Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
A two afternoon country visit notes Cornelius De Geus and family west of Otley. Cornelius and Grace De Geus endured a fire that destroyed their home but rebuilt and married four years ago. They live with a lively son Willis Nicholas who helps at chores and fetches wood. The piece also mentions relatives from Pella and Otley and describes an old fashioned bedstead in their comfortable farm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Nollen
Cornelius DE Geus
Monroe
Dave van Haaften
Mr. de Geus
William de Geus
Pella
Marion
Andrew
Cornelius
Cornelia
Lake Geneva
de Geus
Grace Pannekoek
Nick
Nick Pannekoek
Otley
Yelle Jelsma
Ottey
Jelsma
Prosperity on this Farm and public sale talk
A fragmented column discusses farm prosperity and demand for old furniture at public sales. Mr De Geus seeks home and farm electricity, mentions Delco plants and the high line, and notes household lighting cost and service. Jelsma brothers letter prompts renewed employment and production debates, with views on corn hog prices and future planning. A correction note cites a miscaption about Mrs Betterton and a quip on pessimists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Geus
Delco
Jelsma Brothers Home Near Electrification Plans
The Jelsma brothers show a modern eight room house with furnace heat and early light and water service, awaiting connections. They discuss electric line proximity, a $42 yearly service cost, family fires, and farming past with cocklebur land history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelsma
Nick Pannekoek
Pella
Grace Pannekoek
Cornelius de Geus
Pleads Guilty to Cashing False Check
Mrs. M. F. Baker of Sigourney was arrested in Des Moines by Constable Art Lang on uttering a false check. She pled guilty before Justice Homer Boylan and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. The $12 check was cashed at Boylan's Cafe and was drawn on a Sigourney bank to cash. Baker's husband, also in Des Moines, is charged with cashing other alleged bad checks at Younkers. He reportedly asked his son in the navy for $75 to cover the checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Baker
Sigourney
Des Moines
Art Lang
Justice of Peace
Homer Boylan
Justice Boylan
Younkers
Burglar Fails to Open Safe at Creamery
Knoxville's first burglary in months occurred at the Knoxville Cooperative Creamery on the square. A rear window was forced open and about $2 in change was taken from the cash register. The thieves attempted to break the office safe, hammered the dial, and fled with no further loot. A safe expert opened the safe later that day, revealing a large sum of money and other valuables belonging to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Knoxville Cooperative Creamery
Knoxville Journal
32-Pound Rock Strikes CCC Boy at Knoxville Camp
Three accidents occurred at the Knoxville CCC Camp on Monday afternoon. A 32-pound rock fell from a truck, hitting Richard Beimer on the head and causing a headache, a bruise and minor blood loss. Paul Bellinghousen cut his big toe with a spade while working, and Harold Gluck suffered a deep cut on his hand in the kitchen. First aid was given by Dr. C. S. Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
CCC
Richard Beimer
Richard
Paul Bellinghousen
Harold Gluck
C. S. Cornell
Knoxville Journal
Recluse Eaten by Hogs on Farm Near Lacona
Joseph Lepley aged 81 living half a mile south of Lacona was found dead Monday afternoon in a hog lot on his farm his body mutilated by hogs The death was attributed to heart attack and apoplexy by County coroner Dr C H Mitchell Lepley lived alone and had 49 years in the neighborhood He is survived by four sons and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lepley
Lacona
Mr. Lepley
Harvey Lafen
Lester Oxenreider
C. H. Mitchell
Lepley
Knoxville Express
Frozen Fuel Line Delays Rocket Train
The Rocket train, normally an eight minute Metz to Newton run, halted Sunday due to a frozen fuel line a mile east of Metz. A Des Moines steam engine towed it to Chicago, arriving three hours late after Newton at 10 45 a.m. Regular service resumed Monday morning.
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Metz
Newton
Des Moines
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jelsma Farm
Mrs. Cornelius de Geus
Yelle Jeluma
Hom
Wilburne
Jessma Brothers
Dielos
G. F. Betterton
Ray Kingery
Dielos Jelsma
Ed Jelama
Willis Nickolas de Geus
Peter Kuipers
Lynnville
Farrow
John Deere
de Laval
Briggs & Stratton
Arie Bezemer
Shields & Renaud
Jasper County Savings Bank
Irl
Grace de Geus
Grace’ Burns
Mr.Jelsma
Sytsma
Nick Jelsma
Mr. Jelsma
Pannekoek
Clara
Franklin Street
Lot
Am Tite Island
Rock Island
Addres
C. C. Gardner
Locust Street
Iowa
Bankers Life
T. B
Deering
Jamesville
John Nter
Emerson Mower
Emerson
Haringle Harneck
Frank Jaarsma
Worth
Arie Vander Waal Albert van Maanen
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