Completion of Highway 63 Opens All-Weather Routes
The completion of Highway 63 from the Wapello-Davis county line to Des Moines marks a major road-building achievement. Towns along the route celebrate a 150 mile paved stretch that enables travel in any direction on all-weather roads, with Iowa earning praise for rapid road construction and improved highways statewide. Local reflections recall the winter of 1928-29 and emphasize the lasting impact of better roads on commerce and daily life.
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Wapello-Davis County
Des Moines
Dowell
Iowa
Union
The Coming Election in Our County Continent of Voters
The piece urges voters to scrutinize county candidates for character, records, and fitness beyond party loyalty. It notes low local interest, favors adjourning polls if possible, and emphasizes a mindful, informed ballot to ensure qualified county officials administer affairs well.
Pella Emerges as a Trading Center
Pella is recognized as an important trading center by the number of shoppers who frequent local stores and buy items from cents to dollars. Merchants express community focus offering quality merchandise at reasonable prices with attention to resident tastes.
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Pella
Merchants urged to promote home shopping in Pella
The Chronicle urges Pella shoppers to favor local stores over mail order options. It argues local merchants offer quality merchandise at reasonable profits and prompt service. The piece stresses educating residents about home buying advantages and using local media to reach customers.
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Pella
The
Chronicle
Fooling With Right Of Way Sign On Mason City Streets
A prominent sign displayed in Mason City warned motorists not to rely on the right of way. The sign urged careful driving and adherence to traffic rules amid busy city streets.
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Mason City
Right of Way And Caution For Motoring Safety
Timely advice to motorists warns that right of way does not grant invincibility on busy city streets and highways. Drivers should imagine others may act erratically, use sound judgment, and stay off the road if lacking the necessary caution. Stay vigilant, keep eyes and ears open, and avoid speed mania.
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Burlington
Local humor column from Pella page features mishaps and quips
A collage of light hearted items from a Pella newspaper, including a theft report in Shenandoah, jokes about autos, farming life, school humor, and a rambling series of anecdotes. It notes a beauty shop incident with $98 found on a suspect and a variety of rural and civic jests.
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Shenandoah
The Disturbing Element in Pepper Household
A irritable Mr Pepper returns from work to an uneasy home. His wife hides the children and leaves, hoping to avert a quarrel as he sits reading. A small kitten slips inside and, in a flash, he erupts shouting at the intruder in thunderous terms.
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Mr. Pepper
American News Features, Inc
Editors Debate Matrimonial News Taste and Tone
A Sumner Gazette piece questions sensational matrimonial reports as news, likening them to a dog bite headline and suggesting such stories offer little public value. Milford Mail notes rising political mail for an election on November 1, while Osceola County Tribune defends factual reporting over gossip in modern newspapers. Northwood Anchor references King George V and Queen Mary buying autos to spur employment, citing Brisbane’s commentary on Hearst papers.
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Sumner Gazette
Milford
Osceola County Tribune
Northwood
King George
Queen Mary
England
Brisbane
Hearst
Happiness Through Hard Work, Not Easy Living
Toledo Chronicle argues that true happiness comes from hard work and contributing to the welfare of the world, not from an effortless life. It questions those who dream of relief from daily duties and asserts that meaningful achievement defines fulfillment.
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Toledo
Feeding and seed tips for farmers in 1930s agriculture
The bulletin outlines cabbage market sizes preferred for small and medium heads, notes feed shortages for 1930-31, and gives rules for feeding roughages. It covers dog legislation to reduce livestock losses, egg packaging influence on prices, and benefits of early seed purchasing. Pasture crops like winter wheat, rye, and barley provide grazing, with Beltsville farm showing 27 days from fall sown wheat or barley and 18 days from rye.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Beltsville
Corn Belt
Cotton Belt
Gulf States
Sweet Clover Seed Industry Cuts Ewe Lamb Wintering Cost
The U S Sheep Experiment Station at Dubois Idaho reduced wintering costs for a band of ewe lambs by 20 percent when fed two pounds of chaff and two and a half pounds of alfalfa per head daily. Edible corn fodder compares well with timothy hay for dairy cows. Sweetgum trees, once of little value, now supply creosoted crossties for railroads and are favored for treated fence posts or poles.
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United States
U. S
Dubois
Idaho
Garden Ready for Winter and Chocolate Pie Filling
After removing crops from the truck garden, experts advise clearing vines and trash and sowing rye or another green crop to prevent washing and improve soil. If not sown, plow and leave rough for frost to kill pests and mix soil. Also, a chocolate pie filling recipe uses melted unsweetened chocolate milk cornstarch sugar vanilla butter salt and egg yolks with a meringue topping.
Flight O'Tyme Stems from Chronicle of 1910 and 1920
A brief note traces the Flight O'Tyme feature back to Chronicle editions of 1910 and 1920, noting its recurring presence in early aviation or travel coverage and linking it to ongoing interest in aerial feats and timetables from those years.
Twenty Years Ago Items From the Chronicle 1910
The excerpt notes Peter Van Berge Jr. was found guilty in Mayor's court for illegal liquor sales and fined $100 plus costs. Jown Wesleyan football beat Central 12 to 0. Justice of the Peace Van Vliet handled liquor cases. M Kaldenberg moved with family from Highmore to a 640 acre land purchase. The piece recalls past prices for the Pella Chronicle and Des Moines Tribune at $3.50 per year.
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Chronicle
Peter van Berge Jr
Pella
Eugene Dennis
Jersey Cafe
Dennis
Kirksville
Jown Wesleyan
Justice of the Peace van Vliet
M. Kaldenberg
Highmore
Dak
Kaldenberg
Pella Chronicle
Des Moines ‘Tribune
Ten Years Ago Items From the Chronicle October 21 1920
Mrs Tunis Klootwyk a former Pella resident died at her Dallas Iowa home. Mrs Liggett organized a Junior choir at the Second Reformed church. Black Oak township farm bureau held a meeting at Ellsworth Richardson home east of Pella. Burglars broke into Leighton depot stealing small change and clothing from Van Roeker store. Officer Dennis arrested three bandits fleeing a robbery in Sunbury Ohio.
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Chronicle
Tunis Klootwyk
Pella
Dallas
Iowa
Sunbury
Ohio
Paving Gang Row, Local Loss, College Banquet
In Otley a paving gang member F W Waterman had valuables stolen from his room and another worker confessed. Pella High lost to Dallas 7 to 0. Glen Rosenberg, a local boy, has left town. U S 68 east of Oskaloosa work finished by Union Construction Co. Central college held Senior Sophomore Picnic on Oct 16. Dr Wesselink attended Central college alumni banquet at the Chicago Synodical Conference.
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Chronicle
F. W. Waterman
Otley
Pella High
Dallas
Glen Rosenberg
U. S
Oskaloosa
Union Construction Co
Central College
Wesselink
Chicago
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