Local Des Moines Visitors and Town News
Mildred Vander Linden returns to Des Moines for classes at AIB. Mrs James Veenman hosts a ladies gathering. Prof Sadler speaks on Tulip Time at Central College chapel. Dr Irwin Sabbers addresses the Business and Professional Women's Club on currency. A B Van Houweling attends a National Automobile Dealers meeting in Des Moines. Rev and Mrs Paul De Koekkoek visit in town from Otley. W E Johnson of J C Penney rents the Grandia residence, moving March 1. Mrs Rev C Witt of Leighton undergoes operation at Mercy Hospital, Ottumwa. Mrs Fred Veenstra and Miss Jonnie Gosselink tea with Mrs Paul Boertje. Henry Kersbergen improves after illness. Mrs Drukker returns from New York to live in Pella. Ed Schakel resigns Farm Union oil truck post to start own trucking. Albert Nibbelink family move into D Sjaardema home. Lou Beinhauer named receiver for Melcher and Dallas banks. increases workload. G Wheeler of Fairfield and W Tice of Oskaloosa travel to Ames for college meeting. Mr and Mrs Wm Vander Voort welcome baby boy born January 29. Mrs D P Van Gorp leaves for Knoxville then Knoxville to spend winter. Mrs E Kolenbrander extends from home to R Tautenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Veenman
Sadler
Central College Chapel
Irwin J. Sabbers
Des Moines
A. B. van Houweling
National Automobile Dealer
Paul de Koek- Koek
Otley
Henry Herbig Dies From Auto Accident
Mrs J H Reuvers reports the death of her nephew Henry Herbig in an automobile accident near his home in Hays Kansas. He died Saturday February 5 after seven weeks of suffering from injuries to his limbs and skull. He was 35 and leaves a son. He is survived by his father W H Herbig and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Reuvers
Henry Herbig
Hays
Kanns
Mr. Herbig
W. H. Herbity
Nature is Queer Fresh Fish Mined in Sahara
A strange natural note describes fresh fish mined from subterranean streams in the Sahara. It cites extinct cave fish in Mammoth Cave Kentucky as blind and mentions the Chinook Salmon migrating long river distances to spawning grounds on the Columbia and Yukon rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara Desert
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Columbia River
Yukon River
Governor Clyde Herring Seeks U S Senate Seat
Announcement from Des Moines confirms Governor Clyde L. Herring’s candidacy for the U S Senate to replace Senator L J Dickinson of Algona, subject to June primary voters. Herring serves a second Iowa term and would be the first Democratic senator since Boies in 1890s era.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
U.S
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Herring
Iown
Boies
Iowa
Central Dutchedge Wesleyan in overtime basketball duel
Central Avenges early defeat by edging Wesleyan 50 to 46 in overtime. Paul Nelson scored twice in the five minute extension, overcoming Wesleyan’s 46-41 lead as Jud Reimer led Central with seven field goals and 11 points. Reese topped Wesleyan with 18 points. Hoogheem injured late in regulation.
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Paul Nelson
Iowa
Central
Flying Dutch
Bingham
Rangers
Mount Pleasant
Wesleyan
Reimer
Ford
van Arkel
Patterson
Frost
Jud” Reimer
Nelson
Dee Reese
Hanson
Knoxville Trips Pella in South Central Iowa tilt
Knoxville Panthers defeated Pella High 35 to 26 on Marion County Seat floor. Pella trailed early but kept within a slim margin until halftime when Knoxville pulled away. Liter was the Dutch standout shooter while Dunham and Hindman led the Knoxville win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High
Knoxville Panthers
Marion County
Iowa
Knoxville
Liter
Dunham
Hindman
Central Tromps Grandview 64 40 in non conference game
Central’s Flying Dutch defeat Grandview 64 to 40 in a non conference clash. Rupe Ford leads Central with 12 points, Virg Ford adds 11, Hoogheem 10, while Rodholm tops Grandview with 14. Coach Len Winter uses 14 players, steady defense and a big first half run to pull away.
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Flying Dutch
Central
Halftim
Len Winter
Saaily
Des Moines
Cos
Rupe Ford
Virg Ford
Hoogheem
van Arkel
Grandview
Rodholm
Ia Ne
Blocked Roads Postpone Game
Snow and blocked highways forced Pella High to cancel their South Central Iowa Conference game with Winterset last Tuesday night. The Sigourney-Pella game was also definitely cancelled, shortening the Pella schedule and giving the Little Dutch time to prepare for upcoming county and sectional tournaments starting in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High
Winterset
Iowa
Sigourney-Pella
Pella
Joe Stientjes Heads to Gamble Stores Meeting
Joe Stientjes owner of the Gamble Store Agency leaves for Des Moines to attend the Eleventh Annual Gamble sales meeting. The two day event gathers all local store managers and operators to review 1935-36 merchandising plans, past year results, and issues with executives from the General Office. He is due back Friday February 14, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stientjes
Gamble
Des Moines
Mid- Wevest
Stientjes
Orientalism and a Japanese warning amid cross culture tales
A high banking official cautions Premier Keisuke Okada to drink lees liquor in a good natured way. In Chaoyang China a temple was moved when a street widened to honor Tsao Shih, with the idol later housed in Wang Ku Temple during a wedding to appease proprieties. Masaka Sugisaka, a Japanese woman, married to the ashes of her youth sweetheart who went to the United States to seek fortune as a musician, travels to Russia after his death to mourn and seek reunion forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keisuke Okada
Japan
Chaoyang
China
Tsao Shih
Wang Ku
Masaka Sugisaka
United States
Russia
Tragic Electrocution and Medical Rescue Minutes Told
An electric power wire toppled by a Massachusetts storm electrocuted Jeanette Gow as she opened her car door. In North Carolina, Mrs. Alton Jordan fainted while drawing water from a well. A man attributes 45 minutes of life saved to his breathing efforts during birth, highlighting a lone survivor in a notable medical case.
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Jeanette Gow
Massachusetts
Alton Jordan
North Carolina
Fragmentary obituary note from a rural scene
A garbled fragment describes a person born near a well and injured by a barbed wire fence on a blade ranch. The text mentions a refused aid, a fire, stitches, retirement, and a shoulder injury as an event unfolds near a heathfinder.
Notice by City Assessor L A Sents on Bank Basement
The notice states that visits will occur in the basement of Marion County State Bank on Saturday afternoons from 1 to 8 80. It adds that no one wishing to see the assessor may meet there.
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Marion County State Bank
L. A. Sents
Assessor Alonzo Ver Ploeg Announces Saturday Visits
Alonzo Ver Ploeg assessor of L. P. Two will be at Marion County State Bank every Saturday after noon. He invites those planning to move away to call there to arrange a meeting.
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Marion County State Bank
Alonzo Ver Ploeg
L. P
Similes andIronies from a Bygone Year
A compact sampler of satirical comparisons dueling with politics economics and peace efforts. From postwar relief to tax disputes the phrases mirror public mood and national debates with sharp humor and vivid imagery.
Sailors swim four hours to land near Vera Cruz after sinking
Seven sailors who swam for four hours in the Gulf of Mexico reached land near Vera Cruz in serious condition after their craft sank. Turkey's population rises to 16,188,767, up 2.5 million since 1927. Austria trials smoking in prisons to curb tobacco smuggling and discipline prisoners through withdrawal. In Yugoslavia, Mohammedan women gain marriage and divorce freedoms, with some recording 10 to 12 marriages. Dolores Guevara and her daughters, moved to pay mortgage, form a "black hand" gang, arrested while collecting a money packet from a hacienda owner.
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Gulf of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Turkey
Austria
Yugoslavia
Senora
Dolores Guevara
Federal cautions and world facts from a 1930s page
A compendium of statements under headlines about laws on cigarettes and stamps, Ethiopian currency, immigrant relief, military ratios, recent wars, 1934 and 1935 economic shifts, beer and liquor consumption, divorces, vehicle fatalities, U. S. Supreme Court costs, coal reserves in China, Forefathers Day, and Philippine wedding customs.
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New England
United States
U. S. Supreme Court
China
Orange County
Florida
Philippine Republic
Jews Planned Mass Migration From Germany Protest
The National Conference for Palestine announced plans for one of the largest mass migrations in history with over 100,000 Jews expected to leave Germany in response to rising anti-Semitism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
National Conference For Palestine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mildred Vander Linden
W. E. Johnson
J.C. Penney
A. T. Grandia
West
First’ Street
John Rouwenhorst
Rev. C. Witt of
Leighton
Mercy
Fred Veenstra
Jonnie Gosselink
Paul Boertje
Janet Speelman
Henry Kersbergen
Ed Schakel
Farm Union
Imself
Albert Nibbelink
Family of
Peoria
D. Sjaardema
Washington Street
Lou Beinhauer
Security Bank
Banking Department of
Melcher
Dallas
G. Wheeler
Fairfield
William Tice
Oskaloosa
Pelth
Ames
Wm. Vander Voort
Mr. Have
South 1
North Broadway
D. P. van Gorp
KE. Kolenbrander Dt
Sos
Sargent
John Wynberg
Tale OF
Two
Charles Dickens
England
Sydney Carton
Luce Manette
Lucie
Manette
Marquis of
Evremonde
Gharies Darnay
Luce
Madame Defarge
Manettes
Evremondes
Charles Darnay
la Vengeance
Senate
Jake Hoekstra
Bebe van Arkel
Reese
Tiger
Capt
Central Tromps
Grandview Five
Gamble Stores
Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopi
Santa Claus
Mauna Loa
Hawaiian
Case Tractor School
East Franklin Street
Case Factory
Star Auto Co
Mexico
Texas
Pella High School
Pennsylvania
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