Local Notes from Pella and Surroundings
Mrs. G L Rysdam’s mother dies in Guthrie Center with family at bedside. Tom Mackey moves to East Pella residence. Snowstorm in Apr 20 brings five inches, melts quickly with no damage. Des Moines visitors, college concert May 10, and various visits and travel of local residents. War notices include enlistment moves and a fraud warning to families about fake furlough telegraphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Rysdam
Guthrie Center
Pella
Iowa
Roy Nowell and family settle in Regina Canada
A letter from R E Nowell reports the Nowell family has moved from Pella to Regina Saskatchewan. He notes settlers are expanding wheat and oats acreage amid high prices, land costs, and heavy rain. He describes Canada as muddy yet promising for a large wheat crop and mentions returning soldiers and the health of Mrs Nowell and their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Nowell
Roy, Jr
Regina
Sask
Roy
Garden City Feeder Co
Canada
Classified ads headline style from 1900s city paper
Advertising column lists rental rooms for light housekeeping, a six room house with barn and acre, a roadster, and coal heater. Also a prime lot near Lacey Hotel for sale, contact Mrs Duffy after 6:15 pm. Local oil dealer promotes white house paint and reduced tires with John Neels as agent in Pella Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle Office
Oskaloosa
Lacey Hotel
KE. A. Duffy
Third Ave
Iowa
White House
Pennsylvania Consumers Oil Co
John Neels
Pella
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Y. T. van Niewaal
Tom Mackey
Vander Sdye Plumbing Co
Bert de Bruyn
East
Marshal L. A. Bickford
T. J. Flannagan
Frances
Des Moines
Joe Muilenburg
Central College
H. S. Auditorium
J. A. Kool
Joe
G. T. H. Klein
Ira Vriezelaar
Otley
Peter DeJong
Prairie View
Kans
A. T.tysseling
Chicago
Mr. de Jong
G. Goedhart
New Sharon
Henry Edmand
Henry
Kaiser
Lkely
Charlotte Boyd
J. W. Boyd
Arkansas City
Herman van Zante
Paul
Cedar Rapids
P. A. Edmond
J. M. Cox
Salem
Oregon
Matilda Grant
Arthur Kaldenberg
Alexis DeVries
T. D. Tice
Lone Tree
Walter Hutton
Hutton
Lfe
Mrs. C. Nanktgeboren
Joe Porter
Camp Dodge
H. 8
John Braathart
Catherine
Prairie City
P. D. Wagaman
Tom Hynes
Mrs. D. Nynes
Lois Hodge
Newton
A. Hoogenakker
L. A. Garrison
Caldwell
Idaho
Garrison
Eagle
War Department
Roy Nowell
A. E. Dennis
University St
Gundert & Gundert
Rock Valley
Towatt
Red Cross
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