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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
2
Local notes report Mrs. Paul Langstraat recovering after goiter operation at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa. Several residents travel to Chicago for business, visits, or vacations. others announce home repairs, medical updates, or family gatherings in nearby towns and cities including Pella Des Moines Ottumwa and Tracy.
The report lists church and family activities across Madrid Michigan and nearby towns. Mentions of Breverbs 22.0 a theme about guiding youth, plus notes on visits, travel to Leaf Lake Shenandoah and Des Moines. Several families including Van Nimwegen Kieft Heeren Winters Vander Linden and Blommers are noted with relatives and trips.
Announcement by A W Houghton, president of National Business training school, reveals Mr Lautenbach joins as principal and head of instruction in accounting securities analyst and auditing department. He previously held the same post at Lead City business school in Lansing Michigan. He will reside at 1700 Nebraska Sioux City Journal.
A desk at the Chronicle building filled with live frogs after two children and their helpers transport the tiny quarry from West Market pool to the newsroom. The boys Vander Ploeg and Jaarsma, sons of local residents, chased and captured the midget frogs for a playful stunt, then struggled to corral them back into the box.
A drunken driver was fined 300 dollars under a new law. Judge J. Singers of Naoma presided. The defendant was ordered to pay the money to his family and attorney, with the case noted as a failure to pay. L. M. Crookham was appointed as the attorney of record.
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus unveils 1937 seven-wing spectaculars with 800 performers and lavish costumes. Led by Sam W Gumpertz the show promises Europe Asia and South America stars including The Great Aloys and William Heyer. Arrival in O Kalvasu on Sunday August 29 marks a global extravaganza of color and pageantry.
Fragmentary OCR describes a double-length steel railroad with ears carrying B6OU people and LUOD mena as animals, mentioning seven elephants and two horses. The text is fragmented and lacks verifiable context or dates.
Cora Verwers Poortinga born August 16 1906 Peuris Iowa died at home in Otley Iowa aged 10 years 11 months and US days. Wife of Frank R Poortinga married December 21 1927. Survived by husband son Ralph her parents Meo and Mrs Jake Veewers Kellogg and siblings Willian Cordova Remey Kellogg Ben Lyonville Marion Raymond Olney Melvin Kellogg plus many relatives. Describes her as a loving wife and mother whose life featured illness yet faith in Jesus Christ and hope of a heavenly city prepared by God.
John Baarda and his son Krank become the new managers of the D-X service station on the wet side of Monroe. The pair bring family leadership to the local gas and repair facility, located just two blocks from the town center.
The article describes a tireless commercial district west of the square with a night lunch stand and car and truck service, plus bus stops and comfortable waiting areas. It notes Bedford’s tax status, modern schools, water and sewage, and cites Mayor Jesse Ward Magpie, a native with historical ties to local industry. It ends with a reader suggestion about taxes and inheritance.
Bedford Virgerte town, population about 2000, has a reputation as a tax free city. Since early years, citizens paid little in assessments while a municipally owned light and water plant covers government costs. The council, led by a mayor and ten elected members, governs with a city manager, many workers from local factories.
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