Local notes from D Rapids area and nearby towns
Local briefs report John Wynberg leaving for a four month Holland visit from D Rapids. Daughters visit Mrs McCoy and her father Joe De Koning in Lacona. Illness of Mrs B Van Ommen and arm infection of Henry Wiclard noted. John Ran leaves for New York City to sail to Holland. Mr Ban’s first visit there. Warner shifts from Erie office to Clarinda. A B Van Antes hosts friends. Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Vol of Pella and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Roat named Glenn Stanley. May include hospital stays and local care arrangements. Other items reference local hospital operations, funeral, and trips to Chicago and China for family members.
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John Wynberg
D Rapids
Mich
D. R McCoy
Lacona
New York City
Holland
Ban
Henry Wiclard
Ir. Warner
Central Erie Co
New Arters
Clarinda
Warner
A.B. Vanante
East Third Street
Lester Vol
Pella
Abbott Holt
Martin van Zee
Tella
Mercy Hospital
Gilbert Roat
Mahiskar Hospital
Glenn Stanley
Mes Bo
Edward
Osha Tons
Utton Treet
Mahaska Hospital
Stanton ‘Taylor
Bloomfield
Ann Arbor
He le Vane Deller
Clarence
China
Jil Poelan
van Hellen
Hell
Elmer de Pronger
Bert Hussens
Leighton
D. de Bruinber
Friends
Ed van Doren
Chicago
Bernice
Moody Institute
Mrs P Brnin delivers new Chevrolets to local firms
Mrs P Brnin of White Way Ante Co delivers new Chevrolets to Star Oil Truck Herman Stierneman Town Sedan Nick Koop ier Stand i and A.W. Wil ard Coaches for use by Vr and Mrs Ray Fox and two children of Charles City visiting with his parents and Mrs Col Fox Also Miss Rachel Rolenbrander returned from a pleasant vial at Sibley Town and in Minnesota Mrs Anna Bruins in Denver plans to stay for the summer.
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P Brnin
Minnesota
Anna Bruins
Denver
Colo
In Memory Of Pella Founders Tribute Hymn
An anonymous poem honors the founders of Pella and their Dutch heritage led by Dominie HP Seholte. It praises faith, freedoms, dikes, and settlement, recalling migration from the Netherlands to a new homestead and a vow to remember their traditions as tulips bloom in May.
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Hip
Dominie
Pella
Anon
Detour Signs Set For Primaries 14 Road Paving
Detour signs were placed to guide traffic on primary 14 through Knoxville ahead of paving work. The route diverts south from Knoxville past the Christian church via primaries 2 and 60 then east from the fairgrounds. Paving should begin soon and the road is expected to open from primaries 2 and 60 to the fair grounds by early August. A separate note reports that several men arraigned in New York on charges linked to a vice ring allegedly supplying white women to Black men across multiple cities.
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Knoxville
Knoxle
Christian Church
Fairgrounds
Ao Federal
New York
N. Y
Weekly Visit Highlights Van Doornincks and Local School Marks
The piece covers family photos at the Walter Van Doorninck home including daughters and baby Arlan Jane, plus a high school record for Willa Mae Van Doorninck with top grades. It reflects on forgiveness, humility, and Christian virtues drawn from a church course and rural school report culture.
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Louwsma
Marion Seemstra
Walter van Doorninck
Arlan Jane
Willa Mae
Sunday School Lesson on Forgiveness Humility and Gratitude
The lesson from AD 80 at Perea teaches that forgiveness has limits only in intention, advising rebuke of the offender while remaining ready to forgive if there is repentance. It highlights humility and ingratitude as central sins and urges a Christ centered life to curb selfishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus
Perea
Jordan
Christian Ingratitude and the Blessings We Forget
Christian meditation notes the parable of the ten lepers to contrast material gratitude with spiritual blessing. It asks if greater sin than ingratitude exists and questions forgiveness and love within brethren. The piece reflects on humility, societal labels, and the need to acknowledge divine salvation over worldly gains.
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Christ
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Maureen O'Sullivan
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Carol Catsup
Daisy
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Westinghouse
van den Berg Electric Co
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