Iowa News Roundup Reports School Costs and Local Events
Des Moines 1923 digest notes Muscatine costs per pupil, interurban snow drift record near Brushy, and a barge buildup for U S engineering uses. Bureau of labor reports Iowa employment gains, pension rolls include a Mexican War survivor from Rippey, Decorah oil prospects, and Arnolds Park forms a Community Church. Also covers penology, health classes, birth rates, and local happenings across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mason City
Supt
F. T. Vasey
Muscatine
Weather Reflections At The Ruigten 1933
Fragmentary note presents a quotation from Martha Baker Dunn on freeing the mind from needing to understand all admired things, labeled under a weather heading with a misplaced date. The readable line conveys a philosophy rather than a news event.
Man carries bricks and ladders to building top
Magbell Pat bets with Mike he can haul a hod of bricks and three ladders to the roof with Mike aboard a bed attached to the ladders on the outside. Pat slips on the third ladder but saves Mike from a forty foot fall. At the summit Pat exults that he won the bet while Mike concedes the near miss.
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Pat
Mike
Miss Katherine Van Eakeren 1928 Otley death notice
Miss Katherine Van Eakeren died at her Otley home at 1 30 a m Saturday March 31 1928 aged 24 years 8 months from brain fever She was a daughter of C Van Eakeren and his housekeeper Her mother had died earlier Funeral services were held Monday at the Christian Reformed church Otley Interment was at Price Cemetery
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Katherine van Eakeren
Otley
C. van Eakeren
Christian Reformed Church
Price Cemetery
Obituary: Johanes Van Wyngarden Pioneer Dutch Reformer
Johanes Van Wyngarden born November 3 1839 in Schoorrewoord Holland came to Marion County Iowa in 1855 with family. He married Jennie Boat in 187? and later Mrs De Boer in 1893. He moved to Prairie City then engaged in church work and Sunday school. Survived by widow eight children and several siblings. Died March 25 1928 after brief illness. funeral at Central M E church Oskaloosa. interment Forest Cemetery.
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Johanes van Wyngarden
Schoorrewoord
Holland
Marion County
Iowa
Jennie Boat
de Boer
Pella
Prairie City
Marion
Mahaska
N. de Boer
Oskaloosa
R. van der West
St. Lawrence
William van Wyngarden
Newton
Gerrit de Witt
Central M. E. Church
S. H. Turbeville
Forest Cemetery
Marie Streng Van Zee dies at 75 after long life in Iowa
Miss Marie Streng of Pella born December 7 1852 died March 19 1928 at Pleasantville aged 70 years 3 months 12 days. She married C M Van Zee February 29 1872 in Pella. Nine children survive with husband and sister Braam of Pella. Funeral in Pleasantville Methodist Church.
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Marie Streng
Pella
Iowa
Pleasantville
J. E. Streng
Holland
C. M. van Zee
First Reformed Parsonage
Alice Estes
Nell Miner
Omaha
Nebraska
J. E. van Zee
Meadow
Wyoming
Christine Reynolds
Truax
Canada
Fred A. van Zee
Milo
Ira S. van Zee
Dallas
Pete van Zee
Cora Adamson
Carl van Zee
Braam
van Zee
Mahaska County
Lake Prairie Township
Franklin Township
Methodist Church
I. S. Mitchell
Pleasantville News
Resting in a Dripping London Day
A London bus halts to let a Parsee in a red turban alight as a debate sparks about his sun worship. The English passenger notes the man is a Parsee worshipper of the sun and the driver, shivering, quips that he’ll likely want a rest.
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London
Harper
Pella Markets Hogs Corn and Wheat Prices Patchy Record
Quotations from Farmers Co operative Exchange Pella Iowa show hogs at 34 56 dollars per ewt corn at 65 cents per bushel and wheat near 1.05 per bushel oats around 38 cents per bushel. A dairy ad notes cream prices up to 45 cents per pound.
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Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
Window Shades of Quality at Vander Linden's Bazar
The notice promotes window shades offering best quality and affordable mid and cheaper grades. It highlights lowest prices and urges customers to buy from Vander Linden's Bazar.
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Vander Linden
BAZAR
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Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
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