Mortuary: John Blommers Sr. dies at age 86
John Blommers Sr. died at his Liberty street home at 10 p m Saturday August 6 192% age 86 years 6 months 4 days. He is survived by his wife two sons Ben and John Jr in business with him in Pella and two daughters Mrs Chris LeCocq of New Sharon and Mrs Fred Heeren of Chicago. A longtime city businessman he was a blacksmith carriage maker and later proprietor of City Roller Mills with his sons joining in as they grew up.
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Blommers
John Blommers, Sr
Liberty Street
Mr. Blommers
Ben
John, Jr
Pella
Chris LeCocq
New Sharon
Fred Heeren
Chicago
City Roller Mills
Noted local figure remembered for integrity and service
Funeral services were held at the home at 2:00 PM on Tuesday with interment at Oakwood Cemetery, honoring a man famed for strong character and high quality of prodit due to a misprint.
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Oakwood Cemetery
Hearing on Levy Estimate for 1927 1928 Water Bonds
Notice from Pella Iowa announces a hearing to consider the levy estimate for funding water works bonds issued in 1921. It lists annual levy amounts from 1927 to 1939, confirms the fund will pay principal and interest, and states the levy file is at the City Clerk’s office. The city council will meet August 28, 1927 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber.
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Pella
Iowa
Notice of Hearing on Estate of Levy for Water Works Bonds
Hearing is set on the estate of Levy regarding water works bonds issued in 1915 with amounts listed by year 1927 to 1985. Figures include 1927 700 dollars 1928 675 dollars 1929 650 dollars and later years 625 600 575 550 525 with March 9 1915 date of adoption and related expenditures for 1926 totaling 750 dollars.
First in the region uses combine harvester thresher
Local farmer F F Moore south of Cedar pioneers a combined harvester thresher. The 14 foot swath unit cuts, threshes, and elevates grain to a hopper as two workers drive, with trucks taking grain away. About thirty acres daily, Moore believes it will save money. Nearby visitors include Fremont Gazette figures and Miss Sarah Story returns from Waterloo after a week with Elizabeth Graham.
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F. F. Moore
Cedar
Moore
Fremont Gazette
Jake Heemstra
Pella
Iowa
Albert Heemstra
Orange City Journal
Sarah Story
Waterloo
Elizabeth Graham
Harry de Cook
Summer visitors and Island assignments noted in regional column
The Seymour Herald reports Harry Noel of Sac City and a University of Illinois teacher visiting Iowa relatives. Eva Noel of Pella vacations in the city and sends copies to the Philippine Islands where Harry serves in the Coast Artillery. Readers also hear of circus attendance in OsKaloosa, staff moves at Woodrow Washing Machine, and several locals taking summer trips or relocating to Des Moines, Clear Lake, and Knoxville for vacations and work.
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Sac City
Harry
University of Illinois
Old Iowa
Eva Noel
Pella Chronicle
Pella
Herald
Harry A. Noel
Phillipine Islands
59Th Coast Artillery
Philippine Islands
Seymour Herald
L. van Rees
Fred van Rheenen
East Side
William Jansz
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Great Lakes
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Oskaloosa
Arch Livingston
Fairmount
Woodrow Washing Machine Company
Livingston
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Des Moines
M. A. Butts
Gerald Paardekooper
Frances Ver Steeg
Wilma van Doorninck
Anne Rempe
Clear Lake
Ed Hoeven
Gerald Dykstra
Colorado
Donald Waechter
Francis Dykstra
Ivo Ver Beek
Knoxville
Roxana Petroleum Co
John Vander Linden
Mildred
Vander Linden
A. D. van Skike
Ray Fox
Baby
Proof of Will Notice in Marion County Iowa
Public notice states an instrument on file in Marion County District Court claiming to be Henry Vermeer’s last will and testament. A hearing is set for the October term 1927 at the court in Knoxville with interested parties to be heard. August 9 1987 Knoxville Iowa. Walter Kester Clerk of District Court Read the Chronicle want ads.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Henry Vermeer
Sy Waite Ena
Knoxville
Walter Kester
Iflerk
District Court
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Chautauqua Auditorium
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the Serenaders
Manlove
Mason Jubilee Singers
Ira Landrith
Mason Jubilee Co
Theodora Concert Co
You and the Law
Hon
Thos. B. McGregor
Howard Russell Collegians
North of the Ears
Strickland Gillilan
Jcpenni
High Ave
Jaciel
Jackel
Jno
J. van Dyke
Chronicle
Ae Oase
F. C. B. Detroit
Girse
Dodge Brothers
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
Pella, Iowa
Dance Broners, Inc
Oppenheimer- “Alsop CO
Oskalo
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