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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1929

Page

4

Valley Junction Social Notes Tale From Sunday Visit

Mind Dora Hynes of Valley Junction spent Sunday at her mother Mrs D Hynes home. John Pol and family joined the select ends 28 owed to 616 Washington. Miss Mae Thomassen and the J Dykstra family were sightseeing in the Capital City Sunday. Ed Cookland family attended the state fair Theaday.

Dora ‘Hynes Valley Junction D. Hynes John. Pol Washington Mae Thomassen J. Dykstra Ed Cookland F. D. Stubenrauch Harry Awtry Knoxville R. A Amelia Rhynsberger University of Sioux City Hospers Lewiston Idshe Hte Pelle Anthony Hospers Josephine Thomas Freinds Misa Aimee Branscomb Des Moines A. Butt John Rillihan L. Hynes Green Bay Wisc Martin Paardekooper Jean Mullinex Rainy Lake Ft. Francis Canada A. McFadden Cedar Rapids Mrs. Breen Moravia H. W. Slob Newton Elizabeth Beyer Gertrude van Ommen Oskaloosa

Social notes from Pella area mark many visits and travels

Prof and Mrs Fred Bosch return from Minnesota and South Dakota promoting Central college. Numerous visitors arrive from Des Moines Ames Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids. Miss Minnie Van Gorp leaves for Chicago to teach. family moves and illnesses noted. pre nuptial dinner for Isa Beulah Veenstra. fall sale announcement for Duroe boars and gilts.

Fred Bosch. Herbert Minnesota South Dakota Central College Karl Ver Steeg Wooster College Ohio George Ver Steeg Des Moines N. Ver Steeg Herman Bauman W. H. Pickerel Eddyville M. Vander Linden Ottumwa Vander Linden Ames State Highway Commission Minnie van Gorp Chicago Minnie Grace Veen J. Veenstra

Marion Countyian Is Given Degree

Ames Iowa Aug 27 Degrees were conferred on 04 graduates of Iowa State College at the commencement exercises here Tuesday morning which closed the second summer session at the college. Among the graduates were Elmer H King bachelor of science industrial science Knoxville. As part of the matriculation examination in English the entering students were asked to write a brief definition of their conception of a self-made man. One young lady wrote as follows A self-made man in like a self-made cigarette just a lot of bull wrapped in a transparent cover. Airplane pededele are tested in a wind tunnel they might get a dandy tryout in the Senate chamber.

Ames Iowa Iowa State College Arion County Elmer H. ‘King Knoxville Senate

Prairie City Obituary notices and funeral details

Mrs John Van Saleum dies suddenly at home in Prairie City and funeral arrangements set at Black Oak Center cemetery after services at First Reformed church conducted by Rev William Goulooze. Alida Dunnink dies at Home for the Aged at 70 years 11 months 2 days funeral Saturday at 2.00 led by Rev Henry C Jacobs. Survived by three children and siblings. Andy Nelson dies suddenly at home southwest of the city aged about 55 with few details available.

M. C. van Gorp C. J. van Gorp Prairie City van Persum John Klein West First Street West Franklin Street T. Plette J. H. Reuvers Dick Synhorst John van Saleum Pelsu Howdt & Plette Black Oak Center First Reformed Church William Goulooze Alida Dunnink John de Raad Fifield Anne de Raad Pella Lizzie de Boest Evanston, HL Ohio Andy Nelson

Paris Woman Granted Divorce After Husband Claimed He Only Wanted Friendship

Mme Helene Lagonier of Paris was granted a divorce when she testified that after marriage her husband said he only wanted to be her friend. The fragment mentions decorative designs and symbols and a reference to Health Greetings 1929, but the core fact is the Paris divorcе ruling based on a friend claim.

Mme Helene Lagonier Paris

Immense Christmas Seal Sale Opens in Iowa

Des Moines August 28 Thirty two million penny Christmas seals have been received by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association for the twenty second annual campaign opening November 29. Committees are being appointed in each county to distribute the seals and raise funds for child health work, nurse services, school health supplies, and general health education. Proceeds support local health programs and state efforts in tuberculosis prevention and heart disease, contributing to lower mortality over 22 years.

Des Moines Iowa Tuberculosis Association

Unclear excerpt hints at politics and social issues

Fragmentary text mentions Rovereto proprietor and a customer count, religious education, child release laws in Dakota and Minnesota, a tree metaphor for delay, President Hoover’s image and peanuts, Washington politics, and a dented automobile fender as a visual cue.

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