Pella High School Faces New Sharon A. S. in Season Opener
Pella High School scheduled to host New Sharon A. S. Friday in the season’s first boys basketball game. The local community urged strong attendance as cold winds and routine busy days accompany preparations and nearby social notes mention birthdays, car purchases, and local visitors amid a bustling town chronicle.
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Pella High School
Sharon’ ‘A. S
Stubenrauch
C. G. Tice
New Sharon
Pella
Des Moines
Henry Gosselink
Michellville
G. J. Goselink
Eli Hollebrands
John Hollebrands
Capital City
W. H. Fowler
Auto. Co
The Doctor Who Can Raise the Dead
Miss Katherine Gerow, a missionary physician in South India, battled fever and death during a cholera outbreak and a night visit to a Mohammedan home. She revived a dying baby and restored a mother to consciousness, earning the nickname The doctor who can raise the dead and earning welcome where others would be refused.
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Katherine Gerow
South India
Gerow
Local drugstores announce extended evening hours
Commencing Monday April the undersigned places of business will be open evenings until ten o'clock Stubenrauchs Drug Store Puritan Drug Co and Van der Lindens Drug Store will extend hours to 10 PM starting that week.
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Stubenrauchs
Puritan Drug Co
van derLindens Drug Store
The Greek Boilermaker Who Won a Navy Prank
A naval petty officer recalls shipping a Greek boilermaker named Charlie Maro to a cruiser on the Mediterranean station. Maro, unable to speak English, believed Greece would seize the ship in a prank about Greece taking command. The crew fostered the illusion until Maro publicly asked to command the ship, was mocked, and humiliated, ending with a brutal reprimand and confinement in the sick bay.
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Mediterranean
Navy
Gibraltar
United States
Naples
Charlie Maro
Maro
Greece
Turkey
Pacific
Willa
Charlie
Navy Department
Elere
Bo’sun
Marc
Hellas
Navy of
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