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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
1
Otley notes include eighth grade diploma recipients Hattie Engenberg Ruth Vriezelaar Gysbert Heeren Edith and Arthur De Vries with Arthur earning special mention. Various local visits activities injuries and a school year ending indoor picnic and closing ceremonies at Otley school amid community attendance.
Maple Grove school south of Sully closed Friday for a picnic with pupils parents and Miss Mabel Scull. The Crystal Ice Company moved its ice house near the restaurant with Mr Slack handling summer ice. Gerrit Vis renovates the barber shop. Numerous community activities include church ladies aid meeting and a high school senior events schedule plus a large horse import and breeding note from Halbert Horse Importing Co with Belgian and French stock.
GALESBURG notices report Mrs. Anne De Ronda passed away Saturday May 18 after a serious illness. Mrs. Lloyd Rhordant and Mrs. Louie Groves helped Mrs. Alloway with cleaning Monday. Ida Holmes visited with her brother Floyd and family in Reasnor from Sunday to Wednesday. Mrs. Louie Groves was in Newton Thursday. In weekend activity, Jennie Holmes, Alice Randolph, Howard Holmes and Max Wheeler were in Pella Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arie Ver Steg called at the home of Mrs. Ver Steeg’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Zickel. Mrs. F. K. De Bruyn of Sully visits sister Mrs. W. C. De Bruyn and family. John Terpstra hosted Sunday evening visits from Watson Terpstra and daughter Kathryn Arlene.
Eight million American women will be reached by the booklet distributed by the American Society for the Control of Cancer through women’s organizations nationwide. The pamphlet urges periodic health exams and outlines the cancer problem, with translations in Jewish Italian Spanish and Polish. Funded by the Harry M Lasker Memorial Fund, distribution expands in major cities and through settlements and trade unions. copies are sent free to individuals clubs and organizations upon request.
In Albia a grandmother left two year old Vivian Louise Iris Harris on a dining table while fetching a nightie. The child fell to the floor and died instantly. The incident prompted notes on local safety as the father was away seeking work. The report also lists several Iowans who received patents last week for items including an automobile trunk platform, ironing board locking device, railway car truck, clothes stick, coin holder for mailboxes, music instruction device, paper and mail box, and refrigerator showcase.
W F Clements, 80, longtime leader of the What Cheer band in 1874 and first fiddler to enter the 1929 state fair contest, announces this will be his last appearance. He resides at Agency.
William Groves 87 a long time G A R member was found dead behind a wood shed. A . pistol shot from a small gunge shotgun lay beside him and a bullet penetrated his right temple. Despondency over failing health was given as the cause.
K F Wilson publisher of the Monroe Mirror has been at Excelsior Springs Missouri for several weeks taking treatments and resorting to the mineral water cure He expects to return in two weeks greatly benefited in health During his absence Mrs Wilson and the mechanical force have been getting out the weekly happenings and have done a good job
William Jay, 32, was found dead in an empty Newton house he and his wife had just left. He had been missing for days, and a nearby Shell Oil Station robbery is suspected to connect to the case. His stomach was sent to Iowa City for examination. He married Marie Canfield, a Newton girl, seven years ago. her parents lived in Newton for 20 years before moving to Des Moines.
Washington engineer Edward C. Carris of Washington Iowa patents a grinding machine that converts mussel shells into almost finished shirt buttons. The system cuts shells into strips then squares, feeds them to grinding wheels, producing rapid button production and boosting shell button outputs.
Des Moines May 23. Secretary of Agriculture M G Thornburg disputes Iowa City professor L L Miller's farm condition claims. Thornburg argues farmers’ hours, income, and spending do not support broad entertainment or town living stereotypes and urges actual surveys before advocating measures like McNary Haugen. He condemns extrapolated figures as misleading.
The Orpheum Theatre Des Moines vaudeville house opens a week of Radio-Keith-Orpheumvaudeville and sound pictures using the RCA photophone starting May 22. A major feature is Thru Different Eyes with Mary Duncan Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe in a murder trial story.
The program features Selmer Jackson as defense attorney in a mystery plot and Gloria and Jenkins as top act with Working on the Railroad. The Hone Troupe presents blackface minstrel scenes, Ray Hall and Edith Ermine in Page de Cook, and on May 26 the program switches to The Veiled Woman with radio synchronized cinema and a new vaudeville lineup including Forsythe and Kelly in Getting a License and the Hamilton sisters with Fordyces in Playtime.
Des Moines May 23 1913 skim milk beverages must be labeled so consumers know content according to a new ruling by M G Thornburg secretary of agriculture. He notes past labeling used trade names that misled buyers and many purchased thinking they were milk drinks. The rule requires selling these products on their merits.
The Chronicle notes dealers and manufacturers may leave until July 1 to review labels and ensure products are displayed in a lawful manner while home usage shifts with age. The paper urges readers to consult Chronicle Want Ads.
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