Wyatt Earp burial saga and cemetery theft tale
A historical note questions a 1929 death certificate claiming cremation for Wyatt Earp. It states he was buried by his widow’s family in Hills of Eternity near San Francisco, with Josephine Marcus as his wife. The cemetery plot was later vandalized with the tombstone stolen.
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Buck” Buerkens
Wyatt Earp
Los Angeles
Wyatt
San Francisco
Josephine Sara Marcus
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
Calma
Josephine
John H. Behan
Tombstone
Behan
17Th St
Turner
Oster
Ariz
Van Cleave elected Lake Prairie Fair chief marshal
Looking Back recalls C M Van Cleave chosen as chief marshal of the Lake Prairie Fair Association. The city council weighs an anti-spit ordinance amid tobacco juice on sidewalks and buildings.
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C.M. van Cleave
Lake Prairie Fair Association
Pella Celebrates Bicentennial With Tulip Time Parade Plans
In Pella's Bicentennial year opening, the Auxiliary of Christian High School served breakfast for about 300. Joyce Kuyper debuted a stirring Bicentennial song directed by Larry Grooters. Tulip Time will feature a historical theme This Is Our Land with themed floats, and ideas include a Conestoga wagon and Betsy Ross. Local bird notes suggest feeding wildlife, while cold-week tips warn against idling cars. Two nostalgia books, Harvey Centennial and Marion County History, are available locally, and new Pella Bicentennial brochures are ready.
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Pella
The
Christian High School
Ladies of the American Legion
Joyce Kuyper
Leighton
Otley
Peoria
Larry Grooters
Betsy Ross
Nola Vander Streek
Harvey
Marion County
Grass Roots Caucuses Light Up Pella Area Monday Night
The Pella area urges Democrats and Republicans to attend precinct caucuses Monday to select delegates for county conventions and ultimately the National Convention. The process includes county, district, and state caucuses with all adults aged 18 by Election Day invited to participate, regardless of voter registration.
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Pella
Iowa
George Wallace
Tom Stoner
Tom Whitney
Democratic locations listed for meeting outreach and polling sites
A compiled list of places labeled with Democratic outreach venues across multiple towns. The entries include town halls schools libraries and community centers such as Tracy Dallas Melcher Attica Knoxville and Pella Legion Hall among others. No narrative or actions are described.
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Chronicle Printing Department
DeJong Floral & Seed Co
P.H. van Gorp
Security State Bank
Des Moines Tech
Sid de Haan
Wendell Ver Ploeg
Don van Hemert
Ruth van Rees
Marion County Genealogical Society
Élulla
Pella Publications, Inc
Pella, Ta
Richard D. Barton
Beverly A. Barton
Dick Barton
Ernit Visser
Henry Fischer
Lola van Weerden
Marion
Mahaska
Poweshiek
Jasper
U. S
Pella Chronicle
Franklin St
Iwa
Holland Theatre
Thur
Trinity Brothers
Monthlu
Democratic Party
Public Safety
Pella Christian High School
Pella Legion Hall
Central College
Bussey
Hamilton
Marysville
Pleasant Grove
Pat Myers
Pleasantville
Red Rock
Knoxville
Summit
Jerry van Wyk
Otley Rt
Hawkeye Bancorporation
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