Wedding Attended by Pella Society Figures
Elbert Van Maanen and Mrs Wotan and Mrs Paddy Cowan of Fremont travel to Fort Dodge for the wedding of Thomas Sinnen and Miss Mary Curnett at St Mary's church. Local gatherings include Van Ryswyk family hosting relatives and a birthday party for Robert Van Zante with Thanksgiving decor. Local clubs and churches report meetings, luncheons, and Thanksgiving programs across Masonic, Baptist, and Olivet Farmers Union activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert van Maanen
Fred Wotan
Paddy Cowan
Fremont
Thomas Sinnen
Mary Curnett
Fort Dodge
St. Mary’s Church
Robert Lee van Zante
D. C. van Zante
National Farmers Union
Omaha
Nebraska
Castle Hotel
Harriet Ustermark
Des Moines
Towa
Harriet
Marion County
U Yorn
S. D
Farmers Union
Our Tax Problem by S B Prouty on farm relief taxes
A strong argument posits removing real estate taxes to solve the American agricultural problem. The piece asserts that tax removal would unlock capital, raise farmer profits, boost wages, and stabilize prices, insisting a gross sales and service tax would be fair and fund necessary revenues. It cites banker estimates and industry impacts to support real estate tax elimination as key reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Prouty
Des Moines Register
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The
Chicago Tribune
Argus Leader
New York City
Ballyhooers
H. G.race
Bethlehem Steel’ Corporation
America
Farm Bureau women hear dressmaking talk at Pella meeting
The November gathering of Farm Bureau women leaders met Thursday at the Legion Building in Pella with representation from Summit and Lake Prairie townships. Mrs Frances Pugh-Spiedel of the Extension department at Ames led a program on fittings and trimmings of wearing apparel, featuring collars and distributing collar patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Legion
Pella
Summit
Lake Prairie Townships
Frances Pugh-Spiedel
Ames
Memories of Pella era and printing life recalled
The writer reflects on a corrected typo in the Pella Chronicle and recalls a life in early 20th century Pella. He describes plans to buy back the Moore home, his sister Mary, and niece Tad, and remembers editor James H. Betzer and the Pella Blade staff. He mentions Seattle typos, movings, travels, and local nostalgia including the Keokuk and Des Moines Valley Railroad and Western Washington reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Moore
Ver Steeg
Mary
Edna Hunt
Honolulu
Tad
Pellalade
Linotype
Seattle
Seattle P. I
Pella Blade
James H. Betzer
Fisher Building
Garden Square
Betzer
Tom Betzer
Alex Betzer
Win
Alexander
John Vander Mast
Mary Vermeulen
Charlie Moore
Portland
Keokuk
Des Moines Valley Railroad
College Grounds
Rock Island
D. Hollebeck
Lynden
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Elma
Hollebeck
Bill Nye
One or the Other Soup Chaos at City Eatery
A diner complains about a repeated soup order and requests a name change on the bill. The exchange hints at service errors and a plea for consistent pricing or labeling.
Ford's First Engine Test Recreated in Greenfield Village
In Detroit on June 17 Henry Ford marked the Ford Motor Company's 30th anniversary by reenacting his earliest internal combustion engine test. The contraption, built about ten years before the Ford car, proved a primitive but pivotal experiment in automobile history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Greenfield Village
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford’s first car built in a kitchen sparks village open
A reminiscence traces the birth of the Ford car from a kitchen experiment using gas pipe and clock wheels to a three minute run. June 17 marked the anniversary with a replica of the original brick shop near Ford's home at Bagley Avenue, now part of Greenfield Village, Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Bagley Avenue
Detroit
Mr. Ford
Greenfield Village
Thanksgiving services and church activities listed
First Reformed and Baptist churches announce services for Thanksgiving day with Sunday school at 10. A M. and 9 30 A M. Morning worship for Baptist at 10 45 A M with sermon Spirit Gods Answer P U at 6 80 Evening worship 7 80 Sermon The Inner Witness Thanksgiving service Wednesday 7 45 P M Public sale of used lumber Guy Beetle Planer noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed
Baptist Church
P. U
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Vander Lyde
South Main Street
Peter van Ryswyk
Dale
Albert Lea, Minn
F. A. Creed
Newton
Roy Andeweg
van Ryswyk
Creed
Vander Syde
Andeweg
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Indianola
Professor Sadler
John Klein
Main Street
Dick van Gorp
Chris Holm
Oskaloosa
Grace Hoeksema
Sunshine Mission Circle
First Reformed Church
J. Wesselink
Marie Vander Hart
Ladies’ Social and Literary Society
Johannes Thomassen
Kate Beard
T. Hagens
Tram Cemetery Aid Society
Baptist Activities
R.A. Awtry
Clark Richardson
Broadway
Vance Elliott
Iowa City
William van Steenis
Airs. A. van Duren
Liberty Street
Pella Theatre
Judith Allen
Richard Cromwell
W. C. Fields
Allison Skipworth
Faby le Roy
Tillie
Gus
Lionel Barrymore
Man
Thanksgiving Dance Legion Hall
Web
Lee Brown
Des Moines Broadcasting Orchestra
Nestle
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Mrs. Jessie Sadler
Farm Bureau Women
Pal
Ella
Sai
By C. M. Moore
Mark Twain
Puget Sound
First Christian Church
Pella Chronicle
Stout
Pella Press
Reuben Schakel
J. Veenstra
Voice of
Whittier
California
C. M. Moore
A. m. Sunda School
A. m. Ponti-Christ
Prjenda of God
Coats
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