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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1931
Page
8
Peoria Iowa October report highlights local activities from Oct 12. lists include visits, family gatherings, church services changes, hospital stays, and community events across Kilduff Ladora Newton and nearby towns with notes on bank meetings, funerals, and planned Sunday services.
Members of the Methodist Ladies Aid held a Friday afternoon farewell at Mrs. Fred Compton’s home for Mrs. Clarence Landmesser who will move to Newton. Fifteen members attended with guests including Mrs. Watson Terpstra Mrs. Regina Dennis Mrs. Albert Berry Mrs. Clarence Wheatcraft Mrs. Earl O'Brien Mrs. Ted Emmett Mrs. Ray Gifford Mrs. Jetson Adams and Mrs. James O'Brien of Newton. The afternoon was highlighted by socializing and refreshments.
An international advertisement targets women with a claim that Kruschen Salts banishes fat and reveals natural attractiveness each morning. The simple regimen urges dissolving half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast, promising energetic health, bright eyes, clear skin, and a charming figure, with a 40 week supply and money back satisfaction guarantee.
Otley October 12 A surprise gathering for Alice Postma was held at the home of Nick Schurer and family with friends from Otley and surrounding areas attending. Several neighbors and relatives were mentioned visiting at various local homes during the week. This notice chronicles multiple local visits and social outings among town residents.
Local notice reports Rev C Wit learning his father is gravely ill in Denver. Also, H W Vander Linden travels to Des Moines to see his ill brother. Beulah Newendorp visits grandparents. Harvest workers John De Jong and Rene Engelhoven return from Minnesota. Black Oak township set meeting October 16 at town hall. Church schedule lists services in Holland and English plus Sunday School and Endeavor.
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Jane Snell, nee Wise, noting birth in Clay township and burial at Eureka cemetery. Also reports on local job changes, William Visser’s rock crusher venture near Durham, workers at Eureka rigs, and the Harvey male voices choir. Includes weather and crop notes and a tax policy letter by C. F. Clark, chairman of Iowa tax committees.
The Voice of the Public reports opposition to a gross income tax in Iowa, criticizing the Iowa Association for Tax Justice led by J W Benndorf. It argues the tax would burden farmers and workers, favor multimillionaires, and shift costs via a sales tax that harms producers and consumers, with warnings about pricing and distribution across supply chains.
The U S Department of Agriculture stresses promptness thoroughness and cleanliness in curing hides and skins. Remove and salt the hide as soon as heat escapes. In hot weather salt heavily and cover the flesh side. Use clean salt and keep hides free of dirt to prevent bacteria and mold. Cure in a cool watertight place not on a dirt floor. Calfskins take 14 to 28 days to cure.
The text advises that hides last 30 to 60 days while sheep skins heat quickly and should be sold within 5 to 6 days. It also notes corn meal can replace part or all of wheat flour in quick breads muffins griddlecakes and cookies, using a level cup of meal for a cup of flour, baking slower and longer, and dropping instead of rolling biscuits.
A compact listing notes Tropical Fruit Gums at 10 cents per pound, Fine Vanilla Fudges 12 to 15 cents per pound, Extra XXXX Mints 15 cents per pound, Delicious Wild Cherry Drops 15 cents per pound, and a teaser that Fine fresh Chocolates arrive next week.
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