Local gossip sketches travel and visits around town
Residents recount visits and errands from Ottumwa to Des Moines and Des Moines suburbs. Notables include Tocals A. Waehter meeting his son Edward in Kansas City with cattle from Colorado, and Mrs. J. M. Cox attending a funeral in Ottumwa. Numerous relatives travel, visit, and return home, with Thanksgiving plans and newspaper subscription offers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Waehter
Kansas City
Edward
Colorado
J. M. Cox
Ottumwa
Isaac Swinney
Switney
C. F. Briggs
Cox
Minnie Ver Ploeg
Oskaloosa
C. Rongers
Des Moines
Emma
Elizabeth Hamilton
Pella
Varied Thanksgiving visits reported in Des Moines and nearby towns
Des Moines and surrounding area residents share Thanksgiving travel plans and visits with relatives in Newton Oskaloosa Knoxville and Platt. Visitors include J H Cochrane and daughter Margaret Miss Hazel and Harriet Winship of Indiana Miss Frances Versteng and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cochrane
Miss Margaret
Des Moines
Hazel
Harriet Winship
Alexandria
Indiana
Nettie Winship
Early Farm Life Recalled From Linch-pin Wagons to Cradles
The reminiscence recalls linch-pin wagons common in youth, with lower wheels and grease needs, and old plows and cradle use due to roots. It notes log cabins, weathered furniture, and trundle-beds fading from modern homes, with household remedies still on the shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althugh
Preserving Pioneer History in Pella for Future Generations
The Chronicle urges a historical society to collect and preserve pioneer memories from Pella's families. It notes many stories will be lost as time passes and offers assistance to publish these accounts, highlighting the need to capture youth with today and tomorrow in mind. It warns the window to learn from participants is closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Sea
Chronicle
Providence
Van Gorp Leaves Tuesday for Chicago on Business
H. P. Van Gorp departed Tuesday evening for Chicago to handle business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. van Gorp
Chicago
Old cow disrupts Rock Island track near college
A cow owned by Walter Geurta escaped its tether Thursday afternoon and roamed onto the Rock Island track by the college athletic field. Passenger train No. 478 needed to use the same track, leaving the animal badly cut up and prompting a rendering job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Geurta
Rocs Island
College Athletic Field
Sousa hints at meals behind his music at Masonic
At Oskaloosa on November 30 Lieut Com John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster, cites a good tenderloin steak German fried potatoes and bread and butter as inspiration for many of his suites and arrangements. The matinee program highlights his culinary muse as a key influence on his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
King
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Tocals
L. Popma's
Doll's
Ross Schakel
Max
Santa Claus
W. F. Crew
Grinnell
Dan Meulpolder
Clyde
Delbert Dennis
W. A. Butt
Ft. Dodge
Mr. Butt
Pete Sels
Altoona
Jessie Miller
Fairfield
Tim Dykstra
Paul Boertje
John de Goey
Newton
P. L. van Rees
J. van Klootwyk
Eva Shoup
Mary Todd
Lakona
W. E. Lauterbach
Little Son
Canton, Ill
Y. T. van Niewaal
C. Koopman
Valley Junction
Urbandale
Des Moines Register and Tribune
The
B. F. Vander Linden
Preston
Minn
Georgia Chalfont
Milton
Minta de Jong
Des Moine
Anna Poole
Dena Vander Pol
A. Kempkes
Los Angeles
Doll's Restaurant
L. Popma’s
Kate Beard
Dr. Keables
G. C. Richards
C. H. Bell
F. Fisk
New Sharon
Batavia
Mr. Fisk
H. C. Buswell
Chas
Jefferson
Iowa
M. A. Clark
A. P. Fankhauser
Mrs. Whittenberg
Knoxville
H. A. Kuipers
Isaac de Haan
Platt
S. D
South Dakota
J. H. Kuyper
Bob
Pel-la Sunday
Alex Guthrie
Neosha
C. Aschenbrenner
Ivan Sadler
Otley
Ivan
Johanna de Koning
Q. van Speren
C. H. Korn
Davenport
Dr. H. O. Wormhoudt
John R. Kuiper
Oskadoosa
Frances Versteng
D.N. Stetfen
Ing
Mason Cit
C.H. Randall
Little
Denver
A. G. Dykstra
Odell Hendricks
Dell
Atercurieu Osburger
Ray van Maren
Dirk
ER Pano
Uct
Ouke
Rip van Winkle
Rexall
Vander Linden
Hudson
Haynes
Pella Motor Co
OLD Cow
Rock Island
Sousa
Masonic
Navarre
Selec Navarre
Jjewelers
Puritan Drug Company
Heerema Bros
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