Local Folks Maintain Busy Social Ties Across Des Moines and Pella
Long list of local visits and travels Recalls many Des Moines and Pella residents including Beintemas Hesselinks Klaarens and Blommers as well as relatives in Chicago Eddyville Ottumwa and Knoxville with funerals fairs and family reunions noted. Travel to Chicago for a week and a Century of Progress trip are mentioned along with births and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Beintema
Des Moines
Jay Hesselink
J. M. Cook
Lena Heeren
Chicago
J. Blommers Sr
E. Klaaren
Peter Klaaren
Velma .Awtry
John Klaaren
Ben Blommers
Jennie Groenweg
Knoxville
J. Brommers Sr
A. J. Kuyper
Hattie Hospers
Wormhoudt
G. Hospers
Eddyville
I. A. Wormhoudt
Dick Diekema
Cornelia de Kock
Weeeryey
Wayne Davidson
Keosauqua
Marion Klaaren
Holland, Mich
John Blommers
Hattie van der Meulen
Yvonne Aschenbrenner
Nellie Beckering
Century of Progress
Ben Kuyk
Winnibelle Neifert
Attica
Harold
Chris le Cocq
New Sharon
Gradus de Kock
de Kock
United Grocery
Ottumwa
Herman Sedrel
C. Comer
Bussey
Ed le Cocq
Anna Snyder
Cedar Rapids
H. H. Geelhoed
W. McCarthy
Annapolis
Pella
H. H. Geeloed
Jess de Raad
Irene
Angeline Waardhuizen
Willie Vos
J. E. de Wit
Sigourney
Walter de Wit
Oskaloosa
Hugo Steenhoek
Jess Vriezelaar
Peter A. de Jong
Patergon
N. J
H. P. Lankelma
Peter
Awtry
Lankelma
J. C. Penney Co
NRA
Lester de Wild
Wayne Perne
C. W. Dennis
Walter Donai
Harvey
Mr. Dennis
William Dennis
Archie Bloem
Mr. Bloem
John Bloem
Peter Bloem
Govert Hackett
Harry Branshart
Harry
John Vander Plee
J. G. Vanden Bosch
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. C. Payne
Jefferson
Lillian Payne
Carl Clark
Hayfield
E. V. Goad
Fox River Baptist Association
Pleasant Valley
Unionville
J. H. Vander Linden
B. Goemaat
C. W. Goodall
Chester Ten Hagen
Catherine O'Donnell
Minneapolis
Zelma Rysdam
Henry Cox
Omaha
J. M. Cox
When the Railroads Came To Iowa
William J. Petersen notes in The Palimpsest that the Rock Island first linked Chicago to the Mississippi, with Davenport figures guiding early steps. Iowa investors backed half the stock, and Judge James Grant led initial promotion, as rail lines surged toward the Civil War era connecting Chicago, New York, and Iowa markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi River
Rock Island
William J. Petersen
the Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Rock Island and la Salle Railroad Company
Washington
Chicago and
James Grant
Davenport
Notary Isaac
Ebenezer Cook
Illinois
Scott County
New York
Waters
Seven Ages of a Gangster David Lee Wharton
A fragmented reminiscence traces a boy’s progression from infant amid toy guns to Christmas morning curiosity, then to a plastic-minded youth shaped by a father who gifts air rifles and hunting urges. The piece hints at memory shaping violence and danger through early influence and imitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Wharton
Fellows
Gant
Final Scene of a Condemned Man at Gallows
The passage charts a condemned man’s grim progression through choices, from a boastful road to violence to a desire for powerful guns. It ends with him walking to the gallows between heavily armed guards, provoking reflection on blame and a cradle to grave path shaped by murderous acts.
Inquiring Reporter Probes NRA Plan Abroad Views
Five local residents share cautious, varied opinions on whether NRA inspired plans will spread to European nations. Some see foreign interest growing with U S success. others doubt or await results and market skepticism about impact.
Activities of City Churches Schedule and Sermons
City churches outline weekly worship and meeting times. Church of the Open Bible holds services Tuesday and Saturday at 7 45 p m and Sunday at 9 45 a m with Sunday school, 10 45 a m morning service, 6 45 p m Young People, and 7 30 p m evangelistic services. Baptist church offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m, morning worship at 10 45 a m with sermons Love Under Difficulties and The Fourth and Fifth Independentations or A Nomad Tent and Smoking Mountain, plus 6 80 p m B Y U and 7 30 p m evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Open Bible
Baptist Sunday School
Sunday Services and Dutch Language Sermons Schedule
First Reformed church lists services and sermon titles for Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. God Wondering, 2:00 p.m. Gegraveerd op de Handpalmen Gods, 7:30 p.m. The Double-Minded Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed
Third Reformed 10:45 The Ultimate Victory a Motive to Service
The listing presents a sequence of programs with times and titles in mixed Dutch and English. It outlines religious or sermon segments including references to Abraham and moral themes, suggesting a church or radio schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Second Reformed Sunday School and Services Schedule
The Second Reformed church offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning service at 10 45 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Rev Howard Scholten a Western seminary graduate will preach both services Special organ music begins at 7 15 p m Program includes Festival March Mallard Pilgrim's Chorus Wagner Serenade and Schubert. Radical changes are discussed to unify federal crime detecting agencies under a Scotland Yard style head to fight kidnapping and crime. speculation grows on leadership and political influence as crime prevention leadership debates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Pannekoek
Otley
Harry Hoffs
Chicago
Second Reformed Church
William Hilmert
Holland
Mich
Hilmert
Virginia Rie
Second Reformed
Howard Scholten
Western Seminary
Mallard
Pilgrim’s Chorus
Wagner
Schubert
Scotland Yard
Bureau of Investigation
Matt
Geography of the Auto License Plate
Washington DC notes how license plates reveal regional identity and history across the United States. The article surveys state designs, emblems, colors, and unique features from South Carolina iodine labels to copper plates in Arizona, with examples from Delaware, Louisiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Oregon, Montana, New Mexico, Florida and more, including transfer controls and year schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
S. C
Arizona
United States
Pennsylvania
Texas
Lone Star State
Delaware
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Kentucky
Blue Grass
New Jersey
Atlantic County
Bergen County
Hunterdon County
New York State
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
North Carolina
Benemipet
Washington State
Oregon
Montana
New Mexico
Florida
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
District of Columbia
Minnesota
University of Texas
Texas A. & M
College
National
Army
The
Navy
Police Department
New York
Maine
In Class Pranks and Accents in a Mock Trial
The scene features a classroom exchange where pupils debate dates and acronyms while an officer and judge discuss a mock charge. A student misinterprets A. D. as after dark, and a teacher notes Columbus arrived in 1492. An officer describes a bizarre “congealed weapons” incident involving ice.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis van Roekel
Abe Klaaren
Donovan
Betty Blommer
Bernice Ver Ploeg
Herbert Klaaren
John Heeren
Jane Gosselink
Sophia Ver Steeg
J. Beerends
Esther
Mable Hoekstra
Dick Vis
Cornie Smorenburg
John Lefers
Geraldine Aschenbrenner
Gorizia
Cal
Guelph Aschenbrenner
W. H. Fowler
Killduff
Fred and
Lou Wheeler
Sibley
Earl Wheeler
Janesville
Wis
Frank Stubenrauch
E. T. Warns
Geo. Hatley
Nelle Westra
Orange City
Mrs. Strausberger
Endgenlis
Peter Watter
Clifton
Paul de Wit
A. J. Visser
Albia
Endicott
N. Y
John Visser
Paul Stuart the
Wm. C. Bullen
Blodgett Hospital
Gerald Paardekooper
Baby
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa Baptist Association
Farson
Clark Richardson
John van Genderen
James Huyser
Wm. van Houten
Hannah Allen
Jennie Harrison
Hattie Vander Meulen
Minnie Vanden Berg
Elizabeth Graham
Barney Mensch
E. S. Dunkin
H. H. Sadler
Ralph Nordland
Bertha de Vries of
Esther Kruseman
Katie Leydens
Ada van Dusseldorp
Henry Rolenbrander
Western Theological Seminary
Hattie Gezel
Rose Hill
Alice Phelps
Kansas City
E. A. Robinson
Guss Phelps
Nina
Ralph Livingston
Monroe
B. F. Vander Linden
Leona Vander Linden
Vander Linden
Preston
Minn
Maxine Berning
Edward den Adel
Bartlesville
Okla
A. N. Vander Linden
Nebr
West Union
A. Chef
John Cohan
Carol Jean
John
Minneapolis, Minn
W. A. Butts
Vera Sadler
Lower Grove
H. A. Veenstra
Mrs. Veenstra
Garret Popma
L. P. Beintema
Paul Blommers
Dunlap
Arie Beyer
Arthur de Vries
Henry Bensink
Ben Beyer
Will de Goey
John van Poet
Emma Hamilton
Los Angeles
Gat
Oys
America
John Reavers
E. J. DE Haas
Johin W. Vander Linden
D.C. Renaud
Elias Kolenbrander
Washington, D. C
Cuba
Hawaii
Haiti
Canal Zone
Phillipines
National Epgraphic Society
Columbus
Vander Ploeg
Droste
van der Ploeg
Deep Rock
Kelly-Springfield
Ports Service Station
Martin Pothoven
Franklin and
East First Streets
Typewriter Repair Service & Sales
Woodstock
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