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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
7
Local notes report the Chicago team known as the White Stockings will face the home squad in Des Moines next Sunday with a Pella observer among attendees. The item also mentions J H Reuvers taking a Des Moines visit and other town happenings.
Legal notice states a purported last will of Hendrika Wannewitz is on file with the Clerk of the District Court Knoxville Iowa. A hearing is set for May 3 1904 at the May term, with interested parties to be heard. D W Laxagnax Clerk.
A gleaming five cent cigar named King Buck is praised for its attractive roll and distinctive aroma. The piece extols every stage of the cigar’s production and notes its accessibility to the general smoker.
John N. Wilson travels with his son Guy Wilson and son in law A. R. W. Brown to Milestone Assiniboia Canada for farming. Wilson owns 14040 acres described as fine land though raw. He bought a steam ing plow turning eight fourteen inch furrows enabling twenty acres daily mostly for flax. They will go without families for now perhaps never.
Miss Fern Young departed for Ames on Wednesday to stay with her sister and attend school next fall. Her nephew Orie Christ, who had been visiting the city, accompanied her back.
A Pella woman tests a salesman with questions about reductions and ministers. The exchange reveals she is engaged to a theological student, prompting the punchline that the reduction was made.
College began today as various students return from vacation. Miss Flora Dukes and Katherine Dowding visited Oskaloosa with J. M. Barnett's family. L. C. Barnett plans spring in Oskaloosa. Miss Maud Mowery of Competine enters as music student. Thomas M. Phelps, Central Class of ’97, died near Hedrick March 29. he led the Y M C A during his stay in Pella. J. M. Whigler spent vacation at Mount Ayr with parents. Arthur and Lena Smith depart for Mount Ayr and will not return for spring term.
The college assumes control of the boarding hall for the coming term with Mrs. First in charge of the kitchen and dining room. An advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment claiming to remove blemishes and ailments in horses, sold by R. Kenbles in Pella, Iowa.
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