St Nicholas Day Customs in Holland and Pella
Dutch and Pella families celebrate St Nicholas Day with cookies toys and pastry letters. In Holland the gift giver resembles a bishop and distributes gifts anonymously while aiding the needy. The holiday blends Christmas and Halloween traditions with church services carols and special pastries observed December 6.
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St. Nicholas
Arie Schiller
Wormhoudt
Nicholas
Santa Claus
Mr. Wermhoudt
Holland
Netherlands
Christ
Big Spectacle Set For Dec 8 9 With Moses Role Cast
The front page feature previews a dramatic December 8 and 9 production with Simon Heemstra as Moses and Charles Dyksten as Pharaoh. Janes Cankelon, Len Linder, Harold Mave, and Paul Ammerman headline a large cast including Nick Vinge, Miriam Portrayals, and a choir of 88 under Anne ingren.
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Simon Heemstra
Charles Dyksten
Pharoah
Siavething
Janes Cankelon
Vr Tx
Enhet
Jan
Conne Twa
Len Linder
Harold Mave
Paul Ammerman
Moses Haul Ammmerman
Nick Vinge
Aaron
Mes
Pietoupol
Miriam
Cinera van Emmerik
Betty Linkelma
Fanice van Hemert
Kenneth Bean
Harry Tesselink
Clea Joy Kuyper
Kenneth Vander Linden
Martin Heerema
Mary
Chirence Vander Mouleeph
Three Kings Orient
Vathaven
Ray de Haan
Donald Menning
White Tack Bootana
Mannies van Willison
Shepherds
Anne Ing
Penney Store Pays Christmas Bonus to 24,000 Workers
The local J C Penney store announced a Christmas bonus for associates nationwide. All regular employees with over a year receive two extra weeks pay, while shorter-tenured staff receive proportionate amounts. Company president lauded 1926 as the most successful year in Penney history. In Pella, nine associates will share the bonus as the store praises loyal service and customer support.
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J.C. Penney Company
Leo Linder
Penney Company
B.C
Penney
Pella
Linder
Want Ads Too Late to Classify in Newspaper
Classified items include FOR SALE items such as two male colts four spotted gilt bred for March farrow one Chester White male hog and several posts. Also FOR RENT stock field azure and a modern house wanted. Found Boston Bulldog. police identified a man killed west of Bevan’s Washingtons location. Ad contains several misc entries and contact hints.
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Farrow
Chester
Fifield
G. G. Klyn
Cordova
Ste
Bevan
Washingtons
English Plum Pudding and Christmas Cakes Recipe Card
A historic American recipe card presents an English Christmas plum pudding and holiday fruit cake. It details ingredients like almonds, raisins, currants, citron, citrus peel, and spices, plus detailed mixing and boiling steps and a steamed or baked finish. Includes decorative finishing tips and a large festive fruit cake.
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Arthur
Eup
Oats Based Treats and Yeast Bread from Quaker Oats
Instructions outline two baked goods using Quaker Oats. One is oatmeal cookies mixed with boiling water and flour, then baked thin after rolling. The other is a yeast bread with oats, flour, brown sugar, nuts, and two yeast cakes, mixed with boiling water, allowed to rise, shaped into small loaves, and baked in a hot oven.
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Hutk
Hard Say Hard Sauce Recipe Instructions
A compact note outlines a recipe step by step for a sauce. It instructs creaming butter until light, gradually beating in confectioners sugar, then adding a flavoring extract. The text specifies a cup of butter and two hours of cover time, implying preparation steps and texture goals.
Pella Girl Accepted Post at Sears Office in Oskaloosa
Miss Marian Halverson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Halverson of Pella, leaves the American Institute of Business in Des Moines to join Sears Roebuck in Oskaloosa. She graduated West Union High and earned Alpha Iota membership. Others from Pella, Miss Mary Touise Le Cocq, Bernice Dykstra, and Mr Henry Klein, are enrolled at ATB now.
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Marian Malverson
Ed Halverson
Pella
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Oskaloosa
Isa Halverson
West Union High School
A. LB
Alpha Tota
Mary Touise le Cocq
Bernice Dykstra
Henry Klein
A. T.B
Old Ice Plant Being Torn Down at Pella Creamery
The ice plant of the old Pella Creamery is being torn down. It has been sold to Jim Van Houweling and Henry Meer and will be moved to a jointly owned farm near Eddyville. There it will be used for an outbuilding. the structure dates back over fifty years and holds a long local history.
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Pella Creamery
Jim van Houweling
Henry Meer
Eddyville
Meetings At Baptist Church Draw Keen Interest
The Christian Life Conference at the local Baptist Church, broadcast by KFJB, drew a fine audience as Rev. J. M. Carlson of Monroe delivered an earnest Ephesians message. Music from Monroe and Ed LeCocq’s solo marked the opening. John Masemore of Tama shared a thoughtful Ephesians talk on Our Vast Present and Future.
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Christian Life Conference
KFJB
J. M. Carlson
Monroe
Ephesians
Ed LeCocq
John Masemore
Tama
Ephesians 2
Solery
Wi Wing
J. M. Carls
Dnes Aday Ns
Gil Dahlberg
Eldora
W. W. Steinmetz
Newton
J. Lewis Bowser
Fineley Avenue Baptist Church
Ottumwa
R.T. Nordlund
Bowser
BY. P. U
Howser
Heemstra Highlights Growth at Central College Industries
Mr Heemstra of Central College Industries spoke to students about three months of progress since starting from scratch. He cited success in producing market ready articles including an educational toy with strong market promise. Five machines operate from 10 am to 9 pm as student shifts work at the factory. The venture, though still ironing details, shows potential and will benefit the college in due time.
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Heemstra
Central College Industries
Public Sale Dates and Rescue of Two Boys Adrift
Public sale dates listed for several farmers near Sully Monro and Runnels with Dec dates. Rock Island police aided two boys, Harry Boling 14 and Donald Boling 10, stranded in a boat on the Mississippi River after drifting from a Davenport Crescent bridge terminus. The youths used sticks to propel the craft into deeper water.
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Rock Island
Mississippi River
Harry Boling
Donald Boling
Davenport
Crescent Bridge
Dr C E Van Doren Celebrates Music Career Milestone
Dr C E Van Doren aged 52, director of the State University of Town bands, marks a silver anniversary of choosing not to escape a musical career. The longtime conductor reflects on his decision and his ongoing work with university ensembles.
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C. E. van Doren
State University of Town Bands
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