Pella Homestead Tour Across Holland Immigrant Roots
Immigrant families from the Holland community near Pella recount early days. The Jonker farm shows 188 acres with dairy cheese making and a novel wagon wheel device on a gate. Gerrit Walraven and family recall 86 and 172 acre farms, toll road memories, and English learning. Mrs Roorda, last survivor of the Scholte immigrant group, recalls Oregon residence, ox teams, and frontier life at 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jonker
Mr. Jonker
Hedrick
Herman Bauman
Jonker
Michigan
D. W. Gauss
Gauss
Jonkers
John Walraven
Gerrit Walraven
Miss van Zante
Delis van Zante
Walraven
Holland
Leighton
Vander Ploeg
Buwalda
Miss Roorda
Anne Roorda
Henry P. Scholte
Roorda
Mr. Roorda
Abram Bogaards
America
Roorda Boys
Vander Ploegs
Keokuk
Pella
City of Refuge
Abram Buwalda
Mount Hood
Flora Roorda
Oregon
Wiggert
Pearson
Henry Field Station
Library Notes on New Books and Readers Picks
A library notice lists new titles and reader favorites for patrons, including Close-Hauled by Pasma a sea memoir praised by Edward Bok, Mammy's White Folks by Sampson a Southern romance, His Own People by Rogers a pioneer biography, and Humanity Uprooted by Hindus a Soviet Russia critique among other works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasma
Frisia
Henry K. Pasma
East Indies
Conrad
Edward Bok
Mammy
Sampson
Soviet Russia
Russia
Hindus
Farm Bureau Exhibits At State Fair
County Farm Bureaus and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation plan key roles at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 26 to September 4. A special exhibit will be placed in Agricultural Hall while the Service and Insurance Departments will set up tents nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Producers
Women's and Childrens
Womens
Farm Bureau
Chas. H. Mayo
Rochester
Minnesota
Brown
Arizona
Federal Farm Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Agricultural Hall
How One Woman Lost 10 Ibs In a Week
Dayton resident Mrs Betty Luedeke shares her experience with Kruschen weight loss claiming a ten pound drop in seven days. She recommends taking one half teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast. An 85 cent bottle lasts about four weeks and is sold at drug stores nationwide with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jonker
Virginia
Jonker Place
Holland
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Walravens
Gerrit
Walraven
Lasiter
Richard Lautenbach
Harold
L. H. Vander Linden
Richard Vander Ploeg
Vander Ploeg
John Vander Ploeg
Old Country
Nebraska
Pella
van der Ploeg
Bill Cook
Betty Luedeke
Dayton
America
Correction on reward and returnee in pocketbook case
The previous report on Norman Langerak losing his pocketbook omitted a financial reward linked to the incident and misnamed the returning party. Mr Huss is identified as the man who returned the money along with the belongings, alongside the ring of Bologna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Belgian Congo
China
Japan
Africa
Max
St. Clair
Sunny
Minnesota
Moorland
Mousie
Exmoor
Patience Coke
Douglas
Dr. Hudson
Norman Langerak
Mr. Huss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chronicle
J. P. Jonker
P. J. Jonker Habitation
Harold Walraven
Kuyper
Gerrit. Walraven
James Kuyper
Mr. Walraven
Library Notes
Caroline Wells
Guernsey
Grandman
Guernsey Dairy
Bayer
State Fair
United States
Fred Lauterbach
Dave Verought
Insurance Agency
South Side Square
Ambulance Service
Star Auto Company
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
Cary GC. M. A. G
White Way Auto Company
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