Notice of probate and school election in Iowa
Notice states there is a will in Marion County Iowa to be heard March 8 1954 in Knoxville for Mary Brand to prove validity Objections must be on file by then Also notices annual election for Pella Independent School District March 8 1954 12 to 7 p m to elect two school board members and a proposition to add to the high school building at cost not to exceed 45000 funded by the Schoolhouse Fund Yes or No ballot options included Secretary John J Blommers.
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T Chronicle
Joohan Nunnikhoven
Arthur Road
Otley
Rite Now
Box C
Chronicle
Vermeer Mfg. Co
Tim. L. Abernathy
Gary T. Vogelaar
Knoxville
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Iowa
Mary Brand
Jack B. Carpenter
Clifford W. Park
Pella Independent
Board of Education
Independent School District
Pella
O-Noo
John J. Blommers
60th Wedding Anniversary Card Appreciation
Mr. and Mrs. A. Crum thank friends neighbors and relatives for cards letters flowers and gifts on their 60th wedding anniversary. Mrs Martin G Klein thanks relatives neighbors and friends for calls cards flowers and gifts during illness with special thanks to Rev A Haverkamp for visits and prayers.
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Jim) Crum
Rev
A. Haverkamp
Card of Thanks for 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs If W Bokhoven thank relatives neighbors and friends for cards gifts and flowers on their 40th wedding anniversary
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If. W. Bokhoven
Iowa Civil War Soldier Healthy but Homesick
Iowa Civil War soldier Samuel Mahon of the Seventh Iowa Infantry is depicted as healthy yet homesick in wartime letters featured in the Iowa Journal of History. The July issue presents edited letters illustrating concerns about health and missing family during conflict.
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Iowa
Samuel Mahon
Iowa Journal of History
Mahon
Seventh Iowa Infantry
Farmers Want Hot Water Too On The Farm
Farmers seek reliable hot water at the turn of a faucet. An automatic 220 volt electric heater with a pressure system provides steady 130 degree water for udders and milking machines. Home use costs about 300 kilowatt hours monthly. dairy use estimates 25 kilowatts per 100 gallons. Power suppliers can install and quote costs.
Mrs. Dora Rempe Obituary From Pella Area
Dora Rempe born October 24 1882 four miles east of Pella died February 6 1964 at Mahaska Hospital Oskaloosa aged 71 years 3 months 12 days married John Rempe March 6 1907 four children Mildred Elmer Henry Gerald Homer twelve grandchildren funeral February 10 1954 Ebenezer Leighton interment Evergreen Cemetery Rempe family thanks neighbors and friends for support and floral gifts
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Dora Rempe
Gerrit Vande Haar
Pella
Mahaska I Hospital
Oskaloosa
John Rempe
Mildred
Elmer van Duren
Henry G
Leighton
Gerald
Otley
Homer
Rempe
Jesus Christ
Christ’s Church
Dorcas Missionary Society
Dorcas
van Dyk
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Charles E Johnson dies. lifelong Mahaska Marion resident
Charles E Johnson 87 son of Thomas and Jane born Feb 19 1877 in Mahaska County lived Pad life in Mahaska and Marion counties He married Mabel Young April 14 1904 and had seven children Leola thre followed by six others He died Feb 11 1964 before 60th anniversary He leaves wife Mabel and six children Theodore John Jane Hazel Charles Roy and Tarold plus two sisters two brothers 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren He served on the school board township trustee and as a Masonic member earning a 50 year certificate He belonged to the Tracy branch of the Federal Farm Loan Association and was a long time member of the TOOF of Bussey May God bless his memory
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Charles E. Johnson
Thomas
Jane Johnson
Mahaska County
Mahaska
Marion
Mabel Young
Leola
Mabel
Theodore
Beacon
John
Tracy
Jane
Chowchilla
California
Hazel
Pella
Charles
Otley
Roy
Knoxville
Tarold ‘Spaur
Anna Gilderbloom
Pleasantville
Fstella Oswen
Federal Farm Loan Assocition
Fragmentary wartime letter hints at furlough denial
A garbled wartime fragment cites a refusal to grant furlough and notes scattered names and phrases about soldiers and battles. The legible bits reference a decision after combat and concerns over ongoing discipline, with incomplete lines suggesting stress and anticipation.
Cancer Crusade workers attend Newton training session
Three Marion county volunteers joined a regional Cancer Society training school in Newton on February 11 at Maytag Hotel. The event, part of six across Town in February, prepared plans for the April 1954 fund raising drive during Cancer Control Month. The program featured the film One In Five and talks by John J. Williams and H. B. Elkins.
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Marion County
American Cancer Society
Maytag
Newton
Act of Congress
Iowa
The
Stat University of Iowa
John J. Williams
Red Oak
H. B. Elkins
Iowa City
Misa van Rookel
Monroe
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Marion van Gorp
John Raish
Knoxville
Carroll Price
Engineers Develop Hairline Grinding Machine for Cobs
Engineers at Town College have created a mobile cob crushing and sizing unit to process corncobs into uniform bedding material. The system uses two rotating 11 inch rollers with bolted bars to crush cobs into quarters and a sizing cylinder to produce short pieces.
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Ing
Town College
R. Risoerger
D. C. Hichel
Agricultural Engineering
Towa State College
Letters From Wartime Soldier Mahon Homecominghope
In 1863 soldiers, including Mahon, faced homesickness as they anticipated marching through Ottumwa in a public reception after Sherman’s army’s triumph in Washington. Mahon urged optimism and reflected on the long absence of nearly three years and a hoped-for welcome.
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Mahon
Ottumwa
Sherman
Washington
Mara
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