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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
8
Otley Iowa weekly briefs list visits to Jasper De Raad and De Joode homes, family gatherings in Pella Monroe and Des Moines, and spellings contests in Marion county. Farmers sow oats as communities share social events and regional travel notes. The piece ends with remarks on animal films and prairie dog eradication in Utah.
Cordova Iowa April 4 reports a local baby failing to walk and doctors finding no infantile paralysis. Sunday gatherings recalled community life with neighbors visiting and family updates. Other notes mention moving nearby, a grandmother’s return home, surgeries, and local school events.
Leighton Iowa April reports show rheumatism affecting Mrs. A. M. De Reus and flu illnesses among residents including J. and Mrs. Groenendyk and Mrs. C. Witt. Visits noted with Pella residents, a Black Oak township farm bureau meeting at Clarence Grandia home, and Mead school pupils taking a short vacation due to their teacher Miss Mabel De Jong’s illness.
Porterville residents share notes from a busy week with spring visits to grandparents and relatives in Pella Des Moines visitors join Miss Ruth Jansen’s home weekend. Spelling contest attendance in Knoxville with Darlene representing South Porterville. Local quilting and shopping trips noted along with community club events and a veterinary career remark on expanding field ahead.
Marion Davies stars as Mme Polly with the Flying Codonas, famed aerialists from the East, making their motion picture debut alongside a Berlin production. The group performs Layout Somersaults and Triple Somersaults, filmed at jungle sites with trained staff, during daylight hours and nocturnal tiger footage. Their life under the big top and jungle photography offer a behind the scenes look at wildlife filming.
Local reader presents a weekly book review in the Carnegie Viersen Library column. Insights cover recent acquisitions and reader tastes, with a focus on community literary interests and recommended titles.
Martin Johnson travels the world with wife Osa to film Africa’s vanishing wildlife. They live isolated near Lake Turkana in British East Africa as they pursue a comprehensive record of Africa’s jungle life for posterity.
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