D X Parade in Pella Tuesday Highlights New Diamond Product
A parade of Mid-Continent Petroleum employees and Diamond service trucks moved through downtown Pella Tuesday afternoon to promote the new D-X Lubricating Motor Fuel. The procession drew crowds as a decorated D-X broadcast truck led with martial music and loudspeaker announcements praising D-X as the successor to Gasoline. The campaign aims to push sales across 14 midwestern states with Diamond stations reporting up to 60 percent higher sales. Also included is a biographical obituary for Mr. Carson, former Pella city surveyor, detailing his honesty and community service with funeral services planned Friday at his brother Henry Carson’s home. He was born October 16, 1881, and died at 52, leaving four brothers and a sister.
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Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Pella
D-X
Diamond
Mid-ContinentePtrol
Mr. Carson
Mrng
Carson
Henry Carson
Carson Street
Albert van der Ploeg
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Garson
Embert
Iowa
Harlan Carson Dies Suddenly in Knoxville
Harlan Carson died Tuesday night, with coroner Dr. F M Roberts concluding natural causes after examination. Carson, a longtime Vander Zyl Brothers employee, was highly regarded in the community for integrity, candor, and kindness, and his death caused widespread shock and sympathy.
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Harlan Carson
Knoxville
F. M. Roberts
Carson
Vander Zyl Brothers
Paul Vander Zyl
County 4 H officers elected at Attica meeting
The Marion county 4 H officers were elected Monday evening May 1 at Attica. Donald Livingston of Monroe is president and Robert Sherwood of Knoxville is vice president. Dwight Harvey of Knoxville is secretary Maine Emerson of Knoxville treasurer James Rees of Pleasantville Port er and Dorothy Stroud of Harvey are historian. Sixteen of twenty six clubs were represented with over 100 attendees despite bad weather. Host clubs were H A H boys led by Rev Blackman and Attica girls led by Mrs N B Blackman with plans to meet at least monthly.
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Attica
Donald Livingston
Monroe
Robert Sherwood
Knoxville
Dwight Harvey
Maine Emerson
James Rees
Pleasantville
Porter
Dorothy Stroud
Harvey
Istorian
Marion County
H. A. H. Boys’ Club
Blackman
N. B. Blackman
Mail service hours and post office openings
The notice lists East Train mail up at 8 45 a m and truck at 12 45 p m. Westbound truck at 7 40 a m and train at 4 45 p m. Post office windows open at 8 o clock and close at 6 o clock each day.
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M. Postefice
State Peace contest at Simpson College this week
The State Peace contest will be held at Simpson College Friday afternoon and evening with cash prizes for winners. Dorothy Payne is the orator. Last year William Van Wyk of Central won first honors. Dr Wesselink leaves Tuesday for Chicago to attend the Midwest division meeting of the Association of American Colleges.
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Simpson College
State Peace Organization
Dorothy Payne
William van Wyk
Central
Wesselink
Chicago
Mid-West
The
Association of American
Association
Address on Envy and ethics at local gathering
A local meeting featured Dr Wesselink delivering a forceful sermon on Proverbs 331 envv thou the evil doer and choose none of his ways stressing that failing to restrain evil makes one complicit The talk urged active resistance to wrongdoing as self destructive Also Dr Stuart spoke on What are you getting out of allege and Prof Bosch continued Biblical Archaeology noting many texts once doubted by higher critics are historically supported by events as Bible describes Mr Van t Hoff now at Iowa City had attended Central last year and was a week
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Wesselink
Stuart
Allege
Bosch
Van’t Hoff
Iowa City
Central
Pella markets and various farm goods offered for sale
Quotations from Farmers Exchange and Union Marketing Association list eggs cream hogs and poultry prices. Furniture and linoleum for sale at half price. Used cars including 1931 Chevrolets and a Ford sedan offered by White Way Auto Co. Building supplies and paints from Buerkens Mfg. Co. also advertise upholstery and parlor suite for sale.
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Pella
Towa
Duinink
Farmers Union Marketing Association
Ford
White Way Auto CO
Swap ads invite readers to trade items in next issue
Classified notice invites readers to submit swap advertisements for the next issue. It offers a rate of 25 cents per ad and asks what readers have to swap and what they want in exchange.
Dormitory Activities and College Program Highlights
The dormitory girls hosted a taffy pull and games with college fellows and Miss Helen Stone hosted Miss Sedrel of Bussey over the weekend. A traveling group organized by Miss Jewel Peterson will perform in Pleasantville Thursday afternoon, featuring vocal and instrumental music, a skit, and a talk by Prof. Menninga. Phyllis Ver Ploeg and others will broadcast piano numbers on WIAS Ottumwa this Saturday at 4 15 PM. The Faculty club presents Only 28 a comedy of college life in the college chapel May 12 and 18 at 7 30 PM with tickets at 26 cents.
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Helen Stone
Pleasantville
Menninga
Jewel Peterson
Phyllis Ver Ploeg
Emily Kuyper
Joan’ Kuyper
Stuart’ Kuyper
Wias
Ottumwa
College Chapel
Cordova News Social Visits and Local Neighbors
Knoxville callers Mrs Henry Muilenberg and Mrs Byron Karr visited Monday. Miss Anna Mae Kuiken helped Mrs John Vanden Berg with cleaning last week. Mr and Mrs Harry De Jong of Pella visited Friday night at the Gerrit Vink home. Neighbors helped Mrs Tone Robus with cleaning. The Bloodsworth and Zegers families stayed with Gerrit Vande Kieft Saturday night. Ada Zegers visited Bartus Klyn Friday night. Raymond Vander Wal visited the Fifield school Monday. De Raads of Pella busy sawing lumber near Fifield last week. Bert Vande Kiett of Orange City visited Neal Kuiken Saturday night. Mrs Gerrit Vink and Alma Ruth Vink visited John Vink Friday afternoon.
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Henry Muilenberg
Byron Karr
Knoxville
Anna Mae Kuiken
John Vanden Berg
Harry de Jong
Pella
Tone Robus
John Bloodsworth
Iren
Wm. Zegers
Rally of Baptist Young People Draws Crowds
Secretary of the Iowa Baptist Convention urged action on "Stir Up the Fire" from 2 Tim. 1 6, stressing youth and elders can learn from each other. Rev. Anderson cited Peter's testing and a lengthy baseball illustration to emphasize clean living and striving, ending with the phrases because of and in spite of.
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Iowa Baptist Convention
Anderson
Christ
Peter
Rev. Anderson
Waddell and Mathewson
Making the Table Shine
Aged tabletops can glow again as tableware, pads, and runners brighten informal dining. Clean spots with soap and lukewarm water, then wipe dry. Weekly overviews keep luster, with soft cloths for small areas. A Toledo minister’s door-to-door joke ends with fire escapes.
Knoxville District Court Opens With Judge Dingwell
Marion county district court opened Tuesday with Judge E W Dingwell on the bench. The first week focused on nonjury cases and grand jury sessions while jury trials are postponed for one week. The notable case is Richard Smith versus Knoxville seeking 5000 damages for his son amid themes of power and force.
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Marion County District Court
E. W. Dingwell
Richard Smith
Not Knoxville
Smith
Asi
Dhat
Hoover specials and oddities in a 1934 small town paper
A quirky 1934 issue features Hoover model sales and weekly specials alongside snappy humor. It notes a North Carolina horse theft acquittal due to a lawyer’s dramatic plea and includes light satire about reporters and a joke about a congressman and a deuce. It promotes January 1 1934 dating battery prices and the new ABC Washer with fingertip control.
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North Carolina
Bill
Sallers
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Farm Bureau Notes
Walter Brown
Benteco
Prunes
WHOLD
Prince Albert
Ang
Tama Schoolgirl Complexon
Benner
MISS
California
Peaches Benner
Tve
Benleco Food Stores
College
Ames
Col
Lucas White House
Wale Els Bace Co
Buerkens Mfg. Company
Udell. Hendricks
Columbus St
Wynberg
Case Hall
Milton
Gost
A. W Igysen
Buerkens Mfg. Co
van Zante Bros. Hardware
Otley
G. Vanyk
Pella Exchange Store
H. H. Fennema
Fowler Bldg
Main Street
Jacobs
John Bosveld
van Toorn
East Third Street
Paul Koopman
Maytag
Woodrow
Vans Motor Service
van Gorp
Pella Motor
Johnston All
Paul Boertje
Len Kaldenberg
J. K. Ver Steeg
Care Chronicle
Hattie Hols
Thelma Miedema
Phone Farmers Elevator
BABY
Henerygg
Farmers Union
Old Opera House
Ramseyer Hatcheries
Oskaloosa
Greement
Forrest Verloeg
Central College
A. B. Vanpongeline
Henry Brouwer
West
Franklin Street
Guernsey
Sty
South Woods Dairy
J. W. Vos
Vogelaar
John M. Rietveld
de Cook
Chronicle
Pella Sanitary Rendering Co
Hoeksema Bros
Forrest Ver Ploeg
John Gus van Gap
Brom Hatchery
IPS Tim
Hite
Carl L. L. Schakel
Losttan
Peter Muyskens
Nickolas Rozeboom
Cordova
Baptist
Tme
Toledo
Ohio
van den Berg Electric Co
Hoover
Dye
ABC
Popma
Dutch Mill
Tidene
Parol
W. G.neely
West Washington Street
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