Local classified list with wide ranging sale items
A jumbled rural classified page lists trucking services and storage, farm equipment including a John Deere corn picker, purebred hogs, and a portable mill. Advertising notes low prices on wallpaper, coat hauling, and various sale items with several Iowa contact names and phone numbers. A potato mishap and a cave in a trench are briefly described with family and local names.
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Sully
P. O
Wm. Dieleman
Iowa
Bette Davis Stars in The Old Maid at Rivola Theater
The Rivola Theatre opens its season with The Old Maid starring Bette Davis in a Warner Bros production directed by Edmund Goulding. Miriam Hopkins and George Brent co star. adapted from Zoe Akins stage play based on Edith Wharton’s serial and novel.
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Rivola Theatre
Bette Davis
the Old Maid
Miss Davis
Warner Bros
Miriam Bopkins
George Brent
Edmund Goulding
Zoe Akins
Edith Wharton
Red Book
Babes in Arms at Mahaska screens four days
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland star with June Preiser and a cast of song and dance specialists in Babes in Arms. The film opens Friday at the Mahaska theater for a four day run. Don’t miss it.
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Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
June Preiser
Follies
Mahaska
Leighton News: Local clubs host meetings and visits
Detroit guest Mrs. Harry Young stays with daughter Mrs. Lowell Turner as Leighton hosts a Leighton Parent-Teachers Club session with talks on school aims and obedience studies. Heap o’ Livin club members, visitors from Oskaloosa and Detroit attend, with poems, contests and refreshments. Black Oak Scott Center students perform a Friday program led by Miss Margaret Vander Linden.
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Harry Young
Detroit
Michigan
Lowell Turner
Leighton
Joe
Carol Ann Beintema
Leona
Hesselink
Leighton School
Jms
Don de Prenger
Heap O’ Livin’ Club
Henry Veenstra
S. G. de Cook
Elmer van Duren
Oskaloosa
M. M. de Reus
Ira J. Hesseling
Margaret Sangstes
G. G. de Cook
Harold de Brain
John Veenstra
Howard Glendening
Moline
Linois
H.W. Vander Linden
Riley Glendening
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Gerrit Brummel
Darlene van Zomeren
Howard de Prenger
Bonnie and
Janice van Zomeren
Sylvia Goemant
Betty van Welcome
Community Notes from Knoxville and Nearby Towns
Readable items document social visits and events in Knoxville Iowa area, including gatherings at the Legion hall, birthday and wedding preparations, showers for Helen Vanden Berg, stork shower for Mrs. Wayne Angove, and visits among Vanden Berg, Verwers, Zegers, De Raad, Klyn, and Van Hemert families. Several trips to Des Moines and nearby towns noted, plus home improvements, farm activity, and church attendance.
Otley News: Local Calls and Corn Harvest News
Otley notes record Sunday visits from Mr and Mrs Dick Miller of Bonaparte once a school teacher at Otley. Edwin Hiemstra and others gather corn at Martin Hiemstra farm with Jake Aalbers Norman Robus and Edwin Hiemstra present. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs Dick De Haan and family visit the Waardhuiz home near Pella. Neighbors assisted Ralph Dykstra in corn gathering last week with Gerrit Van Ee Gerrit Davelaar Pete Nan Ryangk Edward Hiemstra Richard Vriezelaar John Rietveld and Elmer Rietveld among attendees.
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Dick Miller
Bonaparte
Joe Kool
Mr. Miller
Otley
Edwin Hiemstra
Martin Hiemstra
Jake Aalbers
Norman Robus
Dick de Haan
Near Pella
Arie Waardhuiz
Ralph Dykstra
Gerrit van Ee
William and
Hennie
Gerrit Davelaar
Pete Nan Ryangk
Edward Hiemstra
Richard Vriezelaar
John Rietveld
Elmer
Gerrit Dykstra
Gerrit van de Geest
Ger
Halloween Party Attendees In Knoxville Home
Mrs J M Van Viidt and daughter Lyle, Miss Anna Slocum, Mr Raymond Robus, and Mr and Mrs C H Berg with family attended a Hallowe en party at the R V McKeever home in Knoxville Monday evening. Will De Vries of near Tracy visited Sunday afternoon in the Gerrit Vink home.
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Ust
Knox Ville
J. M. van Viidt
Lyle
Anna Slocum
Raymond Robus
C. H. Berg
Hallowe'en
R. V. McKeever
Knoxville
Will de Vries
Near Tracy
Gerrit Vink
Halloween Program At Local School Highlights Grade Numbers
The program features Ruth Brummel Edna Goemaat and Zee in Dialogue and songs including The Hallowe en Guest and The Morning After. Performances include Ruth Brummel Sylvia Goemaat Janice Van Zonieren Betty and Marjorie Van Zee and Marjorie Van Zee Howard De Prenger. The Lower and Upper Grade pupils present exercises, piano duets, and a school song On Halloween led by Mrs. Lou Van Rockel and others.
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Abron Grandia
Herbert de Prenger
Hallowe'en
Lou van Rockel
J. A von Zuuk
Howard Grendening
M. M. de Reus
Prairie City Land Sales Wrap Up Last Week
Fred Warner reported three real estate deals near Prairie City. Earl McReynolds bought the Milt Adair 120 acres, Mr Osborne of Kellogg acquired the Fleming estate 160 acres with possession on March first, and Dwight Caldwell purchased 80 acres from Roy Danley.
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Fred Warner
Milt Adair
Earl
Hi) McReynolds
Fleming
Mr. Osborne
Kellogg
Roy Danley
Dwight Caldwell
Prairie City News
How to Battle Boxelder Bugs
Boxelder bugs invade homes entering through cracks and screens. This guide outlines practical steps to reduce infestations using sealing, vacuuming, and targeted insecticides while avoiding excessive chemical use.
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Boxelder
Bugs
Controlling pests under the AAA Farm Program in 1938
The article notes pest control methods may seem harsh yet effective. It mentions kerosene spray, scalding water, and crushing pests around tree bases. It also highlights the AAA Farm Program and that farmers used green manure crops on over 26 million acres in 1938.
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AAA
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