Red Rock park history linked to 1848 and capital vote
Local notes recount boosts for a Red Rock state park on the Des Moines river in Marion county and recall the 1848 near-capital vote. Descriptions cover early boundary lines, frontier towns Otley and Red Rock, and the historic Des Moines Valley railroad route. Daughters of the American Revolution plan a permanent marker at Knoxville.
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Red Rock
Des Moines
Marion County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Knoxville
Iowa
Otley
Pella
Monroe
Old Town
Cordova
C. A. Marsh
Fairfield
A. J H. Clark
College Notes and Holiday Socials Update
College notes report Tuesday morning classes begin January 4 and Christmas season activities. Santa visited the park Friday afternoon to brighten children's day. Tea guests included Barbara Ann Van Sittert and Mary, with Mary Jane Baron and Eileen Sadler. Mrs Sadler starts spring music lessons after holidays, and Mr Sadler resumes work January 3 at the studio.
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College
Santa Claus
Barbara Ann van Sittert
Mary
Mary Jane Baron
Eileen Sadler
Sadler
Miss Greiner
Bosch
Chester Chilton
Carmen Trembath
Sunnyside
Church Notes from Local Reformed and Baptists January 1928
Listings of services across First Reformed, Baptist, First Christian Reformed and Second Reformed churches for January 2 and nearby dates. Topics include sermons "Resolutions" and "Today and Tomorrow" in Holland language, cantata repetition, baptisms, confirmations, and organ recital by Prof. A P Kuyper. special invitations to youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
First Church
Christian Union Church to Hold Special Meetings
Rev N D Gordon pastor of Christian Union Church in Pella leads evangelistic meetings set to begin January 9 for three weeks with evangelist A F Dorrell from Lawson Mo to preach A church business meeting is scheduled for January 8 with the Lord’s Supper observed at the Sunday service the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Gordon
Christian Union
Methodist Church
Pella
A. F. Dorrell
Lawson
State fair board reports county and district fairs
At the annual meeting the state fair board noted 97 county and district fairs were held this season. Paid admissions fell by 81,846 from last year, with total receipts including state aid of 1,147,548 and 133,548 from the state aid fund. Claims for 166,876 left a deficit to be addressed by the coming legislature. Brooklyn Rock Rapids and Albia fairs were dropped, while Creston Lorimer and Holstein fairs were added, keeping the total number of fairs equal to 1925.
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State Fair Board
Couny
Brooklyn
Rock Rapids
Albia
Creston
Lorimer
Holstein
Death of Myer Jacob Myer at Sully home
Myer Jacob Myer died at 1 00 p m Monday December 27 1926 at the home of John Steinkamp 220 Main Street aged 80 years 4 months 17 days He had lived with the Steinkamps for years leaving no children and leaving a brother in Sully Funeral services were held at the Steinkamp home and at Third Reformed Church with interment at Porter Grove Cemetery.
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Sully
Third Reformed Church
Porter Grove Cemetery
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Pella Supply Co
Rev
H. M. Bruins
Paul
Elizabeth Kempkes
Everett
Wash
A. Kempkes
Marion LeCocq
Detroit
Everet le Cocq
Perry
Second Reformed Church
J. H. Templeton
The
Chronicle
Mr. Templeton
Central College
Dr. J. M. Cook
Nevada
Eva Noel
Beauty
Marcelling
van Ness Hat Shop
Thomassen’s
Wilhemine Meyer
Aplington
Miss Meyer
Central
Pence
Tony van Zante
Third Reformed Asaph
Gerrit Rozeboom
Baptist Church
Howland Hanson
E. F.jorden
Grand Island
Nebr
First Christian Reformed Church
J. de Haan
Holland
English
A. P. Kuyper
John Wynberg Farmers Produce CO
Pella, Iowa
Main
Puritan Drug CO
Christian Union Church
Pella Motor Co
BUICK
Hudson-Essex
Oldsmobile
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