Will Be No Strike In Railroads Amid Peace Talks
Chicago reports railroad managers and labor representatives nearing settlement as Commissioner Neill presents a manager concession. Labor delegates prepare a counterproposal via federal mediators, signaling possible end to the dispute. Managers reportedly consider wage increases for conductors baggagemen and brakemen, with talks centering on a ten percent raise for some passenger service workers and earlier offers of smaller raises.
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Chicago
Neill
Committee of Labor
Sherman House
R.A
Weather outlook for April hints at cold snaps and wet spells
The local weather bureau forecasts a mixed April with fewer than one third of days clear and about a third rainy, noting record cold potential due to March warmth. Historic lows and highs are cited, including 11 degrees in early April 1881 and 90 degrees in mid April 1898, with wind averages near ten miles per hour and possible gusts up to 64 mph from an 1892 record.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Home for the Aged Organization Formed at City Hall
A Home for the Aged association was formed at City Hall with high turnout. Directors were elected for 1 to 3 year terms including Rev. T. Van der Ark and Mrs. John Dykstra, with plans for a new building and a $1.00 member fee.
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City Hall
T. van der Ark
John Dykstra
A. Vander Werff
J. Pietenpol
T. T.bakker
H. Rietveld
S. J. Vander Zyl
T. T. Bakker
G. G. Vander Zyl
J.S. Rynsburger
T. Vogelaar
Central College
Association
Grim Reapers Harvest claims Van der Zyl in Pella death
G G Van der Zyl longtime Pella business man died at home Sunday March 31 1907 at 8 20 pm aged 63 years 11 months 21 days He was a member of Van der Zyl Bros and a deacon at First Reformed Church He leaves a widow Christina Strong and 3 sons 5 daughters all living The family expresses thanks for surrounding sympathy
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G. G. van der Zyl
van der Zyl Bros
Nansum
Groningen
Netherlands
Pella
Christina Strong
First Reformed Church of
Brown R P Brown Dies at West Pella After Illness
Brown R P Brown died at his home in west Pella after a two week illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at the home of his daughter Mrs L Krudenier, conducted by Rev A Le Grand of the Baptist church. Interment will follow at Oakwood.
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R. P. Brown
West Pella
L. Krudenier
A. le Grand
The
Baptist Church
Oakwood
Rummage Sale Aims to Clear Clutter for Jordan Hall Funds
Central College community invites donations of old clothes furniture dishes books and household items for a forthcoming rummage sale to support Jordan Hall furnishings. The Ladies auxiliary clarifies its non church society status and campus cleanup and a baseball game with a campus picnic follow a student holiday tomorrow.
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Efort
Jordan Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Pella
Central College
Plans for a New Railroad Promoters Form Stock Group
A town hall meeting of stock subscribers for a proposed railroad elected eleven directors and named officers led by President B F Keables and Manager E A Harris. The project includes an anticipated survey between Pella and the Wabash railway with Pella to be the principal business site.
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Harris
Vanderzyl
P. H. Bousquet
Waterloo
Tama
Grinnell
H. Rhynsburger
Attica
P. H. van Gorp
The
Stacker Fac
Iowa 2-Cent Fare Law to Reach Interstate Tariffs
Des Moines railway agents expect Iowa's 2-cent fare law to apply to interstate business as roads plan to revise passenger tariffs. Six weeks may bring new schedules, with debates over state fair rates, round trips, and potential special trains. Easter services were held in Pella churches with younger pupils filling programs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ohio
Great Western
Ordinance 70 Sets Street Commissioner Pay In Pella Iowa
The city council of Pella Iowa enacts Ordinance 70 changing street commissioner pay to two dollars per day and requires oath verification. It details duties including surveying streets alleys and public grounds, reporting grades, plans, estimates, and supervising bridges drains sewers and street improvements. Documents property, office instruments, and city records, with force from publication in local papers. Adopted April 2 1907.
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Pella
Iowa
Weekblad
Notice for Bids on Public Grounds Maintenance 1907
Bids will be received by the committee on public buildings and grounds for keeping grass short and maintaining the public square and band stand during the summer of 1907. All bids must be in by Wednesday April 16 at 6 p m. The committee may reject any and all bids. H F Johnson, Chairman.
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H. F. JonNson
Local News of the Week from Pella and Nearby
A roundup of local visits and moves in Pella and surrounding towns. Notables include Mrs. Herman Reitveld in Oskaloosa and Prof. Jay A. Lapham visiting Osage. Job changes include J. v. d. Roovaart at Citizens' National Bank and Peter Lubberden leaving Ver Hey's shop to join Fisk's ditching crew. Miss Mary Eysink declines two high offers in El Reno after two years at Buerkens wagon factory.
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Jay A. Lapham
Osage
I. B. Catlin
Leighton
Joe Porter
Fisk
Arthur Ward
Des Moines
Pella
K. Vos
A. C. Blackman
Sac City Institute
Sac City
Garrison
J. v. d. Roovaart
Citizens’ National Bank
Will Johnson
Cambria
Myke Wood
Peter Lubberden
Ver Hey
J. M. Cox
Ladies Baid Society of the Baptist Church
James Vander Pal
P. D. Wagaman
Prairie City
Mr. Wagaman
Minnesota
H. F. Keables
W. E. Dennis
Mr. Keables
Mary Eysink
el Reno
Oklahoma
Eysink
Buerkens Wagon Factory
City council approves health action and street work terms
The council met with full membership and filled one vacancy John A Pos in the second ward. A mass meeting discussed the Waterloo Pella and Southwestern railway project. The water privilege for street sprinkling was set at 20 per year and street work rates fixed. Ordinance 70 passed to third reading. Fire department chiefs were appointed and city bonds approved. Sanitary checks and sidewalk inspections ordered.
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John A. Pos
H. D. van Zante
Pos
Board of Health
Henry J. Bruinekool
G. Thomassen
G. L. Blom
Garden Square
Waterloo
Pella
Committee On Finance
League of Iowa
Peter Baer
T. Smorenburg
Kruger
Kuyper
Brouwer Koopmans Matrimonial Ties Form in Knoxville
Miss Gertie Koopman wed William Brouwer in Knoxville on Thursday March 28. Both residents of Pella, the couple drove home together the same evening.
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Knoxville
Gertie Koopman
William Brouwer
Pella
Toom van Lint Marriage Notice in Howell Knoxville
Miss Alice van Lint and C.Toom of Howell Knoxville are announced as a marriage in the express notice dated March 30. The brief item identifies both parties and location without extra details.
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Knoxville
Alice van Lint
C. Toom
Howell
Express
Bargains for Farmers in the Chronicle ad offer
Bargains for farmers advertise farm wagons carriages buggies harrows and discharry plows cultivators seeders sulky plows feed mills truck wagons wagon beds rubber aids roolfing and more best on the market call on me for bargains 14-16 H Van M See the Chronicle tory Job Printing.
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van M
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Home For the Aged
G. van der Zyl
S.G. van der Zyl
Waterloo, Pella & Southwestern
Herman Reitveld
Oskaloosa
John Scheffers
Monroe
J. D. Reitveld
Otley
George G. Gaass
College
Brouwer-Koopmans
Toom van Lint
Chronicle
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