Pella Area News Summary of Local Trips and Visits
Local residents announce vacations visits and returns. Harry De Cook and Clarence Buerkens resume school duties after trips to Pella. Many others, including Miss Ethel Bloom Miss Rhea Myers and Miss Nellie Zylstra, visit relatives in Newton Prairie City Valley Junction and Des Moines. Several residents travel to Ames for a short course at the State Agricultural College and others visit or host relatives in Pella and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry de Cook
Sac City
Pella
D. Vander Pol
P. D. Wagaman
Prairie City
Ethel Bloom
Newton
Rhea Myers
Victor
Iowa
H. F. Lenecker
B. A. Vos
Fairmount
H. L. van Rees
Art van Pearsum
Elizabeth
Misa Estelle Kuyper
Lake Mills
Tommy van Vork
Navy
San Francisco
Guy Atkins
Redfield
S. D
T. Ver Beek
Cynthia
Wilma Ver Beek
Des Moines
Frank Simonse
Ottumwa
J. H. Soetens
Delta
Jeannette Hoffman
Abbott's Hospital
Oskaloosa
M. de Reus
Leighton
Betty
Bernice Blommers
H. D. Wormhoudt
Holdyville
George Clarke
Nellie Zylstra
Valley Junction
Ira Vriezlaar
Otley
M. J. de Jong
Capital City
Ames
State Agricultural College
Albert G. Tysseling
Wm. Klein
Jim Ver Ploeg
John Mathes
John Vander Wilt
Ann Arbor
Mich
A.kempkes
Agnes Black
Iowa City
Earl
W.S
Gradius‘ Klein
Baby
Nellie’ Mol
Mick
New Sharon
C. F. Shaw
Eunice
Indianola
Anna de Haan
Lena
Sioux Falls
Grace Bauman
M. L. Vander Linden
Ray
Louise Vander Linden
Anna Rietveld
Mary Toom
Miss Toom
Leighton Puts Play Across In Prairie City Review
Prairie City News notes the Leighton troupe staged Aaron Slick From Punkin Creek in their hometown audience enjoyed the three act farce. The slick Aaron uses oil to swindle a widow out of a farm, Rosa Berry longs for the old homestead, and the couple end up back on the farm amid a good crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City News
Leighton
Aaron Slick
Punkin Creek
Rosa Berry
Aaron
Rosa
A Cure for Slang Read by a Mother and Son
A mother uses an excerpt from Swiss Family Robinson to curb a boy’s street slang. She replaces casual phrases with formal, precise language, prompting the boy to reflect on speech and manners, while illustrating patience and perseverance in shaping behavior.
Family reads and corrects slang in Swiss Family Robinson
A mother gently corrects her son as he resents slate slang in a page from Swiss Family Robinson. The boy initially sulks, then admits the reading aloud sounds odd, and over time he learns to avoid the slang with his mother's calm guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor World
Marriage Insurance Charity Foreseen By Oklahoma Official
Oklahoma City report that Attorney General Prince reeling advised against granting a charter to a proposed savings investment company promising to issue life policies on children aged 1 to 15 payable only at marriage. He warned resources could be tied up until marriage, making consent possibly nonvoluntary rather than free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Prince Reeling
Preeling
Will of Gilette Steenhoek Filed for Probate in Knoxville
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Gilette Steenhoek deceased is on file in the Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa. The will will be heard in February term 1921 on February 1 at Knoxville with all interested parties invited. Walter Kester Clerk of District Court Knoxville Iowa January 4 1921. January 6-13-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Gilette Steenhoek
Walter Kester
Knoxville
Wireless Guidance for Swedish Fishers
Stockholm reports wireless telephone receivers to be placed on fishing crafts by the government so fishers may be warned of bad weather and informed where good catches of herring may be expected. No transmitters will be on boats preventing vessel to shore or ship-to-ship wireless communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Real Values Barometer Price Notice
Real Values offers savings on all wool goods with prices always lower than rivals. We advertise dependable value with a focus on clothing costs and budget conscious shoppers. M. Vander Linden signs the notice as the seller or advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Linden
M. Vander Linden
Des Moines death calls for Dalton kinship and camp tales
Coal Ridge reports Tom Dalton and family traveling to Des Moines after the death of Harry Mitten. Verle Ramsey and Verle camping at Stony Point near the river. Fred Simmons attends his mother’s funeral in Attica after a recent accident. East River Ridge students and their teacher enjoyed a pond gathering at Stony Point with a feast of potatoes apples pork and beans. Harry Mitten joined in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dalton
Des Moines
Harry Mitten
Verle Ramsey
Stony Point
Fred Simmons
Attica
Real Clothes for Real Money Prices at Bedrock
Advertises clothing with fixed prices including two piece suits at 25 dollars and three piece suits at 29.50 dollars promising value. Mentions bedrock pricing strategy and direct appeal to shoppers seeking real value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Vander Linden
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Clarence Buerkens
Owassa
Dorothy and
Mary Hess
Our
Oklahoma
Magele
Coal Ridge
Peoria
WM. Hess
Worth & van Zante
Farmers National Bank
Pella National Bank
H. S. Keables
Mackinaws
Athena Union
Labeda
Sra Eeueles Wet
CHOAE
Avai
Nan
Basu
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