Local visitors from Iowa and guests in Pella area
Local notes list numerous visitors and travelers around Pella Iowa including Mr and Mrs Tunis Hoksbergen Tracy IA Mr and Mrs Henry Vander Horst and family Monroe IA Miss Sortia Verwers Fifield IA and Elmer Meredith West Liberty IA. Several residents travel to Des Moines Marshalltown and Os Kalmo etc. The Iowa State Sunday School Council Leadership Training opens June 13 at Penn College Oskaloosa with Pella represented Robt Renaud and Lawrence Lautenbach visit Marshalltown. Jas Cochrane Des Moines underwent Mayo Clinic gallstone surgery awaiting improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Hoksbergen
Tracy
Iowa
Henry Vander Horst
M. Vander Linden
Carl Rene
Des Moines
Vander Linden
Iowa State Sunday School Council
Iowa State
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Penn Sunday Schools
Pella
Rols
Pratt Paper Co
H. E. Meisenbach
Sidney
Montana
G. G. Thomassen
Meisenbach
Thomassen
J. S. Hammer
Elizabeth and
Jess Jr
Zee Shreves
Farmer City
L. A. Winter
Sally
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Rochester
Prohibition Debate Rejected in 1922 Campaign
The article condemns Newton D. Baker for prioritizing economic issues over prohibition in the 1922 presidential race. It argues millions face unemployment and hunger, urging focus on economic relief rather than continuing a constitutional ban. It notes enforcement flaws but claims prohibition era conditions were better than saloon-era turmoil. The piece opposes Baker and supports an economic platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Miss Gertrude Hasselman Visits in Leighton Iowa
Interesting Weekly News from Nearby Communities notes Miss Gertrude Hasselman of Pella visiting sister Mrs Raymond De Reng near Leighton this week. Also reports Ellen June born Friday to Mr and Mrs Ernest De Cook. Frementon couple dinner hosts. Clara De Bruin operated for appendicitis. Willing Workers Reformed Church bazaar June 15 with ice cream social to fund missions. Further notes obituary details with family survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Iowa
Gertrude Hasselman
Pella
Raymond de Reng
Ernest de Cook
Ellen June
Fred Wotan
Fremont
Charles van Maanen
Reformed Church
Clara de Bruin
J.C. de Bruin
John Brummel
J. A. van Zonk
Willing Workers Society of the Reformed Church
Local Visits and Family News in Pella Area
Peoria News notes visitors and callers across the community. Mr. and Mrs. S. De Vries spent Wednesday at the J. W. Stursma home. Mrs. Dick Vander Veen visited Tuesday with Mrs. J. A. Rus. Mr. and Mrs. H. Nieusma of Pella visited the Stursman and Bertha. Gerrit Andringa and family visited C. Spoelstra. Adrian Vos and family and many others were seen about town. Dick Ryke underwent an appendectomy Friday at Mercy hospital Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. de Vries
J. W. Stursma
Dick Vander Veen
J. A. Rus
H. Nieusma
Pella
J. J. Stursman
Bertha
Gerrit Andvinga Jr
Adrian Vos
Hubert den Hartog
Eddyville
H. W. Bokhoven
Dick Ryke
Gerrit Ryke
Mercy
Cordova
Iowa
Mire
Will’ Benson
Earl Benson
Sem
Burlee Benson
Lynnville
Earl Besson
Sun Leland
Gerald
Sato
Leland
Howell
Chicago
Melcher
Herman de Heer
C. C. Core
Mreaymond Hart
Pleasantville
J. M. Hart
Bart Klyn
Abbott's Hospital
Orkaloora
Klyn
Oakwood
Cynthia Ann Karr
George
Eliza Karr
Indiana
Bert Karr
Knoxville
Samuel Martin
Otley News Social Visits Around Town
Otley notes show Mr and Mrs Tony Robus of Fifield visiting at Albert De Joode’s home. Families from Pella and Monroe spent time at relatives’ homes including the Welterings, Klyn, Heeren, Williamson, and Verwers households with several Sunday and Wednesday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loran Cooney
Prairie City
John de Leeuw
Pauline
Monroe
Jennie Robus
Otley
Rean Verwers
Fifield
Wm. Vander Horst
Tony Robus
Albert de Joode
John Lille
Rean Aalbers
Henry Rozenberg
Pella
Douwstra
Arie Klyn
Will Waardhuizen
Waardhuizen
Arents
Arie Waarhuizen
Leonard Wielaard
Porterville Social Notes From Local Homes This Week
Porterville residents share visits across families including Clark, Smith, Van Zante, Van Oenen and Olivier. Several trips include Oma friends in Oskaloosa Otley and Des Moines with church picnics and Camp Fire activity noted amid family gatherings last week.
Wesselink speaks at Central's baccalaureate service
The first Central Commencement event was held Sunday at Second Reformed Church with Prof Kuyper at the organ. Dr Wesselink delivered a talk on disciplined thinking based on I Corinthians 13 and Philippians 4, stressing thoughts shape life and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Second Reformed Church
Kuyper
Edward Vander Ploeg
Ruth Dykstra
John Wesselink
Dr. Wesselink
Paul
Wesselink
Peter the Hermit
Holy Land
Martin Luther
Zwingli
Calvin
Hawthorne
Apostle
Central graduates urged as Christian thinkers leaders
The piece argues for changing thinking about papers and churches and calls for Christian graduates from Central to lead in Christian thought. It emphasizes that thoughts are hard to control and the enemy has advantage, advocating grace of Christ to govern thoughts and leadership to teach the world to think on these things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris
Central
The World’s Bible Poem Message and Meditation
A devotional reflection on Annie Johnson Flint’s prose poem urging personal embodiment of faith. It asks critical self examination of actions and speech as the world’s Bible, emphasizing living out Christian principles through deeds and words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Johnson Flint
Washington and Betsy Ross Flag Design Legend
The article recounts the 1777 congressional resolution for a thirteen stripe red white flag with thirteen stars in a blue canton and the lore of George Washington visiting Betsy Ross in Philadelphia to request a flag design. It notes Ross suggested star shape adjustments and the flag’s birth as a symbol of American nationhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Washington
Congress
United States
General Washington
Betsy Ross
Robert Morris
George Ross
Boston
St. George
St. Anthony
Ross
The Flag We Hold in Honor of George Washington
This essay recounts the flag’s patriotic origins from Washington’s republic to its global symbolism. It traces key moments: Fort Stanwix 1777, Brandywine 1777, Burgoyne surrenders 1777, Jones at Quiberon Bay 1778, Drake clash 1778, Columbia voyage 1787, Pacific battle 1813, and later polar missions by Peary and Byrd. It praises Washington’s legacy and the flag’s enduring meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ington
Washington
George Washington
Fort Stanwix
Congress
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Admiral Byrd
United States
State Fair stages political rallies in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Fair will host two political days this year one statewide Republican rally and one all Iowa Democratic celebration both overseen by their state central committees plans include bringing nationally prominent spokesmen to Iowa to inaugurate the fall campaigns with key note speakers from state and national ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Fair dates Tie into Early Fall Campaigns
The text notes that the dates of the fair in the last week of August fit well with the start of intensive fall vote-getting campaigns, suggesting a scheduling alignment between public events and political mobilization.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sortia Verwers
P. W. Kelderman
Wilma Huisman
Luella Krause
Marshalltown
Minnie Phillips
Bussey
Pete A. Kelderman
Huisman
Arie Huisman
Henry Noteboom
Elmer Meredith
West Liberty
Henry Bosvelt
Marion Lee
Peoria
Albert James Hoksbergen
Louis Hoksbergen
Ed le Cocq
Herman Sedrel
Betty Blommers
Herbert Klaaren
Clarence Renaud
Dave Renaud
Fred Faassen
Zion City
Virginia Joy
Robert Renaud
Lawrence Lautenbach
John Blommers
Tunis van Vark
Dave Breen
Daisy Welle
Sully
James Ver Ploegh
Tingley
A. Ver Ploegh
Rev. J. de Haan
Michigan
Robert Scholter
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mr. Scholte
Lincoln Street
Jersey
Dick P. van Zee
Jacob van Zante
Hamm Auto Top Co
Leighton News
Franklin Carrie
Almira Jane
Lafe Burch
C. C. Amos
Dunreath
Pearl
Karl
Peoria News
Otley News
Porterville News
Bob Clark
Carl Smith
Marvin
Evert Smith
Smith
John Robertus
J. D. van Zante
Tunis de Haan
Elsie
Lizzie
Jacoba
van Oenen
Walter Plate
Henry van Rees
Richard Olivier
Lizzie van Oenen
Mary Sytsma
Angie Horwitz
New Orleans
Louisiana
John Scheson Edward
John Kamerick
Dan Sytsma
Ruth Jansen
Monroe and
Dora Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Ardian de Haan
T. de Haan
Near Leighton
Anna van Oenen
Mabel Goemaat
Christ
Princess Theatre
Philip Holmes
Walter Huston
Anita Page
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholt
State Fair
Carload Sale
del Monte Coffee
del Monte
Wheaties
Armour Star Lord
Lc Cheese
Wisconsin
Marion County
Ruby Riherd
Knoxville, Iowa
Sheriff’s Office
Ira A. Ward
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