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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
3
In the Round Table column the author argues teachers must fully sell themselves on teaching to spark genuine student interest. The piece also notes a shift in shopper habits postwar, with price comparisons fading and price gouging rising, harming workers and prompting DIY fixes as home repair costs rise and small power tool demand explodes.
FIER the fanfare in the press radio about the new insecticide people were a bit skeptical about resultsthey doubted that the common housefly could be routed. To all such the trip to the Town State Fair this year was an r. The grounds had been thoroughly ed and the result was something to rave about. Remember how the flies used to swarm around the food standnd how you brushed them off a sandwich or a piece of watermelon? You didn't do that this year. Perhaps you didn't notice it but no doubt you enjoyed the fair a great deal more without knowing what was the absence of that dirty and unitary pest, the housefly. Even in parking areas where careless picnickers tossed food mor sels and watermelon rinds right and left the flies were almost non-existent. And the comfort that came because the flies were absent isn't the only result. With such tremendous crowds there is al ways the danger that diseases will be car ried by hordes of persistent flies. That danger, too, is gone. One good thing to come from the great war-the discovery of a chemical fly-swatter that works. And while there was no organized campaign to rid Pella of flies it is a fact that they have been far fewer this season, despite the long hot weather spell-the individual householders did that. And if Pella people desired, they could rid the entire town of flies, so the results at the State Fair demonstrate. It would be worth thinking over as a community project.
A Des Moines Resistor column notes a new Army training course at Camp Lee Virginia for sixty officers from multiple services to learn cooking methods. The piece mocks a push toward practical, well done meals and jokes about soldiers in summer attire, criticizing rigid dress norms and praising lighter clothing.
Reporters observed lighted cigarette and cigar butts tossed from cars along highways as drought conditions and heat waves fueled fires. Highway Patrol chief S N Jespersen notes an average of 320 roadside fires daily, with farm buildings and nests ignited by discarded butts. Fire officials urge vehicle cigarette receptacles and stronger warnings to prevent property loss and injuries.
Mitchell County Press rails against Dame Fashion as a family budget drain while ad writers push nylons for a bare leg look. Oskaloosa Herald notes wives favor cane sugar over beet sugar, misreading history. Knoxville Journal recalls Sunday rains reviving ground and people, a benediction in motion.
1907 front page notes Iowa State College urged farmers to pick seed corn before October freezes. Obituary for Aart Kaldenberg is brief, while a grandson remarks on a prophetic death. Local items mention electric light, land excursions, and Panhandle Texas.
In 1917 Pella citizens supported a fund to provide a million books for men in training camps. The American Library Association sponsored the drive as five locals were injured in a Des Moines auto crash near Liberty School. G G Moots of Lacey and Yella Westerkamp required medical care, while a draft census reshaped service by skill. Infantile paralysis surfaced in Marion County and Adrian Newens joined a college lecture series promotion.
A column titled Municipalpalacy by John Bangs appeared against a municipal light plant. The piece alleges propaganda by Voort farm in Pella Kruidenier’s Lyon County stock farm and associated farmers A B Van Nimwegen and M De Reus. It argues such ventures threaten public interest.
The text notes Arthur Kaldenberg heading to Camp Dodge for military service while Mrs Kaldenberg stays with her sister in Des Moines to be close. It records corn at 81.75 per bushel cattle prices 6 to 12 per cwt and hogs 16.50 to 18.00 per cwt, reflecting wartime and market conditions in Deming area.
A front page history honors the 83rd Iowa Infantry with TW Cox’s photo, mentions reunion trips to France, and notes local tales from Pella including car mix ups near the Heemstra Ford, property sales in Schulte Heights, a stolen car scare, and civic updates. Tulip bulbs from Holland arrive as Central College and Pella High prepare for upcoming matches.
The 1937 Fall Opening issue highlights Emily Kuyper’s Girl Scout Camp experience, Sally De Cook’s Colorado visit, and Central football preparations for Drake in Des Moines. It notes 125 Des Moines Ad Club visitors to Pella, tulip bulb orders for the Historical Society, burglaries at Kuyper and Waechter Lumber offices, a pastor change at the Baptist Church, a Sjaardema garden photo, and obituaries including Mrs. Kempkes. It also mentions rural mail routes, a larger high school building, and infrastructure updates.
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