Local items note visits and travels around Pella
Mrs G Waechter and Mrs John Blommers returned from La Porte City after visiting relatives. Ed Ves left for a two week Ozarks vacation. Hattie and Anna Hospers visited Des Moines. Several residents attended a Democratic convention in Des Moines. Mrs Ray De Haan is home after surgery. Diller Van der Ploeg headed to Des Moines for the Democratic convention with tools in tow. Ed Van Toorn and family returned from a St Paul trip and Wisconsin lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Waechter
John Blommers
la Porte City
Ed Ves
Ozarks
Hattie
Anna Hospers
Des Moines
Kenneth Palmer
Chronicle
Paul Scholte
C. Vander Linden
D. C. Renaud
L. A. Winter
Will van Oostrum
Tipton
Okla
H. van Qostrum
A. T. van Zante
Kalmazoo
Mich
Ray de Haan
Lutheran
Diller van der Ploeg
Nick
Mr. Huyser
Diller
Ed. van Toorn
St. Paul
Lakes
Wisconsin
Local Shop Ads List Miscellaneous Prices
An old newspaper fragment lists varied prices for household items and medicines including Alka Seltzer 29 cents, rubbing alcohol pint 0 cents, laundry and health products such as Lavoris arsenate lead 1 pound 25 cents, aspirin 100 tablets 75 cents, and dye items with notable low pricing. The ad style reflects period consumer offerings and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alkaseltzer
Antwerp couple welcomed baby daughter in Des Moines
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mokma of Antwerp Belgium welcomed a baby daughter born in Des Moines last week. Mrs. Mokma stays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J H Cochrane as Mr and Mrs L A Winter and family plan to depart for Dubuque Iowa later this week. Friends and neighbors express regret at their move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Blommers
Chris LeCocq
Maurice
Moulton
Iowa
Harold Neifert
Gerald Mokma
Antwerp
Belgium
Des Moines
L. A. Winter
Dubuque, Iowa
Mrs Thelma Conrey Begins Prison Term
Thelma Conrey, 23, was sentenced by Judge Norman R. Hays to a prison term not to exceed 10 years in the Rockwell City women’s reformatory after pleading guilty to embezzling 2008 dollars from Marion county funds. Her husband Matson Conrey, a house painter, tearfully said goodbye as the baby remained in their care plans. the judge refused parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Thelma Matson Conrey
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Norman R. Hays
Marion County Treasurer's Office
Hays
Clarence A. Kading
Conrey
William Johns
Fort Madison
Nelson G. Kraschel
Dialect coaching for MacDonald in The Girl of the Golden West
Jeanette MacDonald learns Central Missouri dialect for her stage role at the Pella theatre with dialect director Dave Weber guiding her. The cast uses 33 dialects including Illinoisan, Virginian, Mexican, Alabaman, Spanish and Cockney, while McGuire signs Weber to ensure the hillbilly twang remains authentic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Pella Theatre
William Anthony McGuire
Miss MacDonald
Dave Weber
Missouri
N Son Eddy
Walter Pidgeon
Leo Crillo
Buddy Ebse
Priscilla “Lawson
Billy Bevan
Levi Dykstra Sets Pace for Others
Levi Dykstra, aged 74 and crippled, works daily in his garden and summers on his farm east of Otley. He dug 20 bushels of potatoes last year and has lived on the Pella area farm for 67 years. After a stroke four years ago he remains active, saying he feels better when he can work and could not sleep without a day’s task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Dykstra
Mr. Dykstra
Otley
Dykstra
Pella
Neighborhood Changes Marked by Local Deaths
Mr. Dykstra notes a marked shift in the neighborhood with ten deaths within a single block since his arrival. Miss Ruth Bannister, longtime operator at Gene's Beauty Shop, has taken a job in Ottumwa, leaving many friends regretful at her departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dykstra
Ruth Bannister
Gene
Ottumwa
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the Slob
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Jeanette Veldhuizen
Oskaloosa
Federated Club
George Heeren Jr
Iowa City
Paul Blommers
Paul
The
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Con Ver Ploeg
Leighton
E. Klaaren
Herman Welle
Newton
Jack Bootsma
Irene Veldhuizen
Oregon
Nova Scotia
Esther Beerends
Arie G. van Zee
South
North Dakota
Ben van Zee
Minneapolis
Hollandale
Minn
South Dakota
Gertrude Jaarsma
Florene den Adel
State Finance Company
American Institute of Business
H. J. Vanden Berg
Ella’ van’ Houweling
Edith Bevans
Dijon
Emmeline Porter
Geo. Gezel
Tone Schippers
East Third Street
West Market
Lud
Iga
Dreft
Zic
DE Wit’s Food Market
Pella, Iowa
Ulrich’s
Arie Schilder
South Side Square
Pella, Ia
Paardekooper’s
Epsom
60C Marine
Colgate Dent
Mrs. Thelma Matson Conrey
MR. Conrey and the
T. Plette & Co
Thelma Conrey
Knoxville
Matson Conrey
Vander Ploeg
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