Cubs Urge House Cleaning After Rough Season
Chicago Cubs manager Charlie Grimm signals a forthcoming house cleaning of high priced players after a strong start in 1934 and a late-season slide that left them in third place behind the Giants and Braves. The piece also notes local business discussions about Woodrow Washer Co staying in Pella, with money needed to close a deal despite Chamber of Commerce talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Giants
Boston Braves
Phillies
Woodrow Washer Co
Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow
NRA Code Compliance and Economic Effects Described
A reader comments on the NRA codes, noting price increases and reduced competition in small towns, with little wage growth or enforcement. The piece urges tighter enforcement, wage rises, more employment, and a balanced live and let live policy, calling these aims the original NRA purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Why Our Town Needs a Strong Parent Teacher Association
A community letter expresses embarrassment that parents do not fully support a Parent-Teacher Association. Teachers are willing to back PTA but cannot do it alone amid frequent meetings. The piece argues a strong PTA would benefit the town and urges parents to take initiative.
Farmers Reap Price Drops After Hog Market Rally
Farmers resist rising costs as hog prices surged to eight cents, then quickly fell toward a dollar lower. Despite government machinery, experts say only supply and demand drive markets, with real recovery tied to employment and income to purchase meat.
Chronicle’s past three years yield rich local history
Survey of Chronicle files shows valuable history in recent years. Much material remains to be compiled into a volume, offering readings of oldtimers’ stories before they fade from action. Thousands may seek access to this collected material.
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Chronicle
The Value of Education for High School Students
The article urges parents to support high school education for their children, noting some must work to help families, but arguing that education is a lasting asset no law can seize and will be crucial in the future. It laments lack of parental interest and stresses the irreplaceable value of schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Money in Circulation Sparks Chamber Critique
Editor Stout of the Pella Press urged the Chamber of Commerce to attack the habit of hoarding money. He warned that hiding cash in sacks or trunks harms the local economy by choking credit, foreclosures, and weakened purchasing power, urging immediate action to put funds back into circulation.
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Stout
Pella Press
Chamber of Commerce
Pedestrian Right of Way Urged by News Sheet
A news sheet urges motorists to watch pedestrians and grant right of way. It argues drivers in main thoroughfares speed recklessly and neglect crosswalk safety. Pedestrians deserve consideration as their chance to escape danger often depends on the driver.
Surrendering Rights On The Road For Safety
The piece argues that rights from the constitution do not grant arrogance on the highway. When a car cuts in ahead, the prudent choice is to relinquish some rights temporarily to avoid danger or death. It emphasizes shared road responsibilities and cautious yielding over obstinate entitlement.
Education fuels growth and civic capacity in America
Education has raised college and high school attainment since 1900 and 1890, respectively, now costing 10 cents daily per voting adult. It enables better self support and governance, with more people able to vote intelligently and aid others. Education is not a guarantee of wealth or maturity, yet it harms no one.
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America
United States
Bits of Gossip From Pella Readers Laugh Lines
A column of lighthearted quips and anecdotes from Pella residents. The piece riffs on church clock daylight saving, Bible versions, farm talk, schoolyard mishearings, and tiny gaffes, weaving humor through local names and daily life vignettes.
Fellowship With Christ Lesson by E V Good
International Sunday School Lesson outlines a Christ centered life from John 16 1 16 focusing on abiding in the vine. It contrasts unity and difference between Christ and believers and explains cultivated growth abiding life fruit bearing love obedience and genuine joy as outcomes of remaining in Christ.
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E. V. Good
Christ
Nenetheless
James McConkey
God
Editorial Comment Sez You But We Don’t All Say the Same
A montage of editorials from several Iowa papers comments on Republican liberalism and New Deal backlash. It cites Sioux Falls arguing Republicans seek freedom within the Constitution while Democrats are labeled reactionary, plus Knoxville Express mockery of a sewing machine agent editor. Indianola Record credits Johnson NRA exit with delaying recovery and blames the administration for inflation and debt.
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Sioux Falls Argus
Republican Party
Democratic Party
New Deal
Indianola
Johnson
NRA
Did You Know These Surprising Global Facts
A compendium of broad statistics notes public school costs at 2.5 billion annually, Britain’s vast landholdings, Germany’s early wire cable origins, US Communist Party size, New York City tax exempt property, WWI munition spending, 1930s European defense outlays, tar-flavored wine from grape roads, Andorra as an ancient republic, US auto gasoline use, and 1934 American vacation costs.
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Great Britain
Germany
Communist Party
United States
New York City
Europe
Andorra
Weekly Health Message on Deafness and Hearing Week
The article discusses the prevalence of deafness in the United States, causes and prevention of acquired deafness, and the need for educational opportunities for the deaf and hard of hearing. It notes the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing and Hearing Week activities October 14–20. It ends with a health report listing communicable disease cases in Iowa for the week ending September 27, 1934, including diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, and others.
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United States
Iat
American Federation of Organizations For the
Town League For the Hard of Hearing
Iowa
Dubuque
Hunters Urged to Learn Game Laws
With migratory waterfowl seasons opening in Town on October 10, hunters should inform themselves on both State and Federal hunting laws. Changes are numerous and penalties are stiff for violations. Do not hunt without a license, with certain craft, with guns larger than a 10 gauge, or without a Federal waterfowl stamp. Obtain Federal rules from the Department of Agriculture and State rules from the Fish and Game Department or local recorders.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Fish and Game Department
Liquor ruling highlights 1914 Iowa supreme court decision
Chronicle notes from October 8 1914 report that the Iowa supreme court declared liquor found where sale is not authorized illegal. Deaths include Mrs B H Van Spanckeren aged 56 and Mrs Mary E Hagg daughter of Rev M J Post who joined early Fairfield colonists to Pella. Other items mention faculty weiner roast, wedding Dr E T Warren and Hazel Barnwell, baby loss for Le Cocq family, arm break at canning factory, 12 year old John Gaass ill with appendicitis, band concert in the park at 2 30, Vander Wilt named deputy U S marshal, Mrs Will Brand bruised in New Sharon, Robert Carl Baron birthday party, Kaldenburg operation, and William Brand selling farm west of town to Koen Van Zee for 26000 with Dr Coulson serving at Pella Baptist church.
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Iowa Supreme Court
B. H. van Spanckeren
Mary E. Hagg
M. J. Post
Fairfield
Pella
South Woods
E. T. Warren
Hazel Barnwell
Clay Center
Kansas
Chris le Cocq
Oskaloosa
M. T. van Gorkum
John Gaass
I. C. Gaass
G. W. Vander Wilt
Des Moines
U. S. Marshall
Will Brand
New Sharon
Robert Carl Baron
Broadway
Henry Kaldenburg
Colfax
William Brand
Koen van Zee
Otley
J. W. Coulson
Boone
Lake Prairie District fair praised after closing
Thirty years ago on October 6 1904 reports say the Lake Prairie District fair was the greatest in the association. Other items note postmaster general H C Payne died in Washington DC, county Democratic convention reassembly in Knoxville, Walter Porter and Eva Mabel Fisk wed, frost on sidewalks, corn crop injuries, saloon closures reducing liquor outlets, John Van Zee named city marshal, J L Warren planning a Knoxville law office, an iron culvert trial near Kellogg, marriage licenses issued to Hendrikus Van Dyke and Hendrika De Wit, and J H Vander Heiden and Elsie J Wilson wed in Oskaloosa.
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Chronicle
Lake Prairie District
Association
H. C. Payne
United States
Washington, D. C
J. H. van Vliet
Knoxville
Walter Porter
Los Angelas
Eva Mabel Fisk
Pella
John van Zee
Gerrit Maasdam
J .L. Warren
Kellogg
Hendrikus van Dyke
Hendrika Johanna de Wit
Louis de Bruyn
Des Moines
Gedhoed
J. H. Vander Heiden
Elsie J. Wilson
Harvey
Oskaloosa
Harvest Help Is Offered In Feeding Program
The Fish and Game Commission announces F. E. R. A. labor is available to aid farmers in harvesting sorg hum or cane. Cane tops donated to the Commission will be winter feed for birds. Farmers may donate the cane in exchange for labor and should notify the Fish and Game Department office at Des Moines.
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Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Fish and Game Department
Des Moines
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