Social Gatherings Highlight Pella Community Notes
Monday club at Mrs William Brulnekool home featured needlework and social time. Mother's class of Second Reform Sunday school met at Mrs Andrew Van Drimmelen's for a brief business session and social time. I G A picnic attendees from local store joined Des Moines event at Riverview park. Mr and Mrs T Idema returned from Grand Rapids Michigan and hosted a reception. The Sunday school and congregational picnic at Kool park planned for 4 30. Union meeting at First Reformed with Mrs Walter Roe speaking. Moonlight Mission Band to meet at Mrs A Ver Ploeg for supper and social time. Kate Beard garden and lawn party featured music by Dr L A Viersen and Mrs W G Vander Ploeg with hymn singing to close. Out of town guests included Mrs D Van Zante Doctor Viersen and Miss Sarah Keables. Kool's Park hosts multiple social activities this week with First Reformed Bible class gathering at Kool Park.
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Second Reformed Sunday School
Andrew van Drimmelen
Second Reformed Church
Kool
Women’s Missionary Societies
First Reformed Church
Walter C. Roe
Moonlight Mission
A. Ver Ploeg
Kate Beard
Doctor Viersen
D. van Zante
Portland
Ore
Sarah Keables
Los Angeles
Second Reformed church to host annual picnic turnout expected
A lively social feast is planned as the Second Reformed church hosts its annual picnic tonight in the park. It is expected that several hundred people including men women and children will attend with speech making and refreshments promised. The Farmers' Union Auxiliary also holds a picnic Friday night with a right of way event and public invitation.
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Second Reformed ‘Church
Farmers’ Union
Modern Bride Goes Beyond Old Pastries Says Broadcaster
Elizabeth Carter of the Radio Household Institute argues the modern bride uses science and cake flour to simplify cooking and protect her husband’s digestion. She contrasts old practices with new educational kitchens and emphasizes the role of science in everyday baking and meal planning. The piece closes with a note on fly paper and a quote from W. Graham Scroggie about two sides to every question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Miller
Elizabeth Carter
Radio Household Institute
For Sale High Bookkeeping Desk in Solid Oak
Classified notice lists a high bookkeeping desk with sloping top and three drawers in good condition priced at ten dollars. Also includes church notices from Second and Third Reformed Churches detailing services, sermons, baptisms, communion, and union services with First and Third churches, plus a Baptist schedule with Sunday school and evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Inquiring Reporter on Hog Prices and Causes
A collection of reader opinions on why hog prices have fallen. Contributors G Vanden Linten and Ahrens cite Congress, demand, and direct buying. others blame unemployment, speculation, or broad economic factors. The section also notes forthcoming answers and local crop conditions with weather and production remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dé Wit
Washington
Hoover
Congress
John. N. Vanden Linten
Grover Cleveland
Walter Ahrens
Chicago
Henry van Ginkel
William de Reus
Iowa crop progress above average in late June
Farmer reports show the key crops in Iowa at about 89.4 percent of normal, higher than the 1920s average of 84.9 and near the 1929 reading of 89.6. Only rye and hay were below the overall group, with oats barley and other grains largely steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juhe
Iowa
Jorn
Reporters Farms
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Knoxville Journal to observe seventy fifth anniversary
The Knoxville Journal plans a large special edition to mark its seventy fifth anniversary in September. It will include a county history drawn from its files, town and industry histories, schools, churches, and notable crimes. The paper seeks material and offers 25 for a missing 1855 volume issue and invites county residents from 1855 to register for a free one year subscription.
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Journal
William F. Stone
Knoxville
Peter Dupree Names Janitor School Attendee
Peter Du Pree janitor at Fairfield high school attended the janitor’s school last week. He returned pleased with lessons on furnace firing he believes will save the city at least $100 on coal costs. He joked a fellow attendee with twelve years on the job had more to learn, while admitting much remains to learn himself.
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Pella
Grant Takes Over 100 Baby Pictures
Ed Grant of the Grant studio advertised free baby pictures for a week and, within weeks, had taken around 100 portraits. Mrs Grant notes large crowds of babies and siblings visiting the studio, proving the value of advertising in a widely read medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grant
Grant Studio
Hho
Grant
Jolson's Mammy Minstrel Strips Open Next Weekend
Warner Brothers presents Mammy starring Al Jolson in a Technicolor minstrel comedy opening at Rivola theatre Oskaloosa for three days starting Sunday. The cast includes Lis Mor an Louise Dresser Lowell Sherman Hobart Bosworth and more with Irving Berlin responsible for the play and songs directed by Michael Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jolson
Mammy
Warner’ Brothers
Alking
Rivola Theatre
Oskaloosa
Lis Moran
Louise Dresser
Lowell. Sherman
Hobart Bosworth
Tully
Marshall
Mitchell
Lewis
Irving Berlin
Michael Curtis
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William Brulnekool
North Broadway
Des Moines
Harold Thomassen
Leo Vander Kolk
Riverview Park
Walter de Witt
Klaas
Kool’s Park
Kool’s
Highway 63
W. Graham Scroggie
A&p
N. B.C
Graham
Hire's Root Beer Extract
Certo
A & Pi
the Great Atlantic & Pacific
TFA CO
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
The
Sherman Nursery Co
Charles City
Hotel
C. W. Clement
Harold Sack
Beyers Battery and Electric Company
John Kamerick
Beyera Battery and Electric Co
Chronicle Office
Hudson Co
Dodge
Studebaker
van Houweling Auto CO
Mahaska County
Charley Victor
Pella Motor CO
Carl Beyers
Everett Krusemann
Brom ‘Hatchery
Standard Oil
Louis de Vries
G. J. van Roekel
Jas. de Wit
de Jong Floral & Seed Store
Wilson Jewelry Store
Christian Endeavor
Reformed Church
Third Church
Walter P. Roe
Third Reformed Church
First Church
Baptist Church
East First
Red
Knoxville Journal
Peter Dupree
J. C. Penney Co. Inc
J. C. Penney Co. i
Franklin Street
Pella, Iowa
Jolson
Benteco
Benteco Store
Thompson
Jersey
Eagle
Post Bran
Lewis Lye
Franco
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