Fine Horses and Civil War Memories in Otley Farm Visit
James W Hart visits the Vriezelaar farm two miles west of Otley recounting Civil War era pillaging and hardships. The feature profiles Henry W Vriezelaar family of six children, a prized stallion with a $20,000 forebear, and prizewinning colts at Knoxville. Hart also notes road improvements and local subscribers while reflecting on past rural life and political views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
Ies
Highway 163
Henry W. Vriezelaar
Mr. Vriezelaar
Arie Vriezelaar
Louis van Rockel
Bertha van
F. Hiemstra
West First Street
Pella
Margaret
Elmer Vogelaag
Mabel
Leona
Mary
L. J. Gosselink
Frank Sliematra
Oskaloosa
Sam Paportinga
Martin Hiemstra
John Hiemstra
Nellie
Peter Westerkamp
Inter
Ira Vr
Henry
Louis van Roekel
Arthur
Vriezelaar
Monroe
M. M. Dockindorf
Madeline
Velima
John Henry
Coralee Nell
Chronicle
James W. Hart
van Gorp
Lester van Gorp
van Gorps
Nick Dykens
Simon Terlouw
Hart
Arthur Vriezelaar
Pella High School
Birthdays and deaths noted at Home For the Age
On September 29 two residents celebrated birthdays M Van Dyk 76 and Mrs Bert Hagen 73. September 30 brought two more Arie Kelderman 75 and Mrs H Buitenwerf 74. Other birthdays listed include Marinus 75 and Jacob 67. Mrs H Markus died at 11:00 PM Saturday aged 82 years seven months after arriving Aug 22, 1923. Residents Kurts and Leington partly ill, visits from Sully noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. van Dyk
Bert Hagen
Arie Kelderman
H. Buitenwerf
Marinus
Jacob ‘Ir
Lane Huyser
Sully
Jan Meppelink
Baron
Leighton
van Arkel
Dahm
de Witt
Dairy Judging Team Attends Cattle Congress
The dairy judging team Walter Roorda Arthur Tysseling and Arthur Van Zee with instructor M M Dockendorff traveled to Waterloo to compete in the state dairy judging contest among forty nine teams. The team did not place in the high ten. They judged eight classes and viewed dairy cattle Belgian horses and other exhibits then attended the Vocational Agriculture banquet at Black's Tea Room. The Jesup Iowa team won the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Roorda
Arthur Tysseling
Arthur van Zee
Waterloo
M. M. Dockendorff
Black's Tea Room
Jessup
Iowa
Treasury Officials Estimate Treasure From Warship Salvage
Treasury officials on Saturday estimated the government could claim over one million dollars of a legendary treasure from a British warship sunk about 150 years ago off the east shore of Manhattan Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Manhattan Island
Nebraska joins emergency drought area status
Nebraska has been designated as fully within an emergency drought area by the Department of Agriculture drought committee, marking the fifth state to fall entirely under the measure and signaling heightened restrictions and monitoring across farming and water use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Drought Territory Expanded to Include McPherson County
The drought area now extends to McPherson County joining North and South Dakota Oklahoma and Kansas in the designated region. Other states cited as part of the drought zone include the neighboring plains across the central United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hart
McPherson County
North
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. W. Vriezelaar Farm
H.W. Vriezelaar
Mary Bertha
Summit School
Holland
Holla
Mr. Hart
Missouri
Roosevelt
la Mand
Enor
Home
Laelia Koons
Marcola
Oregon
Margaret McGuire
Buck Glenn
Saskatchewan
Canada
E. H. Gustavsson
Des Moines
Dick van Gorp
Ottumwa
George W. Hart
Taintor
Will
Mr. Young
Dykens Place
Arthur Hoksbergen
Plac
Hiemstra Clan
Elmer Vogelaar
Mabel Hiemstra
J. F. Hiemstra
Leona Hiemstra
John Buwalda
Frank Hiemstra
Sam Poortinga
Ma Hiemstra
H. W. Vriezel
Pete Westerkamp
John Henry Vriezelaar
Mrs. H. W. Vriezelaar
Marion County Fair
Dupont
Hercules
News of Home For the Age
Duroc
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Ralph Moffet & Son
Col
Guy Petit Clerk
J. Lester Butler
Henry Wyma Pella
Frank Clark
Democratic
Marion County
M. A
Chick) Barnes
Board of Supervisors
Tanvilac
Dick Vander Werf
Monroe, Iowa
Aoverage Dail
Tamvilac
Neal Vogelaar
Keith Nearmeyer
Chas, Hoagland
Vogelaar
Tanvilac CO
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