Across the Country By Stage To Pella Spring Journey
A Pickwick Greyhound bus travels from Los Angeles through rain, snow, and floods to Denver and Iowa. The writer praises the driver, notes weather’s impact, and compares California’s year round sun with Iowa’s seasonal beauty, especially Pella’s gardens, parks, and friendly Dutch heritage.
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Pickwick Greyhound
Los Angeles
Acros
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Salt Lake City
Denver
Wyoming
Kansas
Greyhound
Missouri
Illinois
Middle West
Iowa
Pella
Altho
Central Alumnus On Advancing Scale
Harry DeCook formerly of Pella and Central College recently spent time in Pella after visiting the Van Spanckeren boys in Mesa Arizona. He has worked in the physical corrective department at the State University of Illinois and will head the same department at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois this fall.
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Harry DeCook
Pella
Central College
van Spanckeren Boys
Mesa
Arizona
Harry
State University of Illinois
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
de Cook
Inquiring Reporter to Ask Five Public Interest Questions
The Inquiring Reporter will each week ask five questions on matters of public interest and record the views of selected persons. The feature invites diverse opinions on topics affecting the community and aims to spark informed discussion.
Democratic prospects for governor in Iowa election
Readers weigh impact of the state income tax and Turner candidacy on Democratic hopes. Respondents split on chances, noting farmer tax burdens, convention decisions, and past political shifts. Several doubt a Democrat can win statewide, while a few see slim odds depending on turnout and issues.
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Turner
M. C. Slob
A. T. Vander Waal
Iowa
Hammill
United States
Dickinson
Steck
Henry Grundman
Canned Music Sparks Debate in War Department
The War Department tests mechanical musical devices to replace military bands, prompting alarm from music lovers who fear loss of martial pageantry. The plan seeks one service-test unit with no guarantee of broad adoption, while critics warn of a drift toward robotic display and reduced human artistry.
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War Department
Quartermaster General
Cuba
Germany
United States
Fuirfold ‘Simmons
North’ Carolina
House
Reed Smoot
Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Utah
New York Telegram
Smoot-Harley
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Impressions of Europe from a travelling reader
A traveler recalls wine at Asolo and Browning, visiting cathedrals and castles. He notes that while travel can tire, listening to melody and a lanterned twilight near Heidelberg transforms the trip. The piece reflects on Europe’s allure beyond tourist tracks and the reader’s own meaningful moments.
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Asolo
Heidelberg
Europe
Eddyville Farm Wheat Impresses at Local Office
A. N. Vander Linden brought an exceptional wheat sample to the office this Saturday. The stalk and grain are large, grown on the Vander Linden Gass farm near Eddyville. Seed sourced a year ago from the Iowa State Agricultural Experiment Station at Ames, where only one and one half bushels could be bought per person. one bushel reportedly yielded 64 bushels. Tenant D. Roseboom works the farm where the wheat was sown.
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Pella
California
Iowa
Hollywood
Federal Office of Education
Department of the Interior
Office of Education
Julius Kléin
Europe
United States
Edwin Robert Petre
A. N. Vander Linden
Venter Linden-Gass
Eddy Ville
Iowa State Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
D. Roseboom
Funeral Attended By Family In Orange City
Relatives in Orange City mourn the death of 72 year old Vogelaar who died after a paralytic stroke Saturday night in the same city. He was the brother of Mrs. Arie Van Marlen and uncle to Ben Neil Tunis and Jake Vogelaar who attended the funeral along with Mrs. Van Marlen.
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Vogelaar
Orange
Arie van Marlen
Vogelaars
Ben
Neil
Tunis
Jake
van Marlen
Notice of Saturday Office Absence
The notice states the writer will not be in the office on Saturday afternoons until further notice unless by appointment with Dr. F. F. Carpenter.
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F. F. Carpenter
Sheehy Party Rides 159 Miles to Wilton Junction
Mr and Mrs Jack Sheehy Mr and Mrs Steve Van Roekel and Elmer Meredith made a 159 mile motor trip Saturday night leaving here at midnight and arriving in Wilton Junction Sunday morning at 6 o clock There the party visited Mrs Sheehys parents while Mr Meredith visited home folks at West Liberty
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Jack Sheehy
Steve van Roekel
Elmer Meredith
Wilton Junction
Mrs. Sheehy
Mr. Meredith
West Liberty
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Miss Keables
Marcel
van Ness
Bowen
John’ Heerema
Central Alumnus
John Blommers
Ike
Texas
J. “Sterrenberg
Dan Turner
Ome
Adone
A.good
Perediiin
Prise
Thrif
Washington
Eddyville
Columbia
Pittsburgh Steel’ Co
Farmers Co-op
Castoria
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