Local visits and travel in Pella and nearby towns
Freemont I A residents Mr and Mrs Henry Booyink visit D Vander Ploeg home while many Oskaloosa and Des Moines trips are noted. The piece catalogs dozens of short social updates including visitors, birthdays, school plans, and travel to Chicago Des Moines and Denver with multiple families named such as Vander Linden Klaaren Vos and Ver Ploeg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Booyink
Freemont
Iowa
D. Vander Ploeg
Tunis Brom
Marion Vander Linden and Son
B. V. McClun and Sons
Morris and
Bobby
Oskaloosa
I. J. Beerends
Anne Vander Pol
Dena Vander Pol
John Braashart
P. D. Wagaman
Prairie City
A. van Duren
Dorothy
Denver
Colo
Julia Vander Ploeg
Raymond Alferts
Marvin Vander Waal
A. Vander Waal
Vander Waal
Hampton
Pleasantville
Ed Vos
Earl Tool Home
Monroe
J. D. Guerts
Walter Guerts
W. J. den Hartog
Helen Corf
Des Moines
Frances Carlson
Glen Neeley
G. Bennink
Peter Klaaren
Wilfred Klaaren
Eddyville
E. Klaaren
Bert Baron
N. van Vliet
City
H. Vander Linden
Leighton
Marshalltown
Mary Vander Kamp
Frank
Henrietta Hoksbergen
Martha
Kate Ver Huel
Drake
Wm. Jelsma
Otley
Jelsma
Eva
Wilma van Wyngaarden
J. Hagens
A. T. Ver Meer
Will den Hartog
Lutheran Hospital
H. W. Pietenpol
Ruth
Hattie de Heus
Peter de Heus
F. Roose
East Third Street
B. H. van Ness
J. T. van Zante
Tom Roland
Barney Niefert
Gore van Arkel
Lefty Snack
Mike Wassen
Chicago
Harry de Haan
Pella
C. H. van Arkel
L. J. Faudraee
Gove van Arkel
Kansas City
A. M. Sels
J. C. Hagens
W. van Arkel
Professor Hankamp
Pete Ten Hagen
Andrew Buwalda
Verros
Union Street
East Pella
West Pella
Jack Andeweg
Bruce
John Weyers
A. R. Dunbar
Dunbar
van Ness
Mr. Dunbar
Edna Beyer
Wilma Pals
Clear Lake
Nate Williams
McCulla
A. T. van der Beek
N. Firth
Williams
Sidney Ross
Webster City
Garden City Feeder Co
R. M. Smith
A. Dietrick and
Robert
Minneapolis, Minn
Edith Grover
Dorothy Butt
Bess Talbot
H. D. Vander Werf
Baxter
John Vander Wielden
Gradys Vander Loon
Gerrit Steenhoek
War Story on Mississippi Battlefield Sadness and Death
A Civil War scene on Mississippi soil near Brandon portrays Blue and Gray forces. A mansion barricade misfortune sees a mother and infant fall to a stray bullet as General Sherman orders a funeral bell and the message that war is hell. Based on a true incident attributed to W. H. H. Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Brandon
General Sherman
Hell
W. H. H. Barker
Two-Man Boat Ban Faces Wife’s Rolling Interference
A man attempting solo canoeing finds his progress blocked as his partner, his wife, rocks the boat figuratively and literally, creating a domestic obstacle to his intended voyage.
One of the First Chevrolets Built in 1912
A historical note on Chevrolet, tracing production from 1912 to ten million cars sold. May production reached 113,852 vehicles, surpassing all prior months. The piece highlights vast output, averaging nearly 2,000 cars daily, and even imagines the cars would circle the globe if lined up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Snake bite reported as blue racer near clothes in Iowa town
In Monroe Mirror local: Mrs Henry Steenhoek bitten on the leg while hanging laundry. She describes a blue five foot snake that jumped two feet and fled into grass. She remains under a physician's care with swelling and pain, suspected blue racer. A separate note mentions an unusual Buff Orpington chick with extra legs being raised by Mrs Stump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steenhoek
Indianola native Miriam Newton killed in Nebr. crash
Former Indianola resident Miriam Newton of Lander Wyoming died after a head on collision near Greenwood Nebraska. Her sister Elizabeth was fatally or gravely injured and in a Lincoln hospital. Their parents, Lander Newtons, flew from Wyoming after learning of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Miriam Newton
Lander
Wyo
Lulu Hohenshell
Newton
Elizabeth
Lincoln
Nebr
Greenwood
Carl F. Brown
Elizabeth Newton
Miriam
University of Town
P.E. O. College
Missouri
Des Moines
Brown
Auto
L. L. Newton
Confesses Eight Year Old Crime
Raymond Mulligan, 35, confessed to a 1923 Decatur robbery to Sheriff Beasley at Saner's Cafe in Oskaloosa. He cites fear of arrest and desire to quit drinking as motives. Illinois authorities plan to return him to Decatur on three charges, including robbery and assault with attempt to kill after a pistol battle with officers. Mulligan was wounded in the arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Herald
Sigourney
Raymond Mulligan
H. A. Beasley
Decatur
Illinois
Beasley
Mulligan
Four-Legged Chicken Baffles Local Editor
Mrs. Clara Stump of Montezuma brings aMemorial Day born chicken with four legs to the newspaper office for inspection by the unnatural history editorial department. The bird walks on two legs and rests on the others when tired, a curious natural oddity reported by the local press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Stump
Unnatural History Editorial Department
School Teacher Is Assessed Fine
A Warren county woman school teacher was fined five dollars for running a stop sign and five dollars for contempt of court after an exchange with Mayor C. C. Briggs and a prior warning by Marshal Jesse Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
C. C. Briggs
Jesse Hamilton
Briggs
Rooster Day at Mount Pleasant Iowa
A traveler recounts Rooster Day in Mount Pleasant Iowa a quirky town event where farmers bring surplus roosters to town for judging and sale at three cents a pound over normal price merchants stage a humane celebratory send off for the birds while the town enjoys a carnival atmosphere. The piece muses on rural prosperity and the odd charm of the annual rooster festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Audubon Society
Society For the Prevention
Mt. Pleasant
Obsolete No More Electric News and Modern Gadgets
A lighthearted column notes growing obsolescence of older devices as modern electric appliances arrive. It highlights Hoover cleaners Westinghouse irons Dormeyer juicers and automatic heat controlWashers from Woodrow and other brands, advertising sales service and a free in-kitchen trial while praising electric cooking and cleaning efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Housewife Quote Highlights Witty Saidings in Chronicle
Readers are reminded of a line about an experienced housewife who can fit more bottles in a medicine chest than a man could in a box car. The column notes other quips on self preservation and domestic life as it ends with a prompt to read Chronicle Want Ads.
What Cheer Cafe Owner Personal Crisis Reported
Sigourney Review reports Sigourney area tragedy as Brose Dugger, owner of What Cheer cafe, shot himself near noon last Thursday. He had suffered ill health and despondency, and left a note before driving east to park near Beman school, Washington township. The shotgun death went undiscovered until the following day by local farmers Carl Ferns and Frank Humes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Review Brose Dugger
Dugger
Beman
Washington Township
Carl Ferns
Frank Humes
Sigourney Ties Up Wet Gang Crackdown
Sheriff Beasley and Marshal Klein Schmidt led a week long drive against bootlegging and heavy drinking. A jail crowd formed, with pipe line follower J Earl, known as Whiskey Bill, held on $1,000 bond after a preliminary hearing. Frank Leichti jailed for DWI and illegal transport with $2,000 bond. A. B. Brenon, 45, jailed three months and $400 fine for whiskey possession. Others, Joseph Wilson, Gilbert Estes, and Cleland Sellers, faced drunkenness charges with varied penalties including suspended jail time and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Review
Beasley
Marshal Kleinschmidt
J. Earl
Lyons
Frank Leichti
A. B. Brenon
St. Louis
Joseph Wilson
Gilbert Estes
Cleland Sellers
Wilson
Estes
Sellers
In Fear of Congress a Nation of Bragging Independence
The piece points to Americans’ pride in no king while fearing Congressional actions. It notes heavy spending on education to train many chasing a single goal, mentions a Kansas senator given a cocktail shaker, and describes Detroit policing speakeasies as a sign of Prohibition era tensions.
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America
Congress
Kansas State Senate
Detroit
Four Pleasant Years in The College Boarding Hall
Dear Sir: I write of four pleasant years in the college boarding hall at Pella. I am not a native, lived there eleven years, moved there with my husband and two boys in 1888, cared for the hall, met students, taught a Bible class. Mr Custer, class of 1897, died in Pasadena in 1919. Clarence, in Pasadena, assists at Drapery Dept May Co Los Angeles. John, history professor in Avon Connecticut.
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Pella
Cole
C. L. Custer
Los Angeles
John
Avon, Conn
Was Popular Hardware Clerk In Pella
A personal reminiscence traces a clerk from Pella born November 27, 1865, who attended Pella public schools and studied under Edith Stallard, C. C. Cory, and Miss Renaud. He left school at fifteen to work for A. G. Vander Meulen, then H. F. Bousquet, moved to Harrison, Kansas in 1884 with his parents, married Mary C. Vander Meer in 1888, and later relocated to Corsica, South Dakota in 1907 where he resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankelin Street
Pella
Edith Stallard
C. C. Cory
Renaud
A. G. Vander Meulen
H. F. Bousquet
Harrison
Cak
Mary C. Vander Meer
Corsica
S. Dak
Car In Ditch Injures Two Boys After Turnover
Ellis Conn and Oliver Moore were riding to a Montezuma dance when the car left the road between the R I tracks and the county farm. It overturned twice into a ditch, injuring both boys with bruises and cuts. They were taken to Montezuma hospital where care was given. injuries not serious. Conn suffered an arm bruise.
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Ellis Conn
Oliver Moore
Montezuma
R. I
Conn
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Arie Schilder
Luke Vander Linden
Frances and
Wynona
J. Lefers
Herbert Klaaren
Rochelle
Ill
Alice Bosvelt
Ottumwa
Bernice Blommers
Cora Mae Jansz
Pearle Shinn
Bill Bosch Wen
Clarlie Richardson of
Kellogg
C. W. Verought
Marie Griener
Martha Griener
Ohio
HH. H. Fenema
Gladys Fenema
Lint Central
Wayne Wilson
Jane
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Anne
Ruth Bird
George Ramsey
Mrs. Kiser
Tunis van Heuke- Jom
J.C. Vroom
Jennie C. Roorda
J.B. Roovart
Coon Ver Ploeg
Steve Egdom
Minnesota
Marie van Vark
van Egdom
Columbia
South America
Gospe Missionary Union
Anne Bogaards
A. A. Schippers
Anna Mae Hoeksema
James Sholtz
Highway
W. A. Butt
Carl Bruce
Denver, Colo
P. H. Kuyper
William Kincaid
Grand Junction
Emma Hamilton
Kincaid
Jennings Palmquist
Andrew Highland
Miss Dickie Highland
John Highland
Fairmount
W. A. Brown
Creston
Carl Beyers
John Hoeksma
Dorothy Lee
Lubert van Dellen
Elmer Meredith
P. W. Kelderman
Iowa City
van Dellen
Mr. Meredith
West Liberty
Elmer
Mrs. Kelderman
Henry Petersen
Henry Steenhock
Headon
Keokuk County
Priscilla Wayne
Tribune-Capital
van den Berg Electric Co
Vol
Will Rogers
President Coolidge
Will
Cal
Mr. Coolidge
Will Rogis
Dormeyer
Woodrow News
Wm. C. Statesman
J. L. Palmquist
Woodrow
C. P. Rus
Moore
Chronicle
Body Brose Dugger
Francisco St
Pasadena
Calif
Herman Vander Linden
Barnes City News
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