Hospers Farm Roots Run Deep in Marion County
Long profile of John J Hospers and family at the 184 acre Hospers farm near Pella Iowa since 1848 and their farm life history. Notes include Belgian Dutch roots, schooling in Pella, three generations serving as treasurers for Silver Grove school, and early pioneer hardships and changes in Holland immigration and settling near Kalamazoo and Des Moines.
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John Hospers
Highway Number 63
Pella
Hospers
Henry Hospers
Netherlands
Knoxville
Junior Hospers
Silver Grove
Silver Grove School
Nickolas
John
Gelder
J. Hospers
Gelder Hospers
Verhey
John J. Hospers
Rotterdam
America
Kalamazoo
Mich
Albany
N.Y
Henry
Gerrit Overkamp
Isaac Overkamp
Ed Plette
Mrs. Hospers
The Single Sin at Des Moines Orpheum Theatre
Two outstanding programs promised at the RKO Orpheum Des Moines this week. The Single Sin stars Kay Johnson and Bert Lytell and opens Wednesday April 22 with a tale of jail, reform, blackmail and redemption. Also on the vaudeville bill are Doe, May and Dotty, Whitey the dog, and The Magic Fountain revue featuring a human skit Benevolence.
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RKO Orpheum Theater
Des Moines
Kay Johnson
Bert Lytell
Ihierehy Byee-ewe
Lytell
Miss Johnson
Paul Hurst
Holmes Herbert
Robert O'Connor
Mathew Beltz
Charles McNaughton
Doe
May
Dotty
RKO
Whitey
Mr. Ed. Ford
Auto Sales Show Increase in Chevrolet Sixes
Detroit report notes March US sales of Chevrolet Sixes up 48 percent from February with total domestic car sales 73 628 versus 49 690. Dealers reduced new car stocks by 6 500 units and used car stocks by more than 5 000. Production in March reached 79 603 cars and trucks.
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Detroit Mich
United States
H. J. Kingler
Chevrolet
Mr. Klingler
Proof of Will Notice in Marion County Iowa
Notice filed in the Clerk of the District Court office in Marion county Iowa that H A Bauman deceased has a purported last will and testament. The will will be heard in the May term of 1931 on May 6 at the court in Knoxville. Don L Remy clerk and L R Clements deputy prepare the notice dated April 6 1931.
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District Court
Marion County
Iowa
H. A. Bauman
Don L. Remy
Y L. R. Clements
Knoxville
Bazaar Encounter at Church Booth
A young man meandered through a church bazaar showing no intent to buy. A seller at a booth pressed him with offers including a cigar holder, a pen-wiper, and chocolates. He declined each item, stating he does not smoke, write, or eat them.
Papes Diapepsin Eases Years of Indigestion
A sensational health notice touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick and harmless remedy for indigestion and its symptoms. Des Moines reader Miss Irma Linn credits relief from gas headaches and heartburn after using it and urges others to try the product via local druggists or a free sample offer.
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Pape
Irma Linn
East Washington St
Des Moines
Iowa
Eeling
W. Va
No Old Clothes
A reader repurposes a playful classroom exchange about grammar and progress. The dialogue features a teacher correcting verb usage and a student joking about tense as part of a light moment in a period setting.
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss aid. It claims minerals aid organ function and bowel and kidney waste removal. The copy urges reducing fats, heavy foods, and sugar, promising weight loss within weeks along with increased energy and clearer skin. The Ideal Pharmacy offers Kruschen for four weeks and asserts dramatic well being improvements.
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Chronicle
Main Street
James Verhey
Chattanooga
Jack
Betty Willing
Marjorie Jonson
Emilie Verdi
David Craft
Charles Troy
Orpheum
Bachelor
Lowell Sherman
Irene Dunne
Cimarron
Richard Dix
Sherman
Miss Dunne
Mae Murray
Merry Widow
Norman Kerry
Claudie Dell
Kitty Kelly
Noel Francis
Ivan Ledereff
Florence Roberts
Faber and Wales
Harry Foster
Welch
Lester Lane
Ethel Osborne
Louis Chicco
White Way Auto Co
Orpheum Theatre
Belgian Congo
Foreign Service
Cee
Wei
Seth Thomas
Jeweler
Oskaloosa
Ind
Gration
INSEP
Immedi
Wonder
Maya J. Reeder
Fale OW
Winsep
Johnny
M. Vander Linden
Contest Board
The
A.A.A
Indianapolis Speedway
American Automobile Association
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
Studebaker
Cadillac
Pontiac
Standard Oil Company
Diana
Ture
Individu
Ally
Alpricab J. C. B. Flint
Milch
White Way Auto Company
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