Farmers in Pella Share Dutch Heritage and Hard Times
The Chronicle visits long settled Dutch families in Pella, spotlighting Mr. Van Haaften who never married and owns the farm, the Janse and Meulpolder families who arrived from Holland two decades ago, and their language shifts, farming practices, and children. The piece notes grain farming by hand, oxen in the past, and a mix of Dutch and American adaptation, including Tommy tomatoes, language learning, and a queenly daughter named Minnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. van Haaften
Boender
Roa
van Haaften
Andrew Vander Wal
William Janse
Netherlands
Will Bogaard
Quran Baeh Deckers
Holland
Wren
Anders
Ayan
Flint Ridge
Henrietta Gaass
Pella
Liberty Street
Nick Bogaard
Ben Vogelaar
Mr. Janse
Timothy
Minnie
Wilhelmina
Janse
Kloosterman
Steve Meulpolder
Vroom Place
Bethel
Dan
Lane
Marinus
Steve
The Power and Purpose of Biblical Friendship
An International Sunday School lesson on the friendship between David and Jonathan. The text urges that true friendship rests on pure love, endures trials, and can shape moral choices, citing their covenant and Jonathan’s support as a model for faithfulness over family enmity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Jed Saul
Saul
David
William Jennings Bryan
Prince of Peace
BiatAtt
Tran Atavid
80 Year Old Pauper Held as Cash Found on Him
John Thomas, an 80 year old Chariton man, is jailed today as authorities explore the source of $1950 found in his pockets Monday. Thomas has been receiving county relief for several months and a search is underway for potential connections to the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
Lucas County
Jair
Thomas
County Relief
Debutantes and NRA code watch in Washington
In Washington the NRA program unsettles debutantes led by Mary Harriman Rumsey while Dr. Ogburn resigns, claiming consumer protection is undermined. The piece notes steel, coal, and labor tensions, Greene of the AFL in dispute, and forecasts the code fights moving to courts alongside farm relief as pivotal to NRA success.
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Washington,d. C
Debs
NRA
Mary Harriman
Rumsey
Dr. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Ogburn
Doctor Ogburn
Greene
A. F. of L
Fanny Perkins
Organized Labor
Washington
Mr. Greene
Ed. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
Farm relief program advances amid NRA tensions
The Agricultural Adjustment program moves slowly toward signup machinery completion and a nationwide campaign to rally farmers. Industry leaders debate who truly drives the effort, with extension workers gaining influence while dairy producers press a capital milk issue. Ford’s anticipated auto code stance looms, and Washington remains unsettled as time unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Organize Wheat Growers Under New Control Plan
Marion county community meetings and committees have been formed to establish the Marion County Grain Production Control Association. The notice outlines a farmer’s potential bonus under the plan using historical crop data from 1931 to 1982, detailing acres sown and bushels produced to illustrate benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Wheat bonus contracts cut farmer acreage in 1934 1936
A farmer must cut his 1934 and 1986 acreages up to 20 percent to participate in a wheat bonus program. If he signs, he receives a 27.48 bonus for 91.6 bushels in 1933 and 1934 and 35. total receipts equal 287.68, with two thirds paid after Sept. 15 and the remainder after an inspector confirms reduced seeding and no surplus crop. Applications are at the County Agent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Ofice
Fremont Bank Closed by State Department
Farmers State Savings bank in Fremont Iowa was closed by the state banking commissioner with a receiver appointed to liquidate assets. Deposits since March 4 will be paid in cash, while remaining funds will be liquidated as money becomes available. The bank operated under a waiver plan since last August and the cashier J G Githens reportedly shot himself shortly after the shutdown The assistant cashier was absent at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa ‘Tribune
Farmers State Savings Bank
Fremont
Iowa
J. G. Githens
Bank Collapse Reported After Tragic Death
The country on business returned home upon learning the tragedy. After the death by self harm was found, checkers investigated and uncovered a bank account shortage, leading to the bank being placed under a receiver. Fremont citizens initially doubted the bank’s cash troubles until the checks were finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Aged physician serves vicinity for 60 years
Newton Daily News recounts Dr. Perry Engle's 93rd birthday and sixty plus years serving the community as surgeon and physician. He also led in politics, education, writing and reform, including Iowa suffrage bills and the Australian ballot law, with a life of varied public service and scholarly works. He was born in 1840 in Ohio and graduated from Michigan and Long Island Medical College.
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Newton Daily News
Perry Engle
Iowa Senate
Newton Herald
Newton
J. Engle
Ohio
Andrew
G. A
Oklahoma City
Perry
University of Michigan
Long Island Medical College
New York
Engle
West
Pioneer Lawmakers of
Iowa
Masonic
Neighbors Suspend Diplomatic Ties Over Morning Misery
A feud erupts as one neighbor sends axle grease to a rival and suggests greasing a lawn mower at 6 AM, prompting a返 response. The other retorts by telling the neighbor to grease his daughter's singing at 11 PM, leading to fully severed relations.
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Wm. van Haaften
Stee
Meatpolder
William van Haaften
Mrs. Meulpolder
Pete
Nellie
Jean
Johanna
Helen
Gerdena
Raymond
Meulpolder
Moulder
Lland
Belgium
Dousert
Lagsson
Bese
Jonathan T Sam
United Paint and Body Co
Agricultural Adjustment
Agricultural College
Agriculture Department
General H. Johnson
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry
State Department
M. D. Taylor
Sec’y Treas
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Poweshiek County
Keokuk County
Mahaska, Monroe
Wapello Counties
Gillett
Jno
J. van Dyke
Vander Linden
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