Family Tragedy in Mitchelville Farmhouse
McKinney man killed his two daughters in a Mitchelville farmhouse after a daylong sequence of fear and secrets. Mrs McKinney recounted blood cleaning and warned against leaving the downstairs room as her husband moved through the home. The eldest daughter was found in a closet after a fatal beating, while a second daughter was shot in a barn after being brought from the house. The family had lived on the farm seven years and planned a trip to Indianola. McKinney’s past injuries included a wooden leg and a prior accidental shooting of another daughter.
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Itchelfville
McKinney
Inney
Endh
Colfax
Lloyd
Rock Island Train Service Notices
Eastbound passenger service to Keokuk and Des Moines continues daily with trains 475 and 474 running return routes. Westbound schedules 881 and 473 connect Des Moines and Keokuk with daily departures, while trains 474 to 473 handle intercity movements.
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Keokuk
Jes Moines
Central cagers honored at public banquet
Central cagers were honored at a community banquet in Pella with Rev Mulder stressing character, courage, loyalty, and life preparation beyond sports. Coaches Winter and L A Winter received gifts, and the event celebrated the Iowa Conference champions and the team’s contribution to local pride.
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Mulder
Bible Times
Gideon
Coach Winter
Pella
L. A. Winter
Wining
Iowa
Wesselink
Neifert
de Jon
Women’s League of the First Reformed Church
Ing
Ros Ge
Beach
Will tractors replace horses on the farm eventually
The question asks if tractor farming is practical and will become universal enough to replace horses. It invites opinions on practicality, future adoption, and potential era of full substitution.
Debating the tractor's place on farms across generations
A panel of farmers discusses tractors replacing horses, noting cost, soil impact, and practicality. Kryn De Bruin and Ralph Grundman see rapid change with grains and youth staying on farms. Ben Blommers and Dirk Schippers warn about smallholders and hilly or divided land. Henry Kool cites rapid adoption over a decade.
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Kryn de Bruin
Ben Blommers
Henry Kool
Dirk Schippers
Ralph Grundman
Dobbin
Purebred hog breeding diet and management notes
For breeders, raise hogs with long-term frame growth in mind. Increase protein and mineral feeds and provide pasture when possible. Use corn about one quarter of the ration with shorts or middlings for balance. include skim milk or buttermilk if available. Feed oats thinly on floor, avoid piling or trough feeding, and skip light-weight oats.
Favorites Featured In Hot For Paris At Rivola
Five names Walsh McLaglen Brendel Dorsay Moran top the Fox Movietone all talking picture Hot For Paris coming to Rivola theatre Oskaloosa for a three day engagement starting Sunday April 6. Walsh directs with McLaglen Brendel and Dorsay co starring, delivering sparkling entertainment and a plot about a windjammer first mate who wins a grand prize in Paris and eludes a sweepstakes office while meeting Fifi Dorsay.
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Walsh
Roxy
New York
Victor McLaglen
Flagg
El”Brendel
Fifi Dorsay
Paris
McLaglen
Brendel
McLagren
Havre
John Patrick Duke
Walter Donaldson
Edgar Leslie
Duke of
Anita Murray
George Fawcett
Eddie Dillon
Osita Marstini
Augustino Borgato
Yola D'Avril
Pennsylvania Game Commission to distribute pheasant eggs
The commission will distribute 60,000 pheasant eggs this season from two game farms to sportsmen's clubs and farmers. Several game refuge caretakers will rear pheasants for release on protected areas under their charge.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission
American Game Protective Association
Pella Markets Quotations From Farmers Co op Cream Eggs
Market quotations from Pella Iowa list prices for cream eggs firsts and bees seconds. The report records prices in dollars and cents with a Cr 2.8740 figure noted. This brief market note captures commodity values for local farmers and cooperatives.
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Pella
The Enemy wartime play by Philo Alethia society
Channing Pollock's The Enemy was staged by the Ho Alethian literary societies with Vienna as the setting. August Behrend and Carl Behrend lead a tale of war’s universal suffering, as loyalties fade between once close friends amid tragedy. Bob Gosselink’s Jan returns with news of Carl’s death, delivering a tense, poignant centerpiece.
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Channing Pollock
Vienna
August Behrend
Carl Behrend
Father
Carl Beard
Bruce Gordon
Seale Sheets
Behrend
Prof
Arendt
Pauli
Renaud Rysdam
Antoinette Vander Ploeg
Mizel
Doxie Putnam
Little Fritz
Julia Swanson
Gertrude Bensink
Jan
Carl Behrends
Bob Gosselink
Church Notes Pella Baptist and First Reformed Schedule
The Pella Baptist Church led by Pastor Ralph T. Nordlund announces Sunday School at 9 30, Morning Worship at 10 45 with a sermon titled In The Book Isa 63. Young People Service at 6 30 and Evening Worship at 7 30 with Christ s Invitation to a Doubter. Pre Easter service Wednesday features We Would See Jesus for ages 9. High school glee clubs sing Voices From Calvary at First Reformed Church with a morning performance and an afternoon by Dr H J Pietenpol and an evening Allegiance to Christ.
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Pella Baptist Church
Ralph T. Nordlund
Roe
Jesus
Calvary
H. J. Pietenpol
Christ
Second Reformed Church Service and School Session
Vocational note for Rev. Henryn Ondaboba at 9 30 a m church school and 10 4 m he went a little two fragmentary times indicate a church service and school session with a quoted phrase placeholder.
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Second Reformed Church
Voco
Henryn Ondaboba
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Seays
Rock Island Train Service
United States
Fox Movietone All Talking Picture
Dorsay
Moran
QO. K. Flaugh
Reasnor
Philo-Alethia
First Reformed Church
Third Reformed Church
Holland
H. J. Pletenpol
Harry van van Hemert
Douglas
D. Moines
John van Hemert
Farmer’s Co-operative
Elbasowas
Yore
Calumet
Calumet Steel Co
LaSelle
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