Southern Iowa Fair Schedule and Improvements at Oskaloosa
The Southern Iowa Fair and Exposition at Oskaloosa runs September 4–10 with Entry Day Saturday and big events throughout the week. New entrances, rebuilt grounds, new pavilions, swine pens, and horse stables accompany nightly fireworks and a Labor Day wrestling match between Paul Prehn and Heine Engle, plus a Friday motor parade and auto races.
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Oskaloosa
Paul Prehn
Heine Engel
Southern
Iowa
Merrimac
Labor Day
Big Stock Pavilion
Heine Engle
Dubuque
Big family reunion at Uitermarkt home north of Pella
A large picnic gathered Friday at Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Uitermarkt’s home, eleven miles north of Pella. Attendees included multiple Van Gorp families from Pella Otley and Leighton, totaling fifty six in all with thirty eight grandchildren. The day featured visiting and meals, and extended relatives enjoyed a pleasant gathering.
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Andrew Uitermarkt
Pella
Uitermarkt
William van Gorp
van Gorp
Hattie
Jake van Gorp
Otley
Dick van Gorp
Leighton
Jake de
Death of Ben Van Vliet in Rochester Minnesota
G Van Vliet mourns the death of his son Ben in Rochester Minnesota at 4 50 p m on Wednesday September 1 1920 from heart failure after a period of ill health He was 33 and lived in Minneapolis where he worked for Bell Telephone He is survived by his wife an adopted daughter his father four brothers and a sister Funeral arrangements were not announced at this time
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G. van Vliet
Ben
Rochester
Minn
Mr. van Vliet
Minneapolis
Bell Telephone Company
Divinely Revealed Purpose of All Things Created Sermon
First Christian Reformed lists Sunday services with a 7:30 p m evening talk on the Divinely Revealed Purpose of All Things Created. Rev John Firth is expected to speak both morning and evening next Sunday. Baptist Sunday school at 9:30 a m morning worship at 10:45 and evening worship 7:30 with a prayer meeting at 7:30 p m.
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Baptist Church
John Firth
Former resident visits in Pella family towns
Mrs. Hartman of Kansas City Missouri visits in Pella with her eight year old son Sidney. She stays with D S and Lucy Huber and with cousins Pearl Van Corp and Al Clark former playmates. She has not been in Pella for twenty five years and is surprised at the city’s growth. She is remembered as Miss Lena Beers.
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Hartman
Kansas City
Sidney
D. S
Lucy Huber
Pearl van Corp
al Clark
Pella
Lena Beers
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BIG Southern Iowa
Oskaloosa Fair
M. Vander Linden
Castoria
E. R. Roorda
E. J. DE Haas
SON
Phone
Pleasantville
Mulkey Feed Yard
Knoxville
Dea
Banda
Walter Halbert
D. Wickhart
Orpington
Roy Andewey
Wey
Chronicle Office
Eve Troughs
B. Clarke
Peraches
Michigan
al. Clark
Main
Franklin
Don
Blunk
Broadway
Clhaning
Lon* * Fritch
North Market, St
Chiropractic
A. P. Fankhauser
East Franklin Street
Poland
China
Buck
van Zante
John Ulrich, Jr
Iowa Fair and Exposition
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