Van Dorp Family Heads West on Coast Trip
Local notices report Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Van Dorp and their daughter Virginia with relatives starting a Pacific coast journey. They plan stops in Minneapolis Spokane and Portland to visit Garden City Feeder Co. branches before a month in Los Angeles. The Dick Van Gorp party will visit Corpus Christi Texas with their brother in law C H McDowell and wife before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. van Dorp
Virginia
Dick van Gorp
P. H. van Gorp
Pacific Coast
Minneapolis
Spokane
Portland
Garden City Feeder Co
Los Angeles
Corpus Christi
Texas
C. H. McDowell
Pella Social News Brims With Visits and Local Events
Mrs S G Cummings visits Des Moines with daughter. Local residents travel to Des Moines Oskaloosa and Monroe for visits and funerals. Gerald Mokma writes from Nagasaki. Birthday parties and school happenings noted. Central College dean visiting Otley. outbreak of scarlet fever reported among De Hammer children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Hammer
Charley Dillon Follows Losses And Rebuilding At Des Moines Firm
Charley Dillon of Des Moines spent Sunday with his family in Pella. He is interested in the Des ines Lashweight Co which suffered a 38000 loss by fire and has no finances. He says they are starting anew and will rebuild the business. Miss Verna Liter visited Oskaloosa friends Sunday. Mrs Robert Moulton, visiting at her daughter’s home with L W Hartley family, left Monday for Cedar Rapids before returning to Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hospers
Hattie Hospers
Des Moines
Marie Verley
J. M. Cox
H. F. Closz
Muskeegon, Mich
Closz
Webster City
Chas. Closz
T. Benitema
Monroe
Reasner
S. G. Cummings
Neal, Burgraaf
J. P. Kramer
Sigourney
Pella
Verle
Chronicle
Mr. Kramer
Gerald Mokma
Nagasaki
Sapan
P. van Hemert
Otley
P. Vander Kolk
Y. T. van Niewaal
Chicago
Ella June Donai
Glenn van Duyn
Fern Bishop
Knoxville
John Smith
Oskaloosa
Jake Kuiken
Hobsburgen
Liberty and
East First Street
Henry Klyn
Andrew Klyn
Johanna
Mary Shoemaker
Nebraska
de Wit Bros
T. A. Searcy
W. S. van Hemert
The
Bell Clothing House
TL. J. Rus
R. M. Adair
Prairie City
Dora van Zante
Dean H. W. Pietenpol
Central College
A. P. Fankhauser
Charley Dillon
Charley
Desines Lashweight Co
Busi
Robert Moulton
L. W. Hartley
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Recollections of a Pioneer in Iowa’s Early Days
The memoir recounts a migration from North Carolina to Indiana and then to Wisconsin Territory during the Black Hawk era. It details scarce provisions, frostbitten corn, hunting for sustenance, near-constant danger, and the theft of Black Hawk’s skull by Dr. James Turner. The narrator witnessed the skull’s removal and the ensuing pursuit and disorder among settlers and Native tribes.
Be Proud of Your Good Name and Meet the Peddler
A poem urging courage when a doorstep salesman arrives. Do not fear to inspect the goods, do not mislead children, and allow the seller to demonstrate his wares. The speaker advises playing the game fully and taking pride in one’s reputation.
Preparations to Control Grasshopper Pests Worldwide
Special Agent of Bureau of Entomology to lead investigations on grasshopper control. Plans include experiments on poisoned baits for regional species and an international map of conditions. Entomologists from Canada and the U S coordinate uniform methods across Wyoming North Dakota Minnesota and other affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
Bureau of Entomology
Billings
Mont
Wyoming
North Dakota
Minnesota
Six pennies found in chicken gizzard in Martins Ferry
Six pennies worn nearly smooth were found in the gizzard of a chicken cleaned by Mrs. Harry Koehnlein wife of a local banker. Koehnlein said no money was ever found in eggs laid by the hen. Carbon paper and second sheets at the Chronicle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martins Ferry
Harry Koehnlein
Koehnlein
Proof of Will Notice for S Bosma in Marion County Iowa
Notice is given there is a will on file in the Clerk of the District Court Marion County Iowa purporting to be the last will and testament of S Bosma deceased. It will come on for hearing in February term 1923 of the court on February 26 1928 at which time all interested persons may be heard. Walter Kester Clerk of District Court Knoxville Iowa January 24 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Iowa
Wilks County
North Carolina
Richmond
Indiana
Blackhawk
Mackinaw
New Purchase
District Court of
Marion County
S. Bosma
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L. Popma
H. Gezel
Henry van Oostrum
John Weyerse
J. Hellinga
Ed Reaser
Mr.anuary
Roy Andeweg
Plette’s
John Keuning
C. D. van Skike
R. Hulleman
M. J. Thomassen
P. van Halen
Dick Synhorst
John
A. N. Vander Linden
A. T. Vander Beek
Lamar Hankamp
Bernice Schakel
Nick Vander Ploeg
Waterloo
Bakers
Peter van Ryswyk
Des Moines Regiser
Pthat—Ous Sons
Motor Trades Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Orr
Otto van Spern of
Walter Camp
Kuyper
Music House
Jim Ver Hey
Jacob Steinnemann
Lucy Barr
Mary di Hoot
Sol
Delco
van den Berg & Co
Delco Shop
Sarah Welch Nossaman
Johnny Hittle
Johnny Welch
Jacksonville
Town
Wisconsin Territory
Bonaparte
van Buren County
Sammy Reed
Isaac
Jordan
Jimmy Jordan
Black Hawk
Hard Fish
New Lexington
James Turner
Old Iownville
Des Moines River
Dr. Turner
William ‘Turnerr Tor
William Turner
Robb
Tommy Robb
Missouri
Iowaville
Turner
St. Louis
Quincy
Illinois
Walter Kester
Gambell
Money Savers
F.r.gambell
Vander Linden
Rexall
BUICK
Pella Motor CO
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