Local notes from Otley and surrounds list visits and illnesses
Special correspondence from Otley reports residents visiting relatives in Pella and Des Moines, updates on illnesses including pleural pneumonia and a broken health period, and mentions of church services and school events. Several families, including Muilenberg Vander Wiel and Daavelaar, are noted with travels, visits, and recent arrivals.
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Sarah
Pella
Sete Fanaa
Eli — Wherle
Te Pia
Ionia
Renee
Ieee
TF. Byer
A ‘Sandmier
de Koekoek
Oskaloosa
Sealia
Josephine Kaldenberg
Peta van Gerp Spuet
Joe Muilenberg
Muilenberg
Newton
Gerrit Vander Wiel
Gerrit Daavelaar
Verwers Family Hosts Kellogg Dinner For Newlywed Henry Verwers
Special correspondent notes Mr and Mrs John Verwers and families gathered at Jake Verwers’s Kellogg home Sunday to honor Henry Verwers and his wife after their Minnesota wedding two weeks ago. Lorena Wisgerhof spent the weekend with Marie?ppe. Sully town team edged Lynnville 29 to 28 in Saturday basketball. Mrs H Buitenwerf hosted the Ladies Aid at First Reformed church Thursday.
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Rosgnden
John
Joe Baad
Ge Repanes
Elie “Association
oldPuesday
Amber
C. Eldeppiteleal ‘Sons
Leélaid
Mra
Albert Kling
Henry
Wyk
Christian: Reformed Church
Phil Mintle
Lynnvillé
Kimb Briggs
Conn
Miss Attorle
Newton
James Kemes
Ankeney
Nellie de Bruyn
Mix Elizabeth
Gladys Olson
Ruth Wagner
Glenn Baynon
Lynnville
Berdina Macy
Elbea Sampson
Arnold Mathes
Mrs. Mathes
Nancy Perry
Lee Perry
Rae
Anne van Arkle
John Verwers
Everett
Henry Verwers
Albert Verwers
Jake Verwers
Kellogg
Minnesota
Lorena Wisgerhof
Marieppe
Sully
H. Buitenwerf
First Reformed Church
Athletes Meet College Degree Rates With Non Athletes
A Harvard study summarized in the Alumni Bulletin compares 806 graduates from the class of 1927. It shows 301 athletes and 505 non athletes, with 81 percent of athletes earning degrees versus 68 percent of non athletes. Athletes required 8.01 semester hours versus 8.07 for non athletes, and non athletes posted higher average grades overall.
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Ausiatant
Donald Snedden
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Swine Producers Form Group To Stabilize Hog Market
A new producer association formed this month in Iowa aims to control hog production and stabilize the market. The group, drawn from producers across counties, plans centralized packing and cooperative action to curb the hog cycle and protect prices, with a $1 membership fee and emphasis on dairy-style organization.
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Ames
Organiia
Seigh Embertony Pie Towa
Smereiaty
Morris
Treasure Erert
Burg
Bucki i
Tox
Towa
Devisi
Jor
United States
Chicago
Iowa Inventors Receive Patents In Des Moines
A patent was granted to Archie Burns of Des Moines for an automatic magnetic separator in coal crushers. His device uses an inclined chute with a trap door that opens when iron or ore is detected. Additional Iowa patents listed include Henry DeJarnette ink distributors, Clyde Harding pipe pusher, Harold McCray internal combustion engine, George Monk ditcher carrier, Lee Teague and J. Graybill cultivator shield holder, and Henry Wiemer water pan holder.
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Des Moines
Archie Burns
Barr, Freeman and Sinclair
Equitable Building
The Beauties of Chicago Promises Golden Opportunity
A Central Ray note paints Chicago as a progressive, windward city offering opportunity. A street cleaner retires after weeks on the job, having swept up lead to fund a comfortable life, illustrating the city’s supposed luck and chance for young men.
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Chicago
Pella
United States
Central Ray
No Treat To Her
An American boasts of Niagara Falls and raves about its water, while a shriveled woman nearby laughs. He asks her name and she replies I am Mrs Noah referencing the biblical ark story in a humorous exchange.
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Niagara Falls
Noah
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Featured After 47 Years Practice
Dr Caldwell promotes Syrup Pepsin as a mild natural remedy for constipation after 47 years of practice. He argues ordinary drastic purges are unnecessary and claims the syrup cleanses without griping. The ad offers a free sample bottle sent to Monticello and Minola upon request.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Jr. Callwell
Youth and Age in Penny Saving Wisdom
The verse reflects Oliver W. Holmes advising youth to save for age and money needs. Read the Chronicle.
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Oliver W. Holmes
Fragmentary OCR News Item on Fire Tragedy and Weather
The readable text hints at a 1928 incident involving a house fire that killed a resident named Sealy, amid discussion of hundreds facing exposure to cold weather. The fragment mentions a council meeting and references a fire tragedy connected to freezing conditions, but many words are garbled.
Caring for babies habits and Castoria use
The passage discusses stopping infant habits such as hand sucking with mittens and restricting arm movement, noting it may affect development. It warns about irregular bowel action causing weakness and constipated bowels, urges regular bowel activity, and promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe, vegetable remedy used for colic diarrhea sleep issues and general digestion with the wrapper signature for authenticity.
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Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
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