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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
8
In a travelogue from Old Missouri the Harvey Chronicle scribe contrasts Missouri and Iowa, praising rail service while lamenting rain and poor soils. local notes include church activities, family visits, and community events, with a traffic accident report ending the item.
In Peoria Iowa on December 7 Mr and Mrs W T Huizenga of Fulton spent last week visiting Rev Vander Werp. Mr and Mrs Peter Jonker were Pella callers last Tuesday. Henry Veenstra hosted Lam bert and Grace Vander Melen and J L Veenstra and family at Leighton Thursday. Mrs A F Kool learned Saturday that a relative Mrs John Kool near Pella died Friday in Mercy hospital Des Moines. Funeral services were held Monday.
Cordova Iowa reports illness of Wm Karr and notes a busy harvest season with farmers gathering corn amid flooding and mud. Local activities include a pie supper at Fifield school, a hog shipment to St Louis, Xmas plans at Red Rock church, and family gatherings regarding Henry Muilenberg and Grace Jones orchard land.
A large gathering of friends and relatives celebrated Mr and Mrs William Zegers twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their Killduff home. Guests from Newton Reasner Sully Otley Kellogg Lynnville and Belmont shared games music and a luncheon. Separate items mention Bar ney Dunsbergen dinners and a Killduff PTA meeting with a Christmas program.
An advertisement touts Adlerika as a German remedy that cleanses both upper and lower bowel to wash out poisons causing gas and poor sleep. It urges readers to buy from Vander Linden's Drug Store and promises quick, noticeable effects by tomorrow.
Library notes argue that a book’s influence on character may determine success or failure. They urge readers to evaluate whether a book nourishes, informs, and motivates self improvement, warning against merely entertaining works with lesser value.
Mrs. A. F. Simons was knocked down and run over last Saturday evening at about 6:45 o clock while crossing the street at the Mor. The incident left her badly bruised about the body but no bones broken.
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