Weekly Visit With Chronicle Subscribers FRED T LAM HAS A FONDNESS FOR BUILDING HOUSES
A reminiscence filled visit with Dutch settlers around Pella Iowa documents Fred t Lam Henry Rietveld Gradus Van Zee and J Van Lint families on a farm route four southwest of Pella. The piece recalls Coxeys Army Haymaking farm life religious views and a Colorado farm scheme while detailing home building and self made furnaces.
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Pella
Howell Station
Fred t’Lam
Henry Rietveld
Gradus van Zee
van Lint
van Lint Sons
Henry
Jennie Rietveld
Mr. Rietveld
Cordova
Fifield
Holland
J. A
C. N
J. N
Dirk
Mr. t'Lam
Nebraska
Kansas
Washington
J’lam
Lam
Mr. Lam
N. van Lint
Pp. Scholte
Henry Hospers
Overkamp
Hague
Netherlands
First Reformed Church
America
G. H. Overkamp
Olland
United States
Iowa
Schutt
Treas Pella
Letter of 1848 shows Dutch settlers in Pella Iowa
G H Wormhoudt translates an 1848 letter from Isaac Overkamp detailing the Dutch immigrant experience. It covers hardships of land travel, the death of Overkamp’s mother, arrival in St Louis, preemption of two townships at $1.25 per acre, climate, rising land prices, local developments in Pella, beer pork and flour prices, and hopes for capital investment and rail links.
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Kegel
William Vander Weight
Holland
Isaac Overkamp
Pella
Iowa
United States of North America
Netherlands
G. H. Wormhoudt
Maastroom
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Wheeling
West Virginia
St Nis
Iowa City
Monroe City
Des Moines
Keokuk
Iowa Farm Bureau aided defeat of federal sales tax bill
Iowa Farm Bureau members helped defeat federal sales tax legislation, with Des Moines headquarters reporting an early tally from the national office showing a large share of letters and telegrams coming from Iowa in protest.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Drives US Sales Tax Response
Vice President Hearst praised Iowa Farm Bureau action as townships led by secretary Daisy V Williams sent hundreds of letters and telegrams to congress and to Washington headquarters. Governors and local groups joined the protest against the sales tax while Hearst, in Washington, noted unprecedented farmer influence from home.
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Washington
Farm Bureau
Chas. B. Hearst
Turner
Mark Thornburg
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines Co-operative Dairy Association
Farmer’s Grain Dealers Association
Town Livestock Marketing Association
Square Deal Hail Insurance Co
Hearst
Washington, D. C
Cured by Mild Office Treatments Without Pain
The report notes a recovery achieved through simple office care, avoiding hospital admission and any time off work. No complications or lasting effects are mentioned, and the cure is described as swift and painless.
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t'Lam
Colorado
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Guernsey
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John W. Vos
Nairn Gorp Stan Intawns
Wormhoudt & Plette
Isaac Overkamp Sr
Isaac Overamp
BILL
Windle Clinic
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Court House
S. C
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Minorcas
J. H. Shinn
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
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