Missionary Meeting Draws Large Attendance and Funds
The Christian Reformed churches held their annual missionary day at the park near First Church drawing attendees from Eddyville Prairie City and beyond. Speakers stressed gospel needs in distant lands while collections and cantine raised 1600 dollars, aided by Waechter Bamber Coz lumber Pella Band and city light services.
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Missionary Meeting
Christian Reformed Churches
Eddyville
Prairie
City
Rock Island
Pella
Waechter Bamber Coz
Program of Red Rock Fifield Fair View and Bethel Union
A Sunday program schedule listing Opening song and prayer by Rev A Vander Ploeg from Pella Iowa. Word of Welcome by J M Crew Superintendent Red Rock Union. Talk on the Sunday School Lesson by H L Van Dellen Missionary American Sunday School Union. Meetings follow: Fifield Union with Mrs G Van De Kieft. Fair View Union with Mrs F B Brown. Address by Rev Joseph Wells. Red Rock Union S S. Bethel Union S S with Mr F K Core. closing with Talk by Rev A Vander Ploeg and final song and prayer.
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Red Rock
Fifield
Fair View
Bethel Union
A. Vander
Ploeg
Pella
Iowa
J. M. Crew
Red Rock Union
H. L. van Dellen
American Sunday School Union
Fifield Union
G. van de Kieft
Fair View Union
S. S
F. B. Brown
Joseph Wells
Western District
American U. S. Union
Des Moines
F.K. Core
A. Vander Ploeg
Improvements At The Alamo Theatre For Fall Season
C. W. McQuaid proprietor of the Alamo Theatre reports major refurbishments over the past days including lattice work around the screen and redecorated walls. He says excellent shows are booked for the coming weeks and the upgrades should attract many new patrons.
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C. W. McQuaid
Alamo Theatre
McQuaid
Golden Wedding Celebration Announcement
Our golden wedding will be Friday September 16. We will keep open house all day at our home 1612 Washington St and welcome all friends who may call. Mr. and Mrs. Peter H Hagen. Several teachers were in Oskaloosa attending a Teachers Meeting held there Saturday.
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Washington St
Pethr
Hagen
Oskaloosa
City Council Defers Main Street Pavement Repair
At Tuesday evening’s council meeting the committee on Main street petition recommended no action on bitulithic pavement repairs. The council will not fund resurfacing from the general fund due to tight finances while the special assessment plan was rejected. Treasurer’s report shows a balance of 8248.09 with 6378.15 in bills. 375 interest on 1908 funding bonds approved for payment.
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J. C. Blank
American Legion Picnic Brings Large Crowd to Skunk River Pasture
A soggy forecast gave way to a successful afternoon at the American Legion picnic held at De Boer's pasture on the Skunk river. Scouts reported dry ground, and a goodly crowd of Legionaires and Legionettes enjoyed baseball, volleyball, barnyard golf, and a big feed by Gary Vogelaar and committee. Gerrit Vanden Berg lit a Delco Light plant to illuminate the evening, with most attendees leaving around nine and a few late arrivals returning near midnight. The event honored the newly organized Woman's Auxiliary, with plans for more gatherings in the fall and winter.
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American Legion
de Boer
Skunk
Gary Vogelaar
Gerrit Vanden Berg
Delco
Woman’s Auxiliary
Farm children bigger than city kids
In Iowa country born children are described as bigger and huskier than city babies. Prof. Bird T. Baldwin of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station reports in a new book that white baby girls suffer more illness than white boys and that growth patterns are outlined from birth to adulthood with boys generally stronger after early childhood.
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Iowa
Bird T. Baldwin
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Baldwin
Notice of Dissolution for Pella Land Coal and Investment
At a meeting in Pella Iowa on August 12 1921 stockholders voted unanimously to dissolve the Pella Land Coal and Investment Company with dissolution taking effect immediately. Notice of dissolution was ordered published as required by law.
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Pella Land, Coal and Investment Company
Iowa
Pella
Phla Land, Coal and Investment Company
Sunday Wind Dooms Pella Storm Blows Branches Down
A Sunday afternoon storm hit Pella with heavy rain and strong winds. The south part of town saw many leaves and tree limbs scattered and several large trees blown down. Some houses were damaged by falling trees, but no injuries were reported.
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Pella
Marion County Takes Prizes at State Fair
Marion County exhibitors swept awards at the State Fair. Win, Van Baale & Son of Pella won grand champion for a Junior yearling Spotted Poland China and took second for a Senior yearling sow. Delbert Craven earned 4 firsts, 3 seconds, 6 thirds, 2 fourths and 3 fifths in Shropshire sheep, his first trip to the fair. Tommy Hughes took second in the two year mule and fourth in the three year mule. The Marion County Boys and Girls Pig Club claimed the best Hampshire exhibit and a free trip to the International Livestock Show, awarded to Herman Sammy for best record in the Hampshire club. The club also earned numerous premiums across pig and club exhibits. Tommy White was the county’s sole baby beef exhibitor, selling his steer at the baby beef club sale to buy an Hereford heifer calf. Marion County also placed fifth for best agricultural exhibit from southern Iowa. Local exhibitors J. W. Freel, Fletcher Lyons and John Frush earned multiple premiums on farm collection displays and vegetables at both county and state fairs.
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van Baale & Son
Pella
Poland
China
Delbert Craven
Knoxville
Delbert
Tommy Hughes
Marion County
Hampshire
Herman Sammy
Hampshire Club
Tommy White
Iowa
J. W. Freel
Fletcher Lyons
John Frush
Pleasant Grove
Swan Townships
Mr. Frush
Old
County
Broken nose in county ball game at Central College field
Arie Vander Waal sustained a broken nose during a Monday afternoon game at the Central College athletic field. A collision at home base occurred as he attempted to tag out a runner from a local eastside boys team against a Bap Yareeanday school class.
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Arie Vander Waal
Central College Athletic Field
East of Town
Yareeanday
Vander Waal
Harrowing auto accident injures Les le Brobst near Knoxville
Les le Brobst son of Mr and Mrs Roy Brobst was injured Saturday afternoon when his car crashed into a barn eight miles south of Knoxville. He drove to seek help with blood spurting from a deep cut on his right wrist. Myron Miller administered first aid and eight stitches closed the wound. He is healing and expected to miss several weeks before resuming work for Ford Motor Co surveying Marion County farms.
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Lesle Brobst
Roy Brobst
Knoxville
Columbia Road
Marion
Myron Miller
Mr. Brobst
Knoxville Express
School Lunch Emphasized By University Extension
The University of Iowa extension division urges proper school lunches as essential to nourishment, detailing milk, iron rich foods, fruits, vegetables, proteins and energy sources. The bulletin recommends three warm meals a day and noon provisions, especially in rural schools, with equipment to support warm dishes.
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Iowa
University of Iowa Extension Division
College Notes on Registration and Campus Changes
Registration Monday and Tuesday with details on where to register and where music students should go to Studios in Old Central. Mentions of faculty housing plans for Prof. Mulder and Mrs. Van Gorp, library cataloging for music, and Sara Van Buren arranging for two sisters to attend college. Also notes on Dr. Hoffman’s painting, Miss Graham and Miss Firth returning to work, and Ladies Auxiliary planting vines with plans for flowers as campus readiness approaches.
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Central
Pleasant Grove school children enjoy picnic in Pella
The Pleasant Grove district children and their mothers gathered at teacher Miss Lokis Brooks home in Pella on Tuesday, last week, for a picnic preparatory to the new school opening. The event, planned for the school grounds last spring, was postponed but finally held and reported an all around good time.
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Pleasant Grove
Lokis Brooks
Pella
Ex-Slave Dies in Andersonville Named Ben Hill
Ben B. Hill, a well known Knoxville area Black man, died at his Andersonville home on Saturday August 27 at age 83. Born in Georgia August 15, 1838, he was once enslaved on Senator Ben Hill's Georgia estate and later took that name. He married Jane Dickerson and worked around the mines after moving to the area. He is survived by his widow and one brother. Funeral services were held Monday at Mount Zion at 10:80 a.m. with Rev. L. G. Garret officiating. Burial followed at Graceland cemetery.
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Ben B. Hill
Knoxville
Andersonville
Ben Hill
Georgia
Jane Dickerson
Fall Shopping Issue Promotes Local Merchants in Pella
The Chronicle lauds Pel la merchants and urges early fall buying to boost local business. It highlights ads from The Overall Co Van Niewall The Bell The Model Kuyper Music House and many others while noting the upcoming Style Show by Mrs Black and Mrs De Reus on September 20. The paper encourages readers to read every ad repair page Ford cut auto and tractor ads drugstore listings and other offers promising benefit to both advertisers and subscribers.
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Pella
van Niewall
The
Bell
Model
Kuyper Music House
E. F. Black
L. van Rees
Wormhoudt & Plette
F. R. Gambell
Black
de Reus
Chronicle
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Golden
University Extension Division
College
Publisher Chronicle
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