Local Pella Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Local news from Pella notes numerous visits and trips to Des Moines and nearby towns, including Mrs John Eysink, Miss Sara Langstraat, and others visiting relatives, with business trips and social engagements. The column reports hospitalities, illness notes, and upcoming college events plus a town insurance banquet and a school board teaching vacancy filled by Arthur Rosenbaugh.
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John Eysink
Des Moines
J. H. Kuyper
W. M. Daugherty
Baby
Pella
Wm, van Houweling
J. B. Roovart
Town Mutual Dwelling Insurance Association
Arthur Rosenbaugh
Greenfield
Town
Mark Tapscott
Rosenbaugh
State University
Harvard
de Wit Bros
Just for Fun And Misfit Quips From a Busy Street
A quirky collection of brief anecdotes and classroom quips opens with Johnny refused cherries from a huckster and farmer, then shifts to short jokes about secrecy and education. A librarian query about medieval American education and a puzzled student spelling punishment cap the snippet.
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Johnny
Auntie Classified Laughter and Hotel Noise in Snippet
A humorous clash unfolds as Mandy and Rastus joke about old feed and flying machines while a child asks for aunt spelling. In a hotel, a guest complains after a cornet player provokes a long night, and the proprietor notes chatter from another patron about more music.
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Jones
Just One More Hint as He recounts past loves
A man’s long chat about past love affairs signals to a woman that he is about to press for one final romance. The quip frames such confessions as a prelude to a last attempt at love.
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Dave Thomas
Rock Island
Eldon
South
Mr. Read
Tennessee
Chicago
Fortney
Periwinkle House
Southland
Welch
The
Read ing News Times Inside Joke Sharpens Social Edge
A wry line from the Reading News Times notes that withdrawing or doubting plans can provoke friends to pressure you, presenting a streetwise, tongue in cheek take on social dynamics in casual circles.
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News-Times
Blanket origins spark question of value
A quote from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a buyer purchased a Navajo blanket from an Indian in Arizona claiming it was made in New Jersey. The exchange highlights confusion over origin and credit, suggesting the purchase journey went west to acquire the item.
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Arizona
New Jersey
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Olivet
Willis
Sara Langstraat
J. G. Sybenga
Carrie Ten Hagen
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Agnes Bousquet
Oskaloosa
H. Plate
Leighton
H. J. Rhynsburger
A. P. de Reus
Dell Hendriks
Lottie Dykstra
Eddyville
Watson
G. Scheffers
Prairie City
Fred Scheffers
Peter Muilenburg
Sioux County
H. P. van Rees
John de Cook
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Andrew van Zonk
John de Prenger
Anna Hunt
Monroe
Gladys Buerkens
John Roelefsen
Sully
Everet Jansen
Colorado
Roelefsen
College Excelsior Club
Evalyn Vander Horst
Bussey
Ed O’dea
John C. Vroom
John K. van Dam
Otley
Dave Welle
Bake- Rite
Ottumwa
Eva Welle
Lester
Keokuk
Peter Tusseling
G. H. van den Berg and
H. P. van Gorp
Wabash
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Garden City Feeder Co
T. J. Liter
D. Hynes
Henrietta van Polen
James Ver Hey
Whicc
Sioux City
Nora Scholte
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
E. Richardson
Aberdeen
S. C
Farm Bureau
Geraldine Aeschenbrenner
Detroit
Peter Ten Hagen Jr
Virgil, S.D
Congregational Church
Central College
Messrs. Klein
de Bruin
Lepeltak
Sande
Eddyville Tribune
de Wit Bro.s
W. J. Vander Wilt
Little Daughter
Peter Ten Hagen
C. F. Dykstra
Ella Vanden Baard
C. Lautenbach
Miss Sophia
H. D. Wormhoudt
Gertrude Kramer Bigelow
Coronado
Calif
R. R. Beard
Helen
Estelle Kuyper
Harriet
Marion Frush
Bernice Bechtel
Davenport
H. C. Wormhoudt
Ben Kuyk
J. H. Cole
Miller, S. D
Sisting
College Execessior Club
Walter Marks
Galesburg
John D. Meninga
Case van Genderen
Fred Vander Zyl
J. D. Douma
Dinsmore
Sask
Canada
Anne Vriezelaar
Mr. Douma
P. Vander Kolk
L. Popma’s
Opie
the Chronicle
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
Tag
Iowa
County of
Marion
H. P. Scholte
Hugo W. Kuyper
Ech
Geelhoed i
DE Vries Guo
GAASS
Peggy
John
Grand Central Station
New York City
Meester
Mandy
Rastus
Earth
Gambell
Money Savers
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Missouri
DE Witt
Puritan Drug Co
Heerema Bros
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