Five Girls Drown in Lake Okoboji Tragedy
Five girls drowned at Lake Okoboji on Saturday after a day at the Brown Thrush cottage. Rescue attempts using artificial respiration failed after an hour and a half. Eleanor Rozeboom recovered. Mildred Vander Bos did not. Names linked include Wilhelmina Muilenburg known as Billy and Grinnell graduate Miss Blackburn, daughter of Merril Blackburn of Davenport.
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Spirit Lake
Don Rodawig
P. G. Grimm
Eleanor
Eleanor Rozeboom
Mildred Vander Bos
Miss Blackburn
Billy
Wilhelmina Muilenburg
Orange City
Grinnell
Merril M. Blackburn
Davenport
Grinnell College
Northwestern Junior College
Muilenburg
Brown Thrush Cottage
Notice of Will Hearing in Marion County Iowa
Notice filed in the Marion County District Court for Alexander Kruse mann deceased. The will hearing is set for August 13, 1934, at Clerk's Knoxville office. Remarks by a visitor about Iowa weather appear in the Chronicle office.
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District Court of
Towa
Marion County
Alexander Krusemann
Knoxville
Iowa
Don L. Remy
L. R. Clements
Tragedy at Lake Okoboji Five Die In Drowning
Four Orange City girls and their chaperon drowned while wading on the reef near Pillsbury point in Lake Okoboji last Saturday. They slipped into deep water and perished.
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Orange City
Okoboji
Pillsbury Point
Kittens Clash In Narrow Knotholers Victory Note
Spectators saw Star and Knotholers battle to a 2 1 score as Knotholers rallied from a late deficit. Pershing beat Amsterdam 15 to 10 in a slugfest. Monday games closed with C. C. Camp and Knotholers delivering a dramatic finish, as Lathrum and Carlson hit key home runs for the victors.
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Ks Knotholers
Star
Knotholers
Leders
Haverkamp
de Winter
Rover
Menning
van Arkel
Bosveld
Steeg
G. Bevan
Cummings
Fennema
Heerema
K. Beyert
van Oostrum
van Niewaal
Ten Hagen
D. Bevan
Sels
Breuklander
Pershing
Amsterdam
Pershi
Singleton
Tunis Schakel
Dingeman
Shell
Rosscreen
Ver Heul
Ver
Meer
Long
Dykstra
Rolscreen
Tysseling
Ver Dught
Neifert
Vanden Berg
Intveld
Vandenerg
Weyers
Rolsereen
Ver Meer
Ulrich
Pothoven
Kersbergen
Intveldt
Boot
Donsi
Heererma
Braafhart
Wormhoudt
Beyert
Dekker
Waehter
C. C. Camp
Indianola
Wisse
Dillon
CC. Camp
Lazar
Lathrum
Carlson
C. C.C
Patton
Ver Steeg
Lazarr
Reed
Heath
Johnson
McDaniel
Loore
Bartrum
Knotholere
Passenger Bus Schedule From Pella to Des Moines and Oskaloosa
Bus departures from Pella to Des Moines at 9 80 a m, 3 30 p m, and 7 45 p m. Also from Pella to Oskaloosa at 9 25 a m, 8 25 p m, and 7 80 p m. All buses depart Central Park.
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Pella
Des Moines
Teave Pella
Oskaloosa
Central Park
Cate
Bullsnake In Bed Follows Porch Visit In North English
Ladora residents Mr and Mrs Max Simpson awoke to a bullsnake dropping onto their pillow and coiling in bed before Mr Simpson flung it outside. They believe the snake climbed from the porch perhaps seeking birds nests and entered through a screened window.
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Ladora
Max Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Veteran worker gets promotion in Ottumwa office
George H. Elliott, a longtime Ottumwa postal employee, was promoted to superintendent of mails last Monday. He has served the department here for 36 years since 1898, starting as a clerk and working in every division under postmaster A. W. Lee.
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George H. Elliott
Ottumwa
Elliott
A. W. Lee
Local Promoted Resident of Eddyville Report
Born in Albia and raised in Eddyville, he moved to Ottumwa as a youth, is married with a daughter who earned honors at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Brother of Arthur Elliott and Mrs Addie Carter, he has many local friends and a well earned promotion. The column urges embracing a purposeful life focused on friendship over material wealth.
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Albia
Oskaloosa
Eddyville
Ottumwa
University At Columbia
Missouri
Mr. Elliott
Arthur Elliott
Addie Carter
Eddyville Tribune
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Lake Okoboji
South Dakota
Chronicle
United Paint & Body Co
Franklin van Gorp
Emersons
Arnolds Park
The
Des Moines Register
Western
Jay
Kittenball
Rumley
C. Singleton
I Taylor
C. Wright
Taylor
G. Rumley
R. Rumley
J. Singleton
E. Ingleton
A. ‘Walker
Schakel
Shepherd
Vanden Baard
Fritz
West Lake
Vera Muilenburg
West Okoboji
Hart Schaffner & Marx New Spring
Lot
Wilson Bros
D. den Adel
Dixie
Dixie Gas
G. B. Ver
Pella, Iowa
Pontiac
Van’s Motor Service
Pella Motor Co
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