Various farm machinery and supplies for sale ads
Listing of agricultural equipment and related items for sale and rent including tractors, plows, cultivators, corn planters, wagons, a hammer mill, fertilizer attachments, seed potatoes, feed blends, and unfurnished rooms. Includes contact notes and local business names such as Ulrich Motor Co Bakker Rus and M. M. Lo dens. County news ads show multiple vendors and model notes from 1930s era classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich Motor Co
Notice of weekly closure and meeting details at local shops
The notice states that Thursday operations will pause due to shortages. The Annual meeting is postponed to a later date, with the secretary and Vera Sedrel involved. Shops including Wilson Jewelry, Vries Jewelry, and a beauty shop will be closed every Thursday from the 19th onward.
Cards of Thanks for neighbors who saved farmhouse
We thank neighbors who answered our plea for help and kept the flames from our Brooder house from spreading to the farm buildings. We want them to know we appreciate their kind, brave assistance.
Church Notices and Services From Local Congregations
A compiled item lists morning devotions and church services across several churches. It notes pastors, Sunday School times, morning worship, and special programs with speakers, prayer meetings, and youth events. The document invites all to attend, detailing various denominations and locations with scattered OCR errors.
Thanking Friends and Relatives for Hospital Visits
A patient thanks friends and relatives for visits flowers letters and cards received while at the hospital. Clara Meinders expresses gratitude for support during this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Meinders
Card of Thanks From I Bauman to friends and neighbors
Card thanks friends neighbors and relatives for calls letters and flowers during illness. I Bauman expresses gratitude for thoughtful gestures and support from community during sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauman
Thank you for letters and cards from friends and relatives
A brief note of gratitude expresses sincere thanks for hospital stay cards and letters. The writer acknowledges the kindness and says it will be remembered. A separate small classified line advertises a large trunk for sale with phone contact 191.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verros
Central College Heritage Marks Centennial Address
Dr Nollen shared Central College origins from 1851 and a 63 year founding under the Dutch Reformed Church. He recalled early hardships, faculty names, and student life, praising the college's resilience through four wars and its enduring Christian education spirit. Dr Mulder began his remarks as part of the commencement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gadsden Purchase
Nollen
Central
Central College
Town Baptist State Convention
Burlington
Pella
Central University
Domminic Scholte
Ise
Baptist University
Des Moin
Dutch Reformed Church
B. H. Scarff
Currier
Gunn
Graduated at Council Bluffs Deaf School Honors Dale Van Hemert
Dale K Van Hemert son of Mr and Mrs Will S Van Hemert of Pella finished the Town School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs at sixteen and received his diploma on April 20. He earned honors at the high school and on the Town Hawkeye staff. His parents attended the exercises and it is likely he will pursue college studies.
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Dale K. van Hemert
Will S. van Hemert
Pella
Council Bluffs
Council Bhut's
Dale
Althouh
Local town notes drift toward defense work and travel
In a brief recap of nearby towns activities, residents such as Elizabeth Oliver and others prep for defense work and travel for jobs at shipyards and local mills. The gossip lines mention families including Van Veen and De Joode moving between Galesberg Dearinger Prairie City and surrounding areas for work and school events.
Otley News Mixed Up Names in Otley Letter Correction
A reader requests a correction to a Otley news item. The note clarifies a name mix up involving Charlie Vander Kolk and Charlie Hessins, recounting a scene where a drunken man on the floor drew no harm. The writer defends Vander Kolk’s reputation and recalls slangy threats from a fight with whiskey, knuckles, a bowie knife, and a six shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Vander Kolk
Old Oley
Charlie
Wixelaar
Pella Chronicle
Otley
Charlie Hessins
Liberty costs through self discipline in sermon remarks
An orator at the Holland event urged that true freedom requires self discipline and obedience. He warned civic liberty rests on force and warned against purely pragmatic living that loses sight of higher ideals. The speaker quoted a Harvard remark about conquering ourselves to gain liberty and urged paying the price to safeguard democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Breingg
Mulder
Harvard
Jose
Windstorm damages homes and fields in rural area
A Saturday wind and rain storm with hail damaged small buildings and broke windows. Low land flooded parts of fields, delaying work. Pella and nearby residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Van Vark, Herman Van Vi Jennie, and John Van Veen, visited neighbors and hosted relatives at various local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Vander Dale
Eganville
Art Vander Well
Vander Worth Tal
Delbert Schrader
Monro
Ander Well
Engelenburge
Vander Pol
Lewis van Vark
Herman van Vi Jennie
John van Veen
Alfred Vanderarry
Y Vanden Berg
Newton
Amsterdam News Weather and Community Notes
A rough Saturday with rain and wind damaged East Amsterdam school’s port. Rain totals reached two inches by Monday while the Des Moines river remained high but fell by Tuesday. East Amsterdam students and a teacher visited woods and falls, sighting a cat owl. Local residents report Van Steenis returning home from hospital and improving. Gospel meeting at the school next Wednesday at 8 pm. Six graduates from Bible school listed by area, with names across West and East Amsterdam and nearby towns.
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van Steenis
Amsterdam
Abe J. Synhorst
East Amste
Bible School
Scholls
At Chronicle
Eou Mather
John Scholte Nolen
Old Schulte home antiques draw curious visitors
On the fairest day many are urged to visit the old Schulte home to view a collection of antiques. The note also mentions college entrance changes and campus projects, including Rutgers admitting freshmen in June and UCLA completing 82 Victory garden plots on campus.
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Schulte
Rutgers University
University of California At Los Angeles
Weekly Markets Quotations From Local Produce Dealers
The Wednesday morning market report lists local price quotes for dairy and produce. Dealers provide brief figures and notes on available goods, reflecting current trade in cream and related commodities.
Obituary of Mrs. Henry Van Wyhe of Pella Iowa
Mrs Henry Van Wyhe died at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa at 7 00 pm after major surgery aged 89 She is survived by her husband three children Jacob John and Joan at home her father John De Hammer of Knoxville four sisters and one brother Also a host of relatives Funeral services were set for 2 00 pm at the First Christian Reformed Church in Pella with Rev John Vander Ploog officiating and Oakwood Cemetery interment An unrelated note mentions Colgate University starting a study in occupations to aid industry.
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Henry van Wyhe
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Jacob
John
Joan
John de Hammer
Knoxville
Iowa
G.wiclard
Pella
Margaret
Cornelia
Robert Vander Kamp
Prairie City
Peter J. de Hammer
First Christian
Reformed Church of
John Vander Ploog
Oakwood Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Department of Agriculture
van Gorp Hatchery
Dwane
POR Sale GP
John Devre
Vark
Bouman Bros
Henry de Zwarte
Phone 61
Chronicle Office
Frank Bakker
Farrow
J.J. den Adel
Murray Sytsma
Buick
Saukfasteet
Isu Eet
Fer High
A.D. Hasselman
McCormick -1
Bakker & Rus
Argent Y
Jansen
Dick Leydi
Nick Jansen
White Way Auto CO
Min
Ulrich Motor
Tun
Vera Sedrel
de Wilson
Jewelry Vries Jewelry
Don Andrew
Alice Buwalda
Eaine LeCocq
Betty Vriezelaar
Darel Mensch
Madeleine Dicke- Gene Langerak
Lester “Buck” Terlouw
Eleanor Vos
Carl Vander Ploca
RST Charef
J. Vander Ploos
Yewcom
Connie J. van Zee
Calvin Seminary
KSO
Church OF the OW
Smith
Eleanor Smith
Third Reformed Church
Lawrence J. Borst
Gospel Hall
Ben Tuininga
Hull
Evenimece
First Reformed Church
AL Havern
Lasschuit’s Grocery
NAS
Florida
Michael Leonard
del Monte
Pep
Kellogg's
Pkags
California
Kraft Dinner
Blue Barrel
Wheaties
Dove
Rinso
Clorox
Weiners
Oleo
Rose Hill News
Galeshore
Elizabeth Oliver
Galesburg
Dearinger
Miss Hotge
Ing Lane Dunnick
Aluosa
Ntal John V Dewey Kaldenberg
John van’ V. van Veen
Gysbert van Engelenburg
Henry de Joode
Walter Vander Kraats
Crystal Terpstra
Ral Weeks
Otley News
Colfax
Colfax Sales Company
Bell & Clippinger
Earl Shields
First National Bank
Amsterdam News
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
Sudan
Hegari
Atlas Sorgo
de Jong Seed Co
Colgate University
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