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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
1
The author recalls last Wednesdays sun eclipse as faint next to the 1901 total darkness that briefly halted life at Norfolk Virginia where alarmed people and a Negro woman spoke of judgment day. Nearby, boys watched two visiting women smoke cigars, sparking questions on social progress and morality.
The item charts Flight O'Tyme entries from the Chronicle dated 1912 and 1922. It notes recurring aviation related notes and periodical interest across the two years. The brief references highlight early 20th century flight topics and community attention to aerial achievements.
A 20 year old Chronicle notice lists Prof W A Young resigning from Grand Island College Nebraska to edit the Chronicle. Obituaries include L A Niemensver driet aged 60 and Edward De Geest's three year old son. Olive and Dotterer open a candy kitchen in the Dennis building. Babe Visser becomes night operator at the telephone exchange. Amelia Rhynsburger begins teaching in Sioux City schools. A Japanese named Mr Arketa arrives from Berkeley to enter Central College. A W De Bruyn serves as one of the state air head ushers. Rene Vander Linden takes the Princeton Iowa school principal post. Vander Ploog bakery installs a new dough mixer. Glen Howell, son of Bert and Mrs Howell of Sully, breaks two legs in a horse fall.
At the National Congress of Parents and Teachers meeting the conference reaffirmed faith in the home as the bulwark of civilization. Despite changed standards for business and society, home-makers must preserve the home’s influence on molding men and women, for the nation’s fate follows the home.
An American Construction council executive urges voluntary readjustment of fixed charges on real estate to align with current prices. The trend shows reduced rents in small towns, with many residences renting for their value given outdated, unimproved conditions. Rentals and property selling prices are expected to fall. such adjustments are deemed necessary.
The driver urges public awareness after last year’s automobile fatalities. He notes 95 percent drive carefully but a minority of reckless motorists cause deadly crashes. Teaching the unteachable remains a challenge on public highways.
Statistics show 57 percent of women readers and 33 percent of men are attracted to bargain sale advertising. The era is a bargain hunting age, with a low mood pushing people to stretch every dollar. Merchants who advertise bargains will win business, no ifs and ands.
Voters from both parties express confusion as the Chronicle Inquiring Reporter notes. The Republican platform supports enforcing the prohibition law yet calls for resubmission while the Democratic platform seeks outright repeal and modification. Voters question where to cast ballots and await Congress to decide if the state will stay wet or dry.
Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick urges consecrated pugnacity in cleansing politics arguing for quarrel with and fighting of corrupt leaders. He distinguishes fighting from quarreling and calls for righteous anger used against unrighteousness, faulting both clergy and laity for not preaching righteousness.
A noted temperance worker argues that bootlegging cannot be abolished by repealing the 18th amendment. He contends lawlessness exists under any system and that only bootleggers break laws, not the law-abiding citizenry, who will still follow rules even if distasteful.
A recent statement notes more than half of the school population now attends high school, signaling a healthy sign for the future. The piece contrasts evolving beliefs about education with older views that schooling was a luxury for the idle rich and that hands-on work sufficed.
A Sigourney Review notes the Republican presidential candidate questions the 18th amendment after reading the platform while the VP hopeful remains firmly dry. The piece mocks misreadings and sources activists’ debate over prohibition in a clipped editorial tone.
Davis County Republican notes criticism of the Iowa State Fair for staging a train wreck advertised at 40 000 dollars. The author questions the expense amid hunger and poverty, arguing money should feed the needy rather than smash two trains for minutes of amusement. It states 40 000 is a lot of nickels and urges restraint.
Northwood reports the farmers' holiday remains active with state reinforcements. Ongoing operations include aggressive actions that destroy other farmers' property as part of the protest efforts.
A column of gossipy vignettes from Pella threads together jokes about kittenball plans and quirky residents. The piece riffs on bootleggers, a push cart wheel, radio ideas, and humorous misinterpretations, ending with a quip about Alaska ivory en route to Washington.
A Baptist Banner piece describes a vast parade of motorists and pedestrians killed or seriously injured on American highways in 1931. It notes 1,034,400 people in the line and argues the price of carelessness, citing faulty machines and avoidable accidents as the cause. It laments America’s failure to learn and improve road safety.
The Sept. 7 1922 Chronicle recalls a beating of two men mistaken for strike breakers at Oskaloosa. Henry Harold 17 dies of heart failure while swimming. The 75th anniversary of Pella’s founding proceeds. Twelve factory girls strike for 25 cents an hour. replacements arrive. A tenant house on the Renau farm between Otley and Cordova burns. Peter George son of Mr and Mrs Gaass runs over but unharmed. Weddings listed for Van Domselaar Platt Nordaker and McIntire. Mrs Mary Todd depicted as oldest living settler of Pella after arriving with Hollanders four years prior.
The RKO comedy Hold Em Jail opens Friday September 9 at the Orpheum Des Moines with Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Edna May Oliver and Roscoe Ates. The film lampoons a prison football team at Bidemore pen with zany gags and a Parole plot as Wheeler and Woolsey chase laughter and a big game victory.
Three members of the A. 5 Motor Clubs of Iowa form a sub committee to draft a tentative state traffic patrol bill. Walter Balluff Davenport attorney F A Moscrip Marshalltown editor W C Hastland Clinton editor named by John A Gunn Des Moines chair. They will study traffic laws in other states and prepare a bill for submission to the Legislature amid a deadly year with 228 deaths and 20 million dollars in auto accident losses in the first half.
Indianola letter writer defends his Chicago convention reportage noting Iowa delegates did not cheer at repeal mentions yet sang during organ performances. He urges publication of this letter to correct the Chronicle's portrayal and preserves collegial tone between editors.
A compact verse likens life to driving urging restraint and caution. It asks for steady brakes and attentive eyes to avoid intruding on others, warns against alcohol in the radiator and in the stomach, and pleads to resist risky passing on narrow roads.
The quote asserts that effective Christian teaching depends on continuous enlightenment and enduement by the Holy Spirit, implying human effort alone is insufficient without divine guidance. It emphasizes spiritual empowerment as essential for transmitting Christian doctrine accurately.
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