03 Oct 1935
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
1
Peter Klootwyk dies from injuries as family obituaries are noted. The piece details kinship, local visits, and a portrait of a Dutch American family with roots in Pella and Eddyville, including parents and siblings, and mentions community ties, farms visited, and a newborn infant referenced in the sketch.
The piece recounts appreciation from Vets Hospital for local band support and describes a community portrait around the Boot and Van Zee families in Pella. It notes Mrs Boot’s view on family and schooling, visits to farms, and Arnold Van Zee the tinkerer whose “corn cob radio” gag stands out. It ends with a note on a lime crusher visit and a melodious family voice at home.
The article profiles Gerrit Van Zee and Henry Hoekstra families living on Crookham and Fifield farms near town. It recounts their Dutch origins, sidebar anecdotes about seasickness during emigration, list of seven Van Zee children, and reflections on farm life, machinery, mobility, and local tragedies shaping their perspective. It also covers John Hiemstra’s move between farms, views on spading versus plowing, auto use, rural economics, and the balance between farm independence and city life.
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International Sunday School Lesson outlines Isaiah 53 as the suffering servant tale with the theme of love revealed and conquering. It frames Jesus as the man of sorrows wounded for transgressions, bearing iniquities, and offering peace through suffering, urging followers to imitate his love and optimistic vision amid hardship.
The Inquiring Reporter canvassed views on who will win the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs. Responses favor the Cubs by Tamabas, Thomasen, and Breaklander, while Dykstra and Cocy back the Tigers, citing pitching strength and a strong hitter’s form.
The sixty fourth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association will convene in Milwaukee from October 7 to 10. The program, outlined in the September American Journal of Public Health, covers diverse topics from coordinating county health systems to rural tuberculosis, school health, child development, mental hygiene, water pollution, rural sanitation, swimming pools, summer camps, lead poisoning, and public health nursing. Sessions include health education, school nurse roles, and industrial hygiene with emphasis on diphtheria immunization.
Leighton 4-H girls hosted a September gathering at the G. J. Vander Wilt home with 46 attendees. Program featured club reports, a style show, sewing demonstrations, and a visit by County Agent Anne Woodford. Local visits and farewells noted. a fatal accident in Rock Island, Illinois ended the report.
A special luncheon outlined a program on preventing lobar pneumonia infantile paralysis measles scarlet fever smallpox tuberculosis pertussis and other diseases. The Milwaukee gathering will feature four Vital Statistics sessions two Food and Nutrition sessions and nine Laboratory sessions with sixty papers.
Ethel Little, 16 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Little of Marysville Ta and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs L E Comstock of Albia was found drowned in a five gallon crock of rain water at the family home about 10 a m Friday. The child likely fell in while playing and survived by her parents and a brother and sister.
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