Otley Neighborhood News Highlights Local Happenings
Irene and Angeline Waardhuizen visited their mother in Des Moines hospital and reported improvement. Bobby Beyer fractured his elbow and had it set in Newton. A son of the Heemstra family received hospital care in Oskaloosa. Mrs. Waardhuizen attended her daughter’s illness. a May 4 picnic is planned by Christian Reformed church members. Various visits, a Newton band concert, and community events fill Otley life with updates on banking receivership, weddings, and local gatherings.
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Irene
Angeline Wasrdhuizen
Des Moines
Bobby
Arne Beyer
Newton
Harry Heemstra
Oskeloosa
Arie Waardhuizen
Dick de Haan
Bosnia
Oskaloosa
J. B. Vriezelaar
Chronicle
Otley
Gerrit de Jong
Paul de Koekkoek
Son
de Koekkoek
Will Waardhuizen
R. Douwstra
John Waardhuizen
C. Vander Wiel
Johanna
G. van Buren
Clarence
Gerrit Elyn
John Elyn
Pella
Holland
Mich
Otley Savings Bank
John Klein
Charles Frazer
New Sharon
W. C. Frazer
William Karrs
Monroe
Cleo Raney
Centerville
Marion Buttery
Harry Buttery
Charley Ford
Winterset
Ellsworth Shilling
William Karr
J. M. Hart
Summit Township
Roy Karr
Lloyd Powers
Red Rock
C. C. Core
Lloyd Shilling
Blanche
Delight Karr
Keller
R. M. Hart
Srd
Hotel Saver
Mrs. Hart
Janella van den Berg
Henry Muilenberg
Haymen
Henry Merryman
Jack
Peter Sheets
Maxine
Mary Ellen
Paul Coffin
R M. Hart
Otley Birthday Party and Local Visits Report
Madge Hart celebrated her ninth birthday with friends Jack Merryman Beverly Muilenberg Mary Jane Van Hemert and Betty Lee Ford enjoying ice cream and cake. Neighbors and relatives including the Waardhuizen Vriezelaars Roye and others visited Clarence Bricker and shared a social with Otley Reformed church ties.
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Madge Hart
Jack Merryman
Beverly Muilenberg
Mary Jane van Hemert
Betty Lee Ford
Will Waardhuizen
Jack Vriezelaar
Gertrude
Lola
Otley
Clarence Bricker
George Roye
Henry Muilenberg
Delight
Blanche Karr
Pella
Ralph Hart
Severa
Doctor Mater
Knoxville
Sunshine
Otley Reformed Church
le Grand Orchestra
Henry Merryman
Jack
Coffin Home
Ames
Local Social Roundup in Peoria Amid Family Visits
Peoria residents share a weekend of visiting relatives and friends. Margaret Vander Molen spent time with Elizabeth Gonlach while Gerrit Pothoven of Colorado vacationed locally. Cecil Vander Molen and John Veenstra families attended church and hosted gatherings with the Vander Molen and Van Roekel households. Martin Vander Molen remains ill though some improvement noted. Rev. M. J. Vander Werp and Mrs Vander Werp visited Cecil Vander Molen Thursday evening.
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Margaret Vander Molen
Elizabeth Gonlach
Herald Sheesley
Eorge Hunt
Cecil Vander Molen
John Veenstra
Pella
Gerrit Pothoven
Colorado
John Foeksema
Martin Vander Molen
H. Bokhoven
Ben Vander Molen
Harry van Roekel
Betty Lowy
John Gezel
Minnie Gezel
Alse
Minnie
Gertrude van Roekel
M. J. Vander Werp
Orpheum Des Moines Presents Rough Romance and More
At the Orpheum Theatre Des Moines and the RKO Orpheum continue strong shows with Rough Romance starring Geor O'Brien and Helen Chandler for four days from Wednesday. The Fox Movietone drama filmed in Northwest timber country depicts a lumber camp life and a duel between a stalwart lumberjack and a desperado with key action scenes including fights gun battles and a river rescue. Also stars Antonio Moreno Noel Francis. Vaudeville features Speedy Feet Howard Todd and Auroras. Mentery melodrama Midnight featuring Betty Col.
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RKO Orpheum
Des Moines
Geor
O’brien
Helen Chandler
Fox Movietone
Chandler
Antonio Moreno
Noel Francis
RKO
Howard & Todd
Auroras
Mentery
Betty
Tomatoes or Tomatoes Recipe Tips From The Trakman
A playful note on pronunciation and clashing opinions ends with two tomato recipes. Stewed Tomatoes with Toast Cubes and Scalloped Tomatoes Scotch Style are shared, detailing ingredients, steps, and yields for six servings.
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Trakman
Shade
Midnight Mystery and Worths in Des Moines Vaudeville Bill
Veteran director Gev. B. Seitz scores in Midnight Mystery with Betty Compson and cast including Lowell Sherman Hugh Trevor Raymond Hatton June Clyde. RKO stage show in May Worth circus stars present Idol of the Circus at the Orpheum Des Moines. Gates and Clare perform Odd Steps and Tunes plus another notable vaudeville act.
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Tery. Gev. B. Seitz
Betty Compson
Lowell Sherman
Hugh Trevor
Raymond Hatton
June Clyde
RKO
Worth
Circus Equestrienne
Worths
America
Orpheum
Des Moines
Gates
Clare
Weekly Letter From Washington Heralds Hoover Furnishings Change
A surprised President Hoover discovers a transformed White House executive office after his wife Mrs Hoover secretly had a maple desk, bright Chinese rug, and eight new upholstered chairs installed overnight.
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White House
Mr. Hoover
Desks and decor reflect White House postfire renewal
The executive offices show a full makeover after the Christmas Eve fire. A new hardwood floor, modern electric fixtures, and updated desk set including tooled leather pad, bronze inkwell, brass ash recep tacles, and a silver sailfish ornament present a refreshed, cohesive color scheme.
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White House
Senators gripe over tariff bill and Hoover pens controversy
The piece laments ongoing tariff debate after Herbert Hoover sealed the bill with six gold pens, while the public remains unsettled. Senator Borah pushes to keep pressure on the tariff, urging the Tariff Commission to study cost differences in reducing items and questioning the flexible provision.
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Herbert Hoover
William Borah
Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission Scrutiny Prompts Watchful Public Debate
A House resolution led by Representative Garber of Oklahoma seeks an investigation into the Tariff Commission amid calls for reform of its leadership. The sugar industry and lawmakers expect changes as Hoover and the commission face renewed scrutiny following the 1924 beet sugar controversy. Consumers anticipate presidential appointments to the body and await Senate action.
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Garber
Oklahoma
Suycar Group
Reyne Brownard
Utah
Commission
Hoover
Senate
Women Leaders Debate Prohibition in McCall’s June Issue
Twelve women voices including Florence P. Kahn Mary E Cooley Virginia Gildersleeve Iona Gale Katherine Cornell Evangeline Booth Jane Addams Carrie Chapman Catt and Ella Boole weigh the Eighteenth Amendment pros and cons. They argue prohibition will eventually end saloons yet others claim Volsteadism harms families and raises intake among women. The piece surveys reform and repeal viewpoints for readers on the central issue.
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Mount Holyoke College
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Iona Gale
Katherine Cornell
Booth Tarkington
Charles Fiske
Evangeline Booth
Jane Addams
Carrie Chapman Catt
Ella Boole
Charles Sabin
Women’s Organization For Prohibition Reform
June McCalls
Blue dress uniforms for Regular Army proposed by Rogers
Representative Edith Rogers of Massachusetts urges passage of a bill to provide blue dress uniforms for enlisted men of the Regular Army. She argues 70 000 privates in blue would boost wool, leather, boot and shoe makers and reduce unemployment. Brigadier General Ewing E Booth supports the bill’s $1,202,900 appropriation.
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Edith Rogers
Massachusetts
Peasage
Ewing E. Booth
General Staff of the War
Army shifts to blue uniforms for troops costs outlined
A policy reversal allows privates and officers to buy blue uniforms at their own expense as khaki stock dwindles. Mrs. Rogers notes a Rough estimate of 287000 dollars to convert Regular Army wear and about 285000 dollars for black boots, excluding officers’ clothing costs.
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Ismund
Booth
Gum industry a practical monopoly of the United States
The Department of Commerce notes chewing gum as a growing U S industry with a 1927 output of 86 047 000 pounds and per capita annual consumption of about 105 sticks Exports have risen to roughly 2 million annually with key markets in the United Kingdom and Italy Despite dependence on foreign suppliers for some ingredients America remains the dominant producer with many plants linked to American firms
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Department of Commerce
America
Fly
United Kingdom
Italy
Central America
Turkey
Zanzibar
Ceylon
Pan American Day Proposed By United States
The United States leads to create Pan American Day on April 14 to honor the Pan-American Union born in 1890. A June 1980 ratification by the Pan American Union board and a President Hoover proclamation express continental solidarity and friendly ties among American republics.
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New World Nations
Pan-American Union
Governing Board of the Union
Hoover
Invi
the. Schoovic
Bnd
United States
Capitol’s Past Replaced by New Supreme Court Building
A historic Capitol building once a Civil War prison and boarding house is being razed to clear space for the construction of a modern Supreme Court facility. The demolition marks a transition from a storied past to a contemporary government complex.
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The
United States
Supreme Court
The Idle Stomach and Our Unemployment Problem
Dr E V McCollum explains how modern diets rich in refined foods starve the digestive system of indigestible bulk. He outlines animal digestion types herbivores omnivores and carnivores and argues for cooked coarse plant foods to aid digestion. The piece emphasizes cellulose digestion and bran rice and wheat cellulose's role in intestinal health.
The Old Capitol Brick House and Its Historic Role
The four story brick building known as the old Capitol served as the seat of government from 1814 to 1819 after the Capitol burned in the war of 1812. Figures like James Monroe, John C. Calhoun, and General Leonard Wood are linked to its era as the nation adopted the stars and stripes. Capitol, Illinois, Indiana, and Mississippi were admitted while the Congress sat there. The structure was razed though doors, mirrors, mantelpieces and other relics are saved for posterity.
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James Monroe
John C. Calhoun
Leonard Wood
Capitol
Ilinois
Indiana
Mississippi
Congress
Great Lakes
Engel
Facts for Farmers: Hog shipping and grain handling tips
U S Bureau guidance for hog transport urges resting and cooling before loading, limiting feed to eight light grain servings, clean damp bedding, and dry car interiors. It warns against rough handling, caps shipment to 16 000 pounds in a 36 foot car, and suggests post arrival car wetting and ice bags if possible. Also covers lumber seasoning, dry hay methods, and harvesting grain ripe for combines.
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U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Instant bunion and corn relief with Emerald Oil
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as fast relief for bunions and soft corns. It claims two to three applications reduce inflammation and pain within minutes, with nightly applications shrinking corns and a druggist guarantee of ending foot troubles.
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Moone
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