Miss Grace Van Ryswyk Visits From Pella Headlines Local Notables
News of nearby towns lists visits by Grace Van Ryswyk and Gertie Rouwenhorst from Pella, and Alpha Den Hartog returning to Pella. Superintendent Phillips heads to Washington for holidays with family in Oelwein as private James Vander Waal attends funeral in Arkansas.
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Grace van Ryswyk
Pella
Gerrit van Hemert
Everett Rouwenhorst
Gertie Rouwenhorst
Everett Rowenhorst
Little Rock
Arkansas
Vander Ban
District Court
Goldie Wilson
Prairie City
Tom Wilson
Goldie
Elizabeth Kincebach
Kincebach
Monroe News Briefs Include Obituary and Lost Wallet Tale
Mrs. Isaac Honnold died at Griswold Iowa after living nearby previously. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Werner of Des Moines visited for the holidays at the Livingstons home. John Bruce found a pocketbook on the road near the M M Boat farm containing 425 dollars and returned it to the owner after a meeting on the road.
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Koder
Mark Shaw
Flora Thane
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
New Brighton
Joseph
Mary Chapman
Allegheny
John Vandermast
Pella
Iowa
John Q
Monroe
Joseph Walter
Buffalo
N. Y
Leon Champion
Garfield
Isaac Honnold
Griswold
Oliver Werner
Livingston
John Bruce
M. M. Boat Farm
John
Logan
New Sharon Holiday Notes and Local Changes
Miss LeMoyne VanRheenen returns from Rippey to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Van Rheenen. Miss Arloine Lunt and brother Gor attend Christmas Eve party in Pella. Grandma Leary hosts Christmas dinner with Seary and Van Rheenen families. Ed Evans leaves Fowler store. Jack Andewey succeeds him. Rev Edward Huibregtse’s home mourns infant daughter 2 after illness. Ed Gosselink and Gertrude Versteegh wed quietly at Presbyterian manse. couple to Beacon for reception with Carl Perry and wife.
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the Star
LeMoyne VanRheenen
Rippey
Wm. van Rheenen
Arloine Lunt
Brother Gordon
H. P. Scholte
Pella
Grandma Leary
Seary
van Rheenen
Isa Hansell
A. R. Bowle
Oskaloosa
R. M. Dewey
Des Moines
B. E. Evans
Fowler
Jack Andewey
Evans
New Sharon
Edward Huibregtse
the Reformed Church
James Ver Steegh
New Sharon High School
Beacon
Carl Perry
Knoxville Youth Returns from Nebraska Ranch Work
Jack Mark, a Knoxville man, reports fine weather in Nebraska except for a 20 below cold snap at month start, with five days under 15. Mrs. E J Smith of Olive Chapel endures serious heart trouble likely tied to rheumatic poisoning, with morning spells lasting hours. Richard J Holsz, son of Knoxville residents, wed Des Moines native Lucretia Downing on Dec 8, and will live in Ames where he works for Bell Telephone. Lucretia is operator at Ames Bell.
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Jack Mark
Knoxville
Hugh Smith
Allliance
Neb
Nebraska
E. J. Smith
Olive Chapel
Richard J. Holsz
John Holsz
Des Moines
Lucretia Downing
Ames
Holsz
Pella
Fowler Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
Christmas Holiday Movements In Eddyville Area
Eddyville residents record holiday travels with friends and relatives in nearby towns. Miss Pearl Whiteman and Miss Emma Van Loon plan short stays in Pella while Mr and Mrs Gerrit Verrips, and Will Cornerlissen, visit Wapello and New Sharon respectively. Ida May May and Chester Schoosler wed in Minnesota and Illinois, with the couple settling in Mason City after his factory work.
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Pearl Whiteman
Pella
Emma van Loon
Gerrit Verrips
Wapello
Verrips
Mason City
Knoxville Gossip and Local Updates
Mrs Patrick Colgan of Wyoming Tl visits Knoxville to stay with sister in Highland area while nephew John Stickles hosts. John Moneysmith, veteran driver, recovers from severe injury and stays with son Loren near Pleasantville. Mrs Della McDonald returns from Des Moines after major surgery as Parsons House guests recall Christmas visits. County Supervisors Henry Allen John Templeton and B Hudson with Dr Brann visit Mt Pleasant to review state hospital inmates. Marion county resident Thomas Nutter improves after facial neuralgia, ending a period of severe pain.
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Patrick Colgan
Wyoming
H. M. Stickles
Highland
John 8. Stickles
John Moneysmith
Hveryman
Loren
Pleasantville
Parsons House
Della McDonald
Parsons
Des Moines
Knoxville
Board of Supervisors
Henry Allen
John Templeton
Boy earns loan with pledge against liquor and tobacco
A vagrant-appearing boy asks a lawyer for a small loan. He offers a printed pledge against intoxicating liquor and tobacco as security. The lawyer lends fifteen cents, praising the boy for negotiating rather than begging and valuing self restraint as security.
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Pacific Methodist Advocate
Fall In Love With Your Work
A motivational piece urging deep interest in daily tasks. It declares rewards arise when one loves their labor and treats every day as an enjoyable experience. Emphasizes enthusiasm, youthful energy, and sustained passion for work.
Maintain your energies at high-water mark
The passage urges constant attention to physical health and fitness, stressing that bodily energy underpins life objectives. It compares the body to valuable machines and notes daily nourishment and exercise shape muscles, blood quality, and brain energy, as quoted from Physical Culture.
Half-Soled Her Saving Bank
A Phoenix area shoemaker Engle finds a pair of woman’s shoes left by a boy and discovers two fat purses containing over $800 in cash and jewelry. A frantic woman returns to claim the money and gems, placing 50 cents as thanks before Engle resumes his work.
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Engle
Arizona Republican
Engie
Storms and Forest Trees Reveal Wind's Selective Bending
A writer notes storms produce varied forest effects. Tornadoes and hurricanes can carve linear swaths or jumpy patterns through woods. Strong rooted trees may survive while weaker, even broad-leaved top sections bend. Hickory endures wind but bears greatest strain on its canopy, often leaving more downed hickories in mixed woods.
Native palm huts in Orinoco delta lowlands
In the Orinoco delta lowlands natives construct huts suspended between Mauritia flexuosa trunks. They consume tia fruits and its pith juice, and use the plant fibers to make ropes and hampocks.
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Orinoco River
Must Find Trouble and Mushroom to Old
A compact historical note discusses a mindset of seeking small troubles to feel alive and irritation, quoting S8t. Paul Pioneer Press. It then threads to a provocative claim that ancient mushrooms appear in history from Bible mentions to Talmud treaties, suggesting manna may be a commerce mushroom.
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Paul Pioneer Press
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Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Vander Zyl Bros
Carpenter & Sybenga
Physicians and Surgeons
H. O. Wormhoudt
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Eddyville
the Tribune
Gema
Wallaces’ Farmer
People’s Popular Monthly
Wallaces
California
RSET
el Paso
Golden State Limited
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Deming, N. M
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Wolf
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Workman & Co
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