Farm House Burned East of Pella Otley Rail Crossing
The farm home of Dick H. Vander Linden on the Gysbert Van Zante farm was burned to the ground Tuesday morning after a fast-spreading attic fire. Neighbors and the Pella fire department fought the blaze. most contents were saved. Insurance on the building was $2,000, leaving a partial loss to Van Zante and an insured, temporary setback for Vander Linden. The report urges greater farm fire protection and faster response, such as a shared speedy truck among farmers.
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Dick H. Vander Linden
Gysbert van Zante
Pella
Otley
Vander Linden
van Zante
van der Linden
Intoxicated driver hits booze squad car in Des Moines
Ray Clement of Newton, 32, was jailed in Des Moines after his automobile collided with a car driven by Inspector L. W. Hardenbrook, head of the booze squad. Clement will face charges of intoxication and operating an automobile while intoxicated as Hardenbrook had stopped at fourth street and Grand avenue to watch Clement's vehicle. Little damage resulted from the collision.
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Ray Clement
Newton
Des Moines
L. W. Har Wenbrook
Clement
Hardenbrook
Mily
Fourth Street
Grand Avenue
Town of Milton votes for new school building
The Milton special election approved a bond issue of 48 000 for a new school by 316 to 84 with 400 total votes and one spoiled ballot. Of 264 women voting versus 221 men, authorities plan excavation after site selection and intend to have materials on site this winter for spring construction.
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Milton
Bloomfield Democrat
Bond Victory Shapes New School Building Plan
After a vigorous campaign, the bond issue to fund a new school building won by a large margin, reversing earlier tight expectations and signaling strong local support for the project. The decisive result favors construction and future school expansion.
Senator Bowman Speaks at Leighton Meeting
M. L. Bowman of Des Moines former state senator from Blackhawk county spoke to townspeople and farmers at Leighton town hall urging a state guarantee of bank deposits. He called at the Chronicle office in Pella and has visited the area for years with seed corn trains techauquas farm picnics and other events.
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M. L. Bowman
Des Moines
Blackhawk County
Leighton
Bowman
Pella
Chronicle
Court House Birth Records Names and Dates
Ora Koons and Mabel Vander Linden compile birth records noting Edith Jones of Knox ville born October 17 and Opal Briggs of Knox ville born October 12. Colleen Neifert of Pershing born September 23. Dorothy Kamerick of Knoxville born October 18. Shirley Reid of Pershing born October 12. Frank Lockhart Jr. of Union township born October 3.
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Edith Lucretia Jones
John J. Jones
Knoxville
Opal Geraldine Briggs
W. V. Briggs
Colleen Anne Neifert
Ancile A. Neifert
Pershing
Dorothy Caroline Kamerick
John M. Kamerick
Shirley Louise Reid
Thomas Benton Reid
Frank Lockhart, Jr
Frank Lockhart
Union Township
Midnight Fire Destroys Empty House on Oskaloosa and Clark
Shortly after midnight Wednesday fire was reported in an empty house owned by Mrs A DeJoode at the corner of Oskaloosa and Clark streets. Passers by alerted the municipal light plant and firefighters extinguished the blaze after interior damage. The house, vacated last week after graveling work, had been occupied during the summer by gravel haulers and paving crew workers.
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A. DeJoode
Oskaloosa and
Clark Streets
Nollen Rise Traced In Bankers Life Light
The inaugural Bankers' Life Light from Des Moines highlights Gerard S. Nollen. It sketches his ancestry linked to the Pella colony, his early work as a Pella National Bank clerk, and his climb from $45 monthly pay to president of the Bankers' Life Company.
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Bankers’ Life Company
Des Moines
Pella
Gerard S. Nollen
Pella National Bank
Nollen
Arrest in mortgaged car trade near Corydon and Knoxville
C R Gesseltine of near Corydon was arrested last Thursday evening at his father in law’s home five miles southwest of Knoxville by Sheriff E E Clark on a charge of selling mortgaged property. The warrant issued at Corydon alleges he traded a mortgaged car to his brother.
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C. R. Gesseltine
Corydon
Knoxville
E. E. Clark
Gesseltine
Mortgage Dispute Leads to Charge Dropped in Corydon
Walter Sehrelbart of Chari Gesseltine owned the mortgage and authorities in Knoxville and Wayne County were notified. Gesseltine was taken to Corydon that night by Ben Phipps. It later emerged that the borrower used funds to pay off the mortgage and all charges were dismissed.
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Ortgage Was Owned
Walter Sehrelbart of
Chari
Gesseltine
Knoxville
Wayne County
Corydon
Ben Phipps
Marion County Farmers Trade For Big Ranch
One of Marion county s largest land trades occurred when John and Will Le Grand of near Monroe swapped their 617 12 acre Monte zuma farm for 5 520 acres of deeded land near Atkinson Nebraska The Westwide ranch is well fenced cross fenced with thirteen flowing wells cattle operations include 760 head moved to the ranch and 2 000 tons of hay The trade and details come from the Monroe Mirror Meanwhile Mrs John Liter suffered scalding burns after hot water spilled on her back and shoulder during a kitchen incident and is recovering Henrietta Groenendyke of Leighton visited Pella.
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Marion County
John
Will le Grand
Monroe
Montezuma
Atkinson
Nebr
Nebraska
John le Grand
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Town OF Milton
Senator Bowman
Court House
Ora Koons
Mabel Vander Linden
Legal
Bankers’ Life Light
County News Service
Cunningham
Yale
van den Berg
BIG
le Grand Bros
Monroe Mirror
Henrietta Groenendyke
Rocford Sox
de Wormhoudt & Kempkes
Dr. Hess’ Products
Dr. Hess & Clark, Inc
Ashland
Ohio
Hess
Dr. Hess
Far West
Canada
Iowa
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