Farmers Union Speakers Talk On Vital Issues
Speakers at a Farmers Union meeting debate farm relief and economic recovery. Glenn Miller, president, denounces the farm crisis, cites banking and tax woes, and criticizes politicians and county agents while urging perseverance and patriotism amid calls for policy changes.
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Farmers Union
Milo Reno
Glenn Miller
Town Farers Union
Miller
Farm Bureau Movement
Chain
Swift & Co
Five essential health activities guide public welfare
The American Public Health Association urges a well organized health department focusing on five core activities: safeguarding child health, contagion control, accurate birth and death records, support of public health laboratories, and sanitary control of disease spread from waste and vermin. State and local agencies must coordinate to implement these duties through health departments, labs, sanitation, and data collection.
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American Public Health Association
State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Lief
State Department of Health and Health
Fulls Health
Local social notes and births from Otley area
Miss Lena Bandstra and Miss Artie Booy visited friends Sunday. Several residents suffer tonsillitis while B Goemaat remains ill at the Home for the Aged. Dr Nellie Kramer lists births: twins a boy and girl to Mr and Mrs Lloyd McFall near Otley and a daughter Marlene Ruth to Mr and Mrs Abe Dykstra near Otley. Otto De Hoog injures his left thumb in a silo feeder. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Arie Huisman. Everett and Mrs Van Engelenhoven move to Holland Michigan for seminary studies. Mr and Mrs Church and Mr and Mrs Meyn visit Mrs L W Hartley. Weeda of Tingley visits, Nancy Renaud to Algo na for teaching. Alda Mae Van Duren and Belle Bogard head to College Springs to teach.
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Nellie Kramer
Lloyd McFall
Otley
Marlene Ruth
Abe Dykstra
Arie Huisman
Wm. Church
John Meyn
Mr. Church
Ladies Aid Tea at Baptist church on Aug 31
The Fourth Division of the Ladies Aid will host a tea at the Baptist church Thursday afternoon August 31 with an interesting program and lunch. A silver offering will be taken. The Herweyners picnic of 1938 is a past event with attendees from up to 20 miles around Pella and beyond including Delos Van Zante of Minneapolis and Bryn Van Steenbergen of Newton. The First Reformed Sunday school picnic at Paul Ver Meer farm featured an afternoon program led by Artie Hasselman, with music, readings, and prayers, followed by races, a diamond ball game, and other activities supervised by Wm. Bosch, Wm. Bogaard, Mrs. M, and Geo. Vander Voort.
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Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Herweyners
Pella
Delos van Zante
Minneapolis
Minn
Bryn van Steenbergen
Newton
van Dellen
Ter Louw
First Reformed Sunday School
Paul Ver Meer
Artie Hasselman
Wm. Bogaards
Samuel
Jean Vande Voort
Gretchen Fennema
Lawrence Fennema
Herman Douwstra
Wm. Bosch
Wm. Bogaard
Mrs. M
Geo.‘ Vander Voort
Ultra modern household tale lingers on club day
A fragmented scene shows a wife preparing to go out while a small husband frets at being left alone. The piece hints at social roles and domestic tension in an urban setting, with a club meeting looming and an anxious, dependent spouse.
New flare law strict in enforcing parked truck safety
Iowa enforces a new flare requirement for night stopping trucks across the state. Flares must be visible for 500 feet, with a recommended setup 75 feet in front, behind, and to the side facing traffic. Violations carry up to $100 fine and 30 days in jail.
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Iowa
P. J. Grundman
State Motor Vehicle Department
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Alex Miller
Iowa State Highway Commission
Keomah Lake Project Eyed For Iowa Lake Region
Keomah Lake in Lakeless southern Iowa may gain a state supervised playground. About 18 000 to 20 000 dollars needed for land acquisition is promisingly on the way though not fully subscribed. The proposed 100 acre fishing lake would sit in a 300 acre state park mid way among Sigourney Ottumwa Albia Knoxville Newton Grinnell and Montezuma and create a new lake region.
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Iowa
Keomah Lake
Mahaska County
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Albia
Knoxville
Newton
Grinnell
Montezuma
Keomah Park
Heating the Home Addressing Winter Comfort
This excerpt urges planning for heating fixes or a central system before cold weather arrives. It notes costs depend on outside temperature, wind exposure, insulation, inside temperature, and fuel efficiency, citing the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering.
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Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
System design and handling affect fuel plant efficiency
The bureau notes that costs of various systems are similar when plants are properly designed and installed and operated by skilled workers. It stresses easy control requiring minimal attention and that the plant should burn efficiently a variety of fuels.
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Bureau
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J. N
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Old Opera House
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Artie Booy
Janet de ‘Ock
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Margaret, Huyser
Helen Loff
Sully
B. Goemaat
Arie de Hoedt
Lenora ‘Scholte
Everett van Engelenhoven
Holland, Mich
Western Theological Seminary
H. L. Renaud
Nancy
Algona
Alda Mae van Duren
Belle Bogard
College Springs
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Herveyners Picnic
Fish and Game
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Professor Sadler
D. den Adel
Miele
Melas
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