Ver Dught family reunion at Witzenberg home
The Ver Dught family held its annual reunion at the Witzenberg country home on Sunday August 6 with many Pella and surrounding area members attending. Guests from Devil's Lake North Dakota and Los Angeles California joined local relatives for a day of greetings, meals, and a program of songs and readings.
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John Ver Dught
Prairie City
A. Dunbar
Des Moines
F. A. Warner
Oskaloosa
Jake Elliott
Knoxville
Walter Johnson
Dick van Gorp
F. W. van Rheenen
Verle Ver Dught
Luke Vander Linden
Pella
Klein
Tunis Klein
John T. Klein
Orange City
John Wynberg
Wynberg
Paul Ver Meer Grove
Yella Slings
Ike Slings
Garret de Wolf
John van Wyk
Ed Slings
H. Kupgras
Leighton
H. Vroom
Tracy
Dykstra
Anthony Huyser
B. Dykstra
Kate Verros
Peter de Jong
Tim Dykstra
Cigarette Price War Draws Sigourney Smokers
Sigourney reports its first cigarette price war as dealers slash prices to lure customers. Vittetoe Drug Company leads at two for a quarter, others follow with packs at ten cents while standard Sigourney pricing runs seventeen cents. The scene reflects local belief in agriculture as a basic industry and community prosperity.
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Sigourney Review
Sigourney
Vittetoe Drug Company
Des Moines Auto Club and Pella mayor letter clash over traffic
A public exchange recounts a Des Moines group of women golfers clashing with Pella police over parking and traffic rules. Pella officials defend city parking marks and enforcement while noting safety concerns and previous incidents.
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Des Moines Auto Club
Pel! Mayor
Guy of
Pella
Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Joe de Hoog
C G. van Vliet
Register
Motor Magazine
Walnut
Locust
Grand Avenue
Polk County
Pella Mayor Urges Fair Handling of Driver Complaints
The letter from Mayor T. G. Fultz defends local police and officials, warns of consequences for false accusations, and urges a calm, fair review of reports about offended drivers before making formal complaints.
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Pella
T. G. Fultz
Communism as a Product of Oppression and War
A letter by Albert Hoksbergen argues that capitalism and oppression birth communism. He contends World War profiteering, workers' hardship, and wealth hoarding cause social unrest. He cites Biblical verses to justify a prayer against oppressive elites while supporting national defense.
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U. S
David
Serbia
Russia
Czar
Albert Hoksbergen
Christ or Anti Christ Which The World Needs
A sermonizing column argues newspapers and radio cannot replace churches in spreading faith. It condemns higher criticism evolution and modernism, warns of anti Christ forces, and praises divine guidance in history while urging Christians to defend Bible truth and parental influence against secular teaching.
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Talmadge
Denver Post
Salt Lake Tribune
Boise News
Christ Jesus
Columbus
New World
Hugenots
Pilgrim Fathers
Jesus
Christ
God
Divine command shows man’s relation to God urges humility
Mrs Anna Snow cites biblical authority from I John 2 to argue intelligence and moral reasoning prove humanity’s link to God. She rejects higher criticism modernism and evolutionists, urging readers not to hinder others entering the kingdom.
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Anna Snow
John
Council To Control Price Boosting Is Named By Mayor
Indianola Record reports the city council authorized a consumers council to curb price boosting tied to a Washington program. Mayor N. D. Gordon named Alderman W. F. Fears and Alderman J. M. McGronahan, with Mrs. Harry Watson L. J. Nickle county agent and Clarence Schrier the other members. The panel will meet soon to outline a plan amid concerns that food and commodity prices may rise faster than wages.
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Indianola Record
Consumers Council
Washington
N. D. Gordon
Gordon
W. F. Fears
J. M. McGronahan
Harry Watson
L. J. Nickle
Clarence ©. Schrier
Agricultural Department
Train Schedule Fragments for Rock Island and Wabash Lines
Eastbound and westbound times shown for passenger trains 476 and 474 on Rock Island and Wabash lines. Entries include morning and afternoon departures and arrivals with partial station notes and local Howell reference.
Businessmen End Easy Money Era Urges Advertised Hope
A number of business leaders conclude that easy profits are gone and to survive they must rely on persistent newspaper advertising to protect current sales and attract new business. The analysis notes that the main obstacle to growth remains persistent.
Development of cities hinges on citizen understanding
The piece muses that cities evolve through a lack of social understanding among residents. It notes that humans are formed from water, fat, carbon, phosphorus, iron, lime, and sulphur, and that at current prices the entire body, separated, would cost under two dollars in the market. The author suggests these ideas may humble people.
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G. T. A. Society
van der Linden
Artie
Gertrude Hasselman
Hattie Vanden Oever
Ruth van Houweling
Betty Vande Haar
Anita Vander Linden
Chic Shinn
Christine Bruins
Ruth van Zee
Ada Vande Voort
Pella
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Henry Cox
Omaha
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Cape God
Prescott Steenhoek
John A. Klyn
Clara Plette
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Roy Else
Ebenezer Reformed Church
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Pride
Simon Steenbock
Mr. Else
J. J. Else
Elmer van Duren
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Baptist Church
Graham
G. 7. A. Society of the First Reformed Church
Sunshine Society
Sunshine Society of the First Reformed Church
Harry Renaud
Marjorie Baron
Bertha de Boer
E. V. Good
Harold Frederick
Donald Lee
Betty Jean
Frederick
Stuart Goad
Gerrit Poortinga
Reasnor
Abe van Rheenen
Pleasantville
Sam van Rheenen
New Sharon
Jake Klein
Monroe
Worp Borgman
Diller Vander Ploeg
W. van Rheenen
Angeline Kienbrander
Berdena Kolenbrander
Andrew, Schippers
Marion County
Lucas
Mal Aske
Sunnyside
Ie. Foundation Waless
Voice OF
the Public
de Hoog
Earl George
Hans Pfund
A. E. Thomas
Ralph Bailey
E. J. Brookins
H. E. Russell
George Bell
Harry Drain
Elmer Tilton
Council
Rock Island
Wabash
Howell
Vogelaar
Sally Lea
Rayon
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Penney's Curtains
Priscilla Styles
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