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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
5
Peter Tyselling announces candidacy for re election to a second term as member of the board of supervisors. The term starts January 1927 and is subject to republican primaries on June 7, 1926.
L A Sents announces candidacy for member of county board of supervisors term starting January 1927 subject to the outcome of the Republican primaries in June. He frames the bid as a timely political move and urges party support.
A historical notice lists candidates for County Recorder State Representative Sheriff and Township Trustee. J E Long H C Martin C N Nick Dykstra Emma Dennis Bert Ver Meer seek party primaries due June 7 1928 with voter support urged in Marion County and Township elections.
Otley news notes visits from Robert Kaldenberg and family in Pella while his mother grows feeble. Local residents Vern Frazer and Conrad Van Speren stop by, births occur at the Aalbers home, and several families attend funerals or entertain guests. Rain showers weekday afternoon bring needed moisture.
A rival of a little daughter was born at the home of its grandmother Mrs. J. B. Vriezelaar in Otley on May 31. A medicine show has pitched tents in Otley offering nightly performances and advertising cure-alls especially bitters. Some farmers must replant corn due to cut worms while others plow but the area needs more rain.
Oskaloosa and Pella faced off in Oskaloosa with final totals: Oskaloosa 1211 of 1500 and Pella 1167 of 1500. The teams prepared for the next meeting at Pella on July 20.
Gerrit Ver Steeg of Pella and Code Van Alst of Orange City wed Saturday at the Iowa City Methodist church and plan to live in Pella. Connie Smorenberg, daughter of Mrs. H Lefers, married Johanna Lefers at the Second Reformed parsonage with Rev. Bruins, then to Chicago for a wedding trip. they will reside in Pella after July 15. The Chronicle extends best wishes to both couples.
An article on Genesis chapters 30 32 and the reconciliatory path through prayer and repentance. It links Jacob and Esau to human failings greed deceit and the need for forgiveness as taught in Ephesians 4 13 and Matthew 6 9 15. It highlights the night Jacob wrestled with the unseen and the transformation through prayer and revival meetings.
A devotional study reflects on Jacob's night of struggle, his meeting with God, and his transformation to Israel. It discusses themes of giving, forgiveness, and reconciliation, linking biblical lessons to personal and social conduct amid world events. It highlights the need to act with generosity and seek peaceful relations between individuals and nations.
The text describes Jacob’s夜 struggle at the border of Canaan as a turn toward total dependence on God. It emphasizes humility and chastening, noting God’s encounter that night and Jacob’s realization of being in God’s hand, likening the change to Saul’s conversion to Paul.
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