fort Madison
Elmer Perry
Drayman
Joby Slack
Silas Jacobby
Anamosa
el McCoy
W. Oldham
John White
Shelly Jacobs
Financial Help Comes After Soldier's Death
Commander George Ver Steeg of the local American Legion post announced that the Veterans' Bureau awarded Peter Dykhuis a one year back compensation totaling just over $1,000. The payment arrives two weeks after Dykhuis’s death, but would aid his widow with illness and funeral expenses if released to her.
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George Ver Steeg
American Legion
Peter Dykhuis
Veterans’ Bureau
Dykhuls
Visiting Acquaintances Bring Old Time Cornelius Spruit Tale
Old Time Citizen recalls Cornelius Spruit, a Pella native and Central College alumnus, who taught at the Council Bluffs school for the deaf in the 1880s. He recounts Governor Larabee’s pay cut move to 65 dollars a month, prompting his departure to an Illinois deaf school, where he served twenty three years before resigning. Now visiting Pella after many years.
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Cornelius Spruit
Pella
Central College
Spruit
State School For the Deaf
Council Blues
Council Bluffs School
Larrabee
Board of Control
School For the
Illinois School For the Deaf
Jacksonville
Exchange at Holland Meat Market by Pella church group
The Helping Hand Society of the First Reformed church of Pella will hold an Exchange at the Holland Meat Market on Saturday November 9. Useful gifts can be bought there for Christmas. Everyone is invited and reminded of the date December 9.
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Helping Hand Society
The
First Reformed Church of
Pella
Holland
Newberry resigns seat in U S Senate amid bitter dispute
The article discusses Truman H. Newberry's resignation from the United States Senate, prompted by political defeat of ally Townsend and amid charges of impropriety. It notes past campaign financing questions, a 1918 election against Henry Ford, a prior Senate probe, and lingering partisan tensions as Newberry steps down while critics claim self‑preservation.
Columbus Pastor to Lead in Meetings Start Jan 14 1923
Rev A C Droz of Pella Baptist announces arrangement for Rev William Pfeffer of Central Baptist Columbus to assist in a two week meeting at Pella Baptist church beginning January 14 1923. Pfeffer comes on recommendation of Rev Franklin W Swift who held a successful meeting here previously.
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A. C. Droz
Pella Baptist Church
William Pfeffer
Central Baptist Church of
Columbus
Ohio
Mr.Pfeffer
Pella
Franklin W. Swift
Apple Social Planned by Lodge on November Twenty-Eighth
K. O. P invites members to a Tuesday evening Apple Social at 7 30 p m in the Lodge Room. A new proposition will come before the lodge. J H Reuvers urges all to attend for a good time.
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J. H. Reuvers
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Second Ward
I. Je Rus
Gilman School Board
Newberry
Senate
Truman H. Newberry
United States Senate
Our
National Congress
Groesbeck
Michigan
Townsend
Henry Ford
U. S. Army
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