FOR SALE Items and an Ordinance Passed in 1931
Classifieds list several sale offers including a Model A Ford Coupe and a tan spring coat, plus calves and nursery stock from Oak Grove Nursery. A 1931 ordinance by Mayor Simon De Haan appropriates 40 000 from the municipal electric light fund of Pella Iowa for repair and equipment installation at the city plant, with legal steps to purchase and be in force after publication.
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Municipal Electric Light Fund
Pella
Iowa
Municipal Electric Light
Municipal Electricil
Baby Chicks For Sale By Klyn Brothers
Buff Minorca hatching eggs offered by Klyn Brothers at 12 cents above No 1 price. Fresh stock available.
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Minorca
Klyn Brothers
Hatching eggs offered in Leighton and area
Booth strain White Minorees for sale at 2.50 per 100. C De Bruin of Leighton Iowa also lists White Wyandotte hatching eggs at 2.60 per 100. Henry Van Arkel can be reached at phone 64 on 2 for inquiries.
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Henry van Arkel
Teachers did not need education of the present era
In reminiscences from local families including the Smiths and Van Duren, the article traces early schooling near Black Oak and Ryan School. It notes the current building's construction about ten years ago by contractor M. Stewie at a cost of 2300 dollars. It follows Mrs. Al Clark’s youth, teaching, and path to normal training at Oskaloosa before marriage.
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Overbergen
Dykstra
Groenendyke
van Duren
den Hartog
van Haaften
de Jong
Bo‘aard
van Maanen
Roorda
de Heer
An Zee
Kiyn
Verrips
Fleck
M. Stewie
al. Clark
Black Oak
Ann Ross
Ryan
Inquirers
Remembering a rural school and its teachers
Mrs. Clark remarks that education was not highly required in those days to teach. G. H. Gosselink and family lived there 1896 to 1919 before moving to Pella for higher education. His daughter Jane taught at Pella High and this was her only rural teaching post. Paul Synhorst notes his daughter Elizabeth taught 15 terms and won contests. seven Synhorst children attended the school, which he calls a mighty good rural school.
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Clark
G. H. Gosselink
Pella
Jane Gosselink
Pella High School
Paul Synhorst
Chicago
Elizabeth Synhorst
Patrick McBride
Synhorst
Do you believe folks are as sociable as they once were
The Inquiring Reporter asks five residents if social life has changed. Answers vary: some say communities feel less social due to class cliques and larger towns, others insist friendliness remains but expressed differently, and one notes time constraints and new tech curtailing sociability while maintaining unchanged core goodness.
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John Goodhart
Dick Vander Ploeg
Fred Lankelma
Banks At Bussey Form a Merger
Bussey merges its two banks into one state supervised institution to be named State Bank of Bussey with capital stock of 25000 dollars. The Bank of Bussey began in 1902 with 15000 dollars, cashier E A Johnson, president Nathan Schee. The Bussey Savings Bank started in 1907 with cashier W H Lowman, president J A Bussey.
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Bussey
Bussey Savings Bank
Bank of Bussey
State Bank of
Bank of
E.A. Johnson
Nathan Schee
Jesse Bussey Jr
J. A. Bussey
E. A. Johnson
Clint Fergus
James Sims
Will Feagins
Asa Johnson
Card of Thanks and Notes on Insurance and Derby Horse
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for neighbors and ministers during illness and death of wife mother. Mentions Idema of the Home For the Aged and several ministers. Then a note on insurance reluctance for stage stars, 1290 English courts ending gifts to magistrates on New Year, a tombstone maker owning a famed race horse Granite Dust, and Detroit directory listing 47 horseshoers.
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Detroit
Auto City
House Cleaning Time Window Shades Paints Prices
The notice advertises chamois skins at 19 cents each and paints and varnishes at 50 cents per quart. Window shades are offered at 39 cents each. The sale is presented under THE BOOK SHOP branding.
Sick And In The Hospitals In The Sick And In The Hospitals Ed Van Ginkel
Ed Van Ginkel, taken to Mahaska hospital days ago with blood poison, remains very ill though recovery appears possible per the attending physician. Ardith Wilson injured finger in a car door. Mrs. James Van Vliet sprained ankle and arm while rushing to a fire site. Virgil Warner ill in bed. Mrs. Andrew Buwalda ill. William Van Hemert, with both arms amputated in a saw mill accident, seen in Pella and doing as well as possible.
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Ed. van Ginkel
Mahaska Hospital
Ardith Wilson
L. Wilson
James van Vliet
Otley
Virgil Warner
Andrew Buwalda
William van Hemert
Pella
Knoxville Visits and Des Moines Travel Highlights
Miss Nora Workman visited Knoxville Saturday and spent time in Des Moines. Mrs. Ellen McVarney returned to Valley Junction after visiting her daughter in Pershing. Mrs. D Kennedy planned an eye specialist visit in Des Moines and would see her daughter Clyde Crawford. Miss C A Barry headed to St Paul for a visit with friends and relatives. Miss Aimee Stroud, a student at Oskaloosa, stayed with her parents for the weekend. Mrs. Maggie Hayden left for Ottumwa after visiting Anna White. Miss Jessie Knight of Pulaski visited friends here. Mrs. H F Dale returned home to Des Moines after a veterans hospital visit. Mrs. Fred Parker went home to Harvey after attending a funeral. Miss Myrtle Loon traveled to Plens.
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Nora Workman
Des Moines
Ellen McVarney
Will Johnston
Pershing
Valley Junction
D. Kennedy
Clyde Crawford
C. A. Barry
St. Paul
Aimee Stroud
Oskaloosa
C. L. Stroud
Maggie Hayden
Anna White
Ottumwa
Jessie Knight
Pulaski
H. F. Dale
Henry C. Dale
Veterans’ Hospital
Fred Parker
Harvey
Sarah Caulkins
Myrtle Loon
Plens
Social notes from Antville visits across town
Antville residents report Friday morning visits as Mrs. Waite Phillips travels from Tulsa to see her mother Mrs. J. B. Elliott. Mrs. A. A. Kurt and her sister Miss Yvonne Williams visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. J Williams in Boone Friday evening.
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Antville
Olin Gifford
Waite Phillips
Tulsa
Oklo
J. B. Elliott
A. A. Kurt
Yvonne Williams
Boone
J. . Williams
Editor's Grandmother Passes Away
E. V. Gond editor of the Pella Chronicle notes the death of his grandmother Mrs. E. B. Wade of Ferrum Virginia on Monday of last week aged 92 She was mother to 12 children six of whom predeceased her She leaves 40 grandchildren 50 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Her husband died in 1904 at age 84
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E. V. Gond
Pella
Unemployed man to sleep in store window daily in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville furniture firm plans a show window display featuring an unemployed man who will sleep in a bed daily, with a nearby restaurant across the street providing his meals. The arrangement aims to draw attention to the store's offerings and draw customers to the area.
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Jacksonville
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John Bosveld
Beyers Battery and Electric Company
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Beacon Road
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Klyn & de
Carl Beyers
Oak Grove Nursery
G. van Wyk
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Central States Electric
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Knoxville
Edith Bevan
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Simon DE Haan
A. C. Kuyper
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Maggie Smith
John de Boer
Arie
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Bess
Gertrude
William
Marie Synhorst
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Earl
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Knoxville News
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