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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
6
An editorial discusses whether publications should print every event and image. It weighs lines between reporting ongoing crime and protecting public sensitivity, noting limits.Guidance emphasizes journalist judgment, especially with past events and habitual offenders. The piece argues for balanced publication without rigid rules.
Community voices urge building a hospital locally to keep funds and care in town. Proponents argue sufficient money exists, a suitable site is available, and a hospital would attract patients from nearby counties while benefiting the entire area.
A provocative tirade attacks claims by National Sunday School association and scholars asserting multiple authors in Isaiah and Job’s fiction. It denounces perceived infidelity, champions direct blunt truth, and scorns euphemism in presenting scripture. The speaker urges plain language and rejects polished religious euphemism as depraved.
Wholesome advice lauds enforcement of the eighteenth amendment amid opposition. Major Smedley D. Butler at Quantico showed discipline by ejecting bootleggers and steering marines away from lawless areas. The piece argues prohibition strengthens civilization and moral order, urging consistency in law enforcement.
Twenty years ago over two hundred tickets were sold at Oska-Joosa for the fair in Pella. The item notes a Delta Alphas complimentary event and mentions a newly appointed missionary to China. It also records a wedding scene near Newton with residents and a visit to a home where a mixed group prayed before departing.
In this week in Pella lighthearted items poke fun at Sunday work, petting parties, driving manners, and small town quirks. Jokes cover misheard phrases, lemonade tea, a needle in soup, twins as a twist, screen doors, and aging routines.
In Columbus Junction squirrels attack citizens including the mayor, a playful note about nutty chasing. In Monroe County News Senator Smoot of Utah argues that many corporations and partnerships posted losses, yet boasts of prosperity, prompting questions about the reasoning behind such optimism.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners fixes October 20 1929 at 10:00 am in Des Moines for a hearing on franchise E-1359. Objections must be filed in triplicate five days prior. speakers should be authorized. The notice cites detailed land descriptions around Thunder Creek and Section 34 11 and 12.
The City of Pella Iowa petitions the Board of Railroad Commissioners for a franchise to erect use and maintain poles wires towers cables conduits and fixtures to conduct electricity for lighting power and heating across public lands roads streams and private lands described by township range and section locations in Marion County and nearby townships including intersections and highway routes as specified in the filing with legal boundaries and mileage. The notice outlines the path along highways and sections through townships 77 76 and 18 west with distances up to about three and a half miles to intersect the west line of section 31 and continues with northward routing along the NE quarter of section 8 and NE quarter of section 3 and SE quarter of section 34 to complete the described route.
Otley items detail Steve De Moss wounded by hunter from Monroe and treated in Des Moines after a bullet damaged his skull area. Other notes cover visits by Ralph Huisman and family, a Des Moines wedding reception for T Aldenberg and Bessie Downing, a hospital appendectomy for a young Tresaler, rheumatism affecting C Huisman, Mrs Pete Vanden Berg’s operation, Grace Pannekoek’s Sunday school party, and Mrs Henry Kaldenberg’s Monroe visit.
Knoxville Iowa D D Dainty claims a seven pound turnip as champion found in his garden last week. Dainty is a skilled gardener and takes pride in the fine vegetables he raises.
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