Community urged to honor Tulip Time with clean-up days
The piece appeals for Clean-Up Days on April 28 29 and 30 to prepare Pella for Tulip Time Open House. It praises local effort and reflects on wartime sentiment praising courage aiding Holland and the United States. It also cites government aid delays and notes Russia's duplicity in European affairs and urges a united American stance. It ends with advice from Iowa Homestead on making wills to avoid family disputes over farm estates.
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Pella
Des Moines man cites shamanelves in school talk
L B Rowlands of Des Moines addressed Pella High School teachers last week, claiming young people lack knowledge about shamanelves and warning that such ignorance harms thought processes. The remarks followed a discussion on teacher concerns and student understanding.
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L. B. Rowlands
Des Moines
Pella High School
Vocational Guidance Advocated In Education Reform
A speaker urged schools to identify each student's natural bent and develop it into a skill through practical, life oriented instruction. He criticized current methods as wasting funds and failing to reveal graduates' future professions. Plans in Pella show early progress toward linking schooling with business, factories, and professions.
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Lic
Rowland
Pella
Editorial Roundup on War, Labor, and Unity in Early 20th Century News
The Toledo Chronicle and other papers urge garden joys amid costs, while Cresco Times notes life expectancy gains. Editorials in Eldora, Humboldt, and Eagle Grove defend military training and warn against strikes, urging national unity and postwar international cooperation.
Oasis in the desert church united in faith and charity
The Acts lessons describe the early Christian fellowship as a peaceful oasis in a harsh world. Despite poverty and growth, harmony persisted through shared love, mutual help, and bold outreach. The church organized care for the poor, appointed honest deacons, and saw many converts, including priestly leaders, blessed by God's grace.
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Christ
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christian Brotherhood
45 Years Ago in Pella Blade Highlights Cheating Banker and Local Life
A Chicago dispatch reports Robert Beard sues Milmine Bodman & Co for R Cassatt’s $50,000 bank loss while Cassatt, once president of the failed First National Bank, is in Ft. Madison prison. The issue also notes local events from April including a rural shooting incident involving A Van Marel, bike road rules from Iown House, new postmistress Lois Martin, Elsie and Henry Wheeler aiding a neighborhood dance, a moonlit city ride, a new ice cream parlor at American House, and local musicians The Mandolin Club. The city is praised for blossoms and fairyland nights.
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Pella Blade
A_ dispatch
Chicago
Robert BR. Beard
Milmine, Bodman & Co
R. Cassatt
Ft. Madison
Cassatt
First National Bank
Beard
A. van Marel
Fella
Simon Menardi
Advertiser
Blade
Elsie
Henry Wheeler
Sheehy
Skunk River
Lois Martin
Pella
S. F. Cole
C. Rongers
American House
Mandolin Club
Ion Wagontory
Abop
East
Oke
Central College
J. B. Boyer
Keoto Pella
Blair
Iim
FM. Frosh
Kuogville Dos
Schon Immer
Mandolin Club Rode the Circuit and Arbor Day Hard Hit
The Mandolin Club toured the area and entertained crowds while a bolt of lightning struck a large cottonwood in the Vander Zyl yard. Central College students enjoyed Arbor Day with campus cleanup and baseball. G S Tice moved from Pella to Creston after two years, taking work at a wagon factory after a fire destroyed part of Buerkens Wagon Factory. Fire also devastated the Green and Bentley Drug Store area in Oskaloosa, with damages estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Mandolin Club
Tains
Vander Zyl Yard
George Parmenter
Geo. Haw Co. Hardware Co
Oskaloosa
Central College
G. S. Tice
Creston
Iowa
Pella
Buerkens
Green & Bentley Drug Store
Des Moines Jefferson Day Banquet and Local Plans
Thirty years ago William J. Bryan was to speak at Des Moines Jefferson Day banquet with Pella Democrats attending. Frank Warner moved groceries into the P Johnson building near the Square. A new pipe organ arrived for Second Reformed Church, installed by W T Quilty and John Fryxell for Bennett Company of Rock Island. Central College to host a Peace Contest on May 12 with ten colleges and to play Parsons in the afternoon as business houses closed. Council awarded Central Park care at $64 for the season. Will Schreiner’s water works salary set at $65 monthly. Jamfelsma took Pella men to Canada to view land. Comment: It looks as though Jim will make another killing. L Stegeman escorted Chicago men to Miller SD for a similar trip. Mrs G H Wormhoudt and Corie to Dakota to inspect land for trading. An item notes a baby gift and insurance adjusters estimating losses. Walter Fowler to lay 3000 feet of cable on Main Street. Pete Lankelma thrown from a buggy with no bones broken. Zor serot Hah from the new office biesour same downt electroliers. Engineer pepe ty.
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William J. Bryan
Des Moines
Pella
Frank Warner
P. Johnson
Second Reformed Church
W. T. Quilty
John Fryxell
Bennett Company
Rock Island, Ill
Central College
Central
Parsons
Central Park
Tunis
Will Schreiner
Jam Felsma
Canada
Jim
L. Stegeman
Chicago
Miller
South Dakota
G. H. Wormhoudt
Corie
Akota
Bert Baron
Fehe
Walter Fowler
Pete Lankelma
20 Years Ago April 28 1921 in Pella News
The issue reports Johnnie Fansen diagnosed with cancer in an Oskaloosa hospital and Des Moines U baseball 4 0 loss to Centralport. Chamber of Commerce aids Grimes Canning sweet corn acreage. body of Gerrit De Kock returned from France. Legion memorial plans fall flat. Dr Ho Wormhoudt wed Miss Gertrude Korn. Beas Dieleman wed Everett Totten. $500 baseball support payment hiccup discussed. musical comedy earned $800 in Everett, Washington. Roads snowbound but thawed. Otto Ver Meer to Rochester MN for hospitalization with Ed Van Zante. ill health of Mrs. Ed Van Zante. Previous Saturdays strong business in Pella amid low farm prices and adjusted costs. market steadily falling.
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Johnnie Fansen
Oskaloosa
Centralport
Des Moines U
Chamber of Commerce
Grimes Canning
Menaage
Gerrit, de Kock
France
Pella
Legion
Ho. Wormhoudt
Gertrude Korn
Davenport
Iowa
Korn
Chicago
Beas Dieleman
Everett Totten
Knoxville
Jay Kempkes
Everett
Washington
Legion Post
Otto Ver Meer
Rochester
Minnesota
Ed van Zante
Birthday honors for Pella pioneer John Den Burger
Ten years ago in 1931 Pella celebrated 94 year old John Den Burger with open house hosted by daughter Jac ob Veenstra. City Marshall Paul Grundman praised for breaking up loafers at Memorial Hall as locals discuss trouble with bootleg booze.
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John den Burger
Pella
Jacob Veenstra
Paul Grundman
Memorial Hall
Ed LeCocq
Cornelia LeCocq
Seattle
Washington
New York City
John
Verna Hartmen
Buster Keaton
Talking Pictures
Strand Theatre
New Sharon Road
van Veen-Van Hemert Post
the Legion
Home Project Day aids 600 farm women in Newton NJ
More than 600 farm women and friends attended the Jasper County Annual Home Project Achievement Day at Newton's Methodist Church on April 16. County Chairman Mrs Zenas Jones presided, with Miss Mabel Rockhill, J D A, honored for ongoing Home Project work alongside gifts presented to them. Over 2,000 women reached by Home Project efforts in the past year.
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Jasper Co
Methodist
Newton
Zenas Jones
Jones
Mabel Rockhill
JD. Simmer
J. Banks
Collins Hospital
Knoxville
Vander Velden
Skiff Memorial Hospital
MonroE obituary notes and local society events
Ris of Los Angeles dies after illness in Des Moines funeral at Lily Home. Several local names appear among survivors and hospital visits. A newborn infant Ronald Kurt remains in care after a six week stay. Measles illness affects Elmus Burton. Local church and club activities include missionary visit by Mr Slater, Baptist women society programs, and upcoming Chat a Bit club May meeting.
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Ris
Los Angeles
Calif
Lily
Des Moines
A. R. Vander Ploeg
Ronald Kurt
Lutheran’ Hospital
Ronald
Elmus Burton
Elmus
Slater
European Christian Mission
Baptist Church
Harry van Rockel
Newton
George Orcutt
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Pye
Martin van Engen
Mary Vriczelaar
Otley
Floyd “McDaniel
John Warrick
Monroe
E. B. Cochrane
Amsterdam News Improvised Rain Gauge Fails In Storm
Rain hail and wind lashed the area last week with no damage noted locally. A rain gauge blew away, making exact rainfall unclear. Last Thursday John Whit latch moved from Harvey to a house owned by Mrs. Cora Nelson in Old Amsterdam. The West Amsterdam Bible school outing saw Miss Birdie Beintema and pupils enjoying a woodland hike. William Terlouw traveled to Knoxville then Des Moines for his selective service exam with seventeen county boys. five hailed from Pella. Mrs. Germent Rus visited her son Lane Rus in Pella.
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John Whitlatch
Harvey
Old Amsterdam
Cora Nelson
West Amsterdam
Birdie Beintema
William Terlouw
Knoxville
Des Moines
Pella
Germent Rus
Lane Rus
Remembrances and Visits at the Home for the Aged
On April 19 and 22 residents celebrated birthdays for Dirk Geenen age 60 and G Bose ma 74. Numerous relatives and friends from Leighton Knox ville Oskaloosa and Des Moines visited residents including Mrs P De Jong Mrs Anne De Hood Mr and Mrs Monty Welle Miss Lena Vos and Mrs G Bosma. Additional callers included the Den Hartogs Van Zuuk Van Hemert and Zylstra families along with the Van Dyk and Vander Wilt households signaling a busy period of social visits.
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Dirk Geenen
G. Bosema
Dirk Mugen
Leighton
B. Hagen
Peter Jonker
Martin de Dong
Henry Vander Wilt
Gerrit’ de Hood
Lynnville
Anne de Hood
Welle
Joan of Sully
Monty Welle
Abe den Hartog
Will den Hartog
Henry den Hartog
C. den Hartog
Gerrit Andringa
Peoria
Will van Lune
Andrew van Houwérs P. van Homert
Otley
Mary Joan
Prairie City
Pete van Hemert
John Roorda
Knoxville
Lena Vos
Walter Heyveld
Bethel
M. Vorros
Andrew Verzendaal
Sally
Seth Mann
Kenneth Mann
Charley Mann
Town City
van Rees
John Keuning
Bertha Keuning
Nick de Ronde
Monroe
G. Bosma
Paul Nkuwama
John Vander Beek
W. den Adel
Janet den Adel
Oskaloosa
T. Zylstra
R. van Dyk
Isit
Rit van Dyk
Wright
Ivondale Marquis No 23576 Belgian Draft Stallion
Ivondale Marquis No 23576 is a 4 Belgian Draft Stallion sorrel with a forehead star. Sire Conquerant de Zandvoor de 18625 by Foch de Heron out of Julie de Goyck. Dam Iyondale Beauty by Oakdale Hero out of Jupiter's Daisy. Will stand at L M Van Zante Place near Pella Iowa for an $8.00 service fee. Contact 62634.
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Ivondale
Conquerant de Zandvoorde
Foch de Heron
Julie de Goyck
Koch de Heron
Faro
Baronne de Heron
Zambour de Neyghemeeage
Tye
Lise de Goyck
Iyondale Beauty
Oakdale Hero
Jupiter
Daisy
Oakdale
Farceur
Margot Josh
Mack
Liberty Bell
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