Local visitors and social notes fill Pella week
Locals report Mr and Mrs James Wattle Monroe business visitors in Polls. Mrs L Carter Prairie City not in city last Saturday. De Jong went to Rochester for a minor operation and returned ill, improving by Wednesday. Lectures, college events, and family notices weave through a busy week in Pella with travel, exams, and community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wattle
Monroe
Martin J. de Jong
Rochester
Minnesota
Irwin J. Lubbers
Des Moines Credit Men's Association
Younkers
America
Tom Sawyer
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Peter van Niewaal
Clarence
M. Dockendorff
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Dockendorf
The
International
Chicago
Central College
Henry T. Vander Ark
National Youth Admistration
NYA
Ruth Klein
R. A. Awtry
H. H. Geelhoed
Eva Stubenrauch
Fred Lankelma
Knoxville
Frank Stubenrauch
Mark Shaw
Marion Porter
Philuthea
Eleanor Kimmell
Vey
Co. Gezel
Miss Kimmell
W. H. H. Barker
Pella
Mattie Vander Linden
Pulaski
Bloomfield
Marion County
Areol
Marysville
Harvey Johns
Bussey
Johns
Herman de Jong
Arlene Carol
de Jong
Catherine Vander Linden
Kramer
Still College of Steopathy
Des Moines
M. Kramer
North Main Street
Moschel
Pyle
D. G. van Zante
Oldest Person In Prairie City Dies Saturday
Funeral services were held in Prairie City for Mrs. J. P. Johnston the town’s oldest resident at death. She was ninety six, came with her husband in a covered wagon and served in the Civil War. Survived by a nun and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
J. P. Johnston
Alcatraz hair cut craze hits Central College campus
John MacGregor, a Central College sophomore from Johnstown New York, popularizes the Alcatraz hair cut at Graham Hall breakfast. A small club forms with fifteen members as peers rush to imitate the style before yearbook photos and holidays. The piece notes local scenery and memories of Coalport and river flats amid farming and regional history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxbrouck
Grundy Center
Don
Jack Davis
Des Moines
Bill Hunter
Ridgefield
N. J
Bobo
Bob Tinnant
Lakeview
S. Dakota
Arnold Langwick
New Paltz
N. Y
Don’ Mo
East Moline
Illinois
John MacGregor
Johnstown
Central College
Story
Graham Hall
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Club
Want to Travel Join the U S Army
The U S Army invites young men to travel to the Philippine Islands Alaska Hawaii Panama Canal and coasts while learning trades. Recruiting efforts aim to staff new streamlined divisions with training in southern camps before returning home. Open vacancies include Air Corps ports in Tacoma Philippines and Hawaii plus Quartermaster at Hamilton Field Washington and Panama Canal zone. Army recruiters operate in Mason City Port Dodge Waterloo Cedar Rapids Davenport Burlington Dubuque Ottumwa and Des Moines offices.
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U. S. Army
Philippine Islands
Alaska
Hawaii
Panama Canal
Army
Air Corps
Tacoma
Washington
Philippines
Quartermaster Corps
Flying Fields
Hamilton Field
California
Panama Canal Zone
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
New Jersey
Medical Department
Mason City
Port Dodge
Wateloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Dubuque
American Legion Hall
Ottumwa
Federal
Des Moines
Sweet Tooth For Strope Made Near This City
A Chron icle reprints a decades old letter from John Momsen of Alexandria South Dakota to Brinkhoffs drug store seeking sorghum from the area. The note recalls boyhood playmates Des Moines river bottom near C T Van Lint place and a timber mill river bend memory while ten gallons of sorghum are sent and appreciation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horseshoe Bend
Coalport
South Dakota
Alexandria
The
Chronicle
John Momsen
Brinkhoff
Mr. Momsen
Des Moines
C. T. van Lint
Mr. van Lint
Momsen
van Lint
Cornelius van Lint
Boy Hod
One Per Cent of Nation Income for Education Plan
The National Resources Planning Board reports 1935 36 spending across categories from food 29 percent housing 16 percent and education less than 1 percent. Current consumption 1 cent of total income saved 10 percent given to relatives and charities 4 percent. Family car spending 6 percent and total auto spending 3 hundred million dollars.
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National Resources Planning Boards
Apple Sauce Cake with Honey and Spices
Fragrant branded recipe for an easy apple cake blending honey, cinnamon, cloves and applesauce. Cream shortening with honey and spices, alternate adding flour mixed with soda and applesauce, then fold in raisins dates nuts. Bake in greased pan at 360 degrees for one hour.
Hidden Tax Load Hits City Furniture Shoppers
A National Consumers Tax Commission survey shows Pella shoppers paid 6213 in hidden taxes last year as makers and sellers pass along taxes through the retail price. The study notes hidden levies raise individual article costs and total national tax burden, with NCTC president Melville Mucklestone stressing consumer impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Consumers Tax Commission
E. A. Hunt
Des Moines
NGTO
Towa
Melville Mucklestone
NCTC
Local furnishings sales totaled fifty seven thousand dollars
Taxes in household equipment sales were computed from government figures placing local furnishings sales at 57 000 dollars.
How to Make Yeast Bread by Homemakers
Practical guide explains that with flour liquid and yeast any woman can bake tasty rolls. It covers gluten formation from flour and liquid, kneading 8 to 10 minutes, and handling dough as it becomes smooth. Rest periods of 10 to 15 minutes improve shape and resiliency for loaves and rolls.
Coffin Gift Considered Suitable for Elder Relative in China
A Chinese social custom views a coffin as an appropriate present for an aged family member. The notion reflects traditional beliefs about honoring elders and ensuring a peaceful afterlife.
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China
Best Hunting Story Of Year Comes To Light
A group of Atlantic big game hunters visits a farm and a man seeks permission to roam with a gun. One hunter shoots a horse and then hints at shooting a man as the others watch in horror. A peace officer arrests him while the rest flee to a Curtis store for a quart of nervice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sye Gver
Atlantic
After School Snack For Susie And A Devoted Jack Horner Sandwich
A text from the Avoca Journal-Herald discusses after school snacks for Susie, stressing nutrition between lunch and supper. It offers a Jack Horner sandwich recipe with mushrooms cream soup, ground ham and chicken, and buttered bread. A farmer testifies about a hunter asked to shoot an old blind horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Horner
Avoca Journal-Herald
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Marion
Martha Zylstra
Alamosa
Colorado
Gerben Zylstra
Gerrit Hoekstra
Abbott
Graham Fair
Moody Bible Institute
Bernice van Baren
Edward van Baren
Warren van Sittert
Grinnell
Will van Sittert
M. van Doornink
J. Weber
West Des Moines
Ben Renaud
Mrs. Renaud
Rock Island Lines
Arzona
Central
Des Moines Register
Liter-Cook
Attica
Vander Linden
Yano
Kuyper
Pd Oa A
Dorothy Greig
the Dress & Specialty Shop
Mrs. Mitten
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