Local News From Oskaloosa and Pella Families
A broad roundup from Oskaloosa and nearby Pella notes health scares and recoveries, visits by locals, illnesses, and community events. Residents Richard Goad and John D. Van Vark recover from surgeries while others like Miss Evelyn Dodson resume duties after injuries. Local shakers include Delis Van Zante's surgery, Mary Barbara Boat’s birth in New York, and several visits and moves among families such as De Cook, De Penning, and Van Zante. The piece also cites car deliveries, a funeral, and the ongoing activities of many households in the area.
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Delis van Zante
A. B. van Zante
Newton Ya
Patty
BE V. Goad
Pella
Tracy de Penning
William de Penning
Evelyn Dodson
Missouri
Theospital
J.eo Waitts
Fifield
Jasper de Raad
Iowa plans largest statewide school music festival
Iowa public schools announce a massive festival at the Iowa State Fair next summer drawing 10 000 to 15 000 musicians from across the state. Highlights include a massed rural choir of 10 000 voices a statewide high school band with multiple county groups a massed high school chorus and a star conductor directing concerts on Iowa School Music Day August 26.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa State Fair Board
Towa
Exposition
State Fair Amphitheatre
Java
Jessie M. Parker
W. Dean McKee
Shenandoah
A. J. Steffey
Knoxville
Harry Andrews
obit for William Tysseling in Iowa and Netherlands roots
William Tysseling born in the Netherlands April 24 1862 died January 9 1934 near Oskaloosa at 81 years 8 months 10 days after seven months illness. Survived by widow Harmina Overbergen six children Herman Cruzen Henry Tysseling Howard Rowland Wilbur Tysseling ten grandchildren three great grandchildren two brothers and a sister. Funeral January 12 at Central Reformed church Oskaloosa with Rev George Muyskens. six nephews pallbearers. Burial Black Oak near Pella.
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William Tysseling
Netherlands
Oskaloosa
America
Minnesota
Iowa
Harmina Overbergen
Herman
Carl B. Cruzen
Longview
Wash
Henry
Elkton
Minn
Howard Rowland
Rose Hill
Wilbur
Stewartville
Tennis Tysseling
Ames
Anne Tysseling
Pella
Ae A. Vander Waal
Erskine, Inn
Tysseling
Central Reformed Church of
Central Reformed Church
George Muyskens
Black Oak
Women church work praised despite critic’s stance
The Voice of the Public letter defends women’s active role in church activities against Fred Lam’s call for silence. It argues women are as intelligent as men, perform testing, praying, and finances, and that the Open Bible church reaches more people with genuine conversions and life changes.
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Chronicle
Fred Lam
Paul
Lam
Church of the Open Bible
Talk on Christian Citizenship by Rev Menning at W C T U
Rev G Menning addressed the Pella W C T U on Christian Citizenship urging Christians to apply gospel principles to all life relations from family to nation. He warned the saloon’s return, urged voting according to Christian ethics, and called for ongoing fight against alcohol despite repeal of the 18th Amendment.
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Pella
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Rev. G. Menning
Chronicle
Rev. Menning
Heavenly Kingdom
Jesus
W. C.T.U
Nciples
United States
Iowa
Christ
Three Gunmen Rob Penney Store in Knoxville
Knoxv ille Journal reports three unmasked robbers held up the J C Penney store at closing time, forcing a customer and five employees to lie on the floor while tills were rifled. A customer, E E Miller, had $24 taken. two coats were added to the loot as the trio fled through snowbound streets, with two suspects later detained in Oskaloosa.
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Donald Hesselink
Jack Yrisburger
Oskaloosa
Tommy Grier
Bob Hoar
Richard Goad
J. C. Penney
E. E. Miller
H. G. Meek
Frank Burnett
Clara Fortner
Hazel Donai
Jerry Hayes
Penney
W. E. Warner
Knoxville Journal
Blue Eagle on Jap Fish Cargo Seized by Customs
Washington DC customs seized four thousand cases of Japanese tuna bearing the NRA Blue Eagle insignia at San. The action targets a contraband shipment reportedly linked to the wartime aid program and questioned for authenticity and legal compliance.
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Blue Eagle
Washington, D. C
NRA
San
Canned Fish Shipment Impounded After Japan Link
In Pedro California an order to impound a shipment was issued by Assistant Secretary Stephen B Gibbons after a to informant telegraphed that a Tatsuta Maru consignment landed at Terminal Island San Pedro bore the Blue Eagle insignia. The telegraph claimed the cans were made under higher wage limits and that the goods were sent to Samuel Kunin and Sons in Chicago.
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Samuel Kunin & Sons
Chicago
First Simpson college prom to be held by seniors
The senior class at Simpson college will host the first prom in the school's history on Saturday night January 20. Regulations prohibit campus dancing, so seniors will rent the Masonic temple floor for the event.
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Simpson College
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Emmett Edwards
Fred van Ness
John P. de Cook
Washington Street
Gise-Bertha de Vries of
Wey
Henrietta de Goey
Jake Klein
Monroe
Diller van der Ploeg
Marie
Latin Mathes
Henry Renaud
F. W. Mathes
Sae Hter
Raymond Mathes
Arie Oltshoern
Jacob Klein
William van Rheenen
Iowa City
Jeanetta Kolenbrander
Anthony Ver Meer
John Mathes
John D. van Vark
Mahaska Hospital
Otto Mathes
University Hospital
Sarah Vande Gaarde
Hattie Gezel
John Grundman
East Third Street
Pella Theatre
Stursma
Wil Waardhuizen
Otley
John Waardhuizen
Murray Nesbit
Peter Splint
Splint
Farl Boat
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mary Barbara
John Rietveld
Franklin
East First Streets
White Way Auto Co
J. C. Mitten
Washington
Emma J. Anderson
U. L. Brookhart
Brookhart
Senator Brookhart
E. V. Goad
Barnes City
J. C. Allen
Jean Kuyper
Jon Steintjes
Gamble
Omaha
Nebr
Gamble Store
Mr. Steintjes
Bernard Renswick
New Kirk
L. Laangstraat
P. Vander Sluis
Peter du Pree
N. van Maren
Ben Blommers
M. Vander Linden
Iowa Council of Christian Education
Youngerman Block
Gisa Bertha de Vries
Gerrit Kuyper
Walter Heyveld
Tena Bandstra
Irene Roose
Everett Heyveld
Warner Willemsen
May Sterrenberg
Fannie Waldeck
Pagoss Spies
Colorado
Persia
East Washil
Waldeck
Fannie Vander Zyl
Central Cleaners
Andeliver
R'Vola
Ke Ai
Gilbert” Roland
W. C. T. U. Group
Sodom
Chamber of Commerce
Abraham
Roosevelt
Congress
Phelenis
Republic
King Alcohol
Ford Products
Marion van Baalen
The
United Paint & Body Co
Franklin and
Standard
John W. Rietveld
Gillie
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