Pella area notes bring fund drive total near six hundred
Local Red Cross canvass raised a little over 600 dollars with few reports pending. Community members delivered gifts and support, including Mrs. Vander Linden receiving an aluminum shower after her home burned recently. Numerous social happenings and town updates fill the week from school activities to local visits, with weather hints and a baby born in February rounding out the bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Sybenga
L. H. Vander Linden
Burglars Loot Tainter Area Safes in Noted Heist
Robbers hit the Deniston Patrick lumber yard office and the John W Needham general store and post office in Tainter on Saturday night. A heavy blast blew the lumber yard vault door but inner doors remained locked. Missing items include a lady’s purse about $10. Robbers fled east in a Ford. bloodhounds later tracked from New Sharon. Des Moines papers later named suspects Verne Sunderleider William Dorman and Charles Miller with a Marshalltown bootlegger tied to the car used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taintor
Yeggs
Deniston & Patrick
John W
E. Needham
John Needham
Tainter
New Sharon
Jake Watland
Taintor Bank
Oskaloosa Herald
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Verne Sunderleiter
William Dorman
Charles Miller
Progress Made in Egg Laying Contests
T H Kaldenberk reports from Poultry Keeper on December origin and progress of egg laying contests. The article notes improved bird quality, American breeders matching or outdoing imports, and official college involvement. It outlines scoring by Judge E B Branch, weight and feed records, monthly egg weights, and vitality studies while urging continued advancement in the next 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Kaldenberk
Quincy
Ill
T. E. Quisenberry
Kansas City
E B. C. Branch
American Poultry Association
Corn Sugar Substitution Facts for Home Baking
Iowa State College guidance explains corn sugar can replace about a quarter of cane or beet sugar in many foods but requires adjustments. It weighs less and is less sweet, so volumes must rise about 25 percent and sweetness about 100 percent. Substitution varies by product. best results in fats, caramels, and certain baked goods, with limits noted for light and high sugar recipes. A dig at divorce closes the piece as a humorous contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Richardson
Iowa State College
Otley Notes Include Trips and Local Jotters
Miss Marie Muilenburg and Mr and Mrs Van Rees visited their brother Leon Muilenburg in Millerton Iowa and faced travel hassles from Knoxville to Otley. Neal Muilenburg closed out sale in Cordova moving to Oskaloosa. A child injured finger in wringer. John Vanden Baard on jury duty in Knoxville. Wedding bells anticipated near Otley. Mrs Rouwe improves from pneumonia. Community snippets cover deaths visits moves and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Muilenburg
van Rees
Millerton
Iowa
Leon Muilenburg
Knoxville
Otley
Luther Passmore
Fifield
Neal Muilenburg
Cordova
Oskaloosa
Earl Rickabaugh
John Vanden Baard
Ira Vriezelaar
G. T. H. Klein
Pella
Ralph Warner
Prairie City
Sarah Vander Gaarde
Ethel
Jelle Witzenberg
John van Ginkel
Henry Steenhoek
O. A. van Houwering
Monroe
Gerrit Vos
John Vanden
Baard
Evans
Albert de Joode
A. B. Rouwe
Scarlet fever quarantine affects Prairie City family visit
Mrs. Robert Kaldenberg visited Pella on Tuesday. The John Steenhoek family of Prairie City, who lost two children to scarlet fever years ago, are again quarantined. All younger children have the same disease in a milder form. Come in or send your money by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zante Bros
Chronicle
Des Moines
Capital
Mabel Toom
Lansing
Ill
Paul de Wit
Robert Kaldenberg
Pella
John Steenhoek
Prairie City
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Goodrich Tires
Byers Bat’ry Shop
Gladys van Zante
Frances Douwstra
Clark’s Battery Station
W. C. Ver Ploeg
H. H. Rozenberg
Bert van Vark
Inlaw
Fred Lautenbach
Herman Vander Meulen
The
State University
Miss Valentine Chalfont
Georgia Chalfont
van Ness
Anna Roorda
E. G. Roorda
Herman Sedrel
Bussey
G. W. Verrips of
Eddyville
Max
Bruce Andeweg
Jack Andeweg
Monroe Mirror
Dorothy Wormhoudt
Fannie Gerritssen
Chicago
Keith Andeweg
J. H. Vander Kraan
J. A. Edmand
Ames
L. F. Bousquet
Broadway
John N. Vander Linden
Mr. Vander Linden
Union Street
Harry Awtry
Manhattan
Minnie van Gorp
Christian School
Mae Meppelink
J. R. van Zee
N. de Wit
Frans van Gorp
Otto Ver Meer
Varmint
T. G. Fultz
H. P. van Gorp
Harry van Hemert
W. F. Hughey
Mt. Vernon
Cornelius Schuring
Georgia Bernice
Women’s Federated Club
Arther Steee
George Hankamp
Rummage
Rexall
Vander Linden
Pella Tank
Sam
M. Vander Linden
Cate
Smokeou Uehers Easiest
Wright
Puritan Drug Co
Otley News
MO. J. van Dyke
Haydn
Christ
Women’s Quartet
Pella Baptist Church
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