Nature’s calm contrast amid wartime rise in resolve
An editorial muses on nature’s renewal as a model for steadiness amid fear and war. It applauds Williams Vian Sittert’s draft board appointment and warns against profanity and empty promises. Belgian justice minister Delfosse comments on German decline as Belgian resilience grows. The piece discusses school financing reform in Iowa and its tax burden on farms, noting a nine hundred acre farm donation to a county insurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowas
Lowaing
Farmers Reap Reward from Soil District Efforts
In the English Creek watershed area of the Soils District, soil conservation measures such as contour farming terracing and gully control show renewed land value and improved tenant livelihoods. Seven years of deliberate work by farmers and the Department of Agriculture have transformed deserted hills into productive farms with new buildings and abundant corn and hay, reflecting a shared duty to maintain soil for future generations.
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Mion
Department of Agaicutt
Cdo
Althot
English Creek
Madip
Bnydish Creek
Cmd
Editorial Comment on Banking Strength and Dutch Art Faith
Editorial notes U S banks show record deposits and high surplus while profits lag. It argues banks can weather postwar periods, cites the directory high deposits and government holdings, and discusses Dutch art reflecting resilience and civic duty amid unsettled times. A call to pacifists to accept military preparedness and support the Legion.
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United States
Lune Gy
Rural life and notable events in Pella area forty years ago
A garbled yet vivid snapshot recalls farmers busy with corn harvests, rented homes, and a fire that destroyed a farmer’s house near Red Rock. The piece notes Dutch communities, Boer War fundraisers, and local residents moving, marrying, and aging, with references to Van der Meulen’s store, Belgian and Dutch density, and political contests of the era.
20 Years Ago Nov 2 1922 Pet pede dies
Twenty years ago on November 2 1922 the death of Pet pede a World War veteran who had suffered pyemia contracted after influenza. He died three years after illness in an army camp. Also Ruby Clark died in California from tuberculosis after nursing U S soldiers in a hospital. Heavy rain on Halloween disrupted a large Legion Post Chamber of Commerce community celebration. Three people were killed in an explosion at the Collins Oil Station in Knoxville Marsh Black attendant and Mrs Leonard Bradley and her five year old son of Oskaloosa. Gerald Mokma Central graduate sent from Japan about teaching two hours of music weekly and directing a Y M C A music club. G T L Van Den Berg advertised Delco light plants at 1917 prices. Henry F Johnson of Pella ran for Marion County Board of Supervisors. Central College honored an old alumnus.
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Pede
Teran Anil
Legion Post
Chamber of Commerce
Collins Oil Station
Knoxville
Marsh Black
Leonard "Bradley
Oskaloosa
Black
J. J. Sybenga
L. F. Bousquet
Pella
Gerald Mokma
Japan
G. TL. van den Berg
Detco
Delco
Henry F. Johnson
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Philos
Central College
Central
Fragmented Local Notice Fragment
Unclear OCR text shows stray words and incomplete phrases lacking identifiable people places or events making it impossible to extract a coherent news item or date for a summary.
Ten Year Ago in Marion and Pella Events and Figures
A retrospective look recalls Ted Cross in Marion to receive a BEd while Dan Turner visited for a celebration. Figures from Dex Maine to Pella discussed political events, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and a depressed economy. Rumors of a landslide victory for Roosevelt circulated as crowds gathered and campaign ads appeared amid uncertain times.
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Ted Cross
Marion
Inch
Dan Turner
Prysider
Detr Sonna
T Hoover
Republic
Contra
Jena
Moral Strength and National Duty in Drunkenness Talk
A Sunday School sermon urges Christians to live for moral and spiritual strength, linking temperance to national resolve. It cites Samson and Jesus as examples, stresses love, sacrifice, and the Will of God, and calls America to read the Bible to fortify the republic against ruin.
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Samson
Torael
God
Jesus
America
Republic
Mili
Tinker Tess
Ivan
Ty Hen
Rubber Is Wasted In Fuel Delivery
Agricultural economists W T Maakestad and the Robot ka of Iowa State College say rubber and fuel are wasted in farm fuel delivery. They report a network of overlapping routes with higher truck usage than needed, due to commission incentives and late orders.
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Grinnell
Duble
Ister
York
Towa
Maine
W.T. Maakestad
Rank Robotka
Iowa State College
Ith
Pte
Arden
Junk May Determine Our Destiny
A wartime appeal stresses that every scrap of junk and old farm gear can aid the war effort. It urges farmers to gather mowers harvesters and equipment from neighbors and homes to provide ammunition and supplies for the front lines, stressing urgency and patriotism.
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Sam
Tough Days of World War I Home Front Struggles in 1918
Wartime hardships on the home front include fuel shortages, meat and bread rationing, and blackout efforts. Governors and citizens conserve coal, suspend activities, and switch to heatless Mondays as blizzards and freezing weather strain supplies.
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Arts
National Fuel Administration
Theda Bara
Charli Chaplin
Patty Arbuckle
Marguerite Clarke
Mary Piskford
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Wow
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Janes Co
Nature
Williams Vaan Sittert
Marion County
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Wendell Willkie
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China
Pam American
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Belgium
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Tonser
Russia
Norway
Hesmenine
Germany
Conservation
Oh Joven Herald
McNally & Co
Comercial
Anni
Legion Foresight
Mason City
By Darling
New York ‘Tribune Inc
Walter Winebell
Bell
Ma Brothers
D. S
Tuber
G. I. Wormhoudt
North Main
van Ninwegen
Adam Woolde
EF Creek
Woolard
Paul Lynhorst
Leighton
Ro Island
Lon. P. Louter Wessels
South A
John D. Gaass
First Reformed
John Mullenberg
Red Rock
A. G. Vander Meulen
G. A. van der Meulen
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Holland
Biede Dalai
van Nuewald
Cabuuin
Oet
Gerrit, van Hereen
Tver
Norvell
Hattapules
Sipke Reden
Dubuque
Pelli
Tunis Verros
Liberty Street
Virgil Ten Hagen
John ‘Ten 'Hagen
Lye
Jiepan
Red Express
Pearl Harbor
Demac
Howes
Hirohite
Willie Wal
Hmebs
Sur Abyak
Pabners Hese
Herbert Hoover
Jonk
Victory Bread
Arenterney
England
Italy
Berlin
Mator
Pela
Central Park Cafe
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