Visit With Chronicle Subscribers Highlights Local Farms
Weekly Chronicle feature tours deliver glimpses of Engle Ver Ploeg and neighbors Gradus Ver Ploeg Gerrit Snellers John Van Woert and Pete De Hammer on route 4 and Leighton. Compartments cover farm history horses versus tractors 600 White Leghorns and 100 spring pigs plus family stories and road work details.
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Gradus Ver
Vance
Ming
Gradus
Ver Ploeg
van Zante
Thief Abandons Car Stolen Sunday Near Chariton
A Hudson sedan stolen from the Beardsley Funeral home driveway Sunday evening was found abandoned Monday on highway 34 between Albia and Ottumwa with only minor damage. Sheriff John H. Smith was alerted by Monroe county authorities who had been warned after the theft report.
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Chariton
Beardsley Funeral Home
Albia
Ottumwa
Sam Beardsley
John H. Smith
Monroe County
Pleasantville Men Charged With Theft
Des Moines officers arrested two Pleasantville men, George Quinlain and Allen Kinison, after finding 24 chickens in their auto at a Des Moines produce house. Quinlain admitted stealing more than 180 chickens since April 17 and selling them in Des Moines, saying Kinison rode with him on the thefts but had no involvement. He offered to show deputies the theft locations.
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Des Moines
Pleasantville
George Quinlain
Allen Kinison
C. M. Hanson
Willard Stout
Quinlain
Kinison
Comments On Sunday School Lesson Valued In West Virginia
R L Sadler brother of the publisher visited from Beckley West Virginia for his mother's funeral. He praised the Chronicle Sunday school lesson, saying it helped his town and inspired a local Bible class teacher to request the paper each week. He notes the teacher calls weekly for the Iowa paper.
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West Virginia
R. L. Sadler
Beckley
W. Va
Chronicle
Farm Bureau Women Create Flag Tradition in Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau women plan to make and display county flags to honor the organization. Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson says county presidents will hold women’s meetings to craft or purchase flags, with a state dedication at the January 1934 Iowa Federation convention. The project aims to boost loyalty and morale across county bureaus as they face economic challenges.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Betsy Ross
National Farm Bureau
Ellsworth Richardson
State
A. H. Beebee
Harrison
Iowa
County Farm Bureau
Richardson
The
Iowa Federation
Farm Bureau
Auto Collision At Prairie City With No Injuries
Newton residents Mr and Mrs A M Miller and their daughter in a Ford sedan and S E Hoffman in a Buick sedan collided at 1 30 Sunday afternoon at the 64 and county roads intersection. The Miller car had the right of way while Hoffmans did not stop at the stop sign. Both vehicles were towed to Newton by Prairie City Auto Co.
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Prairie
A. M. Miller
Newton
S. E. Hoffman
Miller
Hoffman
E Road
Prairie’ City Auto Co
Now We Have Beer and Its Economic Promise
A fragmented note argues beer can aid the poor by providing an affordable drink without bootlegging. It critiques federal and city taxes raising costs and mentions related costs at local firms, with uncertain references to Rex pint and Oakalbosm Lone low.
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Leum Corporation
Tiulsa
Okla
Pella High Triumphs In District Contests And Baseball
Pella High dominates weekend events with district commercial contest wins led by first place novice and amateur typing speeds. In baseball, Amidon’s team clinched a third straight county title defeating Melcher 9 to 5. Commencement plans progress with May 25 and 26 plays, June 2 exercises, and an anticipated 50 graduates. Honor roll lists Sylvanus Dykstra through Martha Zylstra.
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Pella
Miss Howard
Frush
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Schools
Beatty-Bennett
Iowa
Correction of two clerical errors in last week’s Chronicle
The Chronicle corrects two errors from last week: the age of Henry P. Klein was misprinted as 6 instead of 69 due to a cipher loss, and the Sunday school lesson misstated Judas’s payment as 80 pieces of silver instead of 30.
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Chronicle
Henry P. Klein
Judas
Christ
Sunday School Lesson Comments Draw Attention Abroad
Sheriff Paul J. Grandman of Knoxville helped his mother Mrs John Grandman celebrate her birthday on a Friday evening, drawing local notice as relatives gather for the event.
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Paul J. Grandman
Knoxville
John Grandman
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Engle Ver Ploeg
Dake Ven Woert
Netherlands
Gerrit Snellers
Pete de Hammer
Henry E. Ver Ploeg
Holland
California
Denver
Jacob van Woert
van Steenis
Jake van Woert
Gradus Ver Ploeg
Mr. van Woert
America
Walter Heyveld
John D. Guerts
Guerts
van Woert
Geurts
Garden City
Woodrow Company
College
Nick Braafhart
Ralph van Brogen
Mia
William Willemsen
Pete
Gerrit
Yella
William
Andrew
North
John Whitlock
Attica
Andrew Rozenberg
Ruben Leydens
Carrie
Cornelia
Nickolas
North Porterville School
Lavina Klein
Sneilers
John Vande Kieft
Mr. de Hammer
United Paint and Body Co
Tvondale Farceur
Irvinedale Oriental
Alfred de Bree-Eyck
Suzette
Alfra de Bree-Eyck
Indigene du Fosteau
Mie de Eye
Oriental
Flore
Yor
Pace
Mule Eathver
Pelace
Prairie City
Oakalbosm Lonelow
Pella High
Commercial Department
Sylvanus Dykstra
Wm. Vander Linden
Mary Goad
Leona Hiemstra
Margaret Jansen
Margaret Keuning
Gertrude Niemeyer
Francis van Rees
Ruth Vriezelaar
Helen Vander Wal
Martha Zylstra
Louis Bosveld
Joe van Arkel
Raymond van Heukolom
George Vande Noord
Bernice Carter
Wilma van Ger
Elizabeth van Lucille Hollebrands
Henrietta Hoksbergen
Ella Ver Meer
Viola Schakel
Anna Slocum
Junior, Hospers
Don van Houweling
Arthur_Wormhoudt
Helen Bogaard
Esther Bosch
Kathryn Braafhart
Virginia Fowler
Ardella Grandia
Suzanne Hollebeek
Janet de Jong
Ardy
Princess
Theatre
Oskaloosa
Sinclair
Poe
Pete van Zante
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