Mrs Temple's Telegram Farce Draws Large House At High School
The Women's Federated Club presented Mrs Temple's Telegram a farce directed by Professor Geo F Sadler at the high school auditorium Friday night. The comedy follows a mistaken telegram and jealous husbands with a lively cast including Mrs J C Mitten Glen Newby Mrs J C Rhynsburger Roy VanderLinden and Captain Sharpe. Music between acts featured Verna Hendricks Freda Carpenter and Miss Clara Waechter with a lively, lesson-filled finale about trust in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Temple
John Brown
Brown
Temple
Wiggins
Gerald Rysdam
Mrs. Temple
Frank Fuller
Roy VanderLinden
Frank
Dorothy
Case den Synpost
Mrs. Puller
Verna Hendricks
Freda Carpenter
Easter Concert by First Reformed choir
The First Reformed choir directed by Prof. Sadler presented an Easter service with pipe organ solo by Loyde Hillyer and Easter solos by Miss Thompson Mrs Liggett and Lon Wormhoudt. They performed four anthems including Unfold Ye Portals by Gounod and Angel Voices duet.
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First Reformed
Sadler
Loyde Hillyer
Miss Thompson
Christ
Vander Ploeghs and Dutch war talk in Iowa satire
The Chariton Leader quips about Dutch shipowners and wooden shoes crossing the Des Moines river to declare war on American colonies. It puns on Vander Ploeghs and Mil waukee Germans while lampooning strong-armed maritime influence in Holland and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Pella
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Chariton
March Report of Red Cross Work in Pella Iowa
The Pella Red Cross chapter reports March activity including 105 paper backed irrigation pads 16x24 inches 4300 gauze wipes 4x4 1000 muslin shot bags and knit goods such as 66 sweaters 55 wristlets and 10 pairs of socks. A Rural School No. 9 near Pella sent 11 wristlets and joined Junior Red Cross. Obituaries note Kegel and Vander Busse deaths in late March and early April with funeral details and thanks to the Garden City Feeder Co. for floral tributes.
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Pella
Red Cross
Red Cross Room
Stubenrauch
My School
Marie Vroom
Louise Vroom
Alta VerMeer
Vander Busse
C. Vander Busse
Vander Nusse
Mortuary Notes From Pella Area Deaths in 1918
Two obituaries note deaths near Pella Iowa in spring 1918. Matthew DeHaan aged 68 died at Lineville from pneumonia after cheese maker work. his burial at Oakwood came Thursday. William Talbot, 77, died in Sully from age related ailments after three years of declining health. survived by wife and eight children including N O Talbot Omaha and W A Talbot Marshalltown. funeral services were held.
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Kegel
Jacob Kegel
Pella
Kexel
Co. I
17Th Iowa Infantry
First Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Matthew DeHaan
Lineville
Iowa
DeHaan
Oakwood
William Talbot
Sully
N. O. Talbot
Omaha
W. A. Talbot
Marshalltown
P. Talbot
Centerville
Kang
W. W. Talbot
St. Paul
L. BE
M. R. Talbot
Bertha Nibbelink
Laura Talbot
Card of Thanks from Roorda family
In our deep bereavement over the sudden taking away of our son and brother we bow to the Will of our Heavenly Father and thank his teachers fellow pupils friends neighbors speakers and singers at the funeral for lightening our load and making his memory dear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. A
Roorda
Knoxville Edges Attica In Narrow 35 30 Hoop Match
Referee Rube Brand oversaw Thursday’s Knoxville versus Attica basketball game in Knoxville. Knoxville won the contest 35 to 30, confirming a tight defensive battle and close scoring throughout.
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Rube Brand
Knoxville
Attica
Much Clothing for Belgians Collected in Pella Efforts
The Knitting League led by Mrs. Carl Aschenbrenner gathered clothing for Belgians robbed by German forces. Men and boys 766 pieces, women 621, infants 324, plus 117 pairs of shoes. The group also supports French orphans with ten cents a day per child, aided by local groups in Pella.
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Pella
Knitting League
Carl Aschenbrenner
Commission For the Relief of
Yale promotes Prof Baitsell to assistant professor of biology
Private letter from G A Baitsell reports his promotion at Yale University to assistant professor of biology. He notes a busy year in New Haven with university duties and war work, plus half-time army-navy gas investigation for the government. His wife Dorothy Horning also taught elocution at Central. His brother Karl, a former Central student, enlisted in medical service and is at Ft Riley, Kansas.
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G. A. Baitsell
Yale University
Central College
Baitsell
Dorothy Horning
Central
New Haven
Daitsell
M. DeVos
Karl
Ft. Riley, Kans
Weddings of Antonia Guysen and Wilma Rouw in Pella
Antonia Guysen and Miss Wilma Rouw were married at 11 o clock Thursday March 28 at B H Langeraks home on North Main Street with Rev P Braak officiating. After a brief visit in Perry Iowa they will live in Pella where the groom works at Wormhoudt Furniture store. Kenneth Anderson of Knoxville and Gladys Randel of Knoxville were married at the bride's home last Thursday afternoon with Rube Brand of Pella among the guests.
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Antonia Guysen
Wilma Rouw
B. H. Langerak
North Main Street
Rev. P. Braak
Perry
Iowa
Pella
Wormhoudt
Chronicle
Anderson-Randel
Kenneth Anderson
Knoxville
Central College
Gladys Randel
Rube Brand
Moogenakker Kaldenberg Tie The Knot In Des Moines
Tim Hoogenakker and Miss Bertha Kaldenberg, both of this city, married in Des Moines on Saturday March 30 by a local minister. They were joined by groom’s sister Mrs R L Ocheltvee. Tim worked in a Des Moines saddlery factory awaiting army deployment as soon as the factory contract ends. Bertha is daughter of Mrs Kaldenborg of this city. The Chronicle offers best wishes. Also noted, Rev J B Smith, former Walnut Street Baptist pastor in Waterloo, is now serving in army Y M C A work at Camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama, on leave or release from Waterloo church duties unclear.
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Moogenakker-Kaldenberg
Tim Hoogenakker
Bertha Kaldenberg
Des Moines
Cit
R- L. Ocheltvee
Tim
Worlkday
Fr. Kaldenborg
J. B. Smith
Central College
Army Y. M. GC
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Waterloo
First Session of New Year City Council Meeting
The regular city council session discussed sidewalk petitions for Block 7 east annex, raised teamster wages by 60 cents, and considered funding through land assessments. It approved street grading on Independence Street, referred a fire wage request, authorized repairs on the marshal's house, and reviewed annual fiscal reports. Fire chief and assistant elected, fines and license totals reported, and annual labor pay set at 2.25 per day.
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Wormhoudt
John Ulrich
Independence Street
Main
East Second
Nght
Electric Light and Power
A. P. Vander Meide
Clarence VanVark
Fire Department
White Way
Seed corn shortage prompts aid request across Iowa
Knoxville Iowa April 2 1918 Pella Chronicle urges readers to stock extra seed corn as Iowa faces a seed shortage. State officers ask farmers to donate spare seed for immediate shipment to needy counties, urging not to buy corn unnecessarily. T R Miner County Agent notes 1916 corn rating.
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Knoxville
Pella
Iowa
T. R. Miner
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Captain Sharpe
Earl Black
Liberty
Uncle Sam
Rural School AT Work
Congregational Church of
Garden City Feeder Co
Ls DeBruin
Talbot
Prof
Guysen-Rouw
City Council
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