Legion Plans Big Dedication For New Building
The January meeting of Van Veen Van Hemert Post American Legion discussed a February 19 dedication to honor World War I servicemen. Comrade Frank Miles of Des Moines and Chaplain George Derbyshire will speak, with a reception for donors before the event. Trustees will manage the building and a Legion Club Room, while a large room will not be rented for dances. The group urged members to support the war bonus adjustment in Congress. Adjutant Paaradekooper reported 65 of 115 members paid dues. post hopes earlier war veterans in Pella join soon.
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van Veen- van Hemert
American Legion
Frank Miles
Des Moines
Iowa Legionaire
Department of Iowa
Miles
George M. Derbyshire
Friends and Legion
Pella Fair
County Board
Legion
Auxiliary
van Veen-Van Hemert Post
Legion Club
Post
Harding
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Coolidge
Crary
Treasury
Mellon
East
The
Matt Paaradekooper
Pella
Civil Service Commission Facts and Figures Through 1923
The Civil Service Commission began under the 1883 law. By December 31, 1923, about 548,506 were employed in the executive civil service, with a peak of 917,750 on November 11, 1918. The commission has handled over 4.7 million exams, with 1.41 million appointments, in roughly 4,000 cities with 10,000 board members. Theodore Roosevelt served 1889 to 1895 on the commission. The system aims to select by merit for some thousand occupations, regardless of politics or religion.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Executive Civil Service
United States
Civil Service Commission
William C. Deming
George R. Wales
Helen H. Gardener
Gardener
United States Civil Service Commissioner
Theodore Roosevelt
Civil Service Law
Otley News highlights local visits and a fatal Des Moines operation
Otley notes visit of Mrs Crewse of Des Moines and Mrs Hendee of Colfax to see sister Mrs Lille with a broken limb. Descriptions of social events at the Renauds and Van Houwelings. Farm transfers between Gerrit Davelaar and Gerrit Van der Wiel. Local illness updates and a serious appendicitis case in Des Moines tied to Angeline Van Waardhuisen. Albert Fennema dies on the operating table. funeral held in Newton.
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Crewse
Des Moines
Gerrit van der Wiel
Angeline van Waardhuisen
Methodist
R. V. McKeever
Murray
M. Aalbers
H. L. Renaud
Pella
Gertrude Donai
Charles Dykhuis
Dave Fennema
Newton
Albert Fennema
Otley
Monroe
Des Moine
Albert Vander Ploeg
Community notes from Otley Iowa include births and mishaps
Interment was at Newton. A baby boy born January 24 to Mr and Mrs Will Vriezelaar expands a family of four children. Several locals suffer ailments and recoveries. A Des Moines hospital report notes improvement in a child and a radio installed by Rev H J Pietenpol. Multiple visits, travels, and tiny mishaps fill Otley life as coal shipments resume and a car accident injures Nellie Vriezelaar while Henry Vriezelaar’s trip ends in a crash. The Baptist pastor misses services due to the accident.
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Methodist
Des Moines
Charlie Klein
Pella
Ira Vriczelaar
John Markus
Grundy Center
O. van Spern
Lizzie Biven
Will Vriezelaar
Arie Ver Heul
Pearl van Peursum
Kaldenberg
Arie van Waardhuizen
John
Angeline
Holland Coal Co
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Centerville
H. L. Renaud
Gus Aalbers
Will van Waardhuizen
Ralph Frazer
Floyd Frazer
Newton
Otley
J. B. Vriezelaar
Will. Gorky Klein
Clarence Renaud
Anne Klein
Fifield
Klein
Baptist Church
Albert Vander Ploeg
Vriezelaar
Miss Kuyper Heard In Recital At Central Conservatory
Magdalene Kuyper gave a senior piano recital in Central’s Conservatory of Music chapel last Saturday evening. She received loud applause between selections and performed with ease and expressiveness. The program featured Beethoven Sonata Op. 14 No. 1 Allegro Allegretto Rondo in O minor, Mendelssohn Nevin Venezia Suite At Dawn Gondolf Venezia Love Song Good Night On the Mountain March Grotesque Weber Polonaise Op. 21 Liszt Sposalizia. The Venezia Suite and the Beethoven sonata plus Mendelssohn concerto drew particular praise. Congratulations were extended to Miss Kuyper and her teacher Prof. Sadler.
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Central
Conservatory of Music
Magdalene Kuyper
Miss Kuyper
Nevin
Weber
George Francis Sadler
Mendelssohn
Ing
Esther Kuyper
Ruth Lautenbach
Minnie
Leona
Des Moines
Vanden Dever
Nancy Ruth
Tillie
Janet
Pella High contestants shine despite poor weather
At the county contest in the high school auditorium, Pella High School's Frances Ver Steeg won first in dramatic and Miss Sedrel took top in humorous, with Harry Hesselink to represent the school locally. Judges praised readers, while the audience enjoyed violin encore and a film of The Sky Pilot.
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Hayworth
Penn College
Bute
Harry ¥ St
Frances Ver Steeg
Edith Sedrel
Knoxville
Dallas
Harvey
Pleasantville
Bussey
Melcher
Lindman
Monroe
Saturn
Prairie City
At The Table and School Notices Mixed In Lecture Notes
A collection of classroom and school notices describes etiquette lessons about conversation and table manners, plus reports on speeches, plays, and upcoming events. Mentions Rev Dickson, Mr Derbyshire, and Rey Savin, with schedule notes for junior play and games against Knoxville and Harvey.
Community Song Celebrates Pella Life and Pride
The lyric praises Pella and its Dutch heritage with lines extolling clean streets, strong churches and schools, and a thriving college. It highlights community sentiments, mentions winners Long Wormhoudt and honorable mentions C J Fox R W L Dick Den Adel Emma Sybenga, and invites residents to join in the town’s pride.
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Pella
Long, Wormhoudt
C. J. Fox
Dick den Adel
Emma Sybenga
Modernist Pastor Rebuked For Up-to-Date Religion Debate
Rev Edwin T. Aldrich of St Andrew's United Brethren rebukes Rev E H Reeman in a Sunday sermon for promoting modernist views. Aldrich argues the Bible is infallible and questions modernists to produce a better plan of salvation. Des Moines Capital provides coverage of the event.
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Edwin T. Aldrich
St. Andrew's United
Yesterdas
Des Moines
Crystalline Rocks From Deep Underground Enter Surface
Researchers note that all crystalline corks cited by mien tx originated at depths of at least 5000 feet beneath the earth's surface before being exposed at the surface.
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Mien Tx
Library reports big circulation in Pella area
The Carnegie-Viersen Library at Pella shows a ten percent rise in total circulation and 24,692 items lent in the year. New books purchased 246 with 54 donated. 72 worn out. net gain 202. Children’s books made up 40 percent of circulation. fiction 59 percent among adults.
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Agnes Bouquet
Carnegie-Viersen Lib
Pella
Carnegie-Viersen
Dickens Opposed Orphanages Policy Stance
Dickens repeatedly argued against orphanages, advocating private homes for parentless children as the preferred solution, reflecting his belief in family based care over institutional care. The remarks underscore his opposition to state or charity run facilities.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Rock Island Train Schedule for Howell Iowa
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with passenger and freight numbers. Freight shipments must arrive at the station by 0:00 p.m. the evening before. Wabash Times Table references Howell, Iowa.
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Wabash
Howell
Iowa
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Otley News
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Beethoven
Sonata
Allegro Allegretta
Mr. Sadler Mendelssohn
High School Department
Christine Bruins
Charlotte van der Ploeg
Sky
Ralph Connor
Penrod
Sam
Frances Rosa
Lewis
Webster Building
Renaud
Dickson
Derbyshire
Rey. Derbyshi
Rey. Savin
Pete L
Miss Jewell
Ames
Miss Bonar
Bobby
Mr. Manuel
Alfalf
Earl
Rock Island Train Service
Great White Way Bus Line
L. T. Munson
Howard Jackson
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