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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
6
Interesting weekly news item from nearby towns recounts local visits trips and church activities in Leighton and nearby communities. Residents see relatives in Clarinda Ottumwa Pella Otley and Newton while church services and events are noted including English and Dutch language programs and a wedding anniversary.
Cordova resident John De Vos skidded into a ditch south of Cordova Thursday with a truck full of tomatoes requiring extraction. Numerous local residents attend visits and events around Cordova including church services planned for Red Rock and a Farm Bureau meeting at Henry Muilenberg’s home. The community also notes hospitalizations, road incidents, and social visits as autumn progresses.
Otley Iowa notes show multiple moving transactions as Vander Kieft, Sandmier, and Postma households shift residences. Local updates include Mrs. Menninga and Mrs. Vander Wiel visiting, Deligh t Karr ill with appendicitis and improving after surgery, and area visits by De Joode Robus Barber Lumber Co plans to relocate near Vriezelear building.
In Peoria Iowa on October 5 Mr and Mrs J J Stursma with Mr and Mrs J W Stursma visited Leighton at H Veenstra. R Kaldenberg family from Sully visited H W Bokhoven. Ruth Deur was absent from school due to illness. John Van Gorp and son Jacob visited Martin Van Der Melen. Lewis Leest became parents of a five pound baby girl born September 29. Nellie Bandstra is helping with housework. Jacob Rus and sons also mentioned.
In iNdutl Iowa on October 5 the Killduff Methodist Aid met to can fruit and vegetables for an Orphan's Home and hospital. Over sixty quarts were canned from regional farms. Several locals attended social visits to Des Moines and Davenport.
Dayton resident Mrs Betty Luedeke claims she shed ten pounds in seven days using Kruschen. She recommends taking a half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast. An 86 cent bottle lasts four weeks, with a money back guarantee if not convinced.
Harvey Iowa dated Oct 5 reports social visits and local notes. Mabel Leaty and Worth Clark of Knoxville visited the Arboretum to study trees and value, Will Ghrist and wife attended, Old War Association plans annual meeting with Comrade Barker set for the 15th. Dick Messamaker injured foot by falling coal and uses crutches. Jeremiah Gullion, Nebraska resident, visits Gray and Tracy. Haines and Sherwood families drop by Barker home. Mrs Dannie Redding breaks arm. city notes mention bootlegger echoes with no arrests. Frank Holdsworth now City Clerk.
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as pure relief and harmless, asserting Bayer tablets with the Bayer cross do not hurt the heart. It urges use for headaches colds joint pain rheumatism sciatica and lumbago, and notes genuine Bayer Aspirin is safe and trademarked as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
Effective September 27 1931 the Des Moines to Ottumwa service lists departures from Pella to Des Moines at 9 31 a m 2 31 p m and 7 46 p m and from Pella to Oskalopee at 9 34 a m 3 34 p m and 7 49 p m All buses depart from Hotel Pella.
Tropical Fruit Gums 10c per pound. Fine Vanilla Fudges 12c to 5c per pound. Extra XXXX Mints 15c per pound. Delicious Wild Cherry Drops 15c per pound. Fine fresh Chocolates coming next week. The Book Shop announces limited candy sale.
Newton John McClain 33, a Sully laborer, died at Skiff Hospital after his car rolled on loose gravel two miles south of Sully. He had a skull fracture and broken jaw. His three small children were slightly injured. Survived by wife and five children. Hollander by birth, he came to this country years ago and had been married about six years. He was returning home after taking home a girl who helped with the housework. One child is two weeks old.
Chariton hosts the Eighth District Farm Bureau meeting on Friday October 16 drawing members from ten counties Preparations promise a record attendance and a strong program Mrs E Richardson chairwoman of State Women’s Committee and 10 W Belex director of organization will represent the Town Farm Bureau Delegates Fletcher Copes Ottumwa and W E Krizer Eddyville will join group meetings In the afternoon H A Wallace editor Wallace s Farmer will speak on Stabilization of the Dollar Murl McDonald Assistant Director of the Agricultural Extension De
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