Advertising Panacea for Times of Depression
The piece argues advertising pays during hard times, citing William H. Rankin and Curtis Publishing charts showing higher profits where ad spending rose. It notes department stores’ success from broad advertising, and urges ongoing promotion across all businesses. It also honors Labor Day, praising workers as the nation’s backbone and urging vacation acknowledgment.
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William H. Rankin
Rankin
Roanoke Times of Virginia
Curtis Publishing Company
The Little Things We Meet In Motor Crashes
A column warns motorists about minor factors like rain fog dust and bee stings causing fatal crashes. It urges slower speeds and attention to small dangers, citing fires cholera yellow fever and communal risks as examples of neglect. The message emphasizes careful driving and heed to small details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mecca
Europe
South
Labor Day Significance for Pella Workers
The piece argues Labor Day deserves recognition though local labor unions are sparse. It emphasizes a holiday gives laborers time for rest and recreation, allowing workers to briefly put work aside and enjoy a needed respite.
Farmers suffer from droughts politics and boards
The piece argues farmers are victimized by weather and by political promises and legislation. It criticizes the Federal Farm Board led by Alexander Legge, urges understanding of supply and demand, and calls for community asset building over knockers. It weaves in anecdotes about past droughts and notes the need for civic and moral support in local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Legge
Farm Board
Assets And Liabilities In Community Life
The article discusses two basic classes of people assets and liabilities and argues every person and community must have a balance of assets to avoid bankruptcy. It emphasizes moral labels fade next to measurable societal value based on contributions and responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Pella humor and local chatter mix in week’s column
In this Week in Pella the column riffs on local gas stations, ads with typos, and town characters. It jokes about thrift, dating, and hair color while recapping remarks at a Farmer’s Union picnic and sly observations about neighbors, salesmen, and dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Tunis van Heukolom
Ed Vos
Paul Blommers
Flight O'Tyme Chronicle of Two Early 20th Century Dates
A compact notice traces the Flight O'Tyme feature across the Chronicle on two dates, 1910 and 1920, highlighting a recurring aviation themed column acknowledgement. The item notes the recurring appearance and its historical placement within the paper.
Greatest homecoming planned in city history in 1910 Chronicle
Twenty years ago plans were under way for what was expected to be the greatest homecoming in the city's history. Deaths included Adrian Vande Kraan, aged 8% years, of Prairie City, and Nellie Hoksbergen, two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Hoksbergen. A crew of 30 men were laying sewer pipes in the city. A statement noted activity from Saturday to Thursday.
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Chronicle
Adrian Vande Kraan
Prairie City
Nellie Hoksbergen
Albert Hoksbergen
Day 200 autos pass through city on route to fair
Day 200 autos had passed through the city on their way to the state fair. It is estimated that more now pass each hour. Miss Madge Vander Zyl, Central college graduate, became stenographer at the Pella Stacker factory. Henry and Pete Kuyper and the Misses Harriet and Helen Rietveld suffered bruises when their car overturned between here and Monroe. Parke Ponts of Omaha and Miss Jeanette Gosselink wed at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
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Madge Vander Zyl
Central College
Pella Stacker Factory
Henry
Pete Kuyper
Harriet
Helen Rietveld
Here
Monroe
Parke Ponts
Omaha
Nebr
Jeanette Gosselink
D. M
Ten Years Ago in the Chronicle September 2 1920 Highlights
A Pella school board edict bans lunches on school grounds during recess. Herman P Lankelma and Miss Phillipina Koelman wed at the First Reformed parsonage with Rev John Wesselyt officiating. Rev A C Droz of Monroe accepts pastorate at Pella Baptist. Mr and Mrs Henry Grundman return from a western tour visiting Dr ad Bailey in Denver. T G Gilson sells Knoxville Journal stake to M L Curtis and moves to Cheyenne. A Ford driven by Rev F N Byram and his grandson collides with another car near the city, wheel damaged but injuries not serious.
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Chronicle
Pella
Herman P. Lankelma
Phillipina Koelman
First Reformed Church
John Wesselyt
A. C. Droz
Monroe
Pella Baptist
O’brien
Ie City
Undertaking firm moves to new funeral home in 1929
This week in 1929, Wormhoudt and Platte moved their undertaking equipment to a newly acquired funeral home on North Main Street from the Frank Hiscott property. A young man was slightly injured and M M Boat died at Maaska hospital after being struck by an auto on the Southern Iowa fair grounds in Oskaloosa. The Western Union Telegraph office near the Chronicle began operations as workers clicked in. Rev Hi C Jacobs was asked to reconsider a church call and join the Second Reformed church after a Business Men's club request. Arlyn Ver Ploeg and Robert Van Zante won honors in a state fair health contest. Will Von Hemert’s auto license plates were stolen during a bank robbery at Brooklyn Iowa. Gerrit Kamerick and family were injured in a Des Moines outskirts auto crash. Frank De Haan, brother of Simon and Jacob, died in Santo, California.
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Chronicle
Wormhoudt and Platte
North Main Street
Frank Hiscott
Oskaloosa
M. M. Boat
Mahaska Hospital
Western Union
Business Men's Club
Hi. C. Jacobs
Second Reformed Church
Arlyn
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Robert
D.C. van Zante
Will von Hemert
Brooklyn
Iowa
Gerrit Kamerick
Kamerick
Des Moines
Frank de Haan
Simon and
Jacob de Haan
Santro
Cal
Writers Weigh In On Henry Ford And Economic Policy
A collection of editorials and syndicated opinions critique Henry Ford for moving plants to Ireland and Germany to dodge tariff duties. Authors argue tariffs provoke retaliation, keeping Ford ahead with strategic moves, amid broader chatter on agricultural overproduction and consumer expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Oskaloosa
Times-Globe
Henry Ford
Germany
Ireland
Ford
Grundy
Farmers face production limits amid unsure adoption of board advice
A Chariton Leader editorial argues that farmers may reject Farm Board guidance on reducing output, risking waste of land and mortgage foreclosures. The piece also notes the fading tree-sitting school protest as classes approach, with students preferring desks over vacation days perched on limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Hot dry spell of 1930 warned in Iowa town
The Marshall town Times-Republican notes that today’s youth may tell their grandchildren about a historic drought, referring to a long drought period in Iowa and the lasting memory of crop failures spanning three generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
I C P Leaders Face New Campaign Theory
Monroe County News reports R H Lucas of Kentucky, new national chairman, proposes a theory that Democrats caused the current economic distress. He argues the party is responsible for panic, bankruptcies, unemployment, and failures, despite ten years of their control. Public reaction suggests disbelief or skepticism.
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Monroe County
R. H. Lucas
Kentucky
National’ Executive Committee
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