Interesting Weekly News from Nearby Communities
Mr and Mrs Paul Nieusma and family helped with haying at Garret Ardringa Sr home. Rev Weidenaar missed service due to illness. Sibeon De Vries welcomes a baby boy at Stursma home. Neal Kronenburg and family from Denver Missouri are visiting relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibeon de Vries
Henry Stursma
Bert Bandstra
Neal Kronenburg
Denver
Golo
Pella
John van Gorp
Funeral, visits mark Leighton community week
Leighton residents attended the funeral of Mrs. Sedrel’s uncle Andrew Vos of Pella on Thursday and visited at the Gys Vos home the following day. Rev. and Mrs. J A De Jong hosted Wednesday evening supper guests, Anna Van Haaften joined Genella and Josephine Van Heukelem for Sunday supper, and Prof. and Mrs. Henry Schultze of Calvin Seminary visiting from Grand Rapids called on the De Jongs Monday. The Schultzes were en route to Oskaloosa to check on their ailing daughter hospitalized with appendicitis at Mahaska hospital. Willing Workers mission society of the Reformed church concluded activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nieusma
Garret Ardringa Sr
Herman Bokhoven
Tunis
Weidenaar
Richard Veenstra
Cecil Vander Molen
R. de Jong
Sully
Adrian Vos
Second Christian’ Reformed
Pella
Henry Bosveld
Tabe Vander Veen
Oskaloosa
John L. Veenstra
Ven
Alnusi Bazaar and Church Social Notes
A Wednesday program at the Alnusi bazaar featured a choir song Go and tell unto all the Gospel story and musical numbers by Helen De Prenger Junella Van Maanen Lucille Ver Ploeg and others. Relatives and neighbors visited and traveled between Peoria Cedar and Pella as families hosted gatherings and shared farewells in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen de Prenger
Junella van Maanen
Lucille Ver Ploeg
Elve Brummel
Helen Vander Linden
Edna
Ethel Brummel
Bernice de Reus
Beulah de Prenger
Anna van Haaften
Catherena Karver
Irene Hasselman
Mary Irene de Cook
Beulah Carver
Rev
J. A. de Jong
Amaryllis
Peoria
William de Jong
John Arlee
Midland Park
Paterson
N. J
B. Groenendyk
Charles de Wal Malefest
Edmonton
Canada
Gerrit A. Hasselman
A. P. Hasselman
Pella
Local social notes from Porterville Newton area
Porterville column lists visits and gatherings among families in Newton and nearby towns. Entries mention Mr and Mrs Frank Creed, John Robertus, Jacoba and Anna Van ene, Mabel Goemaat, Johnny Vanden Baard, Cornie Vanden Baard, Cornie Naaktgeboren, Junior Naaktgeboren, Henry De Zwarte, Herman Wanden Weelden, Will Monster and daughters, Gerrit Hoekstra, Mabel Goemaat, Franklin Verrips, Koen Verrips, Oscar Beckly, Al De Wild, Dirk Goemaat, Mabel Verrips, Knoxville business trip, A G Buwalda, Art Verrips, Pella residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Creed
Newton
John Robertus
Jacoba
Anna Vanene
Mabel Goemaat
Johnny Vanden Baard
Pella
Cornie Vanden
Cornie Naaktgeboren and Son Junior
Henry de ‘Zwarte
Herman van Weelden
Louise van Gorp
W. A. Jansen
Franklin Verrips
Koen Verrips
Oscar Beckly
Davenport
al de Wild
Gerrit de Wild
Dirk Goemaat
Mabel
Knoxville
A. G. Buwalda
Art Verrips
Koen
Kittenball Lights At Risk In Albia And Pella
Albia and Pella face suspended kittenball unless about $4 per night is raised. Leonard Evans urged spectators to donate a penny per attendee to cover lights and balls. Umpire Peter Heerema appealed for funds after last Friday’s game, urging checks to Fred Lautenbach or Carl Clark to keep games going.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia Union-Republican
Pella
Leonard Evans
Peter Heerema
Fred Lautenbach
Carl Clark
Kittenball League standings and results update
Friday June 23 Shell 5 Amster day 2s Jockeys 11 Stam londay June 20 Boncorsul Stamps 1 Knotholers 7 Amsterdam standings updated after Wednesday play with partial scores and team names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell
Amsterday
Stam
Londay
Boncorsul
Stamps
Knotholers
Amsterdam
Rural Children Invited to Sing at Chicago Exposition
Miss Agnes Samuelson announces that Iowa country children will sing at the Century of Progress Exposition and the National Education Association Meeting in Chicago on July 4. Groups may share travel costs. reporting and rehearsals are set for Stevens Eighth Street Theater with C A Fullerton in charge. Free tickets, group photo, and transport help offered. eligibility includes any rural school choir member. Information from county superintendents or the State Department of Public Instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Samuelson
National Education Association
Chicago
Stevens Eighth Street
C. A. Fullerton
Town State Teachers College
Exposition Grounds
Big County
Iowa
Inquiring Reporter Prohibition Sentiment Shifts in Election Views
Five residents of Pella discuss why prohibition support shifts. James Steenhoek cites partial enforcement and public thinking. Nick Menninga notes persistent drinking and lost revenue under prohibition. M C Slob observes local reversal despite national trends. Officer L Carter blames weak enforcement and low backing. Herman Bogaard says the law is flawed and benefits bootleggers, prompting calls for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Menninga
Theovernment
L. Carter
Keomah State Park Plan Near Oska loosa Four Miles East
Keomah state park near Oska loosa will cover about three hundred acres around a large lake and sit a quarter mile off Iowa Short Line highway 2, twenty miles from Pella. A park development assoc seeks public funds to buy land at 18 000 dollars with shares at 10 dollars. A big public meeting in Oskaloosa and Sigourney on June 28 features W C Boone and Ding Darling among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keomah State Park
Iowa
Pella
Oskaloosa
Keomah Park
Development Association
Osklaoosa
Sigourney
W. C. Boone
Itumwa
State Fish and Game Commission
J. N. Darling
Ding
Des Moines
State lawmakers eyed repeal votes amid uncertain support
A cautious outlook emerged as analysts noted many states unlikely to vote against repeal, signaling potential momentum toward reversing previous laws. Observers cited political divisions and the need for broader consensus before formal repeal steps proceed.
Roosevelt seeks repeal of gold standard to end gold payments
President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare the United States officially off the gold standard. A Treasury joint resolution would abolish gold payments in all obligations and authorize legal tender for all contracts. The move aims to ease hoarding fears and ensure good faith in government loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Tion
Treasury
United States
Hoerdi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peoria News
Leighton News
Dutch Inn
Hutchinson’s
Dutch Inn Cafe
Tom Wade
Prop
East Side Square
Grunow
Ich Qualiy
Kuypers
Music House
Porterville News
Albia
Kittenball League
Pioneers
Knoth
Star
Amste
James Steenhoek
M. C. Slob
Herman Bogaard
Phillips
Pennzoil
Globe Batteries
Monast Sales & Service
High Ave
Firestone
Irestone
Ford
Chevroter
Plymouth
Neak
Eaves
Stadebs
Auburn ‘Tawai Pr
Oldfield
Nash
Eacox
Bute. Ichevecie
Ford Roda
Firestone Sentinel
Chevrolet Plymouth
Siter SP
Firestone Courier
Chevrolet
Firestone Batte
O & P Tire and Battery Service
Northwest Corner
ETL
Nuary
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!