Otley Stores Close Doors in Iowa Community
Otley Iowa residents note the Otley IGA store demonstration on Saturday with cookies at low prices while the Otley drug store has closed its doors hoping to reopen. Local families including Vander Wiel Klyn Van Buren Aalbers De Joode and Waardhuizen are seen visiting, with multiple relatives traveling to nearby Pella Eddyville Newton Des Moines and Tracy on various errands and celebrations.
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Otley
Iowa
Gerrit A. Klyn
Pella
Gerrit van Ke
Joe Kool
Des Moines
Don Poortinga
Mr. Poortinga
Eiton Cade
Albert de Joode
Tone Aalbers
Selia Robinson
T. H. Kaldenburg
Louis de Vries
William Karr
IGA
Kool
Henry Muilenberg
Newton
Arthur de Raad
John Waardhuizen
Klaas van Buren
Will Dykstra
Eddyville
Gus Aalbers
Nearly Fifty Years Of Married Life In Peoria
A community note records the extended network of Peoria residents with visits among Fleming Vander Hart Van der Molen Vos Bulthuis De Vries and Voortman families. It marks a 49th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Vander Syde of Pella and notes upcoming Busy Bee Club host Mrs Harold Sheesly on October 17.
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Peoria
Towa
Chen Fleming
Harold Sheesley
Marinus Vander Hart
Des Moines
Martin Sterk
Ella van der Schaaf
Margaret Kaiser
Oskaloosa
Ben Ter Louw
Edith Jean
Harry van Roekel
Martin van der Molen
Ben van der Molen
Nellie Bulthuis
Martha Vos
Chicago
Grinnell
Miss Vos
John Vos
Bulthuis
Sieba de Vries
Voortman
Sioux City
Rev. Voortman
Grundy Center
Herry van Roekel
John van Gorp
Cecil Vander Molen
Richard Veenstra
Gerrit Vander Molen
Louis Vander Molen
Adrian Vos
Jacob Vander Syde
Pella
Vander Syde
Henry Dahm
Kenneth Fox
Landen Hull
Taintor
Harold Sheesly
Busy Bee Club
Harvey Church Dedicated Sunday In Harvey Iowa
The article reports on the dedication of the new Methodist church in Harvey Iowa with about a two thousand dollar debt, half pledged on site. It also covers Civil War veterans reunion in Knoxville, local auctions at Wabash yards, community visits, school events, farm news, and local social updates from October.
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Harvey
Iowa
M. E
Knowville
Oskaloosa
Trostle
Marion County
Civil War
Knoxville
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ella Ghrist
W. R. CC
Rey
Pence
Shook
Carr
Fowler
Barker
Bush
Des Moines
Wolf
Relief Corps
Daughters of Veterans
W. H. H. Barker
Wabash
E. I. Johnson
G. C. Roper
Roper
Harvey Arboretum
A. M. McVay
Tracey
Albert Roorda and Son
Bussey
Pumpkin Weights Nearly 50 Pounds in Cordova Iowa
A lengthy Camden County style harvest note from Cordova Iowa reports a pumpkin near fifty pounds. The item mentions local residents including Pete Duminck of Pella helping Arn ol Klein, R M Hart in Des Moines on business, and Will De Moss accompanying him. Community updates cover births, visits, Farm Bureau meetings, and a Women’s Club lesson on nutrition for preschool children, with a lunch prepared by members and a future meeting scheduled for November fifth.
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Pella
Calvin Bricker
Henry Muilenberg
Joe Vanden Berg
Gerrit Hoksbergen
Arie Waardhuizen Jr
Muilenberg
Gerrit de Young
Gerrit van Dyke
Red Rock
Will de Moss
Pearl Martin
Mt. Pleasant
George Dailey
Ralph Hart
Oskaloosa
Ruth Ruckman
Sarah Jane Templeton
Grace Richerd
K. M. Hart
Lloyd Schilling
James Donohue
John Perky
Monroe
Ernest Bogart
Liffy Rinehart
Odd Fellows Lodge
Knoxville
Roy Karr
Western Front
R. M. Hart
Indianola
John de Goey
Newton
Charley Ford
Clarence Talbot
Wm. Earrs
Leonard Palmer
Albia
Palmer
Lois Richardson
Davenport
Grover Williams
Roy Coe
Pete Manchin
Clarence Bricker
Meyer de Heer
Des Moines
Fred Karr
Prairie City
Lawrence Emerson
Dankenspeck
Cordova
Iowa
Pete Duminck
Arnold Klein
William Haines
Molly Hart
Pleasantville
Farm Bureau
William Karr
University of Iowa
Wm. Roush
Connie Vanden Berg
Vander Wal
Bart Klyn
Angie
Gerrit Klyn
Marjory and
John
Billy Gene
Billy Jim
Willie Kelderman
Bartus Klyn
Henry Buwalda
Henrietta
John Buwalda
Grading Contract First for County Trunk T
Marion county awarded a small grading contract to Ed McDonald of Albia to move 6,000 yards of dirt on County Trunk T near Thunder Creek Hill along the Galesburg road, about 1.5 miles north of Pella, with completion by November 15 after he finishes Coal Port road grading. Lundgren and Reis of Des Moines started a new bridge on Highway No. 2 over Coal Creek, at the new alignment of Primary No. 2, two miles south of Pleasantville, a concrete structure with a 60 foot steel span and 32 foot approaches, to be finished before winter.
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Marion County
Thunder Creek
Galesburg
Pella
Ed. McDonald
Albia
Lundgren and Reis
Des Moines
Coal Creek
Pleasantville
Highway Commission
Corn Yield Low in Marion County Report
The Marion county corn crop is mature but yields average about twenty five bushels per acre. Quality of the corn is noted as commendable given growth conditions.
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Marion County
RAT SNAP A reliable rodent destroyer in cake form
Old reliable rodent killer sold by Puritan Drug Co and Ideal Pharmacy. Cakes fit for pan, kitchen, cellar, or chicken houses. 65c single cake covers small spaces, 1.25 for five cakes for larger buildings. Money back if it fails. Guaranteed and sold locally.
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Puritan Drug CO
Ideal Pharmacy
Smallpox cases rise in Iowa prompt vaccination push
Health officials report a steady year over year rise in smallpox in Iowa from 1925 through 1930 with 645 cases in 1925 and 2818 cases by eight months of 1930. The advisory stresses vaccination as the sole safe prevention and cites diphtheria immunization successes as a model, urging universal vaccination for children and revaccination as needed. The weekly report lists disease counts by counties for Diphtheria Scarlet fever Typhoid Smallpox Whooping cough Meningitis Chickenpox Poliomyelitis Tuberculosis Undulant fever Syphilis Gonorrhea Ophthalmia neonatorum.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Butler
Story
Plymouth
Woodbury
Polk
Mitchell
Calhoun
Des Moines
Jasper
Wright
Adams
Lee
Scott
Blackhawk
Use Radio as Aid To School Work In Iowa
Teaching school children by means of radio will be one of the biggest new developments in education in Iowa this fall and winter. A survey by Chas F Pye shows many schools already use radio in classwork especially music education. He predicts most schools will soon be radio equipped, expanding curriculum and aiding teachers.
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Association
Iowa
Clarinda
KSO
Helen Boyce
Walter Damrosch
National Chain Broadcasting System
Pye
Chas. F. Pye
Iowa State Teachers Association
Teachers’ Association
Magic Kruschen Salts Promises Weight Loss And Energy
A personal testimonial touts Kruschen Salts as a life changer. The speaker, aged forty five, claims rapid fat loss using one bottle bought for 85 cents, plus dietary changes and a half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast.
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CVO
Mom
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Bay
County Board of Supervisors
Joo
Pane
Fred Lautenbach
Dave Verought
Insurance Agency
South Side Square
Poland
Hedrick
Iowa Savings Bank
W. H. Cooper
Grant Reynolds
Democratic
Board of Supervisors
Reynolds
Glmouty
Reasnor-Pella
Reasnor
W. J. van Wely
Monroe, Towa
Marion
Total
Haman
State of Iowa
N. van Vliet
S. Bert Baron
J. H. van Vliet
Bert Baron
A.T. Klein
Tunis H. Klein
George G. Grass
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