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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1904
Page
5
The Chronicle reviews the ongoing war situation with Viceroy Alexieff resigning and Makaroff’s death leading to Skrydloff’s appointment. Local items cover Hearst faction tensions in Mahaska County, the Albany Parker bid, Northern Pacific court win for James J. Hill, a $163 million Rock Island mortgage, and community notices including entertainments and a jailbird’s attempted self-harm.
An 8 o'clock piano benefit at the high school features a varied program with Margaret Joly Flaw aijer, Essie Vander Zyl, Ethel Leland, Hattie Cox, Charlie Thomassen, Agnes Bousquet, Edna Moore, Marie Lautenbach, Nellie Flint, and others. Admission is twenty cents.
Des Moines April 12 The thirtieth Iowa general assembly adjourned after a busy session starting January 11. Over 900 bills were introduced, 220 became law. Key funds included 3.725 million in appropriations for running expenses penal institutions and education. Notable passed acts covered drainage, juvenile court, census, and insurance reforms. several measures failed, and a biennial election constitutional amendment was submitted for next fall.
Referee will sell at the Mahaska County Iowa courthouse in Oskaloosa on May 19 1904 at 2 pm the west half of the southwest quarter fractionally in section 18 township 74 north range 15 west and the east half of the southeast quarter and southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 13 township 74 north range 16 west. Sale cash on district court approval. land may be sold whole or in parts. Inquiries to referee F H Lorine at Cowan Hambleton & Loring Oskaloosa Iowa.
The San Jose Chamber of Commerce presents a fruit and vegetable exhibit from Santa Clara county in Otley on Wednesday April 20 and in Pella April 21 to 23. A two car special train will arrive in Pella at 11:15 a.m. on the 21st and display the balance of the day and Friday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Items include peaches two and a half pounds, apples three pounds, pears four and a half pounds, grapes ten pounds, large asparagus, cucumbers one inch long, potatoes for a family meal, carrots eight pounds, and sugar beets twenty one pounds. A monster 39 foot shark is the main attraction, occupying a car with shells and other deep sea curios. Free souvenir shells for ladies and children. Admission fee of ten shillings charged.
The Pella Banner touts a $15,000 sock knitting venture pending a $25,000 public subscription to attract Des Moines investors as part of new industry for Pella. A Gordon Nebraska Journal report describes the Sioux camp near the track, a death of a ten month old baby of Standing Bear from a cold, a funeral led by Rev. Aiken, and Buffalo Bill agent Wm. McCune shipping 65 Sioux to England with mixed sentiment about the warlike tribe.
I H Reuvers attends state photographers convention in Des Moines while P C Lankelma moves Chronicle address to Montrose Missouri. Bosserman Bros. margins teased for a westward goer as H M Tusseling visits Harvey. A W Fish arrives and plans Sunday stay. California fruit cars arrive with big fish on display.
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