County Music Contest Friday in Marion County
Marion county hosts a two-location music contest on Friday April 1 at Knoxville High School Auditorium and Knoxville Christian church. About eight of ten high schools enter with roughly 300 musicians performing orchestras glee clubs violin vocals and quartets. Winners receive prizes and a trophy similar to the county basketball format.
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Knoxville
Knoxville High School
Knoxville Christian Church
Cher
Pleasantville
Swan- Tracy
Pella
Bussey
Swan
Tracy
Christian Church Orchestra
Melcher
Dallas
Otley News Personalities and a Pneumonia Death
Mrs Ben Van Inglehoven helps at Bert Meninga home for new grandson while Mrs Gerrit Witzenberg travels to Pella for health concerns. Johnny Van Dyke dies from pneumonia after measles at parental home Gerrit and Mrs Van Dyke. Community extends sympathy. Des Moines visitors and Newton canvasser noted.
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Ben van Inglehoven
Bert Meninga
Gerrit Witzenberg
Pella
A. Witzenberg
S. Romer
Rex Ryan
Newton
Johnny van Dyke
Gerrit van Dyke
N. van Buren
Johanna van der Wiel
Des Moines
W. L. Anderson
Otley
Orphan's Home Interests In Ottumwa Buy Party
Mrs. Gerrit Zaandstra via Mrs. Rex Ryan at Newton reported interests in the Orphan's Home at Ottumwa. Mrs. Ryan had a serious operation some time ago and is now recovering.
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Ottumwa
Gerrit Zaandstra
Rex ‘Ryan
Ital
Newton
Pella Area Residents Travel Amid Local Visits
Amsterdam News notes visits and travels among Pella area residents including John Toom returning home near Knoxville, Mrs. Tanner visiting Harvey, Rev. Allen Crabtree delivering lectures in Pella, and several others taking trains to Des Moines Albia Moulton and Columbia Missouri for family or educational reasons.
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John Toom
Knoxville
Tanner
Harvey
Kr. Dunnick
Peila
Howell
Cordova
C. Messmaker
Pella
Albia
W. H. Dickey
Coal Port
Des Moines
Gertrude Rozenboom
Bussey
Ishamal Woods
Isaac Woods
Charley van Veen
M. Schakel
Gradus
M. G
G. G. Kamerick
Irvin Tanner
Wabash
William Sheppard
Moulton
Iowa
Mary Sheppard
Margaret Cochrane
Stephen’s College
Columbia
Missouri
Agricultural clubbing offer with National Farm News
The Chronicle offers a one year combined subscription with the National Farm News of Washington DC for the price of the Chronicle alone. New and renewing subscribers can add the National Farm News at no extra cost and it can be added to other Chronicle club offers. Send $2 for one year.
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The
Chronicle
National Farm News
Washington, D. C
Conress
Population of Iowa Edges Forward in Small Gain
A government bulletin notes Iowa's population rising slowly. It records 1920 total at 2,404,021, July 1 1926 at 2,423,000, and an estimated 2,425,000 by July 1 1927. The increase is modest but preferable to no gain.
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Iowa
Film Shows Fires Can Be Prevented at Alma Theatre
A Metra Selam-Mayer produced feature titled The Fire Brigade is to premiere at Alma Theatre. The film promotes fire prevention while delivering entertainment and a strong warning about fire risks. National figures cited include US property losses of 548 million dollars in 1924 and 32,000 fire injuries annually with 15,000 fatalities.
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Metra
Selam-Mayer Studios
Alma Theatre
Hunt Stromberg
National Fire Protective Association
United States
Europe
Divorce action filed in Marion County Court
Edna P. Robison petitions for absolute divorce from Julius C. Robison and seeks custody of their minor child. The case, filed in Marion County District Court, Knoxville, May Term 1927, requires the defendant’s appearance by May 3, 1927, or default and judgment will follow. Also references a Des Moines cosmetics company capital increases and a remark on making millions from chewing gum and facial calk.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Julius C. Robison
District Court
Edna P. Robison
Knoxville
Town
W. J. Casey
Des Moines
Kuyper's Korner and Homes Ad Foreshadow Local Growth
A collage of a local ad page sketches life in a small Iowa town. Charley Kuyper hawks oak flooring while real estate optimism in Pella rises with new factories planned. Household humor, plumbing, shingles, and moralizing vignettes mix with notices on homes and work, reflecting everyday small-town concerns.
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Iowa
Pella
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Hi School
Girls’ Glee Club
Swan, Bussey
Mel
Otley News
POST
Thompson
Dad
Ivory
Burmuda
Amsterdam News
the Book Shop
John J. van Dyke
Kuyper
S Korner
Charley
Charlie
Dick de Haas
F. Cole
Spreek Met
John Valken
Berg
John Engbers
Anie de Ronde
de Wolf & Co
S. W. Cor. Dearborn and
Monroe St
Chicago
P. H. Stubenrauch
South Side Square
Ella
Sybenga
Sybenga’s
Angel
Devil’s
Parker House
Sybenga’s Bakery
Dora Sybenga
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