Open House of Learning: School Starts in Pella
The article reflects on the momentous start of the school year as Pella and Iowa prepare for September 8 departures, with children entering kindergarten and first grades. It contrasts American public schooling with systems abroad, praising universal free education from kindergarten through twelfth grade and urging readers to safeguard liberty by preserving schools.
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Pella
Iowa
United States
Papa
Mama
Dig
Our
Y M C A AT KNOXVILLE FAIR PROVIDES FREE SLEEPING TENT
The Marion County Y M C A ran a tent at the Knoxville fair offering free lodging for Marion county Club Boys with stock poultry pigs or any exhibit who wished to sleep on the fair grounds. Boys slept on the ground with the secretary and used facilities for magazines newspapers and free stationery. Participants included Dan Boyer Dee Ward Paul Chambers Leon Miller Calvin Ridlen and Dale Hammonds.
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Marion County Y. M. C. A
Marion County Club
Dan Boyer
Melcher
Dee Ward
Nepal
Paul Chambers
Leon Miller
Calvin Ridlen
Dale Hammonds
Knoxville
Marion County
J. Stewart Brown
Knitters for Red Cross Need 100 Garments for Children
Pella volunteers urge ladies to knit 100 sweaters 100 pairs of stockings and 100 mufflers for children in war struck countries. Mrs G S Baron provides yarn and directions at her store and asks readers to begin today to aid the Red Cross effort.
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Red Cross
Pella
Family Picnic On Skunk River Near Pella
Monday this week Mr and Mrs G G Thomassen and their family plus relatives held a picnic on the Skunk river banks north of Pella. Attendees included Y T Van Niewaal J B Dykstra H P Neyenesch and daughters Hattie Helen and Gertrude of Pella, G V Orr and son of Waterloo, Orrs parents from Indianola, and Mr and Mrs W E Lauterbach recently returned from Army Y M C A work in Switzerland. The gathering marked the fifth anniversary of both couples marriages and honored the occasion.
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G. G. Thomassen
Pella
Skunk River
G. V. Orr
Little Son
Waterloo
Orr
Indianola
W. E. Lauterbach
Army Y. M. C. A
Switzerland
Lauterbach
VanRoekel Announces Partnership Change at Pella Supply Co
A. A. VanRoekel announces a partnership in the Pella Supply Co and asks all previous creditors to settle accounts at the office soon so the new firm can begin with a clean slate.
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Pella Supply Co
A. A. VanRoekel
Soldiers Day at Knoxville Fair Features Big Chicken Dinner
About fifty men from Pella and nearby attended Soldiers Day at the Marion County Fair in Knoxville on Friday August 15. The event offered free fair activities for soldiers sailors and marines in uniform including music by Ottumwa's Fifty Fourth Infantry band an address by Brigadier General H A Allen a big chicken dinner and an evening platform dance. The day drew three to four hundred at dinner with many more visiting the grounds and watching racing and other entertainment.
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Marion County Fair
Pella
Ottumwa
Fifty Fourth Infantry
H. A. Allen
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Iowa National Guard
E. B. Babbett
Camp Dodge
Knoxville
Fair
Gold Star Post No. 89
American Legion
D. C. VanZante
Taking Eastern Trip From Pella Notables
Henry W. Lunt formerly of Mahaska county and his wife, now Ottumwa residents, plan a sixty day journey back to New England visiting Chicago Detroit Toronto Montreal Boston and New York City among many historic sites including Bunker Hill and Lincoln's home.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Pella
Henry W. Lunt
Mahaska County
Ottumwa
Herald
New England
Boston
Chicago
Battle Creek
Mich
Grand Rapids
Ypsalanti
Detroit
Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Montreal
St. Lawrence
New Hampshire
Vermont
White Mountain
Portland
Maine
Casco Bay
Bunker Hill Monument
Charleston
Cambridge
Roxbury
Lynn
New York City
Hartford
Conn
New York
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Indianapolis
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Henry
Tax Levy Made by Aldermen
The City Council met Tuesday evening with all members present except Alderman Waechter. A tax levy of 61.5 mills was adopted for the coming year, up four mills from last year. Other items included alley conveyance requests, driveway permission for Laurence Van Rees, water connections, land exchange talks with Meyer Toom, and municipal debt payments. The council urged property tax exemption for John Jansma and authorized electric line connections for farmers along the Howell route.
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Waechter
Garden City Feeder Co
Laurence van Rees
W. Dodyns
Meyer Toom
Toom
Gaass
Howell
John Jansma
Marion county livestock contest yields top scorers and pig winners
Ten Marion county boys competed in livestock and corn judging at the county fair for a chance at the Iowa State Fair. William A. Barnes led with 376 of 400, followed by Lester Holmes and Ralph Roberts. Boys earned premiums and may travel to Des Moines. nine calves at Knoxville earned various placings, with Stella Pack winning the Marion County Pig Contest with a 210 pound Poland China.
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Marion County
J. M. Dowell
William A. Barnes
Knoxville
Lester Holmes
Polk Township
Ralph Roberts
Carl Lane
Leon Miller
Daniel Richie
Dale Hammond
Harold’ Maddy
Paul Chambers
Donald Rankin
Des Moines
Family Reunion at Geo Gezell Home on South St
Last Sunday a Geo Gezel home reunion on South St brought 22 Porter family members together including Chas Porter and wife, Ed and family, Eeith Gezel and family of Pella, Helen Meyers and family of Prairie City, and Claude Porter and family of Kansas City. Also notes furnace and stove repair services offered by VanZante Bros Hardware Men.
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Geo. Gezel
South St. As
Chas. Porter
Eeith Gezel
Pella
Helen Meyers
Prairie City
Claude
Kansas City
Livestock Show Yields Few Entries and Wins
The article notes a small turnout with only two entries in the sow class. Leon Miller of Knoxville won first place with a litter of eight Duroc Jersey pigs, while Dale Hammond took second with a pen of six Poland Chinas. Duroc Jerseys were larger and older, influencing the result. Marion county youth are praised for their livestock showing, with future coverage promised for poultry, canning, grain, and more.
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Knoxville
Ora Campbell
Dallas
D. Ward, Jr
Calvin Ridlen
Harley Promtt
Pleasantville
Carl Lane
Polk Township
Donald Rankin
John Rietveld
Pella
Jacob McVay
Bussey
Marion County
Stella Pack
Miss Pack
Bennie Barnes
Leon Miller
Dale Hammond
Poland
China
New Equipment for Market Expands in Sully Move
The Holland Meat Market in Pella sells its entire new shop fixtures and a cooling plant to Colsma and Kaldenberg, who will relocate them to Sully to open a modern meat market. Van Wely and Schilder will butcher for the Sully firm, delivering fresh meat twice weekly.
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Holland
Holland Market
Colsma & Kaldenberg
Sully
Messrs
van Wely
Wceless
Pella
van Wely & Schilder
U S Officers Held by Bandits Near Mexican Border
An incident near the border resulted in two U S army aviators being captured by Mexican bandits after landing in Mexican territory. A ransom of 15000 in gold was paid, and one officer escaped with the other captive. The piece calls for Mexican restitution and warns of possible U S invasion if not addressed.
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Mexico
U. S
H. G. Peterson
Paul H. Davis
Rio Grande
Conchos
Texas
War Department
U. S. Army
Carranza
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Knoxville Fair
Fair Association
Pig Club
VanZante Bros
U.S
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