Two Auto Accidents Injure Two in Weekend Near Pella
Over Friday to Sunday, two auto accidents near Pella left Jacob Van Dusseldorp with a compound leg fracture after a car rolled backward onto him and Ruth Jensen with severe hand cuts from a rollover on the old washboard road south of town. Ruth received tetanus prophylaxis though her injuries are not serious and she is expected to recover in a few days.
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Gus van Dusseldorp
Pella
Jacob
Young van Dusseldorp
Ruth Jensen
W. A. Jensen
Cornelius Vanden Baard
Ruth Jansen
Marie Vanden Berg
Miss Jensen
Peter Brat Called by Death in Pella Area
Peter Brat 80 a longtime resident of the Pella community died Saturday at 3:30 AM at his son's home three and one half miles west of Pella from bronchal attack and complications after a week of illness. Funeral Monday at 1:30 PM at home and 2 PM at Third Reformed Church, Oakwood Cemetery. Born Amsterdam Jan 1 1850 he came to America at 21 and farmed until retirement. Six surviving children include Mrs John De Jong Tracy Nick Brat Knoxville John Brat Mrs Gerrit Meidema Sarah Brat and Mrs Lane Meulpolder. Four sisters in Holland also survive. wife Annie predeceased him. Card of Thanks from the children.
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Peter Brat
John Brat
Pella
Oakwood
Mr. Brat
Amsterdam
Holland
America
Annie Mosselman
Brat
Undulant Fever In Marion County
Marion county's Pearl Chrisman, first local undulant fever patient, shows little improvement. Doctors note the illness lasts two to three months with low mortality. State health specialists and Des Moines experts have studied the case, with theories linking contagion from dogs to human Malta fever.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Pearl Chrisman
Marion County
FM. Roberts
Roberts
State Health Department
State University
Christman
Howard Lanphier
Des Moines
Chrisman
Man
Husband Gerrit Tysseling Honored in Neighboring Kindness
Mrs Gerrit Tys seling and children thank neighbors and friends for support during his illness and death.
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Gerrit Tysseling
Stores scarce in ads draw quick buyers in Chronicle
The Chronicle shows ads pull strong replies this week with WH Le Sherman selling all he had after placing a stav for six gwins, attracting three old buyers who left disappointed. Another buyer aided by an ad helped recover a lost purse. Mabel Van Zante reported the purse found the next day at the spot she had lost it.
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Chronicle
le Sherman
Sherman
Sigw
Per
Mbel van Zante
Tom Thumb Course Opens At Star Oil Corner
Meyer Langerak completed the Tom Thumb golf course beside the Star Oil station, a miniature yet full set of 18 holes with electric lighting for night play. After a first opening last week and a brief halt for greens revisions, a second opening was held Tuesday evening drawing many locals.
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Tomb Thumb
Meyer Langerak
Star Oil Station Corner
Fire confusion as blaze found at remote ex house
City firefighters missearched for a blaze Saturday night, visiting C P B Dykstra and the exe house before learning the fire was at the ex house and had been extinguished. Carl Byers and a squad had already put out the old charred car fire in the miner, with the town buzzing over a new fire bell recall.
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Vander Meiden
Pella
C. PB. Dykstra
Exe
Daisy Welle
Ex House
Carl Byers
McGuffey
Plenty Of Oil On Monroe Streets
Oil runs hot on Monroe streets as motorists are warned to avoid the area until oil soaks in. A neighboring city should invest in paving to fix bug holes and improve the street appearance akin to 63.
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Monroe
Farmers Union Picnic at Grandman's Grove Aug 22 1930
The Marion County Farmers Union picnic will be held in Grandman's Grove on August 22, 1930. Further announcements later.
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Farmers Union
Marion County Farmers Union
Grandman’s Grove
Rumley Combine At Work On The Nielsen Farm
The Rumley Combine operated on the N P Nielsen Farm with two views captured by Leland Col. Martin Hokes bergen owns the machine and stands by the hopper while Nielsen’s son drives the truck. The crew notes this as the first machine of its kind in the area with a value of 1600 dollars.
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Rumley
N. P. Nielsen
Rum
Combine
Chronicle
Leland Col
Martin Hokesbergen
Nielsen
N. J. Nielsen
Byrd South Pole Flight On Screen At Strand
The Strand theatre screens Commander Richard E Byrd’s South Pole Expedition next Wednesday and Thursday August 6 and 7. The remarkable footage by Byrd and his team offers thrilling, educational material that inspires moral uplift and human interest in the unknown polar region.
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Byrd
South Pole
Strand Theatre
Richard E. Byrd
Paul Grundman Named Deputy Sheriff of Marion County
The city greets Paul Grundman chosen as deputy sheriff succeeding A. J. May who recently suffered a stroke and cannot continue. Grundman starts work August 1, with the Grundman family remaining in the city for now.
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Paul Grundman
Marion County
Grundman
A. J.may
Farmers Should Know Facts On Gas Pipeline
Farmers in Marion county face new gas pipeline plans as Knoxville papers report. The piece urges farmers along potential right of way to organize for protection and fair compensation, clarifying contract terms, width of easement, farming access, fences, drainage, leaks, and maintenance rights. It notes state law excludes pipelines from public service, so rights are gained by private treaty.
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Marion County
Knoxville
Notice for bids for coal in Pella Independent School District
Sealed bids for lump coal will be received by the secretary of the independent school district of Pella Iowa for delivery to school buildings during the winter of 1980 1931. Bids must be in by noon August 11 1980. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Peter van Sittert secretary.
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Independent
Pella
Towa
Peter van Sittert
Car crank injures man. two ribs broken at Renaud home
G B Ver Steeg, while cranking a car left in gear at Perry Renaud’s home, suffered two broken ribs and remains at his residence 1200 Main Street. Rev. William Goolouze of Prairie City visited the Chronicle office Tuesday to arrange printing for his church dedication set for August 12.
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Perry Renaud
G. B. Ver Steeg
Main Street
William Goolouze
Prairie City
Chronicle Office
Local Citizens Invest in a New Industry Fox Ranch in Pella Plans $100,000 Venture
Prominent local citizens back a Minnesota Silver Fox and Fur Co venture to establish a fox ranch on the Harry Viersen farm west of Pella. The company, capitalized at 100000, will house 50 pens for All Star Silver foxes arriving October 1. Officers include Dr. W. C. Ver Ploeg, Dr. J. J. Sybenga, Arthur Sampson, L. A. Kuyper, and Dan Meulpolder.
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H. O. Viersen
Pella
Harry Viersen
Our City
Arthur Sampson
Minnesota Silver Fox and Fur Company
St. Pauly Minn
Citizens Capital
W. C. Ver Ploeg
J. J. Sybenga
L. A. Kuyper
Dan Meulpolder
Koal
Viersen
All Star
Charles Dalton
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Ther States
Deerwood
Minn
Sampson
Europe
America
Three Mahaska County children die in accidents
The Oskaloosa Herald reports three local children died Monday in separate accidents. Millie Phipps, 10, crushed by a heavy mausoleum door at Highland cemetery in New Sharon. Robert Earle Murphy, 12, died after a horse kick in Mahaska County. Helen Louise Minor, 2, succumbed to a brain concussion from a sidewalk fall at her North D Street home. Funeral plans for Murphy were set for Wednesday.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Millie Phipps
New Sharon
Robert Karl Murphy
Mahaska Hospital
Little Helen Louise Minor
North D Street
Highland Cemetery
Ernie Phipps
Phipps
North
Rs. Phipps
G. E. Bartless
Robert Murphy
Leo Murphy
South Eleventh’ ‘Street
F. J. Jarvis
P. M. Day
Robert
Murphy Home
Robert Earle Murphy
Cheesman Funeral Home
Forest Cemen
Helen Louise Minor
Judd Minor
D Street
Helen Halloway
New Chiropractors Open Offices in Pella
Colchester Illinois doctors C W Jiras and Elizabeth Jiras have established chiropractic offices in the former Esther Ketman suite in Pella. Elizabeth will run the local office while C W, currently at the Palmer school in Davenport, will join weekends after completing his studies. Decorators are updating the office while an advertisement for Men’s Dress Hats at The Bell appears.
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Pella
C. W
Elizabeth Jiras
Colchester
Ill
Esther Ketman
Jiras
C. W. Jiras
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport
the Chronicle
J. M. Cook
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Jacob van Dusseldorp
Lane
Byrd Pictures
Deerwood, Minn
Silver Fox
Mahaska County
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