Local News Highlights From Prairie City Area
Fractured ribs and lung injury for Mrs. John Wittenberg after a fall at home. Pneumonia illness for Mrs. Henry Menninga west of town. Prairie City high school student Miss Hattie Gezel spent the weekend at home. Local car dealer Van Houweling Auto Co. sold seven Dodge and Plymouth cars and a truck last week despite the cold. Birth announced for son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoksberg six miles north of Pella on Jan 21 weighing nine pounds. Multiple notices of illness and hospital recoveries, operations, and influenza in the community. Des Moines visits and local travel for medical and banking matters. Various parish, church, and civic notes including property exchanges and neighborhood updates. Remark about Haile Selassie not resolved and a Hollywood joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wittenberg
Henry Menninga
Hattie Gezel
Prairie City
Loren Cummings
Knoxville
van Houweling
G. G. Gan
Dave de Cook
Mahasi County
Larry
Mattie van Cleave
Rosscreen Co
Clarence Vander Linden
Pella National Bank
Mary Watertor
Bussey
A. Nelson
Erma
Gert Weyerse
Kal
Paul Grundman
Gerald Paardekooper
Chicago
Klaas Intveld
Klaas
Herman Stuart
Central
Simon Heemstra
Central College Industries
Bert Baron
Broadway
L. W. Hartley
Hartley
Lucy Huber
Rev Menning
Baron
Rev. Menning
Lawrence van Rees
Main Street
Betty Lou Brown
Fremont
Town
Harriet Schilder
Kate Thomas
Mary Isabel
Marie Smith
Oskaloosa
Thomas
Gus Dribbel
The
Baptist Church
Carl Clark
Des Moines
J. J. Dixson
Wisconsin
A. van Duren
Home For
Starscreen Co
van Bert van Vark
Kate Do
Galesburg Miss May Home of Mains Ill
Mrs May of Galesburg is reported ill at home with Hotchkiss hospital and Mrs Clyde Rawley acting as caregiver as details remain incomplete.
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Mrs. May
Mains
Hotchkiss
Clyde Raw
Local Visitors and illnesses noted at State Center
Mr and Mrs A J Terpstra visit Dr A D Woods home State Center Mrs Yetta Romans of Killduff stays at Terpstra home during their absence Andrew De Penning and Anie Klyn family visit Friday Lovene Peery Marjorie Sehnig Earl De Bruyn Sully high school students weekend visits Ralph Van Rheenen visits brother William Mick ill at parents home Peter Ipple on the sick list Visitors at William De
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Terpstra
A. D. Woods
State Center
Yetta Romans
Killduff
Terpstra
Andrew de Penning
Anie Klyn
Lovene Peery
Marjorie Sehnig
Earl de Bruyn
Sully High School
Ralph van Rheenen
William van Rheenen
Robert
Mick
Clifford Mick
Peter Ipple
William de
De Pennings Host Bruyn Couple. Van Rheenen Relative Visit
Mr and Mrs Jim De Penning hosted in Bruyn Monday evening. Miss Agnes Van Rheenen who works at Mahaska hospital spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs H Van Rheenen.
Correction to Bruinekool Obituary Details
A correction updates two errors in the obituary of Mrs. John Bruinekool. She died at her son W. J. Bruinekool’s Broadway home, not on Prairie street, and she was not the last of her family. A surviving brother, Case Gezel of Portland, Oregon, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruinekool
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Jack van Rees
Haile Selassie
Hollywood
Jean Harlow
Myrna Loy
Parsons
Iga’s
Fairfield
Dubuque
Wormhoudt Funeral Home
Vander Ploeg
Galesburg
Chinchilla
Children’s & Misses
Jenurey
Albia, Iowa
Uying
Albia SalesCo
Albia
Iowa
Pella
Howell Switch
Township
Pella Limestone Co
Pella, Iowa
Lintment
Iisser
PFREE
Vogelaar’s
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Central States Electric Company
Pella Gas Division
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