Memorial Day Observance Outlined for Pella
Citizens urged to join Memorial Day parade in Pella with a 1 45 pm lineup at the Webster building. Veterans and students will decorate graves, march past the cemetery and bandstand, and hear readings and addresses at Central Park and the band stand, led by Mayor H J Vanden Berg.
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Pella
Pélla
Henry Fisk
William Langeral
Webster Building
Broadway
Webster School
Harry Keables
John de Cook
Old Central
Ladies’ Circle
Main Street
H. J. Vanden Berg
J. A. Monkman
P. Broal
A Tale of Two Scottys as Floater and Parasite
The Marshalltown Times-Republican contrasts two local men named Scotty. One is a drifting laborer seeking work and shelter, willing to be a navy stoker. The other, a pool hall resident with dubious income, freeloading, skipping labor, and lacking civic responsibility. The piece asks which represents a better citizen and warrants police attention.
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Scotty
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Make Soup Beans Seed Beans for Planting
Seed bean buyers should visit nearby grocers to stock up amid bean shortages. Test grocery beans by germinating a sample between moist blotters. 85 to 95 percent sprout indicates good seed. Use small white navy beans as they mature well in Iowa. plant after June on light or sandy soil, avoiding rich bottom land.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Honey as sugar substitute urged by Spokane official
Spokane City Commissioner Leonard Funk advocates creating a honey factory to curb sugar costs. He points to vacant city lots with clover and trees, suggesting bees need little start up, yield 100 to 150 pounds of honey per swarm, and cost about 6 to 8 dollars per swarm. Honey priced around 15 cents a pound beats sugar for common uses.
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Spokane
Leonard Funk
Spokane Chronicle
Sugar Trust
Local notes from Pella area tied to visits and travel
A compact update lists H D Wormhoudt in Des Moines business visit, Warner Van Spanckeren heading to Mesa for bank work, John Lucas and wife returning to Alton after a family visit, and multiple local residents visiting relatives in Des Moines Osceola Osceola county. The piece also covers a car mishap near town with minor injuries, church socials, and various itineraries among Pella area residents including Vander Aarde families Lux Hines and Van Zante. The local Republican editorial stance on conscription and farm labor accents the community tone.
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H. D. Wormhoudt
Des Moines
Warner van Spanckeren
Mesa
Ariz
Henry
John Lucas
Alton
Iowa
Pella Produce Co
Leighton
P. Vander Aarde
Hospers
Vander Aarde
Charles Dillon
Pella
Bert Baron
Jennie Baron
Bert
McAde
L. Lux
Valley Junction
Dora Hines
D. Hines
Paul van Zante
Cedar Rapids
H. D. van Zante
Lelia’ Drost
Nannie Barron
Monroe
Central College
Mary, Nancy
Gertrude Pippel
Oskaloosa
Monroe Mirror
Boulder
Methodist Church
Ira M. DeLong
Professor DeLong
Anna Hospers
Story City
D. van Ryswyk
Jennie van Mersbergen
Prairie City
P. Vander Kolk
Leo
Otley
Pella Markets Report With Price Corrections
Stock and grain prices in Pella were corrected by Van der Zyl Bros. Prices range from 7.00 to 11.00 dollars per cwt for some grains, 14.75 to 15.50 per cwt, 1.40 to 1.60 per bushel, and 2.50 to 3.00 per bushel. A decrease of 60 to 64 cents per bushel is noted.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Lost plain gold band ring seek return
A plain gold band ring is missing and the finder is asked to return it to this office. Please contact the office with information or its location.
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Otley Band
Christian Reformed Church Band
Christian Reformed Church School
Fleischmann’s
T. Plette’s Grocery
van der Ploeg Bakery
Fleischmann Coq
Plum St
Cincinnati
Chronicle
Frank Warner
Imperial
Germany
Free
Lona City
Ed Cook
W. H
Callie Chalfont
Georgia Chalfont
Puritan Drug Co
Adv Ed Thomassen
Harvey
Kate Wickhart
E. F. Gaass
D. W. Gaass
P. D. Wagaman
John Branshart
Nan Sherwood
Knoxville
W. P. Fowler
R. W Fillmore
Baby
Misses Pearl
Hattie Tusseling
R. E. Nowell
Little Son
Washington, Iowa
Robert Monkman
Marengo
Kansas City
Earl Anderson
Rochester
Minn
the Chronicle’s
Flanders
Roorda
Harry Boland
R. R. Sadler
Domestic Supply Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Palm Beach
M. Vander Linden
Vander Linden
Photoplay
Elite Theatre
Franklin Panis
Agnes
Vander ‘Linden
Florence
van Dusseldorp
GLOBE
Welding Works
Pella, Iowa
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