Vander Wilt Visit Reveals Farm Life and Local History
A weekly Chronicle visit to the Vander Wilt farm on the former Van Duren property blends memory of a stage coach stopwith current farm life. The writer chats with Gerrit and Mrs Vander Wilt, notes family ties to Pella and Prairie City, comments on unemployment, and recalls local schooling, a 90 year old matriarch, and a busy station with three cabins named for New York Iowa and Wyoming.
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Ghoek
van’ Roelel
Pella Supply Co
van Roekel
W. N. Bogaard
Ben Blommers
J. G. van Gorp
Pella
Fred Calhoon
Highway 63
Verrips
Elmer van Duren
Gerrit W. Vander Wilt
A. van Duren
Vander Wilt
William Vander Wilt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Prairie City
Gerrit
Harriet
Sho
Anne Toom
Marion
Chicago
Agai
New York
Iowa
Wyoming
Davenport
Leighton
de Jong
Newton
Jean
Leona
Betty
Milton Woman Margery Campbell Dies After Fall In 76th Year
Miss Margery Catherine Campbell known as Aunt Kate died at her Milton home after a fall fractured her elbow and worsened a long illness. Born in Ohio, she lived in Milton 27 years with sisters near the east part of town. Funeral services were held at the Milton Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Milton Sunnyside cemetery.
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Milton Herald
Kate Campbell
Milton
Miss Campbell
Lebanon
Ohio
Iowa
Elizabeth Faucett
Mary Campbell
Kate
Margery Catherine Campbell
Presbyterian Church
H. Irvine
Birmingham
W. D. Sherwood
E. Atkins
John R. Holland
D. A. Miller
May Foster
Milton Sunnyside Cemetery
Rewarding Reasnor Girls With Attendance Badges
Jasper County report notes Miss Ruth Decker and Miss Dora thy Koder receiving sterling silver honor badges from Superintendent J R Wasson of Reasnor Sunds school on Sunday January 29 for perfect Sunday school attendance. Decker has attended every Sunday for a year while Koder has a year and four weeks perfect record. Badges were presented after Sunday school and carried by their sisters Betty Decker and Edith Koder.
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Jasper County
Ruth Decker
Dorothy Koder
J. R. Wasson
Reasnor Sunds School
Decker
Koder
Betty Decker
Edith Koder
Hedrick Doctor Is Scalped In Auto Accident
Dr F C Perkins of Hedrick suffers a severe scalp wound and knee injury when his car struck a rut and hit a bridge bannister north of Hedrick last Friday morning. He was pinned in the car and rescued by Orville Dalbey and Troy Glick, then taken to Dalbey’s home and later to St Joseph’s hospital Ottumwa for X rays. Perkins, already ill with a cold, is recovering as well as could be expected.
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Keokuk County
F. C. Perkins
Hedrick
Perkins
Orville Dalbey
Troy Glick
Dalbey
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ottumwa
Fish spearing fines hit four Delta men and two others
Game warden T Johnson caught four Delta men and one Oskaloosa man spearing fish on Sunday and Monday on the South Skunk river north of Hedrick. Each Delta man paid 10 dollars plus costs. Oskaloosa’s B West and Delta’s Jerry Bird faced higher penalties, with fines or jail terms for the quantity of fish seized.
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Sigourney Review
Delta
Oskaloosa
T Johnson
Bob Boldoser
Roy Leathers
Glen Adams
Carl Adams
South Skunk
Hedrick
B. H. West
Jerry Bird
Johnson
Farmer Albert Shera Lethal Carbolic Acid Death Near Medora
Albert Shera a 55 year old farmer living two miles west and one mile north of Medora died Friday after swallowing carbolic acid. Coroner C H Mitchell received a death certificate from Dr Jardine stating death was by own action, with details noting no ageist necessity to Dr Jardine and other particulars.
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Shera
Medora
New Virginia
Indianola
Auto Thieves Taken For Federal Prosecution
Chariton Leader reports County Attorney H V Levis said Robert Lawson and Glenn Ervin of Albia were seized in Salina Kansas with a Chariton stolen car and handed to federal authorities. They face federal charges for transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. One was on federal parole. Jennings of Knoxville had his car recovered.
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Chariton
H. V. Levis
Robert Lawson
Glenn Ervin
Albia
Salina
Kans
Mr. Levis
United States
Lawson
Ervin
Verle Jennings
Knoxville
Jennings
Father of New Sharon Man Is 101 Years Old
G. W. Rhine of Creston, father of H. D. Rhine of New Sharon, celebrated his hundred and first birthday January 29 with five generations present. Born January 29, 1882 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he moved to Iowa in 1860, settled in Jasper County, then Creston in 1903. He remains active, walking a mile to town, reading, and planning a spring garden while recalling the overland trip from Indiana and how his dog protected travelers from Indians and wolves.
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New Sharon
G. W. Rhine
Creston
H. D. Rhine
Mr. Rhine
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jasper County
Rhines
Indiana
February Guide for Wildlife Feeders and Birds
February is noted as crucial for game birds with heavy snow possible and natural food scarce. Prepare by ensuring birds receive good food to raise healthy broods and guard against starvation. About ten percent of feed should be in the gizzard aiding digestion.
Plow and Plant With Game Birds in Mind
February urges farmers to include game birds in crops and nesting cover. Leave odd corners to grow, avoid burning fence rows, and plant grain near clover to supply birds. Obtain the game management manual from the fish and game department and apply its guidance. If you see good in others, others will see it in you.
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Fish and Game Department
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John de Bruin
Holland
Raymond
Esther
Black Oak Center
Bernice de Reus
Reasnor
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J. van Dyke
Yaenius
Diamond
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Pella Chronicle
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