Brunswick Demonstration At High School Auditorium
The Brunswick phonograph demonstration drew 500 or more at the high school auditorium. Frank Keithley led the event with talks on features, and prizes were awarded to participants after a random drawing. Linda Vande Voort and Bruce Lundy won top prizes, with several Brunswick records distributed to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Chronicle
W. F. Brunin
Keithley
Lee Lautenbach
Beth
Arthur Klein
A. W. de Bruyn
Anna Mae Schakel
Bruce Lundy
Buster Brown
Helen Neyenesch
Wilma Vande Kieft
Carl Byers
W. H. Vande Voort
Maek Thomassen
Wm. Vande Voort
Christian Endeavor Convention Bans Dancing and Smoking
In Shennandoah Iowa the Christian Endeavor convention passed unanimous resolutions opposing dancing in any form and smoking. Four hundred delegates pledged not to smoke and to oppose public dancing and dances in schools. Also backed was opposition to repealing the Volstead act and adherence to laws. Separate notes mention Ralph Ver Ploeg and John Hoeven starting studies at the State University, Ralph in medicine and John in dentistry.
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Shennandoah
Iowa
Christian Endeavor Convention
Ralph Ver Ploeg
John Hoeven
Pella
State University
Ralph
John
Rock Island Official Killed on Crossing
C T Ames superintendent Des Moines Valley division Rock Island was killed at a crossing between Knoxville and Harvey while riding a scooter with three others. The large truck struck the scooter scene blocked by corn, injuring Frank Whaley and Lee Burt. Ames body sent to Des Moines for burial. special train carried it via Pella Tuesday afternoon.
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C. T. Ames
Des Moines Valley Division
Rock Island Railroad
Knoxville
Harvey
Mr. Ames
Frank Whaley
Lee L. Burt
H. T. Livingstone
Des Moines
Pella
Woman Is Hurt Saving Her Child At Crossings
Mrs L W Hartley tried to pull three year old Melvin Hartley from danger as a car driven by Mrs John Goedhart turned north on Main Street near Pella National Bank. Hartley was struck and knocked to the curb, suffering cuts, scratches, and a painful right hand injury, but she saved her son. Mrs Vander Zyl and others assisted as medical aid arrived.
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L. W. Hartley
Melvin
Variety in home made liquor a deadly Iowa problem
Iowa Anti-Saloon League findings reveal bootleg liquor contains garbage from stables and scrap from hog pens. Tests show mash mixed with trash and even tin wash boilers used as stills, with poisons like fusil oil formaldehyde and ether present. Officials urge strict enforcement and readers to contribute reports.
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Iowa
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
The
Chronicle
Melcher Wins Third Game From Pella
The Melcher team defeated Pella for the third time this month in twelve innings, 6 to 3, in a well played game on the local diamond. Errors and a wet ground caused trouble for Pella, while Melcher rallied with three straight hits in the seventh and a twelfth inning homer to seal the victory.
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Pella
de Haan
John Rillihan
Don Gale
Melcher
Melcher Pella
Sign Board Ads Forbidden in Story County Nevada Iowa
County supervisors ban advertising signs along Story county highways with only camping ground directions allowed. The move, enacted a year ago, awaited a uniform marker system at main road intersections before start.
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Nevada
Iowa
Story County
Leighton Car Looted By Joy Riders Again
Henry Brummell of Leighton reported his Ford stolen Saturday and found later near the M and St. L stockyards, with a rear tire, coils, batteries, headlights, bulbs, and lenses missing. Police know the suspects and the incident may revive the local vigilance committee.
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Henry Brummell
Leighton
Citizen's
Oskaloosa Herald
Full Page Pictures Pella Celebration
A full page of pictures from the seventy fifth anniversary celebration at Pella will appear in next Sunday's Des Moines Register in the big eight page photogravure section. Order your copy today from G L Rysdam by phone Green 268.
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Pella
Des Moines Register
G. L. Rysdam
Bazaar Sale At Chamber Of Commerce Rooms
Missionary Society of the Second Reformed Church hosts a sale in Chamber of Commerce rooms. Items include work aprons souvenir aprons rag rugs coffee and buns. Sale opens at 1 30 Saturday September 80.
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Chamber of Commerce
Missionary Society of the Second Reformed Church
Oskaloosa Seeks Reinstatement Of Rock Island Trains
The Oskaloosa railroad committee of the Chamber of Commerce will protest the removal of two Rock Island passenger trains. They seek increased Sunday and daily service on local branches and plan to plead their case with railroad officials, aiming to rally other towns along the line.
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Oskaloosa
Railroad Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island
Des Moines
Eldon
Oskaloosa Herald
Rumsellers Murder 4125 Prohibition Enforcement Men
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes cites 125 enforcement agents killed since the War on rum runners began. Of them 24 were federal, the rest state or local. Fewer than 50 bootleggers have died. wounded agents exceed 3,500. Texas leads with four federal agent deaths. other states report one or two fatalities.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Oregon
Mississippi
Virginia
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arkansas
New Jersey
Colorado
Kentucky
North Carolina
Missouri
First Reunion of the Ver Ploegh Family
The Ver Ploegh family met at Redman grove south of Leighton on September 26 to form an annual association. Descendants of Engel Ver Ploegh and related names attended a picnic with ice cream cake and coffee. Speakers included C Ver Ploegh John Moody and Abe Ver Ploegh. officers elected were Minnie Ramsey president and A Ver Ploegh secretary treasurer.
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Ver Ploegh
Redman Grove
Leighton
Engel Ver
Ploegh
J. van Arkel
Cornelius Ver Ploegh
Govert Ver
Henry Ver Ploegh
C. Ver Ploegh
John 13
Moody
John Vander Wal
A. van Drimmelen
James 1
Ver Ploegs
Abe Ver Ploegh
Moody Sisters
Minnie Ramsey
Lizzie Langer
Sensation Stirs Harvey as Farmer Discovers Buried Silver
Thomas B. Harvey found silver spoons buried about eight feet below a creek bank on his farm near Harvey Iowa. The spoons are solid silver and show long corrosion. A search to locate more treasure and identify the hoard is under way.
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Harvey
Iowa
Thomas B. Harvey
English Creek
Pella Ball Team to Play in Fast Company
The Pella ball team is invited to Perry on Friday October 18 for a game against Perry featuring two American league players. Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel will start a barnstorming tour after the world series and play their first game at Perry. Each team will have one league man on a side. Pella and Perry are 2 and 2 this season with four games played. The Yankees stars’ appearance is expected to draw a large crowd and add interest to local baseball circles.
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Pella
Perry
Babe Ruth
Bob Meusel
New York Yankees
Central College leaders inspect peer colleges for new science building
President M. J. Hoffman and treasurer H. J. Vanden Berg with Y. T. Van Niewaal and architect James Ver Hey traveled to Fairfield Mt. Pleasant in Iowa and Galesburg Ill to study recent campus buildings. They plan an $80,000 facility on the burned site to house laboratories for science work while Jordan Hall handles non lab tasks. The goal is to begin construction this fall and have the building ready for the next academic year.
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M. J. Hoffman
Central College
H. J. Vanden Berg
Y. T. van Niewaal
James Ver Hey
Central
Fairfiled
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Galesburg
Ill
Jordan Hall
Liggett
Pella High Loses First Grid Game to Pleasantville
Pella High opened the football season at home against Pleasantville in hot conditions. Pleasantville led 13 0 at halftime after a successful drop kick extra point and a second half score as both teams moved the ball well despite fumbles. Beyers and Hoeven sparked Pella on the ground, but the defense and ball control favored Pleasantville throughout the game.
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Pella
Pleasantville
Beyers
Hoeven
Petla
Pleasantville Droz
McRae Hardy
Peffers Rouwenhorst Beeman Baughman
Birch Lautenbach
L. Hodgson - Rela
A. Lyon
M. Lyon den Hartog
Worthington
Huizinga P
Wright M. D. McWilliams
del de Haan
Knoxville Legionaires Visit Pella Post
About a dozen members of Baty- Tucker Post American Legion from Knoxville attended the Pella post monthly meeting to enlist candidates for the 40 and 8 ceremonial planned for October 4 in Knoxville. The Knoxville group announced the post’s charter now bears the name Van Veen Van Hemert Post No 89 and that a new initiation class will begin next week with some Pella members expected among the initiates.
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Baty- Tucker Post
American Legion
Knoxville
Pella
Legion
van Veen- van Hemert
Cate
Drug Stores Close Early Beginning Monday in Pella
Beginning Monday October 2, Pella drug stores will close at 6 p m except Saturday evenings. Puritan Drug Co Ideal Pharmacy and Vander Linden's Drug Store will implement the new hours.
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Pella
Puritan Drug CO
Ideal Pharmacy
Vander Linden
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Puritan Drug Company
C. E. Convention
Leighton Man
MAMA
A. Ver Ploegh
James B. Ver Ploegh
Con R. Ver Ploegh
Henry van Arkel
Artie van Dusseldorp
Kate Vander Wal
Pres. Hoffman
Pella High
Knoxville Legionaires
Pella Post
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