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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
3
A column notes thousands suffer from eye strain, often misattributed to other conditions. It states eye strain affects the nervous system and is an indirect cause of many illnesses, with symptoms easing when the strain is removed.
An eye care specialist advertises to fit glasses to stop nerve drain and strain causing headaches and dizziness. The message claims this is the practitioner's sole specialty and notes annual city visits where others have failed.
Peoria C. McCutcher of New Sharon visits town this week. Rile Smith is convalescing after illness. Mrs. E. D. Van Cleave suffers a bruised finger. Mrs. Mattie Hunt visits her parents the Engles. George Hull was a Pella visitor. Will Mortland is on the sick list. Sunday services continue at the M E church. H Baron builds an addition with Jauie Dunwoody doing the work. Appel and Gossnell plan large barns with Laurie Dunwoody. Bunyard family from near Des Moines moves to Fran Mitchel property. Rev Brink of Washington accepts call from Christian Reformed congregation. Ki L Maudlin buys a home phonograph from J H Thomassen. Mrs. H Baron returns from Leighton visit. Mrs. R C Nisor improving slowly. Samox, Blacksmith, advertises disc sharpening and repair services with a modern shop and engine.
Mrs J Sloan called on business in Oskaloosa. Tysseling traveled to Des Moines and back. Vroom spent Sunday with his brother in Oskaloosa. Landon Johnson family mourns in Missouri. Miss Dykema leaves for Des Moines. Mrs Vander Zyl visited Leighton. Miss Shoemaker visits Colfax. Miss Grandia visits Oskaloosa and Colfax. On March 31 Rev K J Dykema married Grace Van Beek near Westfield ND. The YMC A hosted W W Girls with a royal Leap Year luncheon and four course meal.
Mr and Mrs Williams departed Tuesday for their Sigourney home after spending winter with daughter Mrs Stine and family at the parsonage. Williams, an invalid and Civil War veteran, is described as paralyzed. Local notes report Miss Della Rietveld teaching a three months term and several local incidents including a wagon accident injuring a man’s leg and a hen theft at a neighbor’s roost.
Mrs. C. D. Rawson spent several days in the Capital City last week. Rev. John Soetens of Chappel Nebraska preached at the Baptist church Sunday and was received into the church here 32 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. S. Harp of Davenport Iowa visited his brother I. N. Harp Monday. R F D carrier Ed Vander Ploeg and his brother Henry visited Pella Sunday. Vander Ploeg and Markus are having their business block painted this week. Indications are Otley will see several improvements.
In the April 1908 term in Marion County Iowa a petition seeks to quiet title to the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3 Township 77 Range 18 West 5th P. M. The case names Anne Versteeg Willis Wood and Willis C Wood as plaintiffs along with numerous defendants and unknown heirs and claimants. The petition details a chain of title from 1847 through various transfers, noting lost deeds and misdescriptions that impair title and requesting a decree to correct deeds and conveyances and to quiet title in plaintiffs and Wood. The notice requires appearance by noon on the next April term to avoid default.
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