Visit With Chronicle Subscribers Remembers War Days of 1918
The Peoria trip includes Fred Vander Schaaf and Jake Stursma of a garage and service station, their brick 30 by 60 building, and a feed line, with both saying business is good. The Dahm brothers Henry and Jacob run a general store bought from J. J. Stursma, expanding local commerce in the area. Jacob Dahm is en route to Holland for a home visit via Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Dahm
Chicago
Holland
Leland Croll
Scout
Chronicle
Plymouth
Peoria
Fred Vander Schaaf
Jake Stursma
Charles Stursma
Dahm Brothers
Henry and
Jacob
J. J. Stursma
Dahm Store Chronicle Report in Local News
The article details the Dahm family running a mercantile business after farming, with Jacob Dahm planning travel from Chicago to New York and the Netherlands to visit relatives. Jeanette Stursma becomes the Dahm store clerk, succeeding her sister Ella who married and left the job. Chronicle correspondent Miss Margaret Vander Molen provides news from the Vander Molen home while her father recovers from a long illness.
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Jacob Dahm
Chicago
New York
Netherlands
Dahm
America
Jeanette Stursma
Ella Stursma
Chronicle
Martin Vander Molen
Margaret Vander Molen
Vander Molen family farm and health updates
A report notes health improvements after visits to Oskaloosa Rochester Minn and Des Moines with an operation in Des Moines. While there mother was with Dick Vander Veen who is seriously ill. The Vander Molens occupy a 122 acre farm bought years ago from an Os kaloosa man. Since moving improvements include hog sheds a chicken house improved corn crib driveway additions and a kitchen pantry and porch. Margaret is the eldest of eight Bennie finished grade school this year. The family also visits Rev M J Vander Werp pastor of the Christian Reformed church.
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Oskaloosa
Rochester
Minn
Des Moines
Dick Vander Veen
Vander Molens
Vander Molen
Gerrit Vander Hart
Margaret
Bennie
M. J. Vander Werp
Christian Reformed Church
Martin Sterk
Calvin Seminary
George Dear
Fremont
Mich
Ella Vander Schaaf
J. J. Weersing
Weersing
Jacob A. Rus
Gerrit van Gorp
Rus
Matthew Olivier
Mr. Rus
Peter Rus
Holland
Jacob
Peoria
T. Vander Veen
Vander Veen
Mr. Vander Veen
Pella
D. Vander Veen
Parsonage Clergy and School Details in Peoria Visit
The article describes a church organized in 1892 with 80 families and 396 members, a parochial school of 60 pupils, and new principal George Dear from Fremont. It recounts past fire destruction in 1918 linked to pastor J. J. Weersing, the Rus farm with Hereford cattle and hogs, and local trades including T. Vander Veen’s blacksmithing shop and gasoline sales.
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Calvin Seminary
Grand Rapids
Mich
Vander Werp
Men’s Society
Young People’s Society
Ladies’ Aid
Young Men’s Society
Young Ladies’ Society
Choral Society
Workmen Back on Full Time Basis at Chevrolet Plants
Chevrolet Motor Co reports all plants back to full time with an average of 5.5 days weekly for assembly and 6 days for parts. W. S. Knudsen says payroll exceeds 36,000 and many plants run at peak since fall 1929. New workers added while keeping prior employees. Average weekly hours rise toward fifty.
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Chevrolet Motor Co
W. S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Theresa Nieberg Visits Pella Then Returns Home
The Knoxville Journal notes nine year old Theresa Nieberg daughter of Deputy Sheriff John Nieberg enjoyed a four month wait for vacation and a visit with friends at Pella. After a late night at Melcher she fell ill and returned home, reuniting with her father and mother amid relief and a happy family scene.
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Knoxville Journal
Theresa Nieberg
John Nieberg
Pella
Theresa
Vander Zyleme
Nieberg
Melcher
Knoxville
Relative Of Local People Injured
The dispatch from Knox ville reports injuries to Vance Elliott grandson of Mrs. P. Johnson and nephew of Mrs. Fred Van Rheenen and Mrs. Dick Van Gorp. Vance and Howard Rading were bruised when their car left a ditch near Mitchellville, Vance injuring his back. They planned to meet Edward Loy nacan in Des Moines after returning him to Grinnell. Two Colfax men aided at the scene and took Elliott to Lutheran hospital in Des Moines for an X-ray of his back to assess damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Vance Elliott
P. Johnson
Fred van Rheenen
Dick van Gorp
Howard Rading
Mitchellville
Vance
Edward Loynacan
Grinnell
Dwight McGraw
Des Moines
Colfax
Elliott
Lutheran
Eliott
Reflections on politics and policy in postwar era
A compact, polemical piece by W. A. Young from Burbank, California. It critiques Republican and Hoover era rhetoric, laments economic distress, and warns against tariffs and foreign competition. The piece closes with a curious note on rabbit husbandry and a remarkable swim by Argentine amateur Pedro Canioli.
Conditions Not Bad In Arkansas
An drew Vos, a Pella nanogenerian, returns from Stuttgart Arkansas and states that Arkansas economic conditions are exaggerated. He notes bank closings have demoralized credit but claims farmers still have a hopeful prospect for recovery despite dire reports.
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Arkansas
Andrew Vos
Pella
Stutgart
Ark
Mr. Vos
Iowa
Wanted To Buy Goods On Tick
L Wilson manager of Benteco Kash store faced two strangers who asked to buy groceries on time this summer. They offered to hold a check until July first and joked about waiting for money from John perhaps until he dies. Wilson noted it as a curious, unclear attempt possibly to obtain goods or money.
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L. Wilson
Benteco Kash
Mr. Wilson
John
Wilson
Tax burden belief urges equitable distribution never complete
The statement argues that while equity in tax burden distribution may be achieved someday, no tax payers will ever fully believe that this goal has been realized.
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Vander Schaaf
Tursma
Vander Schaaf and Stursma Garage
Martin Vander Melen
J. C. Penney Co
Franklin ST
Pella, Iowa
Daddy
W. A. Young
Burbank
Calif
G. O. P. Rule
Hoover
Pedro Canioli
Bulova
Elgin
Westfield
South Side Square
Korn’s Bakery
Lot
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
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