Mayor Presents City Improvement Report for Pella
The mayor urges a thorough study of gas plant franchising or city ownership, with a five year purchase option for the town. He recommends committee investigations of municipal gas plants, street grading plans, funding needs, and a sewer expansion push while noting paving costs have overdrawn the grading fund. He supports a stop and go signal at Main and Franklin, and considers vacating West Second Street for Central College with safeguards for water and sewer rights. He reports funds transferred to the City Treasurer and praises Pella’s attractive, improved streets, parks, and public works.
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Pella
University Street
County Board of Supervisors
Knoxville
Main
Franklin Streets
Central College
West Second Street
University and Peace Streets
Used Cars for Sale at Pella Motor Co
Two Ford Coupes, one Dodge Touring and one Chevrolet Touring are listed for sale at Pella Motor Co. Also an employment ad seeks work by the day or hour from a married man, with inquiries at 1206 Columbus Street.
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van Houweling Auto CO
First Street
Pella Motor CO
Columbus Street
Pella Leaders Cite Civic Pride in City Cleanliness
Citizens have beautified lawns and kept property sanitary as part of a program to uphold Pella's standard as the cleanest and nearest city in Iowa. The mayor and administration credit cooperation and civic pride in preserving the old home town.
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Pella
Iowa
Simon DE Haan
Estimated Municipal Gas Plant Cost in Pella
A summary of the American Gas Construction Co report to the Pella city council. It outlines a proposed public gas works including building, generating set, storage tanks, and street mains with total project cost around 50,000 dollars plus 2,500 dollars per mile for mains. It estimates a 75 cent per M cost for labor and material, with potential rates starting near 1.25 dollars per month and 2.50 dollars per 1000 cubic feet, depending on usage, and notes 4 percent financing.
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American Gas Construction Co
Newton
Iowa
Pella
D. C. Tenney
Sec
Pella High Wins County Music Contest in Knoxville
Pella High School dominated the County Music Contest held in Knoxville last Friday night earning eleven first places and three seconds for a 64 point victory over Knox ville, with strong showings across orchestra band glee clubs and solos amid a blizzard and heavy travel. Notable winners included Marjorie Baron, Earl Van Rees, Edward Van Der Ploeg, Willard Langerak and Winifred Hesselink, while Mrs. Hummell was credited for coordinating the effort.
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Hunter
Loud Hallo
John Parker
Bussey
Edward Vander Ploeg
Pella
Pauline Line
Knoxville
William Lagerak
Edward Loynachan
Chronicle
Monroe
Glee Club
Marjorie Baron
Earl van Rees
Richard Tysseling
Edward van der Ploeg
Willard Langerak
Winifred Hesselink
Pinna
Elta van Buren
Mrs. Hummell
Pi Kappa Meet at Tiffin Ohio Debating Tournament
The Pi Kappa convention in Ohio features delegates from Central and other schools, with deep prep led by Miss Graham and Miss Van Emmerick. Final rounds at Tiffin see St Thomas College win the men’s debate, Monmouth College the women’s, and Central’s team eliminated in the fifth round after strong efforts.
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Miss Graham
Miss van Emmerik
Marion
Elmer
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Grand Central Station
B. and C
Tiffin
Pi Kappa
Berea
Westerville
Convention Hotel
Paul Schut
Baptist Church
Baldwin-Wallace College
Ohio
Otterbein College
Heidelberg College
South Dakota State
St. Thomas College of
Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Monmouth
Ill
Southwestern
Kansas
Central
Paul Schutt
Marion Nollen
Yankton
S. C
Franklin
Ind
Redlands
Morningside
Iowa
Mat
Macalester
Graham
van Emmerick
South Dakota
Barr
Illinois State Normal
Seaton
Kansas State
State Normal School
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Grand Council
Wisconsin Normal School
Hogs Wheat and Local Youth Names in Chronicle Ad
The Pella Markets list feeds from Farmers Co operative Exchange with hog and grain prices. A Perryville Missouri schoolboy Hinckey Dinkey Pinkypank is noted for a tune like name while Jacksonville pianist Jack Tait, nine, has won contests across several states marking a promising young artist. Chronicle want ads bring results.
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Perryville
Pinkypank
Hinckey
Dinkey
Jack Tait
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Fragmented ad copy with product slogans and jokes
A collage of odd lines about roofing and banner slogans. It mentions ULE-HIDE ROOFING, Mule-Hide Slog as a truthful slogan, and a curious question about Israelites. It notes parking space, best is the cheapest, and jokes about table manners and forks. No clear narrative or人物.
West alfalfa leads in eastern drought relief shifts
An analysis shows Western states held 17 of 34 regions with most alfalfa acreage in 1924, but Eastern states surged 98.2 percent 1919–24 while the West rose 8.5 percent. Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan nearly tripled, Illinois and Pennsylvania up about 150 percent. Kansas fell as Nebraska rose to second. Several Southern states saw declines.
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New Amsterdam
England
United States
General Synod of the Reformed Church
General Synod
Texas
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Albany girl’s doll promise yields grand legacy
John A. Balfour, who left Albany for South Africa in 1898 after promising a girl named Alida Taylor a nice doll, became a diamond mine owner. Upon his death he left his former little friend, now Mrs. Rooney, a legacy of 860000 dollars.
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John A. Balfour
Albany
N. Y
South Africa
Alida Taylor
Rooney
Reformed Church Tercentenary Meeting at Pella
On Tuesday the Classis of Pella convened at Third Reformed Church to celebrate the Reformed Church in America Tercentenary. Prof Wyand Wichers spoke on 300 years of the church and Pres John Wesselink on its Iowa beginnings with greetings from other denominations.
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New York City
Netherlands
Minuet
Western Hemisphere
The
Reformed Church
America
Classis
Pella
Third Reformed Church
Reformed Church In
Central College
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Green 332
Spencer de Jong
Care Sam Sedrel
S. Main
Dick P. van Gorp
G. B. Clarke
Tunis H. Klein
Security State Bank
de Cook
Jella Menenga
Herbert Mathes
Apply Chronicle Office
Clements Paint Shop
Buerkens Mfg. Co
A. C. Valkenberg
Schutt, Nollen and
Borr Central
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Lows
Gerrit Wittenberg
West Third Street
Little Willie
Arch
Long
Bell Lumber
Atlas
Goodwin
Curtis
Johnson
Spreek
Kuyper
Central Bay
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