Veenstra Beal wedding in Newton and Kool Hewitt nuptials
Friends in Pella note the February 11 marriage of Le Roy Veenstra and Lavelma Beal of Newton. The groom, son of Joe and Mrs. Veenstra, is a Pella High School graduate and attended Iowa State College briefly. Also wed are Kool Hewitt of Oskaloosa after a March 21 ceremony in Lancaster Missouri. They will reside in Pella where Kool works in trucking. The Chronicle offers best wishes.
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Veenstra-Beal
Palla
LeRoy Veenstra
Lavelma Beal
Newton
Joe Veenstra
Pella
Iowa State Collumes
Newam
Kool-Hewitt
Fred Kool
Freda Hewitt
Oskaloosa
Lancaster
Keokuk
Illinois Points
Kool
the Chronicle
Scholte Avenue Suggested Overhaul Of Pella Street Names
An alderman and advertising manager of Pella's Weekblad discuss municipal budget and street renaming. They oppose overloading Main Street removal while proposing Scholte Avenue to honor the Holland founder and historic ties. The Chronicle editor endorses a northern cut street that would link grounds to the late founder's residence, but the final decision awaits.
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Pella
Weekblad
Lon
Main Street
Oskaloosa Street
Scholte Avenue
Johnson
Chronicle
Editor and Chronicle Chief Face Entertainment Committee Clash
The Weekblad editor and Chronicle editor confront a struggle over who leads the entertainment committee or risks losing control. Tensions rise as decisions on events and oversight hinge on the outcome and the possible removal of one editor.
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Weekblad
The
Chronicle
County Spelling Contest Draws Wide Local Participation
Saturday’s county spelling contest lasted three hours with the last four finalists Miss Shawver Miss Bolton Hamilton Miss Jones and Miss Reeser. Shawver and Bolton advanced to Des Moines for the state contest on April 20 where the national prize is $2000 in gold. Local spectators from Tracy Pershiwtss Attica Liberty and Union Township watched as rural contestants kept pace and Miss Shawver emerged as the winner with strong state title potential.
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Miss Shawver
Chris Bolton
Hamilton
Margarete Jones
Dallas
Josephine Reeser
Marysville
Miss Jones
Miss Reeser
Miss Bolton
Mine Shawver
Advatorem
Ruth Benscoter
Tracy
Pershiwtss
Winnibelle Neifert
Attica
Wyatt Welsh
Liberty
Ramond Mick
Bussey
Arie Klyn
Whitebreast
Anna Taylor
Swan
Ethel Stevenson
Union
Washington Township
Court House
Nora White
J. P. Durham
Clay
E. V. Rinehart
Unionip
E. E. Crouch
Knoxville Township
Shawver
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
Detroit mother’s baby revived after adrenalin injection
A baby born apparently dead to Mrs. William Ross of Detroit was resuscitated by injecting three drops of adrenalin. Also, Alice Rounding, a crippled girl from Manchester, England, won first prize in a musical contest, singing from her wheelchair.
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William Ross
Detroit
Alice Rounding
Manchester
Eng
Death notices for Raymond Ter Louw and Mrs. Walter De Penning
Raymond Ter Louw aged about 20 died at home in Harvey March 26 1928 from heart trouble linked to inflammatory rheumatism and influenza. Funeral at First Reformed Pella with burial at Graceland. Mrs. Walter De Penning aged 64 9 months 13 days died at 808 Liberty Street Pella after lengthy cancer illness. Funeral at home and First Reformed church with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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anes + Louw
Raymond Ter Louw
Harvey
Pella
Raymond
Oskaloosa
First Reformed Church
Graceland Cemetery
Walter de Penning
Liberty Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Orange City Gives Up Kindergarten
The Orange City Journal publishes a Notice of Publication from the Secretary of the School Board on discontinuing the public school Kindergarten. A petition process previously allowed the program's continuation, but another petition with the required fifty signatures will be needed to reestablish it.
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Orange City Journal
Notable Child Figures in Early 20th Century News
A six year old Villa Bedell boy praised as a genius by Chicago Civic Opera members emerges as a prodigy composer. A 16 month old New York infant sails solo to Stuttgart to live with grandmother. In Glen Ridge New Jersey a five year old inherits nearly eight million dollars from a wealthy shoe maker father who died in Havana. A German boy known as Young Samson, five or six, bends iron bars and drives nails with bare fists, drawing attention as a remarkable child.
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Arnold Saxti
Villa Bedell
Marke
Rauste
Chicago Civic Opera Company
John Mortimer Coward
Ai. i
Glen Ridge
N. J
Havana
Samson
Germany
Notable brides and honors in early 20th century profiles
Miss Ruth Powderly wed Lieutenant Commander Jesse B. Helm in Corinto Nicaragua while Miss Concepcion Ubaldo became the Philippines first woman justice of the peace. Eleanor Goss, a top American tennis player, is a bank businesswoman. Ruth Elder earned Bee Legion of Honor for her failed trans Atlantic flight. 90 year old Mrs F W Dunkley is Creaton Englands oldest active organist. Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle joins Hindu rites in India ahead of marriage to Tu kaja Rao former Indian prince. A new puncture proof tire heals holes with liquid. God never made His work for man to mend.
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Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Naski
India
Tukoja Rao
Indore
First Reformed Church April 1 1998 Service Notes
Church notes record Sunday April 1 1998 services with sermons on Christ’s sacrifice and baptism reception of members plus Holy Communion and evening service. Includes references to church rites and language notes for Halland and Hoguage contexts.
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First Reformed Church
Jamus
Change in service order at Third Reformed Church
Beginning the first Sunday in April the Sunday school will meet at 9 30. The English service and Rev J De Jong from Leighton will oversee the changes. Baral 408 md The Man for Whom Christ is Dio agj20 PMc vell rent. 9 90 p m Sunday school 10 p m Rev G Menning 9 90 p m
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Third Reformed Church
Menning
Baral
Hole
J.de Jong
Leighton Lease
Maldehyde Treated Seed for Fodder Beet Curing Method
Recipe notes on adding maldehyde to a seed treatment solution. It states 40 gallons treat 50 bushels, sprinkling during transfer, then covering with blankets for at least two hours or overnight to avoid freezing, with sowing to follow.
Paris Green Dust Proves Effective Against Malaria Mosquitoes
The Bureau of Entomology at the U S Department of Agriculture reports that Paris green dust, once spread from airplanes, kills malaria mosquito larvae in swamps. Demand for this insecticide has risen recently as use expands.
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Paris
Bureau of Ineernclogy
United States
Depo. of Agriculture
Fate
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Orange City
James A. Garfield
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New York
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Wilson
Harding
Jesse B. Helm
U. S. Navy
Corinto
Nicaragua
Miss Concepcion Ubaldo
Philippines
Eleanor Goss
Ruth Elder
Alfonso
F. W. Dunkley
Creaton, Eng
Dryden
Goodyear
Ronirol
Yeneail Re
van Gorp Tire CO
Pella, Iowa
Agarami
Sh Stokere
YALE
van den Berg Electric Company
Oka
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Alaska
Cos Jewed House
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Towa Sweet
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