Memories of Pella Park School Reminiscences
An elderly writer recalls the old Park School in Pella, describing cramped classrooms, brutal stove heat, muddy grounds, and makeshift lessons. He contrasts harsh past conditions with today while preserving names, places, and vivid scenes from a Dutch town’s educational history.
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Pella
Old Park
Old Park School
Ozen
Ita
Adam
Charlie
Texas
Hish
Daugh
Bootsma Drug Store Sale Approved in Bloomfield
Judge EF K. Daugherty approved the sale of the Bootsma drug store in Bloomfield to Eugene Giles in Ottumwa on Saturday, marking the completion of the transaction and transfer of ownership.
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Bootsma Drug Store
Bloomfield
Eugene Giles
EF. K. Daugherty
Ottumwa
Bloomfield drug store to reopen after Bootsma death
The Bloomfield store, closed since John Bootsma’s death, will reopen once new stock and equipment are added. An announcement will appear in Bloomfield newspapers. The sale includes drug stocks, sundries, furniture, rampment and fixtures. purchase price was $2,001 per Otis L. Rector, administrator. Eugene Giles, son of Dr and Mrs Grant Giles, Bloomfield, is studying at the University of Iowa.
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John Bootsma
Bloomfield
Otis L. Rector
John Bootsmans
Eugene Giles
Grant Giles
Bloom i
University of Low
Arni
Poetic Dedication and Wartime Social Sentiments
A fragmented poem devoted to Mr. EV Goad mingles verses with notes on romance and memory. The piece is interwoven with clipped social and political observations, including WPA imagery, school debates, and officials urging protective measures, reflecting a mosaic of midcentury cultural concerns.
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WPA
Fundi
York
National Capitol
Social Service
New York
Lehman
Department of
New York Works Progress Chief Refuses to Hear Protests
New York City Works Progress administrator declares protests against his policy summarily invalid. He cites the need for order and efficiency in relief programs while critics warn of undue suppression of public dissent and misallocation of funds.
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New York City
Works Progress
CURRENT SIMILES
A collection of comparison lines likening wisdom to a turkey gobbler and disappointment to a drumstick a boy hoped for. It pairs old sayings about empty wagons and glib talk with critique of League of Nations actions and nations arming for defense. The tone mirrors rustic opinionated prose from a past era.
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League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Independent Woman Smokes to Provoke Men on Station Scene
A woman lights and inhales a cigarette in a defiant gesture aiming to show independence amid male scrutiny. In Keokuk, a Santa Fe Chief detoured Saturday after a truck carrying 5,000 pounds of stolen iron stalled near New Boston Iowa, blocking tracks and forcing a halt before engineers moved the train on a parallel line.
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Santa Fe
Keokuk
New Boston
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Bill the Bach
Chile
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Guarantee Mayyay Life
Comany
Omaha
NEBR
Millar’s
Bootsma
Mr. EV. Goad
Mickey
Mr. Goad
Song
Gene’s Beauty Nook
Pella Hotel
Val
Ana
Coats
Coats Val
TS Sap
Dodds
Marion County
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