Doings Of Pella Boy Scout Troops
An account of a Pella troop gathering at the High School gym with boxing games magic tricks and a pie eating contest. The event featured Mr Hollebrands the magic professor and ended with ice cream and watermelon treats. Scoutmaster Mr McBride and about seventy five attendees attended with plans for wood chopping test and a future football prize.
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Legion
Lester Liter
Manuel
Arthur van Rockel
Fred Lautenbach
West Market
Mr. McBride
Knoxville
Apple picking and road work mark Otley area progress
Apple picking has progressed with favorable weather and a fair crop. Road graders completed the Otley road to required width, improving driveability though adjacent streets remain uneven. Mr and Mrs Niemandsverdiict visited Don Van Speren’s home in Oskaloosa on Sunday, with Mr and Mrs Jake Wouda also present.
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Otley
A. Niemandsverdiict
Don van Speren
Oskaloosa
Jake Wouda
Otley Vicinity News Highlights Relate Local Visits
In Otley and nearby Knoxville and Pella, residents and visitors are noted in casual social activity. Names include Sarah, Miss Margaret Huisman, Mrs. Markus, and John Vanden Baard with multiple trips to Des Moines, Newton, and Knoxville, plus updates on local school bond votes and a hospital case.
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Sarah
Peter Wouda
Knoxville
Martin
Red Rock
Margaret Huisman
Otley
John Vanden Baard
Dra Vriezelaar
Pella
Ralph Frazier
Clara de Bolt
Newton
Delis Wittenberg
Alk. Ver Heul
Roy Shannon
Melis van Polen
Iowa City
A. O. van Houweling
Cordova Community Notes From a Busy Week
J M Hart drove to Pella while Knox ville and Cordova residents visited neighbors Tuesday and Wednesday. Crews hauled road work, painted stores, and traded properties as cordial activity continued through Thursday. The Women’s Relief Corps appeals for canned goods reach nearly 20 000 members with a call to stockpile for four Iowa homes and hospitals.
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Woman’s Relief Corps of
Iowa
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Davenport
Perkins Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Children’s Home
Council Bluffs
Orphan B. Turner
Fairfield
Iowa Woman's Relief Corps
Pella Scouts Lose to Knoxville 39 to 12 in Football
Report from Knoxville details a Saturday game where Knoxville Scouts defeated Pella 39 to 12. Knoxville secured early momentum with a kickoff return and touchdowns, extending a 27 to 6 lead at halftime while Pella scored once more in the second half. Scoutmaster McBride refereed. Arthur D. Winter filed the report.
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Pella
Knoxville
October Leaves and the Quiet Color of Autumn
The season arrives with gold and crimson leaves carpeting the morning earth. John Burroughs reflects on how leaves grow old, their radiant last days, and how October makes woods glow with calm light as they return the sun’s absorbed warmth.
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John Burroughs
Central College Notes and campus happenings
Central College notes recount Freshman treasure hunt at the Baptist Camp on Skunk, pep meetings, and a victory linked to strong school spirit. The Girls and Boys Glee Clubs, faculty events, and community visits are listed, along with a humorous story from Picture Story Paper. An airplane in Cass county injures cattle and a Burlington court case seeks damages after a plane frightens horses, injuring two women.
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Baptist
Prof. Liggett
United States Mail
Cass County
United States
Burlington
P. E. O. Chapter Hosts Evening at Dr Mitten Home
The P. E. O. Chapter entertained several friends at Dr. Mitten’s home Friday evening. A program featured music and readings by Mrs. Liggett Harriet Frush Kath erine Coch rane and Mrs George Gaass. A one act play The Medicine Show followed with Luther played by Mr. Mitten Giz by Mr. Liggett and Dr Stephen Vanderdexter by Mr. Sadler. The scene unfolded on the Ohio river bank. Luther was the star. Giz was
Barkis and His Chain at Pine Grove Farm
Dinner ends as Grandfather Calef plans a trip to the blacksmith with Frank. Faith and Alma eager to accompany, while Barkis the collie sits chained, looking mournful beside his kennel as the wagons await. Barkis has a habit of running free when not secured.
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Frank
Grandfather
Alma
Barkis
Faith
Pine Grove Farm
Grandfather Calef
Crescent Tint Shades Take Market by Storm
Crescent tint shades are praised as top window coverings offering crack proof and pinhole proof durability. The ad touts affordability with cheaper grades available to fit different budgets.
Honeymoon couple plans kitchen harvest of asparagus
A loving couple returns from their honeymoon. George suggests picking asparagus together. Hilda responds that it will be heavenly and offers to hold the ladder while he plucks it.
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Hilda
George
Lawyer McQuiz and Rastus on housekeepers joke
In a comic exchange Lawyer McQuiz asks if Rastus’s wife is a good housekeeper and Rastus replies that she is so contrary she isn’t good at housekeeping or anything else. The dialogue uses dialect to punch the joke.
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McQuiz
Rastus
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Felik
L.F. van Zelm
Western Newspaper Union
Twen Felix
Mrs. Featherhead Spank
HE Country
Doings OF
BOY Scout Troops
Howell Station
Tenderfoot
Y. T. van Niewaal
Otley and Vicinity
Marie Muilenburg
C. G. van Vliet
Des Moines
G. van Vliet
Hl. L
Lorin Rickabaugh
Clarence Renaud
John Adams
New London
Dykstra
Cordova
J. M. Hart
Calvin Bricker
Joe Vandenburg
Gerrit Hocksburgen
R. M. Hart
Roy Wolover
S. A. Johnson
Cecil Reese
Dewey Ford
Dave Taylor
Runnells
Mr. Donahue
Hr. C. Williamson
Sherman Gibbons
George Buttry
Bert Vander Kief
Wanda Norris
Homer Reed
Pleasantville
Jess Miksell
H. C. Williamson
Willie Graham
John Ford
Ford
Tom Rickabaugh
Crozier and Stephenson
Will Roush
Jess Mikesell
J. L. Shilling
Emma Shilling
W. A. Richard
Elmer Cupper
Frank Adams
Mrs. J. Miksell
George Daily
Charlie Ballard
Sovilla
Clyde Wright
Monroe
Farm Bureau
Dunreath
George Barquis
Pete van Hemert
John Ward
O. R. Shannon
Otley Motor Co
College
Central
The
Boys Glee Club
Frank Brower
Fred van Doorninck
John Groendyk
Floyd Nagel
Jacob Sessler
Henry Boeyink
Bert Vander Ploeg
Peter Koenen
George Grooters
Henry Volkotten
Pedro de Jong
Paul Bruins
Klaus Gesselink
Vanderdexter
Central College
Barney Google
Maurice
Aschenbrenner
Glee Club
Hoffman
Dunn College
Mr. Hollabrands
Picture Story Paper
Barkis and His Chain
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hotel
Montrose
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Omaha
Union Central Life Ins. Co
H. Vriezelaar
Otley, Iowa
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