Describes Early Pella Life and C De Vos reminiscences
C De Vos recounts his 62 years in Pella history from 1860 memories to 1920s family details. He notes grandparents, siblings, and cousins, early schooling, apprenticeship in boot shop, and his growing interest in printing alongside local establishments and residents. He references Keene Canada births and local figures in Pella’s 19th century streetscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
First Street
Betten
van Stigt Brothers
Mr. van Eersel
H. van Gorkum
John Barneveld
Stout
Pella
Keene
Canada
Anne
From Hobby Printing to a Life in Books and Print
A narrator recalls building a home press from scrap, buying fonts and ink, and printing an amateur monthly Western Star. He describes creating a small press, printing religious pieces for his father, and his claim of publishing Harry Belmont, a 1873 book by Frank Kelley, while earning a dollar a day at the Pella Blade office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
West Franklin Street
C. C. Cory
Samuel Strong
W. D. Forsythe
Garden Square
John de Vos
Leonora Scholte
Harry Belmont
Lake Superior
Frank Kelley
Jesup
Iowa
Pella Blade
Pella Chronicle
Betzer Brothers
Printing lineage of De Vos and Gage families in Michigan
The memoir details a career across multiple states from 1873 to 1894, starting at Rhynsburger store opposite the American House, to publishing in Battle Creek, and culminating in ownership of a local Coopersville newspaper. It traces the evolution of the Gage printing business, its reorganizations, and the author’s move into newspaper ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coster
Way Street
van der Meulen
Dr. M. Kramer
John de Vos
Grand Haven
Mich
de Vos
Pella
Des Moines
Towa
Battle Creek
Michigan
Seventh-day Adventist
John
Gage Printing Company, Ltd
de Vos Brothers
Gage, de Vos & Company
Wm. C. Gage & Sons
Dallas
Texas
Wm. Gage & Sons
Coopersville
Printer recalls six decades in news biz and the toil of errors
A veteran printer reflecting on sixty two years in newspapers and printing, recounts retirement from active duties, time spent running a basement shop, and the enduring craft amid the sly perils of typographical errors. The piece cites a Knoxville Iowa Express poem about printer's errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
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C. de Vos
Old
Izaak de Vos
Holland
Minneapolis
Minn
Izaak
Anna
Adrianna de Neef
Anne de Neef
Chicago
United States
Central Park
Wear
East Franklin Street
Mr. van Vliet
Standard Service
Atlas
Pella’s
First Chamber OF Commerce
H. P. Scholte
H. Roel- Scholte
Dirk Krui
Square Club
Ofst
C. Hospers
D. Kramer
A. Kruidenier
A. N. Vander Linden
Denier
Leen Kruidenier
L. Stegeman
H. S. Baron
Anna Mia
The
Western Star
Rhynsburger
American House
C. Rongers
Blade Office
Curios
Gearts
Garden City
Tulip Town
Pella, Iowa
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