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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
3
A concise quotation from Huxley emphasizing that genuine scientific progress requires a truth seeking mindset. It warns that great work is impossible without integrity and dedication to uncovering reality. The card preserves the period voice and highlights the central idea for readers.
A compact reflection on coping with worry. The speaker compares fretting to a practiced skill like pitching horseshoes, arguing that deliberate practice improves both. The tone resembles casual advice from a column encouraging calm through repetition and self discipline.
Agreement voices from oil interests oppose a planned one cent gas tax in Iowa. They argue the state already imposes sales, income, and heavy real estate taxes and urge economy over new levies on homeowners and farmers. They call for skipping additional taxes to let recovery begin.
The F F A boys and the high school agriculture department planned and planted a hybrid experimental plot on the W Van de Voort farm east of the city. Forty five varieties were planted harvested and results tabulated to guide farmers in selecting corn for good yields near Pella. The project benefits both farmers and students.
A 1935 study found 79 percent of U.S. auto accidents occurred when drivers went straight with no turning. Observers say such facts show most crashes stem from driver error not external factors, with many arguing up to 90 percent of motor fatalities arise from simple mistakes and extra precautions are needed.
After the election the weekly business picture brightens with rising steel output, heavier electrical power use, stronger car loadings, and many workers rehired in industry. Fear of steep tax hikes keeps long term contracts scarce while public sentiment favors a two party government and restrained class legislation.
The passage traces shifting beauty standards in cars from the 1897 whip-socket model to the 1939 streamlined designs. It notes longer hoods, streamlined fenders, steel tops, wide vision windows, and shields as modern utility and aesthetics. It concludes that the industry has educated the public toward new fashions, making older models seem outdated.
The Highway Commission buys two acres west of Krizer turkey and Seed Corn Farm for a road side park and plants trees along the Pella to Oskaloosa highway. The plan envisions an ongoing avenue of green enhancing area beauty and civic pride, urging support from commercial clubs and service organizations.
The piece highlights the automobile sector as the most aggressive industry in the nation with millions employed in car manufacture and distribution. It notes large workforces in oil and gasoline sectors as well and mentions that production is ramping up with new models being rolled out.
A fragmented opinion recalls Woodrow Wilson and early 20th century policy, noting a shift from allied duty to mankind toward self reliance. The speaker warns against relying on outside efforts and emphasizes safeguarding weaker republics in the south while praising a local club’s stance.
An old Pella banner proclaims Home Is the Sweetest Place of All, arguing that a owned home provides comfort, peace of mind, and social standing. It urges young men to buy or borrow to build a good home, noting rising construction and the superior security of homeownership over renting.
The Jasper County Record notes Nebraskas lack of sales and income taxes shifts motor vehicle costs to users via a five cent gas tax, with funds diverted. The Northwood Anchor criticizes new prosperity shortcuts, praising work and Roosevelt's call for a strong back over leisure driven by reforms.
Eldora Herald-Ledger notes a shift toward everyday religion, stressing basic principles of the Great Teacher over divisive beliefs. After postwar turmoil, a calmer, more wholesome view aims to weave religion into daily life and national conduct.
Local items recount a frontier motto by Lowe Co men and a mobile service promise. New sales and advertisements appear from a fur dealer and Pella Drain Tile Co preps for winter closure. Social visits span Ottumwa New Sharon and Pella, with prizewinners listed for preserves and butters at the Lake Prairie District fair.
The 1918 flu hit the post office hard as four S A T C men were drafted to work the prior week. George Stout remained postmaster with Agnes Bousquet as clerk. The editor notes a Holland rumor about William Ho hen Zollern and laments Kaiser’s war. England estimated 26 000 000 war casualties as the world suffers. In a local war work drive, 16 people were tried in Pella before officials. 14 complied, 2 jailed for noncompliance. Flu quarantines rose to 116 with 304 total cases in the city.
The lesson condemns theft as a sin and urges all to refrain from it. It highlights Zacchaeus as honesty exemplar, offering half his wealth and restoring fourfold to wronged parties after meeting Jesus. It notes Jesus denouncing money changers in the temple and warns church financing must have divine sanction. Questions discuss the Bible’s first theft and related sins.
A cryptic prompt questions biblical figures and events including Zacchaeus and Jesus. It blends names and phrases, asking about restitution and theft, but lacks a clear newsworthy event or identifiable persons beyond scriptural figures. The fragment resembles a reading prompt rather than a report.
County board reviews purchases and transfers with special warranty deeds for parcels in Marion County. Items include tax adjustments, authorized deed execution, and resolutions for future financial moves. Adjourns to October 17 1938 with notes on fund transfers and refunding bonds planned for November.
County Board of Supervisors approves and issues a refunding bond of Marion County Iowa on November 1 1938 under Chapter 266 Code. Bond details list 15000 to 7000 series with fixed interest two and three quarters percent per annum payable May and November. Bonds bear full faith and credit of county and are payable at the County Treasurer Knox Hills Iowa. Also notes bills approved for homestead exemptions offices and local expenses with adjournment to November 3 1938.
The District Court Clerk's office records list multiple estate and guardianship actions including John R. De Moss H H Browne Trustee Laura James Olivia Barentrest William Barentrest Ella Moore E S Watts Rebecca Sherwood Sarah Jones Kathryn Connelly James J Connelly Nancy Mickle and guardianship entries. The notice also mentions a circulating advertisement by a milk man claiming city water enables more customers.
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