Fire Ravages Brinkhoff Flats In Chicago Chronicle Report
A Chicago incident recounts a fire on April 5 1915 destroying a renter’s flat with ruined floors and partitions. Mrs C W Brinkhoff narrowly escaped death as smoke and flames spread from a storeroom beneath the first floor. Firefighters contained the blaze by 3 30 a m. No lives lost though property damage was extensive and Will Brinkhoff was summoned to assist.
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Chronicle
Reading
John Bull
Wm. Il
U. S
Will
F. W. Brinkhoff
Brinkhoff
C. W. Brinkhoff
S. P. I to Bible class expansion and new officers
On Sunday March 28 the S. P. I s were promoted into the Bible class. On Tuesday April 6 a new class was organized at M Van der Linden’s home. Eighteen members attended with Will J. DeBruyn as president Harold VerSteeg as vice-president Oren Van Neiwaal as secretary and Harold Thomassen as treasurer. Refreshments were served and the group enjoyed themselves.
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S. P
M. ‘van der Linden
Will J. DeBruyn
Harold VerSteeg
Oren van Neiwaal
Harold Thomassen
Federated Club of Women Discuss Civic Improvements
The Federated Club of Women met at the K P hall on March 29 to discuss Civic Improvements. Mrs F Stubenrauch read about Artistic Surroundings while Miss Leona Reuvers and Miss Love Gaass led talks on City Park ing and Gardening. A follow up April 6 featured Mrs Tennis Klein on Iowa Humane Laws and Mrs D Rhynsburger on tobacco drugs and liquor laws for minors. Professor Fitch of Ames was set to speak later for the club.
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Federated Club
K. P. Pall
F. Stubenrauch
Leona Reuvers
Love Gaass
Tennis
Klein
Iowa
D. Rhynsburger
Gale
Professor Fitch
Ames
City Beautifying Lecture at Electric Palace
Ja to lecture here on City Beautifying on April 13 in the Electric Palace. Moving pictures will show what has been done in other cities. Everyone ought to attend to get acquainted with the subject and help the club in its efforts. A Rest Room is to be arranged for by the club, the band stand is to be painted, and flower beds are to be laid out in the park.
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Electric Palace
Widow Mrs Verner Takes Her Own Life at Home
Mrs. W. H. Verner, 65, 6 months, and 27 days old, hanged herself in the attic of her North Broadway home shortly before noon on Tuesday April 6. Husband found her after returning from town. Inquest deemed unnecessary, funeral set for Thursday April 8 at 2:00 p.m. at the home with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
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W. H. Verner
North Broadway
Verwers
Oakwood Cemetery
First Reformed Church
Pella City Rules Cite Animal and Vehicle Laws
Mayor H F Johnson issues a broad notice enforcing March to November chicken curbs, headlight and lamp requirements for motor vehicles, bell or horn use at crossings, right-side driving, and sidewalk bans for bicycles, urging compliance to avoid penalties.
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Pella
Iowa
H. F. Johnson
Benevolent Campaign Begins at M E Church Next Sunday
The Benevolent Campaign starts next Lord's day morning at 10 45 with the Laymen aiding and interesting programs. The first program titled The Sower invites everyone to attend and bring a friend.
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M. E. Church
Baptist church opens new year with weekly schedule
The pastor begins a new church year with a sermon on Conditions of Church Success. Bible school at 9:30, morning worship 10:45. Parents urged to bring children. B Y P U at 6:30, gospel meeting at 7:30 on Gods Care for Man. Juniors meet at 2:80.
Card of Thanks for Floral Offerings and Bereavement
We thank friends and neighbors for aid and sympathy during our great bereavement especially for the beautiful floral offerings in memory of our wife and mother. J. H. Veenstra and Son. Miss Ola Husted and her sister Miss Bana, teachers, spent vacation at Shenandoah where they formerly taught.
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Ola Husted
Central College
Miss Bana
Mt. Pleasant
Shenandoah
Bryan Urges Iowa Dems to Stand Dry Against Liquor
Secretary of State W J Bryan writes that Iowa Democrats must take a firm moral and political stand against the liquor interests. He argues the liquor trade harms society and family, urging support for officials not tied to brewers, distillers, or saloonkeepers and preferring a dry candidate for national committeeman.
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L. 8
Kennington
Newton
Democratic State Central Committee
W. J. Bryan
Iowa
Mquor
Democratic Party
Ww. J. Bryan
Fifty Years Ago prisoner of war recollection in Farmville
Fifty years ago today I was taken prisoner near Farmville Virginia while serving on General Irvin Gregg's staff He ordered a triumphant entry into Farmville then a withdrawal upon Sheridan's orders Our squadron charged across a ditch and met heavy resistance as the action unfolded in a reflective Civil War reminiscence of military leadership and peril
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Farmville
Irvin Gregg
Sheridan
Tucker
Gregg
Col. Curry
Trapped at the Wagon Circle and Paroled After Lee Surrendered
Captain R C Payne of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry recalls a desperate firefight on the right flank with a cavalry countercharge. His horse was shot, he was struck and fell into a ditch, captured amid a circular wagon trap. Three days after Lee surrendered they were paroled.
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Lee
R. C. Payne
Pennsylvania Cav
Early Pella Blade memories from a Cooperstown reader
C DeVos of Coopersville Michigan writes of Pella Blade days in 1870s Iowa. He recalls Betzer Brothers Mastellar Jim Tom Aleck and other shop staff, Miss Vermeulen and Mary the swift compositor, Wm Neuenesch, Neal, and publisher Bennett. He notes a 1872 pamphlet Harry Belmont and jokes about the Pella Gazette Dutch title. He asks for other printers from that era to respond.
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Monroe Mirror
Pella Blade
The
Chronicle
Pella
Betzer Brothers & Mastellar
Betker Brothers
Jim
J. H
Tom
Aleck
Cincinnati
C. Rhynsburger
Franklin Street
Wm. B. Neuenesch
Neal
Cornelius
Pella Copperhead
M. V. B. Bennett
Harry Belmont
Iowa
Bennett
Democrat
Ottumwa
van Ginkle
Des Moines
Pella Gazette
C. DeVos
Coopersville
Mich
Mrs Fisk Returns After Visit With Daughter Near Mitchellville
Mrs H F Fisk who had been visiting her daughter Mrs Dave Dykstra near Mitchellville returned home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Dykstra accompanied her mother on the trip.
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H F. Fisk
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
Dykstra
Dying in 1915: obituaries and road trip reflections
Obituaries note deaths of Mrs. Wm. Van Wyk, Mrs. Aart Weyers, Mrs. J. H. Venstra and Mrs. H. M. Fisk with ages and funeral plans. The column also recalls a Good Friday drive through rural Iowa, detailing spring sowing, farm methods, wheat prices, and the state of local roads and schools.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Alo Hill
Iowa School Flags and Prairie Views Across Iowa
The writer reflects on public schools and patriotism sparked by veteran funded flagpoles, recalls a Knoxville Journal visit, and praises Iowa’s landscapes. They travel by Ford with Gesman, comparing Iowa to Nebraska Utah and California, noting corn and livestock conditions and missing winter hunger. Julia Post visits Parkersburg to see sister Mrs Mahanke then plans Waterloo stop.
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Mahaska
Keokuk
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Knoxville
Iowa
Nebraska
Towa
Pella
Des Moines
California
Gesmah
Julia Post
Parkersburg
G. J. Mahanke
Waterloo
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Chicago
Big City
J. H. Veenstra and Son
Hawkeye Democrats
Demon Rum
van Wyk
Wm. van Wyk
South Pella
Fisk
H. M. Fisk
East Oskaloosa Street
West
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