Thought of the Week and Polio Notice Digest
A Thought of the Week extols making today well lived as the guide for happiness and hope. The column cites Governor Arnall on democracy starting at home and reflects Dutch cultural traits. It warns of rising polio cases, urges vigilance, and notes a new drug research at Columbia University involving darvisul in mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filis Arnall
Georgia
Bed Rock
Arnall
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Columbia University
Murray Sanders
Virus creates new path in disease research
Researchers see promise in virus based avenues as an epidemic prompts rapid mobilization. Doctors urge urgent action and view costs as secondary to a nationwide push to study disease, noting common factors in towns afflicted and stressing attention to every detail.
King Tut seeds survive millennia in peas from Egypt
A Maine farmer grows peas descended from seeds tied to King Tut’s tomb. Miss Verna Farnsworth’s plants, sourced from South Carolina and Howard Carter’s 1923 finds, remain fertile after 4,970 years. The piece links ancient cultivation to modern farming and warns of soil neglect and desertification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Farnsworth
Baking Acres Farm
Auburn
Maine
South Carolina
King Tut's Tomb
Egypt
Howard Carter
Lady Gilbert
Miss Farnsworth
Pyramids
Editorial Roundup on Elections and Inflation Across Iowa
Davenport editors joke about editors who please everyone while readers recall past voter anger in the 1930s. Eldora and Sigourney briefers comment on turnout and sentiment. Fairfield Ledger argues Truman price controls are political, noting inflation hurts all sides. The piece critiques subsidies and wage, tax, and farm policy links to inflated costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Review
Middlewest
Iowa
Fairfield Ledger
Truman
Mr. Truman
Lake Prairie District Fair draws 7000 visitors
A 1908 Lake Prairie District Fair report notes seven thousand attendees not counting children. Attractions included Bonnie the Writing Horse, a dog and pony show, a Wild West act, and a scientific exhibit funded by Central College. Local commerce and transport hustle marked Main and Oskaloosa streets as residents shared family news and town notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie District
Bonnie
Central College
Bauman Brothers
Herman Rietveld
Tone Brom
Main
Oskaloosa
J. W. Todd
Germantown
New Jersey
Sarah Todd
Boston
Laura Whitman
Des Moines
Gerald Scholte Nollen
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Gerald
Harvey Shutts
Chronicle
T. B. Burchnell
Omer Burchnell
Monroe
Omer
Ed van Gorp
Helen Livingston
Emma van Heukelem
Harry Livingston
Russell Livingston
Pella
Bulgaria
Sun River
Montana
H. H. Sadler
Knoxville
Francis
Baptist Church
John Noesaman
Hawey
Sally de Cook
Herman Veenstra
East 3Rd Street
University Street
World War I Hero John Van Veen Remembered in 1908 Issue
The front page features John Van Veen the first soldier to die in World War I, serving with Co H 168 Infantry Rainbow Division after being wounded on July 28 and dying July 29. The column also notes Rube Brand s overseas trip with the 339th Field Artillery Band and mentions Central College football player Pearl Philips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Veen
Co. H
Rube Brand
339Th Field Artillery Band
Martin Hocksema
Pearl Phillips
Washington
Iowa
Central College
Pella
H. P. van Gorp
Hoffman
Leoming
Corn Festival Highlighted Tall Corn Edition of 1928
The Tall Corn Edition of October 11 1928 featured 16 pages of ads and a Corn Festival with prizes for best ears at each store. It notes the Penne Store opening October 18 Pella High lost 13 0 to Knoxville with Ver Dught top for Pella and comments on other games and local happenings. Lois Martin longtime PelIa postmistress dies at 79 with burial at Oakwood Cemetery after funeral in Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High
Knoxville
Ver Dught
Pella
Beyers
Wallace
Vanier Ploeg
Kolenbrander
South Dakota
Kilgore
Nebraska
Woodrow Company
Station Who
Des Moines
Meredith
Sprague
Wilkins
Tharp
Central
Parsons
Riebe
Tha
New Sharon
Oskaloosa
Lois Martin
Central College
Frank Martin
Detroit
Michigan
Pelia
Oakwood Cemetery
October 13 1938 death notice and front page sketches
Years ago notice records the death of Mrs H J Boland with a life story and photo on the front page after a long illness. Also shown are photos of Paul Grundman Hollis Bybee and Wilhelmina Wilkes tied to a Democratic county races feature. Dr R E Jonas praises Central College for student teaching practice in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Boland
Paul Grundman
Hollis
Bybee
Wilhelmina Wilkes
R. E. Jonas
Iowa State Board of Educational Examiners
Central College
Central
Minstrel show to aid Tulip Town park project
Harry Sixsmith directs and Hugo Kuy per leads music for a Junior Chamber of Commerce minstrel show with proceeds earmarked for beautifying Tulip Town on North Main Street. A cooperative electrical demonstration backs farm use at the A W Den Adel farm north of Pella with Iowa State College Extension assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sixsmith
Hugo Kuyper
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulip Town
North Main Street
Junior Chamber
Pella
John Hocksema
Leo Linder
J.C. Penney
Rotary Club
Krizer
Insurance Advice From WM Dieleman Sully Iowa
For insurance on farm and city property and bail on crops, auto coverage in its branches, start a savings account with a life insurer for income in old age. Insure in good companies at low rates. Call 60 Sully or write P O Box 146. WM Dieleman will call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
P. O
WM. Dieleman
Suily
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Pella Chronicle
Official County Newspaper
Owa
Pre
Hh, Sadler
George Ver Steeg
By Sadler Publishing Co
Main St. Pella
Town
Second Close Mall Matter
Time Magazine
Juliana
Holland
States General
the Assembly
Popular Editor
Davenport
Piper
Eldora Herald-Ledger
America
Fliteo
Tyme
Waterloo
Home Service Department
Red Cross
P. H. Kuyper
C. N. Cole
Los Angeles
California
William Kruger
Turlock
Jay, Kempkes
University of Iowa
S Cc
Model ‘Clothing
Arie Boland
Jay
Univerity
Carl Ver Steeg
Camp Dodge
Chapel
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Tunis Kempkes
Pella Fair
Will Ver Ploeg
Gerald Dykstra
Warner Vande Voort
Ames
Iowa State College
Harold Ver Meer
St. Joesph
Missouri
Marion County
Melva LeCocq
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Tobiana Stables
Hal
Mr. Halamka
Hotel Pella
Hal’s Service
Harding
Des Moines, Iowa
van der Veer
Jake van der Veer
All America
Chevrolet
Fisher
Ory
White Way Auto Co
Pella Lowa
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