Local notes on residents and movements in Mahaska county
The column records health updates and moving plans of residents. Vander Heiden, Forsyth, Vande Gaarde, De Wit families, and others suffer illnesses or relocate. Local clergy and teachers attend events, while neighbors visit relatives in Peoria Renwick Perry and Laverne. Several yard moves and trips to Chicago and Des Moines are noted along with a list of social visits and hospitalizations.
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Julia Vander Schaaf
Jacob Stursma
Peori
Sadler
Perry
J. E. Schultz
Jacob Grandia
Will Baer
Laverne
Schultz
Joe Schultz
Grandia
Baer
Nick de Waard
Renwick
The Man and the Crisis in the International Lesson
International Sunday School Lesson by E V Good discusses Jesus tired yet in control. It frames the storm at sea as a test of faith, showing Jesus calming the waves and revealing his divine power. The second section, The Man Plus Power, notes Christ’s dual nature as human and divine, and introduces the encounter with a violent demoniac after landing.
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Jesus
God
Christ
Unconquered man freed by Jesus speaks of mercy
A man possessed by evil spirits is healed by Jesus who orders the spirits to leave and enter a herd of swine. The swine drown and the owners protest but the delivered man is urged to tell his friends what the Lord has done. The piece links healing to reform and urges removing temptation.
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Bay
Satan
Might Versus Right Visitor Question
A provocative visitor asks a riddle about sharing two apples with one's brother. The prompt frames a moral test of fairness by considering which apple to give, presented in a schoolish or parlor style question. The exchange centers on equity and instinctive choice.
Johnny Question From Brother and Sister Exchange
A fragmentary line asks if the speaker means the elder brother or the younger brother in a colloquial family exchange. The quote centers on confusion between siblings and a playful misdirection.
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M. Vander Heiden
Mary Forsyth
Louie Swank
Theroperty
East First Street
Jacob Kulken
Kulken
John Jacobs
West Washington Street
Hubert Vande Gaarde
J. P. de Wit
Prairie City
Walter de Wit
Oskaloosa
N. de Wit
H.C. Jarnagin
Monroe
Jasper County
Ind
Jarnagin
Indiana
John Weaselink
College
J. A. de Jong
Leighton
Second Reformed Church
R. A. Awtry
John Warenkamp
Paul Wehrle
Frank Osborn
New Sharon
Mr. Osborn
Peoria
Elizabeth Hokabergen
Annabell van Heukelem
Bertha Heyveld
Sanday
Esther Kruseman
Henrietta de Goey
Hattie Vander Werf
Jene Roose
Tena Bandstra
Paul Williams
Everett Heyveld
L. L. Martin
Woodburn
Ed van Zante
Marjorie Baron
Garwin
Iowa
Bert Baron
John den Burger
Des Moines
L. Beerends
Wm. Bruinekool
Alton
Town
Earl Black
Chicago
H. Rhynsburger
Henry Collais
Newton
John H. Dellers
Pella
Cawker City
Kans
J. G. den Hartog
Steve Grandia
J. A. den Hoedt
Virgil
Thomas Broadsworth
John Vander Linden
The
Home For the
E. V. Good
Mega
Cooking
Miss Cooley
Armour
Chronicle Cook
ING School
Ness
Armin and Company
Johnny
Dorothy Cooley
General Foods Corporation
Lorain
Magic Chef
Anges
Ver
Chromium
Central States Electric
Franklin Street
Péti
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