Pella Area News Fills Page With Local Notes And Notices
Community updates from Pella Iowa include new paint at Van Niewaal Store and announcements of four th of July events. Residents Iris Brown and Ardelia Gladstone visit doctors and family. Joe Kempkes visits from Everett while Van Dyke family plans Iowa stay. Local trades advertise windmills pumps and hardware while seating for the Fourth of July pageant is urged. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or attend church duties as Jefferson County life unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Niewaal
Harold Sack
W. J. de Bruyn
Sioux Center
J. W. Bruyn
Jay A. Kempkes
Everett
Wash
Pella
Jay
C. van Dyke
Coalinga
Calif
van Dyke
Iowa
John Steinkamp
Hudsonville
Mich
Murray
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Ellsworth Richardson
Beacon
Pella Markets Report Prices From Local Farmers Exchange
Quotations from the Farmers Exchange in Pella Iowa show oats priced from 6.00 to 8.18 cwt. per bushel. Corn and wheat prices appear alongside notes on cream at 87 percent and miscellaneous produce items including poultry and hides, with several entries partially garbled.
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Pella
Wapello paving on No 63 finished in county
The completion of eight and six tenths miles of paving along federal highway No 68 in Wapello County marks the end of the first year’s highway improvement program. The Henkel Construction Co. finished the last concrete batch at 3 pm after weather delays. The 20 foot ribbon extends from the north city limits to the Mahaska county line, with traffic expected to open July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Mahaska County
Iday
Newton Boggs
Bee
Wisconsin
Pella
R. R. Sadler
M. C. Thomas
J. S. Gladstone
Des Moines
Ardelia Gladstone
Louise
Ottumwa Courier
Wapello County
Henkel Construction Co
Mason City
Mahaska Couny
Wapello
Henkel Company
Ilinois
County Board of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Orange City Boy Smothered in Sand at Lake Okoboji
A tragic accident at Miller's Bay Lake Okoboji on a Wednesday morning, June 22, when George Hos—. The readable fragment describes a boy smothered in sand at the lakeside scene near Orange City.
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Orange City
Miller’s Bay
Lake Okoboji
George Hos
Tragic Cave Death Of George Hospers Boy 9
Nine year old George Hospers son of Mr and Mrs J Cornelius G Hospers died when a small cave near their cottage collapsed. Donald Dunlop of Orange City and Bobby Mead of Des Moines aided by local doctors attempted rescue but buried lad beneath sand. Seven doctors failed to revive him. Funeral planned Friday at home at three o clock. The death casts sorrow on the Hospers family and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pers
J. Cornelius
G. Hospers
Age City
Donald “Dunlop
Orange City
Bobby. Mead
Des Moines
George
Bobby
Local Business Closure and Porch Renovation Notes
A notice announces a full day closing on the 4th and reflects on taking a vacation, pricing quality, and customer relations. It mentions Mr W H Lubberden and Charl Dennis not remodeling porches this week, and suggests a cool porch as the best place to beat the heat. A humorous office boy exchange about Mr Jones traces earlier arrival over time.
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Mr. Jones
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Firestone
Byers Bat’ry
Vogelaar’s
Iris Brown
Georgia Chalfont
Troy
George Heeren
Chicago
G. H. Vanden Berg
Robert Scholte
Nora Scholte
Globe Plumbing & Heating Co
Sherman Dennis
Florida
Pell
St. Paul
Bernie Mulder
Bussey
Commercial Club
A. C. Valkenberg
Jno
J. van Dyke
Vander Linden
Rexall Store
Kuyper
S Korner
Charley
Ed Hoeksma
Paul Lautenbach
Paul
Klyn
de ‘Winters
Butch
S. H. Douwstra
C. Lautenbach & Son
Spreek
Hind
George Gaass
Meulpolder Brothers
Booter
Oxfords
Selz Shoes
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