Gerrit Bos dies in Oak Park Illinois
Gerrit Bos dies at his Oak Park home of double pneumonia at 4:00 Sunday afternoon after 24 hours illness. Born near Leighton September 27 1875? his age 59. Survived by wife Mrs. Bos two daughters Ruth Barnett Florence, granddaughter Carol Joan Barnett, two sisters Mrs. Mary Jansma of Colorado and other relatives. Funeral and burial in Oak Park. Formerly lived in Pella and worked twenty five years in Chicago electrical field.
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Jennie Box
Home For the Aged
Gerrit Bos
Oak Park
Ill
Mr. Bos
Leighton
Pella
University of Iowa
Bos
Ruth
Leslie Barnett
Osk Park
Florence
Carol Joan’ Barnett
Mary Jansma
Colorado
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Various Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for posts including informational service representatives and senior, associate, and assistant roles with salaries from 2 600 to 4 600 a year. Also animal husbandman posts at 3 200 to 3 800, commodity exchange investigators up to 5 600, scientific aid in milling and baking at 1 800, and an engineer pilot at 3 800. Full details from Arthur Klein, Secretary, U S Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the local post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Social ‘Security Board
Bureau of Animal Industry
Commodity Exchange
Commodity Exchange Administration
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant’ Industry
Forest
Arthur Klein
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
FOR SALE AND WANTED ADS SUMMARY
Various want ads list work horses and calves for sale near Pella, a sewing machine operator job vacancy at Pella Overall Co, and a Knoxville Iowa community sale notice delaying the weekly sale to Mondays. Also listed are farm equipment for sale including tractors, cultivators, plows and discs, plus a humorous note about a 102 year old farmer and a boxing quote from King Levinsky.
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John Deere
Samson
Fordson Tractor
Pella Supply
Peter den Adel Died in Lynden Washington
Former Pella Iowa born Peter den Adel Sr died at his son Henry's home in Lynden Riverside district at 3 p m Funeral services set for Friday at 1 30 p m at First Reformed Church Rev George Hankamp officiating Burial in Monumental Cemetery Gillies Funeral Home in charge He would have turned 82 on January 24 Survived by three sons Henry Cornie Peter and Den Adel daughter Mrs F G Knott Mrs H Bol Mrs Tory Leende and another daughter in Pella Iowa The family lived in Lynden for 26 years
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Pella
Lynden
Peter den Adel
Henry
Riverside
First Reformed Church
George Hankamp
Monumental
Gillies Funeral Home
den Adel
Netherlands
Uni
Iowa
Kansas
Cornie
Bellingham
Peter
Mount Vernon
F.G. Knott
Port Angeles
H. Bol
R. I
Tory Leende
Marshalltown Man Given Ten Years For Vehicle Larceny
Ray Collette aged 24 from Marshalltown pled guilty Saturday before Judge B O Tankersley to larceny of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to ten years in Anamosa reformatory after a year plus police pursuit and arrest at Suffolk Virginia location name uncertain in source.
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Ray Collette
Marshalltown
Anamosa Reformatory
B. O. Tankersley
Collette
Suffolk
Gold Nuggets Found In Duck North of Holcomb Creek
Mrs William McKillop of Holcomb reported six gold nuggets found in the craw of a decoy duck raised on her husband’s Holcomb farm. The McKillops believe the nuggets came from Holcomb creek which cuts across their land.
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William McKillop
Holcomb
McKillops
Holcomb Creek
Masked trio loot College Springs post office stamps cash
Three masked men robbed the College Springs Iowa post office early Saturday taking about $200 in stamps and $8 in cash. They held Everett Vaughn a high school youth and prisoner during the robbery.
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College Springs
Iowa
Everett Vaughn
Ralph Woods Defends Prairie City Checkers Title
Ralph Woods of Colfax won the dasper county checker championship with 14 points in round robin play. Archie Chapman and C Walters tied for runner up with 13 points. George Smits, A McFadden, and Ira Ray scored notable points. Class B final between Sam McFadden and William Conley set, both 16 points. Next tournament slated for Colfax in 1937.
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Prairie City
Ralph Woods
Colfax
Archie Chapman
C. Walters
George Smits
A. McFadden
Ira Ray
Newton
Sam McFadden
Liam Conley
Jim Parks
William Rourh
Byron Chesnutt
Rollo White
Joe Tomlan
The College Student Writes Home Letter Duty Compared
A Central Bay piece argues weekly letters from college students strengthen ties with home. It estimates patterns: about 5 percent write daily, 15 percent twice weekly, 25 percent weekly or every ten days, 30 percent biweekly, and 35 percent only when short on funds. Recommends students write home weekly to preserve contact and justify college life to families and friends.
Central Ducks Second Loss to Coe College
Central fell 88 to 26 to Coe College in a game last Friday. Central trailed 22 to 9 at the half but narrowed the gap to one point with four minutes left before Coe stretched the lead back to seven. Van Arkel led Central while Kammer and McKinley starred for Coe. Police solved the Everett dog collar mystery. local derisive chatter mentioned small boys and fashion belts. Europe will be ready for another general war as soon as Sam finances it.
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Ray
Coe
Central
van Arkel
Kammer
McKinley
Everett
Europe
Sam
Rosary of Friends Poem by Orville R Foster
The verse speaks of friendships as a rosary of beads, each a golden kept memory. It honors old ties polished by time and welcomes new hearts that seek shelter in the speaker's circle. The tone is reflective and grateful for human bonds.
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Orvilie R. Foster
Man rides 740 miles to push moving pictures ahead
The piece recalls Charles Francis Jenkins riding from Washington to Richmond on a bicycle to illustrate the first successful moving pictures on screen. It credits him with 400 patents in radio photography and notes his Maryland television venture. The narrative honors science and invention over doubt, referencing past era contrasts and progress.
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Blue Ridge
Alleghany Mountains
Washington
Richmond
Indiana
Charles Francis Jenkins
Armes
Jenkins
Maryland
Prophecy of rising comforts in coming decade
The passage argues that advances in household goods and living standards will reach unprecedented levels within ten years. It cites examples like electric pumps and washing machines, stainless steel utensils, and tractors as indicators, urging readers to see records of feats that have defeated pessimism about progress.
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Eletric
Iowa Workers Apply for Social Security Numbers
Washington DC report notes 245,736 Iowans have applied for employee account numbers for participation in the old age benefit program under the Social Security Act. National total reaches 22,129,617 with Iowa twenty third in applications. Leading states include New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, California, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa
Hav
Social Security Board
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Ohio
California
Ssachusetts
Michigan
Milk and Sweets as Between-Meal Health Booster
Yale physiologist Dr. H W Haggard reports ten years of feeding factory workers between meals with milk as the major food. He finds frequent small lunches raise work output and morale, while milk proves a convenient, standardized, popular between-meal option. He links this to broader aims of preventing fatigue in athletes and boosting efficiency in industry.
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H.W. Haggard
Yale Univerty Physiologist
Haggard
Doctor Haggard studies diet and shoe sewing output
Dr Haggard established a laboratory in a rubber plant making tennis shoes to measure muscular efficiency under different diets. He found workers fed milk and cake between meals sewed more shoes per hour than those with lighter intake, and efficiency declined when feeding stopped.
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Dr. Haggard
Ohio judge refuses probation for youth theft case
Judge Guy B Findley of Elyria Ohio denied probation to Benjamin Krawerk 19 after he pleaded guilty to stealing 20 suits from a WPA worker. The incident highlights harsh treatment for property theft amid tough penalties.
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WPA
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
Ohio
Benjamin Krawerk
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Oak Park, Ill
Pella High School
State University
Rexall
Vander Linden
Springs
Cole
Jennie Bos
Wm. H. van Rheenen
N. E
Pella Overall Co
Community Sale
Knoxville
Fairgrouds Sales CO
Goode & Garrett, Aud’s
Germany
Friedrich Sudowsl
Hollywood
Aentleman
Lochinvar Levinsky
King Levinsky
Tibia
Ranades
Probak Jr
Probak
COE College
Gifytf Menning
Or’ Stubbs
Heerema Thompson
Dreamer's, Rosary OF Friends
Ted
Doans
Hackett Hatchery
Fowler Telephone Company
Fowler
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