Town News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
A digest of Iowa notes highlights state spending to deepen Storm Lake's lake, Manchester's planned $85,000 school without debt, Des Moines pursuing the International Peony Show, and Iowa State College reporting its largest summer enrollment. Other items cover new elevator inspections, local accidents, fisheries losses, convicts policy denial, and a busy agricultural and civic calendar across counties with numerous club activities, fairs, and farm bureau events.
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Storm Lake
Manchester
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Iowa State College
Claude Young
Talmage
Mississippi River
Ft. Madison
State Board of Engineering Examiners
College and Vacation Notes from Pella and Des Moines Gleanings
Miss Storey of Waterloo spends summer in Pella with Miss Graham at the Dormitory. Klein and Vander Stoep of Aluminum fame bought a Ford and enjoyed a Fourth of July dinner in Pella before returning to work. Central College gains new student Frank William Heemstra, born July 4, from Cleveland. he will study at the open er school and play football. The Chronicle congratulates Prof. and Mrs. Heemstra. Doctor Hoffman and family plan Lake Cottage vacation. Jane Gosselink’s class picnicked at Grand man woods. Hajo Pals and Mr. Sadler sold Wash tella cigars in Knoxville and visited the Court House Clerk’s office. Mrs. Liggett sang at Bussey Fourth of July. Freda Hesselink accompanied. Girla Glee Club sang in Des Moines at the Reformed Church Rally and Coliseum. Rev. Jacob G. Brower argues Jazz should be removed from homes for moral improvement. Mary Bruins and Anne Vander Stoep are ill. Peter De Jong arrives to begin college at Sunnyside. his piano studies noted. Frances and Hajo wed in a college romance. Prof. Bosch officiates. Gerald Mokma plans Nagasaki study. Marguerite Grooters visits from Des Moines. Twenty old Central students picnic at Skunk with Arie Vander Stoep and Peter De Jong as guests. Local trip to Corydon to buy aluminum. Band concert praised. crowd comments noted and a joke about girls in the band."
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Town State Dairy Association
F. E. Ferguson
Benton County Farm Bureau
W. F. Parritt
Waterloo
Jersey
Des Moines
Hammond
Sacalon Ariz
Corey
D. W. Baldwin
Polk County
F. W. Chesley
Center Point
Linn County
Arabelle Harvel
Saylorville
South Central District
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Shelby County
Christian Endeavor
Texas
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Sidney
Farm Bureau
New York
Illinois
Union
United States Department of Agriculture
Canning Girls of
France
Foor
Poincatre
Fleurs
National Dairy Council
Central College
Frank William Heemstra
Cleveland
Ohio
West 67 Street
Sam
The
Chronicle
Heemstra
Cornet Player and Typhoon Band Entertain Town
A lively street exchange questions the name of Verle Ramsey’s horn and notes a Typhoon band in town. Residents discuss batons, dress suits, and missing Sousa, while expressing delight at homegrown music and weekend performances.
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Verle Ramsey
C E Convention Notes Des Moines Trip Dixie Draws Crowd
Christian Endeavor convention drew many from Dixie to Des Moines last week. A vast congregation rose to honor Dr Clark’s call for men to join the church. From Grand Avenue we heard the crowd and saw SIX bells broadcasting speakers’ messages to Omaha Denver Chicago Minneapolis and other places.
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Christian Endeavor
Des Moines
Dixie
Clark
Daniel Turnipseed
Gerald Overton
Harold Nichols
Calvin Burger
Farmer Boys
Iowa
Australia
England
Ireland
Lionel Fleter
Grand Avenue
Sean
Omaha
Denver
Chicago
Minneapolis
Let Mother Be Remembered Poem by L. W. Ross
A reflective poem honoring a mother who endured pain and toil through years of childrearing and faith. It praises her sacrifices, patience, and devotion to her family and to the Lord, noting she found joy in Jesus and in guiding her children.
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Jesus
L. W. Ross
Pella Markets Quotation Sheet From Farmers Co operative
Quotations from Pella Iowa listing hogs corn wheat oats per bushel and per hundredweight, prices for cream eggs hens roosters broilers ducks and geese, with figures incomplete or missing. Markets reflect local exchange and commodity pricing from Pella Produce Co and farmers cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
Rock Island Train Schedule East and Westbound
Passenger numbers 472 474 4765 473 appear in the Rock Island timetable with eastbound 11 59 am and 8 39 pm, westbound 0 10 am, local freight 882 881, and a 5 pm prior cutoff for freight shipments. Wabash timetable shows east and west departures daily with listed times.
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Chattaqua Park
Red Oak
Iowa Baptist Assembly
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Victor N. Witter
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Thomas
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Decatur County
Federation
Fair
California
Frances Engleston
Burlington
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
B. B. Burnquist
Republican State Committee
Farm Bureau Federation
Western Passenger Association
Miss Storey
Miss Graham
Klein
Vander Stoep
Aluminum Fame
Jane Gosselink
Grandman Woods
Hajo Pals
Mr. Sadler
Knoxville
Washtella Cigar Co
Court House
Mrs. Liggett
Bussey
Freda Hesselink
Girla Glee Club
Coliseum
Jacob G. Brower
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Mary Bruins
Anne Vander Stoep
Peter de Jong
Peter
Mr. de Jong
Orange City Academy
Hospers
Sunnyside
Frances
Hajo
Prof. Bosch
Fuller Brush
Gosselink
Wall Street
Aluminum Man Brains
Gerald Mokma
Nagasaki
Marguerite Grooters
Sheldon
C. E
Old Central
Arie Vander Stoep
Henrietta Plette
Magdalene Kuyper
Corydon
Cornet
Sousa
Ramsey
Rock Island Train Service
Howell, Lows
East
Wea
Louis van Roekel
A. A. van Roekel
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Mchitrose
M. M. Boot Farms
Monroe
Otley
Franklin Automobile
A.B. van Zante
A. D. Klyn
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