Pella Notes Report Church Meeting and Local Happenings
The weekly Pella local notes recap an annual Baptist church business meeting with officer elections, a social supper, several visits from residents to Des Moines and Newton, new garage construction on Main and Oskaloosa streets, and a stream of short reports on residents’ travels, illnesses, and community events. The column mentions Miss Violet Stewart’s funeral, a railroad office opening, and upcoming club meetings with papers on education and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Bess Gearhart Morrison
South Pella
Main and
Oskaloosa
Peter and
Delis van Zante
B. H. van Spankeren
Miss Bessie
Des Moines
Warner van Spanckeren
Spring Lament Heals Rheumatic Pain With Ointment
The piece notes spring’s damp cold worsens rheumatic pains and recommends relief with Cham berlain's ointment available from F. D. Stubenrauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Death notices from Pella and St Paul area
Thomassen relatives in Pella were informed Saturday evening of Mrs Henry Thomassen death in St Paul Minnesota and burial details unavailable due to absence of family. Nellie Parsons died at 1118 Broadway Tuesday April 3 at 8 pm aged 56 6 months 7 days after prolonged illness leaving four sisters two brothers and many friends. Funeral services today at 2 pm at home with Oakwood cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Held
Newton
Pella
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Knoxville
J. M. Cox
California
L. W. Hartley
Des Moines
E. J. Overing
Red Cloud
Nebra
G. V. Orr
Y. T. van Niewaal
Thomassen
Henry Thomassen
St. Paul
Minn
John van Haalen
Prairie City
J. H. van Haalen
Oakwood Cemetery
Easter Houseplants Handle Care After Blooming
Easter plants invite care after gifting, with advice to transplant rambling roses outdoors, plant bush roses in hardy spots, and keep azaleas and bulbs healthy. Plunge azaleas in ground with pot, water in dry sums, lift before frost, and store lilies until May plant. Bulbous stock like hyacinths tulips narcissus crocus return yearly when planted outside, though blooms diminish after the first year.
YMCA Representative From Central College Attends Grinnell Meeting
Kenneth Byram spent several days late last week at Grinnell attending a YMCA meeting as the representative of Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Byram
Grinnell
Central College
Classified ads listing various rentals sales and notices
A column of small ads offers Chick Feed and cin ders for hauling, a seven room rental with garden, land for sale on Peace Street, a good property on University Street with house and garden, a ten room modern house with 60 by 100 foot lot, contact Frank Le Cocq at Star Auto Co, eggs for hatch ing from Barred Rock hens headed by new males, contact R R Sadler 407 Main Street or phone 128 Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Street
W. A. Butts
Frank le Cocq
Star’ Auto Co
R. R. Sadler
Main Street
Teeth for cash offer in old false teeth
We buy old false teeth in any condition paying up to five dollars per set based on value. Mail at once for our offer. If not satisfied, we return teeth promptly. Domestic inquiries welcome.
Easter Hat Possibilities by Gertrude Makenzie
A humorous piece recounts Ess Van Wieck planning a sectional Easter hat funded by bookcase purchases. She travels for Independence Day, adds red roses and patriotic flair, then waits for news of her father's mayoral election before expanding the hat with rooster tail feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Makenzie Vyright
American Press Association
Ess Vhn Vigck
Fae van Wieck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frances Grundman
Methodist Hospital
Miss Grundman
Valentine Chalfont
Georgia Chalfont
Panora
H. F. Bousquet
Marshalltown
Butte
Mont
Ray
A. N. Vander Linden
Parker Bridge
Skunk River
Puritan
Adv
Baptist Church
Violet Stewart
Colfax
J. EB. Cornelius
Pella Leffler, Railroad Co
H. S. Keables
A. de Jong
Lois Rietvelt
Ellsworth Richardson
Sibley
L. D. Benitema
Leonard de Bruin
Monroe
C. Vander Busse
Wm. DeWit
Leighton
Edna Dennis
Otley
H. C. Buswell
Little Son
Jefferson
M. A. Clark
Alice
Cornelia Koolman
M. van der Linden
Capital City
Viola van de Kamp
N. van Viet
Martha Verheul
Ottumwa
Paul van Maren
Rock Island Railroad
Bill
Vander Linden
the Chronicle’s
Roorda
Chronicle Office
Cinders
Peace Street
Methodist Parsonage
Sea J. A. Edmand
Gaster
Miss van Wieck
Brown Hero CO
Murray St
New York City
Floyd R. Gambell
West Side Square
Stubenrauch
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