Pella Schools Nearing Close
Miss Jewell detained at home after spring break for sinus operation recovery. Connie Boss covers for Mr. Van Doorninck. Dick Rolenbrander wins Lincoln medal for best Lincoln life essay. Arbor Day programs planned for April 28. Class sermon May 23 and commencement May 28. Board renewed most staff at current salaries. Irma Visser elected to fill vacancy. Several teachers not returning. search for competent successors underway.
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Miss Jewell
Connie Boss
van Doorninck
Dick Rolenbrander
Lincoln
de Wit
Frush
Irma Visser
Central
Jewell
Fulleide
Klein
Vanderpol
van Oostrum
Pella
Will H. Swander Dies at 82 in Marshalltown
Will H. Swander died in Marshalltown at age 82. A Civil War veteran, he served as a Mississippi River pilot and ferried the John Warner union transport with 410 wounded aboard from Pittsburg Landing to Mound City.
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Will H. Swander
Marshalltown
Mississippi
John Warner
Pittsburgh Landing
Tenn
Mound City
Knoxville Farmers and Merchants Banquet Planned May 5
Knoxville Journal reports the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce sets May 5 for the Farmers and Merchants banquet at Bybee’s Garage. Tickets limited to 400 with Dutch treat meals and cooperative entertainment and speaking. Royal Holbrook of Ames College extension touted as key speaker. event aims for a mix of old time fiddlers square dance and orchestra music.
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Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville
Bybee’s
Iowa
Farmer Business Men
P. S
Knoxville Journal
Iola Rural Independent School District Sealed bids for new schoolhouse
Notice of a March 19 1926 election in Marion County Iowa to sell bonds for a new schoolhouse not to exceed 2400. Sealed bids for erection on the east half of the southeast quarter section 31 township 76 north range 18 west must be received by 2 00 PM May 3 1926 at the school site. Bids opened then with right to reject all bids.
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Iola Independent
Marion County
Towa
Iola Rural Independent
Iowa News Roundup: Highways, Hospitals, and Local Notables
A Northwestern Iowa mud blockade since mid September has halted traffic, inspiring talks of highway paving as rural roads stay dusty. Iowa seeks to curb state funded travel for crippled children to the Perkins hospital while counties report uneven care costs. Lake City’s A C Brooks gains fame in Chicago vaudeville, drawing crowds in major theatres. The Iowa Tuberculosis Association notes nurse registrations rising, with public health nurses expanding under new licensing. Sugar beet farmer J C Sheets reports growing yields and profits, while C W Williams of Illinois sells Hereford stock after a long renown for Independence’s kite-shaped race track influence.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Perkins Hospital
Iowa City
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Polk County
General Assembly
Williams and Allerton Break Records in Racing and Conversion
After selling his horses at a price seen as fabulous for the era, Williams broke world pacing and trotting records with Allerton. He then became a convert to Billy Sunday’s ministry and later engaged in evangelistic work for a period before investing heavily in Canadian land.
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Allerton
Williams
Billy Sunday
Canada
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ODD Fellows
Grinnell
Central Iowa I. O. C. F. Anniversary Association
American Oddfellowship
Fourth
Main
Colonial Theatre
America
H. C. Rice
W. G. Ray
Ed P. Malmberg
Newton
Crocker
Rebekah
Deborah Rebekah
Brooklyn
Circle Hall
Brother Peabody
Bro
Grinnell College Men’s Glee Club
Central Association
J. P. Durham
Lake City
Calhoun County
A. C. Brooks
Chicago
Harding
W. H. T. Shade
Department of Health
Edith S. Countryman
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Don M. Griswold
Miss Countryman
County Boards of Supervisors
J. C. Sheets
Britt
Hancock County
American Beet Sugar Company
Mason City
C. W. Williams
Aurora
Illinois
Mr. Williams
Axtell
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella Produce Co
Handigg Cream Co
Farmers Produce Co
John Wynberg
OskalOosa
Oppenheimer-Alsop CO
Patrian” Fatent Blonde Aid
Mlinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
High Ave
Congoleum
McGregor
Armstrong
Blabon
cGregors
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