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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
5
Contest closes Saturday at 10 PM marking the end of the first period. A two week second period follows with voting power for subscribers, then a final period halves vote totals. Top contenders push toward the Buick Master Six valued at 1540 dollars as standings appear on this page.
An urgent, hyperbolic appeal warns candidates to maximize subscription votes for a Buick Master Six prize worth 1640.00, urging believers to turn in all subs by the first period and stressing that more votes secure victory. It emphasizes personal responsibility and fear of missing the chance this Saturday night.
A letter urges supporters to extend one-year subscriptions to five years, claiming each 1to5 year upgrade yields 22 votes and creates two vote clubs. Five such upgrades could generate 210 000 votes, urging candidates to place rush orders to the contest department before the schedule ends.
Intense election fever grips readers as candidates race to maximize BIG votes before 10 p m Saturday. Subscriptions counted for the first period must arrive by closing time, with late mail-ins allowed if postmarked October 4. Out-of-town supporters can mail and gain votes at the deadline.
A college tradition drew almost the entire campus to Ver Steeg Pond south of town for the annual tug of war between freshmen and sophomores. The fourteen men per side pulled a long rope through water, the sophomores tiring less and ultimately wetting their opponents. The event, seen as a key annual education moment, ended with celebration by the victors.
The Pella Chronicle lists standings in the Big Everybody Wins Prize Contest at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night October 1. The notice urges readers to support their favorite by purchasing or renewing a subscription, calling for timely action.
Reasnor in uproar as city council asks for mayor Tharp and clerk Warner to resign while both are away. Officials face accusations of reckless spending on lights, trees, and sidewalks. Swarts sues for $200 over a trimmed tree after notice to prune his trees.
The first substantial frost hit Pella Tuesday morning with light frost two days prior. Frost covered grass and roots and halted growth on high lands. lower areas felt colder. Much seed corn had been saved, easing next spring planting. loose standing corn will provide soft feed for winter.
The Iowa State Teachers Association marks its 70th anniversary with a jubilee program at its Des Moines convention November 6 to 8. The group, founded in Muscatine seventy years ago by early educators led by J. A. Parvin, has grown from a handful to about 18,000 members and publishes The Midland Schools. The jubilee will include an evening of history and reminiscences, with members who joined forty or more years ago invited on stage.
From the Washington Democrat comes the notice of Miss Martha Rudd’s death in Washington on September 16. A Central College graduate and former faculty member, she lived in Pella as a property owner before returning to Washington. Funeral and interment were in Washington.
Pete Wolvers, a former Knoxville resident, suffered severe injuries while mining a coal seam along the river bluff near Dunreath. The spine may be injured and internal injuries could not be ruled out at the time. He is about 50 to 55, staying with friends in Dunreath after the accident with Mr. De Moss present.
The Woman's Church League of the Third Referred Church will hold a bake sale at the Farmer's Co op store next Saturday October 4. Proceeds support church programs and community outreach.
The Marion County Jersey Calf Club swept the National Dairy Congress in Waterloo, Sept 22 29, taking first and second in county groups and collecting near $200 in prizes. Ten seniors placed in the top eleven, with one Blackhawk county calf taking fifth. a lone Marion junior calf won second. Mary Way of Bussey won first in showmanship.
Joe De Koning delivered a red beet weighing eleven pounds and claims the ground raised it. The beet is so large it would fill a bucket and could feed many beet lovers. If Joe does not collect it soon, organizers may pass it to someone who can use the giant produce.
The Rock Island lines have authorized a rate of fare and one third from all points in Iowa for the Iowa-Ohio game on October 11 and the Iowa-Minnesota homecoming on October 26. Special trains will run from Des Moines to Iowa City and back, departing Des Moines around 5 30 p m.
Albert Butler escaped from Marion county jail on March 6 1923 by opening a steel cage with a wire and rocking glass then digging through brick walls. He was captured in Des Moines and returned to Knoxville last Friday to await grand jury action for breaking jail per the Knoxville Express.
Rock Island railroad sends local fire chiefs to Chicago and Wichita for expert training with city departments as part of Fire Prevention Week observance. Chiefs will apply lessons in demonstrations across the 8000 mile system, after sessions with Chicago laboratories and National Board of Fire Underwriters.
The district court set to begin Tuesday faces 26 criminal cases 18 divorces and 103 lawsuits and probate matters for October. Major items include 14 new divorces 4 carried over and notable crimes such as liquor violations rape incest and assault with intent to maim. Grand and petit juries are slated to report September 30 and October 6 respectively with a long docket expected.
Dr. P C Van Dyke has taken possession of the practice from Dr A P Fankhauser on October 1. The Hollander comes from a Dutch family with a minister father and serves as pastor of a Dakota church, easing his move to Pella.
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