This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local visitors and town notes fill Pella Chronicle
A lengthy column records residents and guests in Pella and nearby towns including Mrs N Van Maren and Miss Henrietta Van Maren at the Capitol City, Mr Beamer of Eddyville in town, Fay Lankema from Des Moines visiting, and many others. It notes illness and outings, business trips to Oskaloosa Des Moines and Chicago, arrivals from Des Moines Leighton and Eddyville, and local shop and school updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. van Maren
Henrietta van Maren
Capitol City
R. M. Beamer
Eddyville
Fay Lankema
Des Moines
Don Wallace
The
Herald
Oskaloosa
Mr. Dodds
F. D. Stubenrauch
Nellie Neels
Dr. Carpenter, Sr
Jennie van Vark
Dingeman de Haan
Madge Vander Zyle
Mercy Hospital
W. Doedyns
Monroe
Roy Hise
D. G. van Zante
Otley
Fred den Burger
Leighton
H. D. Wormhoudt
Janet Hospers
Bess de Vries
John van Vark
J. van Vark
J.B. Jones
Wormhboudt