Local notes from Oskaloosa and surrounding areas
Reports from Oskaloosa hospitals note ACCALS Fd Muilenberg entering Ma haska hospital for surgery. Mrs Ira Brand underwent goiter removal at Mercy hospital. Local visits include Lautenbach and Scholte. De Jor Leo and Melba Jimbe visited relatives in Pella and Sully. Howard Vander Linden improves after weeks ill. Mentions Creston oil activity and a 2600 foot test well near Southern Town with no oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Oil Co
Union County
Creston
Southern Town
Ira Brand
Mercy
Clifford de Jor Leo
Melba Jimbe
Chino
Pella
Sully
Simple Home Remedy Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An easy inexpensive recipe claims to ease rheumatic arthritis or neuritis pain. Mix Ru-Ex Compound with water and lemon juice, take two tablespoons twice daily, and expect relief within 48 hours or overnight. If no improvement, money-back guarantee applies and Carpenter's Drug Store supplies it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansler
American Fashions Suits and Coats Preview
Comfort, conservatism and quality are essentials for spring men’s suits and coats. American originators gain from Europe’s war, with English influence waning. Wide-shouldered, longer single-breasted coats predominate, rough materials like tweeds and shetlands rise in office wear, patterns feature stripes and plaids, colors in browns blues and greens, and double breasted gray flannel and sharkskin remain stylish options.
Two Leading Styles of the Season Raglan Tweed Topcoat
The season showcases two leading styles, a raglan tweed topcoat with patch pockets and leather buttons designed for any occasion, and a favored three button tweed mix suit favored by men and young men. The pieces emphasize versatile, stylish outerwear and tailored options.
Will De Bruin Opens Shoe Store in Sioux Center
Will De Bruin announces the opening of a new shoe store in the west half of the Den Teste Wierda building in Sioux Center. He will carry Peters shoes Ball Bard Rubber footwear Brown Bilt Shoes Floisher for men and women Connolly Dress Shoes for men and invites the public to inspect the stock and get acquainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Lewin
den Teste Wierda
de Bruin
Peters
Connolly
Sioux Center News
Pella notes on health, visits, and local events
Weekly items from Pella reflect health struggles of residents including Mr Van Weel den and Mrs Vande Geest, hospitalizations in Des Moines and Oskaloosa, and returns from surgery. Easter break, civic visits, and community actions appear alongside road work praise and a Porterville Cemetery Aid gathering. Local broadcasts and Dr. Oscar Leroy are highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KRNT
Des Moines
WMT
Waterloo
Chronicle
Oscar Leroy
Charles Wessley Burnham Dies At 66 After Long Career
Charles Wessley Burnham, born October 18 1873 in Newton Iowa, pursued printing before moving with parents to Pella. He married Margaret Ten Hagen in 1898, had two children, worked in newspapers in Pella Wall S C and Faith Gazette, then with his son in petroleum before retiring in 1935. A M E church member, Odd Fellow, Mason and Eastern Star, he died March 7 1940. He is survived by his wife Margaret Burnham daughter Mrs H M Hurst and son P A Burnham and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wessley Burnham
Newton
Iowa
Pella
Margaret Ten Hagen
Wall
S. C
E. 8. Johnson Newspaper Company
Quinn
Faith Territory
Frank G. King
Faith Gazette
M. E. Church
Towa
Masonic
Eastern Star
Margaret Burnham
H. M. Hurst
Philip
P. A. Burnham
Faith
Govert Hackert Dies at 68 in Des Moines Family Notice
Govert Hackert died at his home 1640 Dean Avenue Des Moines Town on Thursday morning March 14 at 6 16 He was 68 years 11 months 11 days old Survived by his wife and by four brothers and three sisters Leendert Hackert Mrs J P Brand Aart Hackert Mrs C N Weeda Peter Hackert Cornelius Hackert Mrs L Monster One brother and sister Nickolas and Artie had predeceased him A short funeral was held in Des Moines and a service at the Third Reformed church in Polla conducted by Reverend G Menning Interment was in Oakwood cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Govert Hackert
Dean Avenue
Des Moines
Hackert
Leendert Hackert
J. P. Brand
Aart Hackert
C. N. Weeda
Peter Hackert
Cornelius Hackert
L. Monster
Nick
Mrs Bertha Black Dies Suddenly in Knoxville Visit
Sorrow swept the city Monday night March 18 as Mrs Bertha Black mother of Mrs J J Sybenga of Pella died suddenly at her daughter Mrs L F Bousquet’s Knoxville home. Born 1849 in Burlington Iowa, she spent her youth there except four years in Germany. In 1872 she married William Marshall Black of Knauville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Black
J. J. Sybenga
Pella
L. F. Bousquet
Knoxville
Black
Fish
Sybenwas
Bertha Schaffner
William Schaffner
Dorothea Giebrich
Burlington
Iowa
Germany
Wiliam Marshall Black
Knuavilie
Sportswear Favored By The American Man
Nineteen forty promises to be an American year as sports wear is concerned. With can tions abroad uncertain and deliv ery of designs and fabrics depend nt on the whims of such boats a are running, raw designers are rallying to their opportunity to at last come into their own. Hollywood and the West Coast have long been recognized as the style center for not only American but foreign sportswear and-the colors and designs originated there and in Florida will be seen thru' out America this year even more than usual. Slack Suit Leads The slack suit which proved so popular last year will definite in the forefront of sports styles in in 1940.Advance reports that there will be a va riety of patterns, especially small shepherds and gun-club 'checks. There will be over-p and Glen Urquharts in sharkskins or tropi cal worsteds. Stripes, widely spac ed of either chalk or pin type, will also be seen. American designers have im proved on many of last year's mod els. In some cases, shirtcoats and trousers are of different color. At least one manufacturer is of fering slack suits in three piece, two shirt coats With one pair of trou The shirts themself are often in gay designs or tie trousers may be of solid colors Color Predominant Many of the slack ensembles come in light blues and tans with green, which led last falling back to third place. "Marine blu denims are comings in not nly silk suits, but also for shirt Ss hirt-coats, incidentally, will it be worn over in steal at ors and to con ken inside the tro plete the costume mast men is one of the soft cotton or silk neck. ers in place of a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
West Coast
Florida
America
Advance
Cal
Mrs C W Cornell Kiv funeral services set in Knoxville
Mrs C W Cornell Kiv will be held funeral services at Knoxville Iowa at the Davis Funeral home in charge of the Reverend Be of the Presbyterian church. Interment will be in Grace Land cemetery Knoxville. The obituary notes three children survive Mrs Black with ties to Knoxville Pella and Houston and honors her caring nature and church membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knos- Thur
Mitchville
Iowa
Davis
Presbyterian Church
Graceland Cemetery
Knoxville
Tulip Time Preparations and Cleaning Tips Mentioned
The note urges ahead with housecleaning before Tulip Time and outdoor prep. It promotes chamois skins at 25 cents and dow shades priced at 10 cents each, attributed to THE BOOK SHOP.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Accals
Fd Muilenberg
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Recei Chronicle
Scholte
John BE
Ter Louw
Nancy Ann of
Buwalda
Howard Vander Linden
Blfe Winider Linden
Ellit
Miss Cone
Greiner
Leon Hackert
John
Saint Weelden
Via Woeelsen
John van Ringelenstein
Mon
Carpenter’s Drug Store
Pella Beauty Shop
Sweet Sue
Nightingale
Europe
Will de Bruin
Sioux Center
van Weelden
Relati
Joe Vande Geest
Lutheran Hospital
Herbert Wormhoudt
Iowa University
Ed Ves
Mahuska Hospital
J.T. van Zante
Des Mommes
Emma van Emmerik
Nora Scholte
A. N. Vander Linden
Wineor
Miami
Central College
C. Visscher
Franklin Street
Verne West
Hattie van Cleave
Muskegon
Michigan
Verne
van Cleave
Ed Muilenberg
Emil Warns
Frank Stubenrauch
R. A. Awtry
H. H. Geelhoed
Alpha Vander Krol
Trene Liter
Ruth Hargrave
Ann Hugens
D. C. Thomas
Josephine
Porterville Cemetery
0. Do Cook
George Barnes
Harry Smith
C. L. Allen
Des Moin
William Dingeman
East Third Street
Richard van der Leest
Galesburg
Rich
Charles W. Burnham
Mrs
Union
J. Sybenga
Paul M. Black
Houston
Californi
William M. Black
P. E. O. Society
Reading
Methodist Church
C. W. Cornell
Sunnyside
Spe
Sargent & Co
John Wynberg
Main Street
East Side
Ioudts
Kempites
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