This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
8
A community round up of visits and events across nearby towns. Residents from Pella Knoxville Monroe and Kellogg attended gatherings with local families, with Christmas visits pageants and birthday celebrations noted. The Fifield school recess extended for two weeks and local painters work on an internal CWA project.
Leighton De Reus visited the L Van Roekel home Tuesday. Bernice De Reus stayed with the Hasselmans Tuesday and Wednesday. Amaryllis De Jong was ill last week. Elbert Ver Meer family visited Otto Ver Meer Friday. Betty Blommers Cornelia De Kock and Herbert Klaaren Marion Klaaren hosted at Van Roekel home Friday. Lena De Jong Janet Martin visited the De Jong home Friday and Saturday. A shower for Lucile Klein was hosted at Ver Ploeg home. Harmon Sedrel from Oskaloosa spent Christmas at Sedrel parental home. Jane Vos visiting Leighton. L Meppelink ill with flu. Supper guests at Ver Ploeg Wednesday included Blommers De Kock Klaaren and Con Ver Ploeg. Christmas dinner guests at Hasselman home included A Hasselman G Hasselman Lawrence Hasselman Edward Phyllis Raymond De Reus Berneil GS Van Zee Gertrude Artie Hasselman Nick Roozeboom Homer Hasselman.
Lettie Van Sant died Friday after a several weeks illness at age 6. Funeral services were held at one and two o clock at the home and the Christian Reformed church with Rev. J Griffieon presiding, burial in Sully cemetery. Survived by six children of whom Andrew of Lynnville Vienus and Will of Killduff Mrs Pete Van Arkel and Mrs Dick Geenen of Sully and Will of Oskaloosa. husband and two children preceded in death.
A series of visits and get togethers across Galesburg and nearby towns include Henry Van Rockel and family visiting the Andrew De Penning home in Sully, Gerrit Poortinga relatives gathering for Christmas, and multiple social calls at the homes of Poortinga, Oswalt, Marks, Hendricks, Vink, and Stravers. The Union meeting discussed the corn hog plan, with members sharing lunch and stories, while several relatives and neighbors traveled between Grinnell, Newton, Monroe, and Pel la for Christmas and holiday visits.
The article lists various visitors and guests across Taintor and nearby towns including Mrs. Charles Taylor, George Dilman and family, Mire Longaker, Eve Lynn Longaker, Miss Oylvie Cranstom, Garrell Lenstead, Mrs. Tile Linstead, Mrs. John Shaw, Lester Longaker, and Martin Osmond. It notes care events for J D Fieener, Christmas dinners, and holiday visits with relatives in Oskaloosa Des Moines New Sharon Lynnville Beacon and Beac on, with a growing coal pile and spring hopes.
Art directors Frederic Hope and Harry McAfee built an authentic French provincial house inside an MGM sound stage for the film Should Ladies Behave. The production, based on Paul Osborn’s play The Vinegar Tree, stars Lionel Barrymore and Alice Brady and opens Sunday January 7 for three days at the Princess theatre in Oskaloosa.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller and Mr and Mrs Harry James were Christmas dinner guests at Roy Peters Millers home. Numerous visits tracing family ties through the Monsma Rouw Hull Northcutt and Longaker households mark a festive season with twenty seven attenders at a Lac ey reunion and many New Year calls and friend visits across Ot, Scarsboro, and nearby homes.
Fifty years ago in Sigourney on Christmas morning 25 men cleared snow to lay the Milwaukee line into town, marking the second railroad in the city limits. The event, remembered by residents like Hugo Schilling, brought joy despite frigid cold. The Ottumwa to Cedar Rapids line opened to passenger service the next year.
A columnist argues over corn hog contracts, urging cooperation with government to curb overproduction. He notes postwar Europe’s self sufficiency, market prices, and the need to balance production with demand. He warns against coercion and stresses faith, patriotism, and honest trial by farmers.
Eddyville reports the deaths of Archie Roberts 36 and LeRoy Roberts 31 in a hillside coal mine cave-in on the William Roberts farm near Bridgeport. Both brothers were digging coal for personal use when the dump slid, burying them instantly. Neighbors aided, rescue teams recovered the bodies after about an hour. Archie leaves a wife and son Warren. LeRoy a wife and four children. Their father William Roberts also survives.
Joe Brown leads a 1000 sailor cast in Son of a Sailor a First National comedy at Rivola Oskaloosa starting Saturday January 6 for three days. The film shot largely aboard the U S S Saratoga features Jean Muir Johnny Mack Brown and a host of supporting players with director Lloyd Bacon.
The notice urges workers to take a wagon and head to the mine to buy coal for their needs, signaling a community push to secure fuel amid shortages. The directive underscores meeting household requirements and ensuring steady coal supplies for the region.
A fragmented recipe lists macaroni with milk butter salt mustard olives cheese and green peppers. It describes cooking macaroni until tender then making a white sauce with flour milk butter and seasonings, adding cheese and peppers, and layering in a buttered dish.
A layered cheese mixture with olives and pimentos is assembled repeating until all ingredients are used, then covered with crumbs and baked in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.
An advertisement for Thoxine a doctor's prescription cough and sore throat remedy promises instant relief from the first swallow with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It promotes Heerema's Drug Store at an address ending in 86e.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.