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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
10
Weekly calls in Leighton and Pella feature Gerrit and S S De Kock, their three children, and vast local history. The piece recalls farm life, railroads, credit woes, and reminiscences from neighbors including Veldhuizen and Van Maren, blending community portrait with economic notes and regional changes.
Gary Cooper stars in Paramount's The Lives of a Bengal Lancer coming to the Rivola theatre in Oskaloosa on Saturday March 9. The article notes top Hollywood leading ladies including Greta Garbo Joan Crawford Marion Davies Katherine Hepburn Marlene Dietrich Carol Lombard and Anna Sten admire him as the outdoorsy virile hero boosting box office appeal.
A Holland born shoemaker, Joe De Koning, observes 35 years in Pella Feb 26. He learned the trade in The Netherlands and first worked with Marion Porter and son Walter at the shoe store near Robertson Cafe. Later Porter and son sold to J P Klein and H P Klein, with De Koning staying on and eventually buying the business.
The Marion County Drought Committee ordered a 60 ton tank car of feeding molasses from New Orleans, to reach Knoxville late this week. The goal is cheaper feed and improved roughage, with molasses aiding compaction and enabling use of coarser roughage. Barrels must be provided locally, with about three 50 gallon drums needed per ton. Committee members include B. C.
Hudson, T. D. Bane, and M. H. LeGrand are named contact points for placing orders. Those unable to reach them may have orders left at the Farm Bureau office in the Court House, Knoxville.
At the county lake committee meeting held at the Hotel Maytag in Newton, a site near Colfax was named as the preferred location for the county park and lake project. The committee plans to consult Prof. McDonald of Ames to make the site permanent, noting a land price of 25 dollars per acre east of Colfax. The Monroe site was dropped due to land costs of 60 to 70 dollars per acre, which the government will not exceed 25 dollars. Monroe and Colfax representatives, W. A. Pye and Alice Clevener, will seek coordination with a Knoxville committee and consider Red Rock State Park as an alternative.
Twelve head of cows sold at the Worth sale west of Monroe last Thursday averaged 69 dollars per head with a top of 101. Corn brought 99 cents, oats 70 cents, and hay 232 dollars per ton. Farm implements also priced well. The sale was owned by Worth and Van Zante.
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