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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
3
Ed Williams pool hall in Tracy was entered last Wednesday night. A quantity of tobacco cigarettes cigarette holders pipes and 800 to 900 pennies were stolen, kept in a cigar box. Sheriff Clark was notified but no trace of the thieves has been found.
G S Shepherd of Iowa State College Agricultural Economics says oats priced at harvest time typically rise through June, averaging a 6 cent bushel gain over eight war years, making December to June sale more profitable than immediate sale if storage is available. He notes current cash and futures spreads offer hedging opportunities, with durable storage questions and several local patent notices including a grain huller and athletic score board.
Joseph E. Miller of Fort Wayne Indiana former Des Moines contractor was granted a patent for a device enabling a tractor to roll heavy concrete pipes used in road construction. The invention uses two rollers on a framework attached to a caterpillar tractor, granting enhanced pipe handling capability.
Cordova community notes describe farmers cutting and shocking corn for winter feed, recent seed corn gathering, and local buyer trades. The piece mentions jail release in Marion county, weddings, birthdays, and social events at the Rebekah lodge, with school box social plans and the shipping association led by J B Durham.
Harvey Iowa September 15 B M Cooper of Albia claims tree surgeon work soliciting patrons with orchards and shade trees. C Heywood and family relocate from Travy to Har vey occupying Ward office building on Main Street. Guy Campani and son of Sharpsburg Iowa visit the Herd of Harvey en route to Iowa City for the State University entrance. The Herd draws visitors as an old time curiosity while the new church decor features stained glass and electrical lighting.
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham presents Jonah as a missionary book of the Old Testament. It argues God loves all nations and calls Believers to repent, with key verses from Psalms Acts and Jesus quotes. It notes Nineveh's repentance, the gourd episode, and the broader call to foreign missions.
This piece questions how to time spiritual work for God and analyzes Jonah’s view of God’s kindness. It asks why patience with sin today needs plain preaching, the home’s sacredness, and whether Christ’s death saved people then. It urges preparation for modern tasks and suggests teachers use practical weekly plans from Hazel Boyd.
The passage urges Sunday schools to improve understanding of the Bible, its makeup, great characters, and its teachings for this life and life eternal through Christ, inviting testing of richly suggestive helps.
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