Pella Hosts and Guests Gather for Weddings and Parties
Rich social notes describe a pre nuptial courtesy for Miss Carrie Van Engelhoven, house guests including Miss Heminger and Mr. Perrine, afternoon tea hosted by Mrs. Ford Korn, a seventh birthday party for Sarah Rose Vander Linden with pony rides, Ver Ploeg family gathering with over two hundred members, and numerous local club activities and picnics in August.
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Ander Linden
Jeanette
Ee Jong
Murray Grandin
Carrie van Engelhoven
Prescott Breenhoek
Ben van Englehoven
Fonor
Miss van Engelhoven
J. A. Kuyper
Alice Heminger Ofirkwood
Ill
Ford Korn
Helen Cox
Davenport
Korn
Fifeen
Mrs. Black
Houston
Texas
Alice Heminger
Kirkwood
Minois
Sarah Rose Vander Linden
Luke Vander Linden
Lily
Lincoln School
Sarah Rose
Gren
Vander Linden
Barbara van Sittert
Joyce LaRue Vriezelaar
Alice
Pauline Roorda
Erma Mae Roorda
Kenneth Vander Linden
Lee Vriezelaar
Walter Roorda
Delwin
Herman Lloyd
Dale Vander Linden
Herman
L. H
Reuben Valer Linden
PLOEG
Ver Ploeg
Abe Ver
Neal Ver Ploeg
Oskalosa
Rev. Hollebrands
Detroit
Mich
John Vander Wal
Oskaloosa
A. Ver Ploeg
Pella
L. Redeker
Sioux City
Lucille
Lavina Klein
Julia van Arkel
Lorene Holebrands
Charles Clark
Elanorear
E. J. DE Haal
Arnold’s Park
Des Moines
Nebraska
Aind
Pleasantville
Everone
Care Of The Baby In Hot Weather
State Health Department offers guidance on keeping infants healthy in heat. Daily baths and regular feeding, breast milk preferred, boiled milk if bottle fed, ensure clean water, wash produce, avoid overfeeding, dress lightly, use a light blanket, naps indoors with mosquito netting, and avoid sun exposure between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Advice to limit trips for baby care
Brief guidance urges avoiding long car trips and visits unless essential as trips disturb the baby’s routine and illness often follows. The admonition emphasizes minimizing disruptions to infant care and health.
Iowa Farm Conditions Are Improving
A 1928 balance sheet from the Weather and Crops Bureau of the Iowa Department of Agriculture shows Iowa farms added 97,482,000 to the Nation's wealth over 1927. Highlights include 61,886.00 in crops sold off the farm and a 365,452,000 gain in livestock inventory, driven by prices rather than herd growth. The total livestock and products value reached 515,028,000, though down 18,211,000 overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Towa Agriculture
Weather and Crops Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
M. G. Thornburg
United States Department of Agriculture
Thornburg
Towa
Pig Crop Special To Stop At Knoxville
Knoxville Iowa August 7 John Sher wood named general chairman of a farmers and merchants committee to arrange for the Burlington Pig Special Train stop on Monday September 16 1929. Educational train runs September 16 to 27 visiting 33 stops in southern Iowa with four exhibit cars showing feeding breeding management live animals and equipment for sanitary hog raising. The trip supports the college of agriculture pig campaign work as southern Iowa aims to boost hog production practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
John Sherwood
Burlington
Burlington Raiload
Iowa State
Southern Town
College of Agriculture
Iowa
Local committee plans for train arrival reception
The passage lists committee members from Knoxville and other towns tasked with advertising the train’s coming and arranging reception plans. An advance meeting at the C B & Q Depot on August 6 organized the local committee by M D Textrum, County Agricultural Agent, with Rex Beresford and Walter B Remley among the advance party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Chambers
Knoxville
Q. C. Emmerson
Dan Fee
Brownie Hudson
Tom Bane
Pleasantville
Gerrit Ryke
Otley
Clark Loynacan
H. W. Claussen
Knox
W. N. Kuenenman
M. D. Textrum
Rex Beresford
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Walter B. Remley
Burlington Agricultural
St. Louis
C. J. Connett
Burlington
Ottumwa
How Many Are a Few A Scotch Boy’s Apple Prize
The Christian Science Monitor debated the phrase how many are a few and found no authority. A Newark correspondent shared a story of a Scotch boy who earned three apples for memorizing scriptures but claimed eight, with authority cited from Holy Writ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Newark
Iad
Chronicle Wants Ads Bring Results
Fragmentary note quotes a poem line about water and survival. It suggests a boy earned eight apples and argues a few means eight. Chronicle wants advertisements to deliver results, implying classifieds boost visibility and outcomes.
Rebuilt Typewriters Price List
L C Smith No 8 54.90. Underwood No 5 89.90 30.90 Royal No 6 used 24.21 40.00 Corona Portable 29.90 44.90 Woodstock No 5 84.85.
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L. C. Smith
Underwood
Royal
Corona
Woodstock
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
James Veenman
H. H. Holliday
Mark
Anadarko, Okla
Udella Hendricks
George Ramsey
Ida Rassey
E. M. Cathart
Jacksonville, Fla
and Carl Kyser
Ames
Mut Davis
Second
Rustian Reformed Sunday School
Keol
Grundman Grove
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Marion County Farm Bureau
Ang
Ve. Pella
Laurel Chas
Hearst
Town Farm Bureau
van Vlietingham
Nancy Ruth
Omaha
Charlotte van Vliet
Donald Logham
Miss van Vliet
John van Vliet
Renaud
Ed van Buren
The
Baptist Church
van Buren
Union Street
Peter Lubberden
Mamie Baggerman
Gladys Craneer
Kate Beard
Oskaloosa Herald
Geo. Muyskens
Central College
George Muyskens
Grand Rapids
Central Reformed Church
Muyskens
Hope College
Vera Sadler
World Wide Guild of the Baptist Church
Workers Council
Golden Rule
Baptist Sunday School
Churches of the Oskaloo
Bankers Life ‘Co
Gerard
Nollen
Des Moines, Iowa
Pella, Iowa
Love Brothers
Puritan Drug Co
Chronicle
Marion County
Farmer’s Union
Grandman’s Grove
Henry C. Jacobs
Harson Four Orchestra
John Simpson
Oklahoma Farmer's Union
Union Auxiliary
J.c.penney
Franklin Street
Nation Department
Penimaid
Will
Winton
Sim
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