Local notes from Oskaloosa and Pella area events
Mercy hospital care includes tonsil removal for Joe Van der Heiden’s daughter and Agnes Mathes. Dykstra, Mrs. Stursma, and others received treatment as area residents moved through Mahaska hospital. A Vander Mede estate lot sale on East First and Frank streets aims to repurpose the old blacksmith shop for an oil station with Paul Beerer as agent. Community tidbits cover local travel, weddings, and visits to New York City, Cedar Rapids, and Yellowstone.
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Joe Vander Heiden
Oskaloosa
Mercy
Prescott Steenbock
Albert Ver Meer Bou
East First
Frank
A. P. Vander Mede
Tow
Paul Beerer
Mrs Andrew Kool dies at 36 at Kool farm near Oli
Mrs Lorraine Rolen Kolenbrander Kool, wife of Andrew Kool, died suddenly Friday morning at 5 30 at the Kool farm near Oli and left two sons Allen and Junior. She was 36 years two months old. Survived by husband, two sons, parents G B Kolenbrander and spouse, and several siblings including Elias, Dick, James, Angeline, Berdine, and others. Funeral services held Monday.
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Hus
Andrew Kool
Kool
Oli
Lorraine Rolenbrander
G. B. Kolenbrander
Allen
Junior
A. A. Ver Meer
William van Dusseldorp
Pella
Elias Kolenbrander
Dick Kolenbrander
Henry
Corsica
S. D. Williams
Ada, Mich
William van Rheenen
Angeline
James
Chicago
Valentine van Rheenen
Berdine
Albert de Cook
Oskaloo
1:00 o'clock at Jan Reforme Mo Monsma in s in Oakwood
Readable text fragment notes a 1:00 event at Jan Reforme Mo Monsma in Oakwood with unclear details and location context. The snippet suggests a scheduled time but lacks concrete action or outcome. Further context is needed to determine the exact event and involved entities.
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Jan Reforme Mo Monsma
Oakwood
John van Engelenhoven Clarae in Madison home death
John van Engelenhoven dies after a long illness at his Madison home leaving wife Dora son Gilbert and daughter Glenna of Leighton. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. at the home with Rev. D. Plietstra of Leighton officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Oskaloosa Herald.
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Madison
Dora
Gilbert
Ghter
Glenna
Leighton
Welock
Rev. D. Plietstra
Evergreen Cemetery
Oskaloosa Herald
Walter Sexton Dies in Des Moines at 73 After Long Pella Life
Walter Sexton of 9201 East 9th street Des Moines died Sunday morning June 25 at 4 00 o clock He was 73 born in Pella and lived there many years before moving to Des Moines He was a salesman for Shadbolt Boyd Mfg Co of Milwaukee and later called on customers near Des Moines He is survived by his wife Josephine with no children Funeral services were held at Hamilton Funeral Home Des Moines at 330 p m Tuesday Interment Glendale Cemetery Relatives and friends from Pella attended the services
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Walter Sexton
East 9Th Street
Des Moines
Sexton
Pella
James B. Sexton
Burlington Mfg. Co
Walter
Pella Manufacturing Co
Kelly Ross & C
Shadbolt Boyd Mfg. Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Josephine
Homer
S. G. Vander Zyl
Walter Riddle
Hamilton Funeral Home
Glendale Cemetery
Iowa Coal Preference Law Mailed To School Officials
Albia based Iowa Coal Institute mailed copies of the revised law to every school board secretary. The measure authorizes discretionary bid decisions to favor local labor, requires bids for coal over 300 dollars to be advertised in county newspapers, and aims to boost Iowa jobs in mining, rail, and related trades. Senator Hugh W. Lundy notes new oil-treated coal options and urges local bidding to save money and spur state recovery.
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Albia
Iowa
Towa Coal Institute
Towa
Senate
48Th General Assembly
Hugh W. Lundy
Iowa Coal Institute
Lundy
Advice for Those About to Go On Vacation
A seasonal piece urging readers to take a break from work to ease nerves and muscles. It emphasizes starting a holiday by turning the key on all business troubles and taking a recess from routine to restore mental and physical health.
When You Turn The Key At Home Take Simple Clothing
An exhortation to leave luxurious preparations behind and pack practical clothing instead to help housewives and professionals enjoy nature and forget domestic troubles. The advice targets women in roles such as housewives teachers doctors and clergy.
Vacation Realizes Healthful Life For All Workers
The article urges men farmers business men laborers and children to value a yearly vacation as essential to a well rounded healthful useful and happy life. It argues that returning home energized rested and restored makes previously difficult tasks easier and proves the vacation a real success.
Tulip Time Notes from Pella Town Crier and Music News
The Town Crier praises Pella Tulip Festival and dandelion control by root destruction. Henry Cox moves to Pella boosting music scene. Band uniforms vote gains favor. Tulip bulbs advise digging, storing, and replanting every three years. Professor Ruby directs Sully band. Drake University’s Paul Stoye and Mrs. Stoye visit for Tulip Time with Dutch customs and koffie tijd.
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Pella
Ruby
Sully
Sally
Paul Stoye
Drake University
Mrs. Stoye
Koffie Tijd
Daarsma
Grandpap and Granny Welcome Newborn in Milo Iowa
Ivan announces the birth of a son born Sunday noon weighing nine and a half pounds on a farm south of Indianola Milo Iowa. Grandpap is excited while Granny stays calm as the family grows and plans for field work with horses. Connecticut urges scale sample collection from fish, while Pennsylvania reports game data for 1938 and 1937 participation rates among licensed hunters.
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Grandpap
Granny
Sunnyside
Ivan
Indianola
Milo
Iowa
Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Nature Knights Pledge Drive Reaches Missouri Youth
About 50,000 pledge cards have been distributed through schools youth groups and conservation clubs in Missouri for the Nature Knights program. Awards will honor completed wildlife projects including food area planting bird house construction and wildlife observation notes.
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Missouri
Nature Knights
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