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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
3
The piece contrasts US women with Indian practices citing a Baptist missionary’s claim that Indian women wear toe rings and ankle bracelets to avoid being mistaken for men. It notes Americans would not feel comfortable displaying such adornments.
The New York Yankees, long praised as Murderers Row, lead the American League by 15 games with little challenge in sight. Only the Pittsburgh Pirates appear capable of stopping them in the World Series, boasting strong pitching and powerful batting and fielding, making them look like winners in recent weeks.
The piece notes criticism of President Roosevelt over state primary interference amid New Deal debate. It recalls Mayor LaGuardia’s earlier Iowa visit affecting Republican politics, framing state rights as a complicating factor in political dynamics. It discusses motor vehicle crash causes and daylight driving risks. It highlights community tulip festival readings by Reformed churches drawing crowds and funds for missions ranging from two to three thousand dollars annually.
Monday marks the start of the school year as Pella public schools and Central college reopen. The piece urges eighth grade graduates to enroll in high school and continue to Central college, stressing education as essential and a strong investment.
A religious meeting featured a discussion on youth issues, noting how the modern environment differs from the writer’s Virginia childhood. The piece laments Sunday commercialization, once a day of worship, and contrasts it with present practices and markets.
The author laments modern youth temptations and calls for homes schools and churches to unite to guide youth toward better futures. He questions aviation’s costs in human life amid recent air disasters and a missing airliner case, urging safer progress and responsible public note.
In favor of federal funded super-highways, the piece predicts vast employment effects with 100000 workers on highways requiring a million for detours, framing a national program. The Osceola Sentinel questions Sunday political gatherings in Des Moines, preferring weekday events over partisan talks on Sundays.
DeLoss Walker of Liberty magazine tells an Iowa audience that success demands hard work brains and character. The remark is echoed by Marshalltown Times-Republican critic Senator Capper who urges limiting immigration of political refugees and Sicilian Capone references. Boone News-Republican lauds school music as essential alongside academics.
Greene Recorder urges focus on engineering enforcement and education to reduce the yearly US toll of automobile fatalities. It argues most people remain unaware of the danger and calls for awakening the masses to their own risk. The piece emphasizes changing thinking habits and applying the three E's nationwide.
Sunday School lesson traces Israel s demand for a king, Saul s selection, and his disobedience. It contrasts outward appearance with inward character, notes Saul s deceit after Amalek and his ultimate death by his own hand, and warns that unrepented sin ends in destruction. Guided discussion asks why Israel sought a king and what God desired in a kingdom.
A large barn and granary on the Lawrence Lust farm on the Diamond Trail near Reasnor burned Sunday night. The family had parked their car inside the barn, and the entire structure was in flames as they retired. About 1400 bushels of corn, soy bean hay, a newly purchased electric washing machine, the car, and other items were consumed. No livestock were inside.
FFA members show calves and pigs at Oskaloosa fair while many return to class. Lester and Harold Vander Linden lead Poland China and Duroc Jersey cross litters. James Huyser, Mark De Prenger show purebred Durocs. Philip Herney earns top state fair records with milking Shorthorns. Harold Ver Meer places high with Angus heifer. Donald Van Haalen also shows Angus.
The Chronicle letters page criticizes medical advertising in newspapers. It cites the Iowa Press Association and the Iowa State Medical Society’s free health bulletins as unethical, highlights a medical publicity syndicate supplying health copy to major dailies, and notes large sums paid by magazines. The writer invokes Shakespeare to condemn the practice.
Betty Phyllis and Norma Jean Gabriel of Deep River had eight extra digits removed at Sigourney hospital after being born with six fingers on each hand and six toes per foot. Phyllis and Norma Jean had already lost their extra fingers as infants. Betty underwent four amputations removing two fingers and two toes. Surgeries leave scars but normal appearance expected once healed. the trait is hereditary back to the grandparents.
In the Gradus Vrieze laar apple orchard about three miles southeast of Monroe a Snow apple tree stands in bloom with nearly ripe fruit. The ten year old tree is part of Mr Vriezelaar's 22 varieties yielding fruit this year alongside six plum varieties five cherry types and other fruits. Creditors recalling debts is noted.
Fifty two years ago in September 1886 Will Fernald of Mapleton Iowa wed Nannie Houck of Pella. Dr L A Dunn central college president performed the ceremony. A new hardware firm De Haan and Van Zante planned a Brand building store. Luther Lawrence and Louesa Tice married in Black Oak township Mahaska county. Dr D Read former central college president moved from Pella to Waterloo to pastor a Baptist church. Prof T B Boyer of Princeton Illinois visited Pella to instruct the ella band. Many Pella residents attended the Clay township fair at Tracy.
Forty years ago at Pella September 6 1898 Mrs Rev C De Haas dies at home Funeral services held by Rev Ossenaarde and Rev Poot The Hamilton old settlers picnic drew about 700 people on the Joe Porter farm Five miles southeast of Pella The gathering recalled early Marion County schooling led by Mary Isabelle Welch Gregory at Engel Ver Ploegh farm and included pupils like Mary Todd and Geo W Kimmell Other items include a De Haan son birth Jennie Kuyper leaving teaching for Central College and local poultry growers winning prizes at Knoxville fair with several firsts and seconds listed for A W De Bruyn Bro A B Van Nimwegen W H Mansdam
The Oskaloosa Little Giants captured a baseball tournament with Leigh ton second, Pella and Lynnville tied for third. Pella players included Jarnigan Bailey Bousquet Van Cleave Churchill Croll Van Vark Van Arkel and Bloem. Other items note Y M B club officers election steamship Rotterdam’s record passenger load and colorful local happenings in a bustling Sept 10 report.
Over a railroad track and around a curve they flew. Catlin was thrown out at the curve and injured a foot. Sadler jumped for his life but was uninjured. The Lake Prairie District Fair was set for October 5 to 8 with an ad for the Trav Auto Capstan tile laying machine.
Twenty years ago Sept 12 1918 Private John Vander Linden describes wartime life in France with trains like cradle cars and cracked wallets as he notes soap wrapper money and a watch out of order. Red Cross sewing drives appeal for help while farmers urged to plant wheat at 1.75 dollars. Major Bruins missing in action or prisoner after ambulance blow up in France. several youths rejected for service due to injuries. Local draft and military board activity, Jones family reports of kin in France, cost of keeping a soldier in AEF estimated at 2040 annually, and local editor backs citizenship schools to teach English.
A week of rain measured at about half an inch fails to meet local needs as four horses die from sleeping sickness in Amsterdam neighborhood. Riders, farmers, and residents report many horses affected, while humans note tomatoes yield well. Local schools reopen with new teachers Margaret Keuning and Frances Van Donselaar.
A compact observation on free verse noting its lack of rhyme and rhythm. The line hints that the form is defined by absence rather than strict rules, prompting reflection on how structure and meaning emerge without conventional constraints.
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