Local News Highlights Read Across Eddyville and Pella
Andrew Vos visits Stuttgart Arkansas to be with his sons. D W Gaass and daughters return from Bona parta to care for a seriously ill relative. Multiple residents travel to Des Moines Chicago New York for business and family. Construction progresses on a new filling station at Pete Van Zante garage. Local editors change jobs with Tice Van Dyke moving to Arizona. Dutch cookie orders reach New York State and Hawaii. Various visits, meetings, and family happenings across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Vos
Stutgart
Ark
D. W. Gaass
G. W. Ryke
Henrietta Gaass
Bonaparte
George M. Miller
John Steinkamp
Eddyville Friay
Lester Welle
Des Moines
Eva Welle
Helene Welle
New York City
J. M. Veenschoten
Welle
Fuller Brush Company
Hartford
Tice van Dyke
Sibley Gazette-Tribune
Arizona
Tice
Jaarsma’s
New York State
Hawaii
Marion van Gorp
Goodyear
Theo. le Cocq
Fair Grounds
Ed. van Toorn
Too Hopeful’s Gertie Meets Boss for Trial
A humorous exchange unfolds as a boss and an aide debate the tone of a stenographer. The dialogue hints at workplace slang versus formal diction and previews the day’s weathered news to come.
Pella Visitors Make Des Moines Chicago Hog and Cattle Run
E B Clark from Knoxville visited Pella Tuesday while Mr and Mrs Tom Constantine spent the afternoon in Des Moines. Des Moines visitor Marie Verrips joined Connie and Arthur Van Roekel of Pella Supply Co as they left for Chicago with hogs for Will Clark and cattle for Clarence Rouwenhorst. Rouwenhorst and Clark accompanied the group on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. van Maren
Des Moines
Harold van Maren
Harold
Arthur Kaldenberg
Mary Jane
Elaine
Max
George Thomassen
Chicago
Chicago, Mr. Kaldenberg
Washington Street
Hoeksema
Martin Paardekooper
L. P .Bientema
Pella
E. B. Clark
Knoxville
Tom Constantine
Connie
Arthur van Roekel
Pella Supply Co
Will Clark
Clarence Rouwenhorst
Mr. Rouwenhorst
Mr. Clark
Des Moines Mortuary Burials At Oakwood and Oskaloosa
Obituaries from a Des Moines mortuary note Mrs. C Bonger of Des Moines buried at Oakwood Cemetery after a Pella origin and Baptist and Methodist affiliations. Rev H C Jacobs read Sunset and Evening Star at the grave. Also, John De Bruyn of Oskaloosa died after nine years there, survived by his wife and five children, with funeral at Wilcox Garland chapel. Sadie Rudd McSpadden, born 1895 What Cheer, dies after long illness, daughter of H H and Mrs Rudd, widow of Loyal C McSpadden, married in 1920 in Oskaloosa.
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C. Bonger
Des Moines
Oakwod
Pella
Jacobs
Tennyson
John de Bruyn
North B Street
Oskaloosa
Mr. de Bruyn
Pleasantville
Sandridge
Here
Daisy Keyser
Peoria
Earl Craver
New Sharon
Gelena
Ruth de Bruyn
Roy de Bruyn
Hammond
Ind
Paul de Bruyn
William
Henry de Bruyn
Eddyville
Anne de Bruyn
Dick Bientema
Ottumwa
Wilcox-Garland Chapel
Forest Cemetery
Loyal McSpadden
Sadie Rudd
H. H. Rudd
What Cheer
Iowa
Loyal C. McSpadden
Barnes City
Obituary notes of Inez Van Roekel and family in Iowa
Two obituaries recount the deaths of Inez Ruth Van Roekel aged 13 and a married woman near Barnes City and Pella. Inez, baptized at Ebenzer Reformed Church Leighton, Iowa, died April 21 1931. funeral arrangements include baptism records and parish church affiliation. The Barnes City area widow Loyal McSpadden and the Rudd family mourned a married woman who lived eight years near Barnes City and What Cheer prior to marriage. funeral services were held at the Baptist Church What Cheer April 22 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes City
Pella
What Cheer
The
Baptist Church
Loyal McSpadden
H. H. Rudd
Robert Rudd
Eleanor Rudd
R. M. Dice
McFarlan
Inez van Roekel
Inez Ruth van Roekel
Lewis van Roekel
Leighton
Iowa
Inez
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Card of Thanks for Bereavement and Floral Gifts
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy during the loss of our daughter Inez Ruth Van Roekel. Grateful for floral offerings and for many letters and cards. Mr. and Mrs. L. Van Roekel.
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Inez Ruth van Roekel
L. van Roekel
Patents Gun Mount For Armoured Cars
Des Moines Iowa April 29 Bert F Baker of Davenport was granted patent rights for a gun mount designed for armored cars. The filing indicates a vehicle mounting system engineered to stabilize weapons in armored defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Bert F. Baker
Davenport
Hydraul ic gun mount patent for armored car foundry display
The latest patent list from Towans filing in Des Moines includes the Baker hydraulic jack mounting that lifts a gun from an armored car to firing position and can drop it back inside. Also listed is a dash mounted on gauge for Model A Fords by Niels C. Simonsen of Sioux Rapids along with several Des Moines and Davenport patents on locks, wheels, belts, awnings, and pump jacks by local inventors.
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Bair, Freeman, Sinclair
Patent Attorneys
Equitable Bldg
Des Moines
Iowa
Baker
Niels C. Simonsen
Sioux Rapids
Joseph L. Hecht
Davenport
Louis L. Hoskinson
Clinton
Harry A. Knox Davenport
Nels H. Nelson
Arnolds Park
Timothy J. Stebbins
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Fort Madison
Dirk Miller
Central College
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Prairie City
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Willard de Winter
L. R. Kyger
Fred van Rheenen
the Chronicle
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Gerrit Popma
Sioux City
George Croll
Andrew Hessing
Peter Hessing
Bessie Brooks
Webster School
Lois Brooks
C. C. Crol
Leland Croll
Marie Verrips
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Ion
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Prunes
Chipso
Palm Rose
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