Iowa State Fair Names Special Days At Des Moines Expo
The Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Show announces special days honoring groups like Farm Bureau World War veterans and public schools. August 28 29 1 3 feature free admissions for selected groups. event highlights include Children’s Day World War Veteran’s Day Music Day Farm Bureau Day and Grand Finale Auto Race. The exposition reports record entries across live stock grain fruit poultry and youth competitions with 54 Iowa counties in boy and girl demonstrations and large junior fair participation. Officials expect Canada’s champion horse team to compete for the North American title amid anticipation of record attendance.
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Rail road grounds improved by South Pella Improvement Assn
A vacant lot between Rock Island depots in Pella has been transformed into a croquet ground by the South Pella Improvement Association led by Ross Schakel with Harold Thomassen and C. F. Dykstra. Lights may be added for evening use as work continues, turning a weed patch into a community space for children and adults. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Black return home from Chicago today after a week of business away.
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South Pella
Oskaloosa Street
Thomassen
Fourth Ward
Maude Vander Meulen Killed in Auto Accident
Mrs Paul Renaud learned Wednesday that her niece Mrs Howard Nicholson died in a near Hollywood California automobile crash. Nicholson and her husband a Los Angeles police captain and ex Central College student survived with three children.
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Howard Nicholson
Hollywood
California
Nicholson
G. A. Vander Meulen
Pella
Los Angeles
Central College
Creston
Iowa
Thirteen Pella residents depart for Colorado trip
Thirteen residents of Pella left on Monday afternoon for Colorado to spend ten days or two weeks sightseeing and enjoying the climate. The travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Dirk De Bruin, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. De Bruin and daughter Frances, Mrs. Anthony De Cook, Misses Letta Rus Grace Van Domselaar Stella Ter Louw Jeannette De Jong Dorothy Nollen Albert Van Domselaar and Guy Ter Louw.
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Pella
Colorado
Dirk de Bruin
J. C. de Bruin
Frances
Anthony de Cook
Letta Rus
Grace van Domselaar
Stella Ter Louw
Jeannette, de Jong
Dorothy Nollen
Albert van Domselaar
Henry Hoogenakker Trials Salesmanship Ambition
Guthrie Center Iowa August 8 An editor of the Audubon Republican and former merchant in Guthrie Center has taken a field position with the Western Newspaper Union based in Des Moines. He succeeds George Walker and will handle the northwest Des Moines area.
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George Walker
Des Moines Register
Piano Work At Webster School Expands For Next Year
Prof. Sadler led a successful piano course for Fourth Grade last year at Webster building. It will extend to Second through Fifth grades this year with advanced Conservatory pupils as practice teachers under Sadler. Lessons run half hour with two pupils per period, plus a weekly class lesson for all pupils. Students attend twice weekly, and a semester costs 5.40 for eighteen weeks. Music is supplied from the college Piano Library at no extra charge.
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Webster
Conservatory
Prof
Klein's Picnic Held August 20 at Grandman Grove
The annual Klein's picnic will be held in the Grandman Grove one mile north of town on August 20, 1925. ARIE KLYN, President.
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Arie Klyn
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus to Parade in Oskaloosa
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West set two shows in Oskaloosa on Monday August 17. An advance team is already promoting a big, advertised spectacle promising trained animals, five hundred performers, 200 wild actors, 400 domestics and 50 clowns across three rings and a Roman hippodrome track. Arabia will be showcased as a 1925 innovation under the big top.
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Orrin
Arabia
Alamo Theatre to reopen with upgraded facilities
The Alamo Theatre in Pella resumes operations Friday August 14 after remodeling. Improvements include leveled entrance, reordered seating, longer layout, rebuilt cooling system, new projecting machine, enlarged fireproof booth, and cooperation from owners J. P. Klein and Van Dyk & Young. The opening film is The Fighting Sap starring Fred Thompson and Silver King.
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Pella
Van Gorp Picnic Date Set for August 26
Relatives of the Van Gorp family are urged to gather at the Ver Ploegh grove, a mile north of town, on August 26 for a family picnic. Please bring a well filled basket and help organize the event.
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Ver Ploegh Grove
Dollar Day sales boost Pella merchants in local push
A local newspaper notes Pella merchants embrace a Dollar Day concept with window displays and big ads. Some shops join with special offers while others decline due to product lines not fitting the sale. The piece urges readers to support homebuying and suggests the effort could shape future opportunities.
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Oth
Reward Offered for Chicken Thieves in Barnes Area
A $100 bounty is placed on chicken thieves in the Barnes vicinity as farmers form a citizen fund and patrol group to stop raids on poultry. The item recalls a past incident where farmers shot a poultry robber nearby, ending his career of evading law.
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Barnes
Oskaloosa Herald
Death of B. H. Langerak in Iowa City hospital
Benjamin Henry Langerak a former Pella druggist died Monday evening at Iowa City after progressive illness from a brain tumor. Survived by wife Emma Josephine Bousquet two sons Dudok Norman his parents M Langerak a Milwaukee brother H M Langerak and sisters Mrs C Boat and Mrs Ed Plette. Funeral at 918 Main Street conducted by Rev J De Haan with Oakwood Cemetery burial.
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Pella
B. H. Langerak
Iowa City
L. F. Bousquet
Benjamin Henry Langerak
M. Langerak
H. M. Langerak
Milwaukee
Wis
C. Boat
Ed Plette
Emma Josephine Bousquet
Dudok
Norman
Pella Lodge No. 55
Main Street
J. de Haan
Oakwood Cemetery
Tuberculosis test pays in Warren county profits rise
The county wide tuberculin test in Warren county proves economical as premiums for hogs raised in accredited tuberculosis free areas cover farmers tax costs. Roy Brubaker shipped three hog cars and Ray Hansell one car from Spring Hill. Premiums total 67.37 for four cars, about 16.83 per car, nearly paying farmers share of the testing tax. The program, now in nine counties state wide, aims to inject about 25,000 into the county and reduce bovine tuberculosis to below 0.5 percent to stay eligible.
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Warren County
Roy Brubaker
Ray Hansell
Spring Hill
Indianola
Ice Cream Sale Planned by First Reid Sunday School
The Faithful Workers Class of the First Reid Sunday School will sell ice cream and cake on August 15 in the former Central Park Cafe building. Cornelia Gosselin serves as teacher.
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Central Park Cafe
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Big Carnival on Every Day at Marion County Fair
The last Chronicle issue previews the Marion County Fair with extensive publicity from Senator W. A. Clark. Wolf's Greater Shows will headline midway attractions with eight big shows and classic rides. Twenty five to thirty concessions, Matt and Jef musical comedy, and large evening fireworks promise daily entertainment and a multi day visit.
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Knoxville Journal
Collins’ Sand Cave
Minnesota
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Jef
Dollar Day continues for Produce Man Wynberg in Pella
John Wynter e, known as the Produce Man, extends Dollar Day ads and has 500 bills printed for distribution. The piece notes Wynberg has operated in Otley and Eddyville before settling in Pella about two years ago and remains a strong advocate of advertising. Mrs. Henry J. Edmond of Ames visits her mother in Pella.
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Mr. Wynberg
Pella
Otley
Eddyville
Wynberg
Henry J. Edmond of
Ames
R. R. Sadler
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Webster School
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S. S. Ice Cream Sale
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