Howdy Neighbors Week Ended With Soil Day Praise
A Boston native John Deferrari, eighty four, carried securities worth a million dollars in his clothing pockets to endow a public library. The Des Moines soil conservation field day drew thirty thousand people, praising the program and the volunteers who backed the effort to protect Iowa soil resources.
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Boston
John Deferrari
Public Library
John
Deferrari
Alger
Americ
Don’t Argue Tell ’em about aid and appeasement
A column urges the United States to stop appeasing Russia and instead offer aid on need, not ideology, warning that threats will not move policy. It cites England farming exchange, the force of public opinion, and calls for direct, clear policy rather than diplomatic games. It notes radio crime portrayals drawing protests and police-backed efforts to clean up youth content.
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Uncle Sam
Russia
Arents
M Bureau
National Broadcasting Company
Iowa
Editorial Comment on Boom and Tax Fears
Knoxville editorial laments delayed land boom followed by fears of rising taxes and repression. Sigourney Review recalls price ceilings repeal by industries claiming cheaper goods, noting price hikes and profits, and argues industrialists aided by Communist sympathy.
Pella Front Page Notes From 1907 Squib and Socials
The November 14 1907 issue highlights AL P Kuyper as piano composer for two pieces, Junior C BK of 2nd Reformed Church social at Euth Rhynshurcer’s home, and the death of Peter J Haze in Vancouver Washington after a long Peters lived in Pella since immigrating from Holland. Theodore Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclaimed for Nov 28 reprinted. Mother Goose party at Scholte and Kenbles homes with costumed children, good weather and busy harvest. Elk Creek Township Jasper County votes 5 percent tax for Pella Waterloo Southwestern railway. tally 143 to 67, cost $15591. Store blocks limited after 6:30 on Saturdays. Craig Pos to Eddy Bakery. Jim Vander Pol injured by a forehead gash from a falling screen. Sippie II Viersen walks 20 miles round trip to Harvey and back within a day. Drama Was She to Blame to be shown at Opera House. Rev S P Shaw tours East to aid Central College. First snow of season noted. John Vander Linden resigns Rock Island depot messenger post. Ed Thomassen takes over. Central College endowment gains $60000. Peter Stubenrauch, leg loss survivor, outdoors on porch. agents for artificial legs press him. Adam Hasselman heads Montana farming plans. Will Vander Meulen visits from Des Moines. West side square building progresses, making overalls. farming implements stored. Ft Riley soldier Carl G Stoddard visits father Ira J Stoddard in Pella.
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AL P. Kuyper
C. BK
2Nd Reformed Church
Euth Rhynshurcer
Peter J. Haze
Aevere
Vancouver
Washington
Petla
Holland
Theodore Roosevelt
I. P. Scholte
BE. H. Kenbles
Scholte
Ach
Elk Creek
Craig Pos
Eddy
Sybenga
Jim Vander Pol
Sippie II
Viersen
Harvey
Pella
John Vander Linden
Rock Island
Ed Thomassen
Central
Peter Stubenrauch
Adam Hasselman
Montana
Will Vander Meulen
Walter Boyt Sadlery Co
Des Moines
Carl G. Stoddard
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Ira J. Stoddard
Central College drives YMCA Friendship Fund at World War I effort
Thirty years ago on November 8 1917 Central College students and faculty had contributed over 600 to the YMCA Friendship Fund aiding servicemen in World War I while the national goal stood at one million dollars. The S P I Sunday School class met at the M T Klein home with Fred Dykstra as president and George Ulrich vice president.
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Central College
Y.M.C.A
M.T. Klein
Pel
Fred Dykstra
George Ulrich
Jacob W. Todd
Local wartime YMCA drive and community notes reported
The article lists dates for a YMCA campaign seeking 115 million dollars for camps and overseas service work, with drive dates November 11 to 19. It mentions John S. Nollen of Lake Forest, farmers delivering wheat to Hlommera Mill, Walter Fowler meeting Captain Charley Aikens at Camp Mills, and personnel changes in the 96th Infantry with embarks and returns to the United States.
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Theohn
Main
John S. Nollen
Lake Forest
YMCA
Y.M.C.A
Knoxville
Hlommera Mill
Walter Fowler
Charley Aikens
Co. A
Camp Mills
New York
Aikins
Pella
Fowler
Doe Vanden Berg
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Co. H
U6nth Infantry
Unite States
de Cook
Gerrit He . Berge
Henry J. Kuyper
Pvt
Walter Evans
Oskaloosa
Seventeen women seek prizes in Chronicle campaign
Twenty years ago, seventeen women filed as candidates for prizes offered by The Chronicle in a subscription drive. Two cars, a Buick and a Chevrolet, were to be given away along with several other rewards, and the front page highlighted the story with a historical sketch of the Model Clothing Company and photos of Lon Wormhoudt and Tunis Kempke.
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Bie
The
Chronicle
Chevrolet
Model Clothing Company
Lon Wormhoudt
Tunis Kempkes
Local Halloween prizes mark city celebration in Pella
The Halloween celebration featured prize winners including Mr and Mrs Hooper and Dr Ketman with Marie Hoey and Marion Van Baalen as notable costumes. A street dance closed the evening as Joe Shinn announced a hatchery venture in Pella. City Council set 25 mph in residential zones and 15 mph downtown. A fire damaged the Van der Linden home on Gysbert Van Zante land near the west edge of town.
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Lawrence van Rees
Dr. Ketman
Marie Hoey
Glen van Dugn
D.C. van Zante
Marion van Baalen
Joe Shinn
Pella
Eiber
Wd Paardes
Central College Homecoming Plans Highlight 1937 Week
In November 1937 Central College anticipated Homecoming with Gretchen McQuilken of LaPorte City chosen as Homecoming Queen. The week featured a football game against Luther, a play presentation, a Ladies Night by the Chamber of Commerce, and a Red Cross drive starting November 11.
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Strat College
Gretchen McQuilken
LaPorte City
Luthe
Professor Gould
Daley II
B. Sixsmith
Chambe of Commerce
Drake University
Abe den Adel
Vella
Red Cross
Central College
J. Lubbers
van Zante Bros. Hardware Store
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Oskaloosa
Lee Stodgel
Morning Sun
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Che Pella Chronicle
Official County
HH. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Lowa
By Sadler Publishing Co
Main St. Pella
Don Bellman
Warren County
Thor
Des Moines Register
Clay Barnett
Soils Conservation Service
Warren
Polk
Agricultural Agency
Marion County
Europe
Santa Claus
Sam
England
Charles Hearst
Iowa Party
Wallace
Hearst
British Broadcasting
Lewis Douglas
Petersen
Lord
Lady Aster
Astor
Towa
Knoxville Express
Nome
Sigourney Review
Fliteo
Tyme
Dick H. Vander Linden
Gysbert van Zante
Alfred Grundman
Lowa Wesleyan
Johnson
Hegin
Attica
Y.T. van Niewaal
Zokoro
John Lasschuit
Old Cotton Hall
George Heeren Jr
Paul Barth
George Lankelma
Upper Iowa
St. Ambrose
Luther
Bruce Gardner
Adams
Adlerika
Allied Liability Policy
Headhway
Dilla
Star Oil Company
Daas Hed Owned and Operated
Arty
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