Otley Man Found Dead In Clover Field
The body of 67 year old Marinus Aalbers of Otley was found in a clover field south of Otley around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday after a night of a large search by local residents. Coroner ruled death a suicide, with a butcher knife used in the act found beneath him. The knife had been taken from his daughter’s home before he left for his son’s nearby residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinus Aalbers
Otley
Frank van Zante
Henry Aalbers
Aalbers
Kniife
Elton Cade
Gysbert Aalbers
Cade
Mr. Ralbers
Des Moines
Roberts
Knoxville
Geath
Death Claims H Ter Louw Tuesday
Hubert Ter Louw aged 48 died Tuesday morning at 7 at the Peter Keuning home on route 4 after a five year illness. Unmarried he is survived by several sisters. Funeral services are set for 1 20 pm at the Keuning home and 2 pm at the Pella Burial Association funeral home with interment in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Ter Louw
Peter Keuning
Ter Louw
Kenning
Pella Burial Association
Oakwood Cemetery
Hour of Parsons Central Football Game Changed
The Friday game time for Parsons Central football was moved from 8 80 to 2 80 o clock to allow locals ample time to reach Fridiron and return before darkness.
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Parsons Central
Fridiron
Auxiliary Bazaar at Central College Saturday Sale
Ladies Auxiliary of Central College hosts a bazaar and baked goods sale on Saturday November 18 at Ven Houweling Lunches. Soups sandwiches and coffee will be served all day according to event notices in today’s paper.
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Central College
Tragic booing incident notes sighing audience reaction
In the report a tragic event is referenced with mention of a distressing audience response. Names, places, and precise facts are unreadable in the fragment, but the item appears to document an upsetting occurrence tied to a public setting and a notable outcome.
Striking Plant Seizure Sparks Austin Manhunt and Zombie Skeleton Find
A courtroom of economic and crime headlines blends as a New Jersey factory sit-down at Austin Inn and Patterson prompts Gov Olson to call national guardsmen. Meanwhile police probe bodies found in a death lane skeletons show violence, and a local driver dies after swallowing tobacco at a St Louis drugstore. Rest of items note a mix of political prisoner inquiries, lumbering economic shifts, and a Pan American delegation poised under Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy.
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Ira Lyck
Olson
George A. Hormel and Co
Austin, Inn
Van Sittert Explains School Tax Increase in 1931
Peter Van Sittert, secretary of the local school board, explains that the 1931 levy rose to 80,000 for the general fund and 6,000 for the school house fund, from last year’s 25,000 general fund, with millage moving from 44.74 to 79.44. He notes bank closures tied up funds and says deposits remain in Security Bank and Pella National Bank not subject to check, while a wartime savings reduction is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter van Sittert
G. W. Paardekooper
van Sittert
Pella National Bank
Security Bank
Mrs J Van Gorp Dies After Sudden Illness
Mrs. Jacob Van Gorp died Tuesday morning at 9 16 at her son Ed Van Gorp s home on Oskaloosa Street after a sudden attack. Funeral services set for 2 PM at Wormhoudt Plette with Rev. Nordlund officiating and Miss Lautenbach to sing. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. She was born August 28 1862 near Pella and left five children seven grandchildren and several siblings.
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Jacob van Gorp
Ed. van Gorp
Oskaloosa Street
Wormhoudt & Plette
R. T. Nordlund
Marie Lautenbach
S. F. Cole
Henry Kuyper
John Nieberg
H. Vander Zyl
Bari Black
John den Burger
Anne
Leonard
Fred
Neal den Burger
Leighton
D. Rilihan
Des Moines
Neal Heemstra
J. Veenstra
Pella
Aged Home Inmates Planned Afternoon Outing
Inmates of the Home For the Aged will go on an outing this afternoon. They will travel by car to attend a religious service at the Christian Roreenes church before visiting the Re formed church for a social hour with refreshments. The caravan departs the Home at 1 30 o clock and returns in the evening.
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Stomobiles
Leteion
Thas
Reformed Church
Pella Hit By Severe Dust Wind Storm
Pella and surrounding area were hit Sunday by a violent dust storm. The wind peaked around 5:00 to 6:00 pm, tearing tree limbs and blowing down hay and straw stacks. At the Liter coal mine southwest of town the tipple was blown off and coal production halted. repairs will delay coal delivery early next week. A Des Moines report claimed a passenger airplane flew 300 miles to Chicago in under 90 minutes, averaging 200 mph, setting a new record.
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Pella
Maon
Bay Mall
New Liter
Des Moines
Chicago
Interwoven Hosiery Display at D Den Adel Store
In the D Den Adel window a striking ad for Interwoven hosiery by Sachs and Co of Rotterdam, showing that American made hosiery sells in the Netherlands. The Dutch poster proclaims Geen Lok Gant Boven meaning no other sock rises above, with other pictorial descriptions highlighting the hosiery’s merits.
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D. den Adel
Sachs and Co
Rotterdam
Holland
Netherlands
Old Home News Highlights Cheaper Inmate Rooms Offer
The notice discusses deaths caused by inmates in affordable rooms provoking admin actions. It announces two room options at unusually low prices while availability matches the proportion of current remands. It notes inmates regulate heat and have access to hot or cold water, inviting interested readers.
Fire At The John Vande Voort Home Midnight Monday
A fire at the John Vande Voort residence at 804 Liberty Street occurred shortly after midnight Monday. Mrs. Vande Voort discovered smoke in the upstairs bedroom. firefighters found the roof blaze on an asbestos shingle deck and had to tear off shingles to reach it, causing significant damage insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vande Voort
Liberty Street
Vande Voort
Friday Clearance Sale At Penney's
A Chronicle ad promotes a Good Luck Friday sale at the J C Penney store this Friday featuring bargains in high class merchandise across winter needs. The promotion urges shoppers to investigate the wide range of bargains and lay in supply for the season.
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The
Chronicle
J. C. Penney
Ann Vickers at the Pella Theatre Opens Next Week
The Sinclair Lewis drama tackles modern women balancing careers and love. Openings set for Monday Tuesday Wednesday with Viene Dunne and Walter Huston star power, supported by Conrad Nagel Edna May Oliver Bruce Cabot. John Cromwell directs.
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Ann Vickers
Sinclair Lewis
Pella Theatre
Viene Dunne
Walter Huston
Conrad Nagel
Edna May Oliver
Bruce Cabot
John Cromwell
College Lecture Draws Packed House for Violinist Thavin
A large crowd attended the College Lecture course presentation of Samuel Thavin, noted violinist, Monday evening. Thavin and his accompanist delivered a fine classical program that was very well received by the local audience.
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Samuel Thavin
Thavin
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Loss
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to all who showed sympathy friendship and sorrow by our recent loss. We mourn the death of our loved one Mrs David Ver Dught Verle Ver Ought.
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David Ver
Secretary Walla Adjusts Progressive in Corn
Wallace today with the secretary Wallace sets the price adjustments for corn. The new rates fix 6e per bushel for the November 5, 1938 term and 20¢ per bushel effective December 1, 983.
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Walla
Wallace
Wallace Y
Pononeaing Field
Professors Lectures On Chemistry To Baptist Men
A large gathering at the Baptist church for the Father and Son banquet featured Rev R T Nordlund and Bob Sadler in talks on father son understandings and honesty. Prof T H Liggett of Central College explained chemistry using chalk on a blackboard and likened it to algebra, sharing examples from calcium sulfate and everyday life, with digressions on farming routines and road paving in northern Iowa.
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Prof. Liggett
Baptist Church
Schoo
Carroll
Sebeau Vande
Voort
Alfred Renaud
Nordlund
R. T. Nordlund
Bob Sadler
John A. Vander Wal
Liggett
Geean
Towa
Scrip Committee Urges Public to Stop Chiselling
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting chaired by H. P. Van Gorp the Scrip Committee urged stopping chiselling in scrip and stamp note transactions. They proposed buying scrip at 94 cents and selling at 96 to give customers a two percent discount, while road and solicitation issues, transients, and handbills were also discussed. The main item, hours changes for merchants, was deferred after groups failed to agree on opening and closing times.
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H. P. van Gorp
Chamber of Commerce
Lankelma
Hugo Kuyper
Road Committee
T. G. Fultz
Security Bank
Beinhauer
Fultz
Pella Theatre Management
Welfare League
Red Cross
B. F. van der Linden
Red Rock Man Is Game Law Violator
George Kilenger state game warden arrested Albert Alley of Red Rock township last Thursday. Alley was arraigned before Justice J Vander Syde on charges of possessing mink and muskrat fur without a license. He was fined 77 dollars and committed to the county jail for 80 days. He will receive an additional sentence upon further periods of the fines.
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George Kilenger
Albert Alley
Ed Rock
Justice of the Peace
J. Vander Syde
Alley
Tatenosville
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M. Aalbers
Daughter
District Court
Russell Brubaker
W. Jacus
Pleasantville
Art Baseh
Ella
L. Brasher Melcher
M. J. Bayless
W. E. Rent
John Breen
Violet_Clark
Tracy Wm. de Jongwan
Lena Erickson
Bussey Ray Fisher
Irs
Eva ‘Rinehart
Knoxville É A.nd
O. E. Shauck
Swan Columbia
Schneider -Lacona
Tom Stokes Bussey
R. F. Smith
Elizabeth Town
Percy C, Vanden Bergrrdova
Cora Vriezelaa
Ley Lloyd Warner
H. Ter Louw
Aia
Din -Liventook
Sapihe
A. Siac
August Halgren
Duluth
Minnesota
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trade
Hugh S. Johnson
NRAA
Fort Worth
Tex
McCarl
Henry Ford
Birmingham
Alabama
National Committee For Defense of
Tuskaloosa
Ala
Reconstruction Corp
Iowa
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
John J. Rogan
St. Louis
Alt
Montevideo
Uruguay
Roosevelt
Iowa National
W. E. Graham
Salvation Army
Burlington
John Stutman
Salvation Army Hall
Hancock
Bii
Davenport
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
Thomas Hatcher
Missouri Valley
Joseph Pikcoltz
Siah Khan Ibn
Kashmir Khan
Europe
Beirut
Washington
Bt Ans Fs
Max Patton
Laurel
James Watson
Cedar Rapids
Watson
P. van Sittert
Home For
Penney’s
Lewis
SCRIP
Red Rock
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