Van Zee Family Tempts Windstorm Fortunes Near Town
Martin Van Zee and family of six moved from Prairie City to the G B Kolenbrander farm near Pel, just in time for a damaging early summer windstorm that toppled several buildings. The clan includes George Herman Joan Ruth Robert and Donald with Donald eager to be named. Dick Baarda, 32, plans to relocate to a 200 acre Grinnell area farm, leaving his long-held Sully home. his new property features multiple new buildings and follows the 1925 passing of his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin van Zee
G. B. Kolenbrander
Prairie’ City
Kolenbrander
Mann
Cast
Pel
Rolenbrander
van Zee
S. J. Steenbock
G. A. van Zee
Prairie City
Chester
Newton
William
Pro City
Katherine
David Boat
Harry
Raymond
Wilma
Marion
H. Meppelink
Leighton
Nick
Connie Groe
Mr. van Zee
Mr. Hartley
Mr. Baarda
Baarda
Bruce Eldon
Jove
Bobby
Dick Baarda
Isaac Baarda
Sully
Grinnell
Donald
Ruth
Herman
Joan
Robert
Dutch Families of Sully Iowa in Old Farm Traditions
The article recalls the Baarda and De Prenger families in Sully Iowa, detailing kinship, farming layouts with two hen buildings, and a horse that was killed during a wagon incident. It notes births on adjacent days across different years, shared coffee habits, and early settler ancestry including Keokuk immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Baarda
Billy
Mr. de Bondt
Henry
Baarda
Billy Beintema
Disk
Anna
Silas Nikkel
John of Newton
John Nikkel
Sully
Bill
Sree Wyte
Neion
Paulin
Im Jensen
Maida
Guy
de Prenger
Mrs. Baarda
Neal de Prenger
Nellie
Will van Sant
Josie
Gail Atwood
Newton
Carl de Prenger
Gilman
Hazel
Oliv Wisgerhof
Dick ‘Baarda
Ma May
Joyce Lavon
Lucille Berdena
Bruce Eldon
Almada
Will Baarda
Violeta Elscott
Center Street
Des Moines
Sylvia Elscott
Ruby Elscott
Bobby
Pass With Each $50 In Fair Stock
Purchasers of stock in the Oskaloosa fair association will receive lifetime passes embedded in soil proof pockets and leather folders with photos. Passes admit stockholders to every fair, per stock purchase agreement. The plan also bars future mortgages on the fairgrounds to protect indebtedness-free ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Fair Association
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Walling
Oskaloosa Bank
Oskaloosa Herald
Boy Hurt in Harvey Car Crash Ends Up in Hospital
Boyd Morgan a 16 year old Harvey resident suffered severe injuries when a car he rode in struck a freight train at Harvey crossing. He sustained crushed chest broken ribs and a punctured lung and was taken to Mercy hospital Oskaloosa for treatment. Driver James Bryant and other riders were uninjured. Doctors estimated a 60-50 chance of survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Morgan
Harold A. Morgan
Harvey
Boyd
James Bryant
Morgan Boy
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
B. G. Williams
Campbell
Young Bryant
President Roosevelt Endorsed as Cooler Weather Arrives
With cooler weather approaching, Roosevelt receives a blanket endorsement amid shifting straw hat and straw vote sentiments. Dr. Townsend notes the changing political climate as the season cools and support coalesces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Townsend
New Deal Clothes Sell Well and Oddities in News
A witty summary notes the New Deal appears to wear well as clothing sales rise. A reader asks how to handle a jumpy son, suggesting resignation as cheerleader. Other quips joke about wood food, a 341 pound fish, Mussolini in Bologna, hitchhikers, Halloween pranks, Notre Dame players, two pedestrian classes, a mechanical brain, and pay envelopes with money and bologna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mussolini
Bologna
Hallowe'en
Notre Dame
Wojcihowski
Kovalhic
County 4 H Club Exhibits At International
Marion County 4 H members exhibited twenty five baby beeves at the International Livestock Show held last week in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
4-H Club
Chicago
Calf class results and a Des Moines prison transfer noted
The article lists calves placed in Shorthorn and Angus classes with owners Lyle Eddith Carroll Phillips Herbert Reese Clifford Harvey Ed Murr Myron Nollen Robert Sherwood Evelyn Moore and mentions Evelyn, a former high school girl, who left Des Moines for Fort Worth. A federal judge sentenced her to a year and a day in Alderson West Virginia but suspended the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Eddith
Carroll Philips
Herbert Reese
Clifford Harvey
Angus
Ed Murr
Myron Nollen
Robert Sherwood
Evelyn Moore
Des Moines
Evelyn
Fort Worth
Tex
Alderson
W. Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Zees
Billy Benitema
the Home For the
Killduff
Henry de Bondt
Dorothy
John de Penning
G. B. Rolenbrander
Martin van
Lucille Berdene
da Mae
Wis
Sargent
Bry Sargent
Wynberg Produce Co
Ella
Keokuk
Mya
John de Prenger la
Dingeman de Prenger
Ton
Ei Sully
Aick Baarda
THE
Mahaska
Appliance Co
Fairbanks-Morse
Crosley
EASY
Dexter
Speed Queen
Fairbank-Morse
Sunbeam
Mahaska Home Appliance Co
E Street
Iowa
Frost
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!