Reformed Church Synod in Meet
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, meeting in Kingston New York for a week starting June 2, outlines centennial celebration programs for the Board of Foreign Missions on Sunday June 6 and Monday June 8. The events include a Thanksgivings service with greetings from boards and missionary leaders, a sermon by Rev Henry Evertson Cobb D D, and messages from British and Canadian boards. A number of foreign missions and regional leaders will participate with various greetings and a concluding hymn sung in praise.
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Board of Foreign Missions
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Kingston
New York
Synod
Womans Board of Foreign Missions
Henry Evertson Cobb
The Challenge of the Century Church Meeting Report
The Board of Foreign Missions hosts a Tuesday evening programme with speakers Dr Mark A Dawber and Prof S Lloyd Brook at The Southern Normal School Brewton Alabama. It cites a year of income decline across denominations with totals for members schools and benevolences, plus board gifts 1929 30 through 1931 32, noting ongoing retrenchment and synod action. Delegates from Pella Classis are listed with several names and towns.
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William S. Chamberlain
Board of Foreign Missions
Board of Domestic Missions
Mark A. Dawber
Methodist Church
S. Lloyd Brook
Southern Normal School
Brewton
Alabama
the Reformed Church
Homer Hamilton
Reformed Church
Pella Classis
G. Menning
Pella
G. A. de Jong
Leighton
Geo. Vander Zyl
Sully
H. W. Pietenpol
Secundi
R. D. Douwstra
Otley
R. A. de Jong
L. W. de Penning
A. P. Kuyper
Ella
Garden Square of Pella Recounts a Wild Civic Era
The article recounts the Garden Square in Pella tied to Rev. H. P. Scholte. It chronicles its transformation from a hedged stone bordered space to a bare cow and goose gathering area, its use in Fourth of July pranks and mass celebrations, and a Civil War era fireworks disaster that caused panic and injuries.
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H. P. Scholte
Iowa National Guard
Pella
Disaster and political rambles after a troubled celebration
In the melee many were injured while others were trampled as the crowded event ended in disaster. Afterward meetings were held on open ground after hedge and cottonwood trees were removed. Henry Clay Dean spoke, displaying a copper head snake cane and urging listeners to “Look to this and live,” receiving wild applause.
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Henry Clay Dean
Pella
Lytle Aims To Reform Federal Reserve And Credit
Democratic candidate Chas F Lytle calls for a sweeping 144 point program to curb the Federal Reserve Board and Wall Street influence. He proposes mortgage refinancing, securities regulation, tax exempt security ban, abolition of the Farm Board, tariffs reforms, bank deposit controls, carrier system consolidation and tighter national banking limits to stabilize purchasing power. He faults current law for concentrating power in a few hands and urges Congress and voters to back comprehensive reform.
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Federal Reserve Board
Chas. F. Lytle
United States
Woodbury County
Wall Street
Federal Reserve System
Lytle
Federal Farm Board
Hawley-Smoot
Power Trust
Washington
Iowa Teachers Will Not Lose Morale
Des Moines reports Iowa teachers, facing low wages among public servants, will not let the economy undermine morale or instruction quality. Secretary Chas F. Pye notes rural pay around 750 dollars annually and urges communities to value teachers’ sacrifice and service as citizens plan for the state’s future.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chas. F. Pye
State Teachers Association
Deep South
Pye
Towa
Passenger Bus Schedule From Pella To Des Moines And Oskaloosa
Bus schedule lists departures from Hotel Pella to Des Moines at 9 81 p m 2 81 p m and 7 46 p m. Also from Pella to Oskaloosa at 9 84 a m 8 84 p m and 7 49. All buses depart from Hotel Pella.
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Pella
Des Moines
Oskaloons
Son of Pella Man Reports Personal Crisis and Death
Carl G. Stoddard 47 son of Ira Stoddard of Des Moines died by his own hand at his Cedar Rapids home after four months of ill health. He had just returned from Excelsior Springs Mo. seeking influenza relief. No inquest. Stoddard headed Bishop Stoddard cafeterias with outlets in Des Moines Waterloo Sioux City Cedar Rapids Davenport Peoria Rockford. He was past president of the National Restaurant Association and long active in employee profit sharing. He leaves wife Geneva and a son Jerry aged one, plus his father and siblings.
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Carl Stoddard
Cedar Rapids
Ira Stoddard
Des Moines
J. M. Cox
Kate Beard
Lenora Scholte
Des Moines Register
Stoddard
Carl G. Stoddard
Bishop Stod
Mercy Hospital
R. A. Verpahl
Bishop Company
Des Moines Cafe
B. F. Bishop
Bishop and Stoddard
Green Mill
Bishop's
Bishop-Stoddard
Waterloo
Sioux City
Davenport
Peoria
Rockford
National Restaurant Association
Iowa
The
Baptist Church
Geneva Stoddard
Ira J. Stoddard
Ruth Ryan
San Francisco
California
Roy K
Gilman
J. K
Cheyenne
Wyom
Jerry
Marion County voters urged to elect Andy Van Drimmelen treasurer
A letter to Marion County voters profiles Andrew Van Drimmelen born 1887 and a long time taxpayer and World War I medal recipient. It praises his business leadership at Van Drimmelen & Co and Farmer's Co operative Exchange and argues he is highly qualified to end the Des Moines river district monopoly by electing a Lake Prairie or Summit township candidate as county treasurer.
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Andrew van Drimmelen
Marion County
van Drimmelen
G. A. Vandermeulen & Co
Knoxville
Tone
Pleasantville
Metcalf
Clark
Dyer
Wilson
Des Moines
Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Andy van Drimmeren
Pella
Lineville Doctor Critically Injured In Auto Collision
Dr N Smith of Lineville was critically injured Thursday when his car collided with a Rock Inland freight train in the northern part of Lineville near his home. The impact threw the car about 15 feet. Dr Staith attempted to jump from the car.
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Lineville
N. Smith
Staith
Trenton Man Injured In Serious Accidental Fall
A man was hurled a great distance and rushed to a Trenton Missouri hospital with a compound fracture of the right leg a fracture of the left leg a fractured skull and internal injuries. Little hopes are entertained for his recovery.
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Trenton
Barn Destroyed by Mysterious Fire Near Delta
A large barn on the Mrs Mollie Keep farm five miles northwest of Delta burned Thursday night around nine. Richard Keep and Walter Biewen, son and son in law, were inside as flames erupted. Cause unknown. The barn, among the largest in the area, was partially insured. Household goods of Mr and Mrs Ross Thompson stored there also burned, following a prior Thompson home fire weeks earlier.
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Delta Press
Mollie Keep
Delta
Richard Keep
Walter Biewen
Ross Thompson
University Park to Host State Camp Meeting
The 54th annual Iowa Holiness association State camp meeting will be at University Park Oskaloosa from June 8 to 12. Noted speakers will share in a program promising intellectual and spiritual enrichment amid the event’s hospitality and broad audience.
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Iowa Holiness Association
University Park
Oskaloosa
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Geo. Godfrey
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Marion-Monroe
W. H. H. Barker
Ottumwa
America
John Erskine
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