Boone Trail District Meeting Heads for Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa hosts a district meeting on Wednesday May 3 at city hall to push locating the Boone Trail through Des Moines Prairie City Pella Oskaloosa and Ottumwa along the White Pole route. Local clubs and officials plan delegations and consider alternatives including Pleasantville Knoxville bypassing the White Pole route.
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Oskaloosa
Des ‘Moines
Prairie City
Pella
Ang Ottumwa
Oskaloosa Commercial Club
Charles S.walling
Henry 8. Rosecrans
George Co. True
Commercial Club
Warren Caldwell
Board of
Mahaska ‘County
Pleasant‘ville
Knoxville
Monroe
Ottumwa
White Pole
Pelle Xoad Cort
Good Roads Club
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Weekly Bulletin of Iowa Weather and Crop Service 1916 update
Des Moines reports a cold week delaying vegetation but frequent showers aiding grass and small grain. Spring seeding finished, early sown grain up with fair to good stand. Fall wheat improving though winterkill heavy on north slopes. Hessian fly sighted in Madison County. Plowing for corn. some southern planting likely to increase next week. Fruit trees bloom near Missouri border with mostly favorable prospects. GEO. M. CHAPPEL, Director.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Madison
Missouri
Geo. M. Chappel
Lynnville in Quarantine Over Smallpox
Lynnville may be quarantined as smallpox spreads. John Hartsock lies critically ill with the disease while several other cases exist and many residents have been exposed. Schools are fumigated and children vaccinated as authorities try to halt spread. The mayor warned a full town quarantine if new cases arise.
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Lynnville
John Hartsock
Newton News
Easter Cantata At Second Reformed Church
On Sunday evening April 23 the Second Reformed Church choir directed by Prof L W Glover and Prof A P Kuyper performed the Beautiful Master cantata Stainers Crucifixion to an appreciative audience at the organ.
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Second Reformed Church
L. W. Glover
A. P. Kuyper
Easter Song Service at Baptist Church
Easter Sunday services at the Baptist church featured morning and evening worship. The evening program included a choir led by Prof Sadler with mixed quartet and anthems, soloists Mr Byers, Miss Wanamaker, Miss Jones, and Mr Allen, closing with Haydn's Creation Part III. Praise for the choir director’s artistry and the large congregation’s warm appreciation.
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Hater
The
Baptist Church
Sadler
Byers
Deaths in Pella and Newton areas distill sorrow
Peter Welle of near Newton died at Des Moines Methodist Hospital on Thursday after an illness of four days from appendicitis. He leaves a wife and one child. funeral at Mt. Zion near Kidduff. Henrietta Sukkel of the Rietveld farm near Pella died at 10 30 am Saturday aged 4 years 8 months 11 days from heart trouble. Funeral services were held Monday at Bethel Church by Rev A J TePaske with interment in First Reformed cemetery, Pella.
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Peter Welle
Newton
Pella
Methodist
Es Moines
John Welle
Mt. Zion Church
Kidduff
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Henrietta
Hulbert Sukkel
Rietveld
Reve A. J. TePaske
Bethel Church
First Reformed
Clean-up Day Proclaimed in Pella City Wards
The Mayor of Pella Iowa proclaims two clean-up days in May. On Tuesday May 2 and Wednesday May 3 residents in the first and fourth wards must remove all garbage ashes manure and waste from yards streets and alleys. Owners bear cost for manure ashes and tree limbs removal.
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Pella
Iowa
Braafhart and Wise wed in Oskaloosa ceremony
Marinus Braafhart and Mrs Marie Wise were married in Oskaloosa on Monday afternoon with Tennis VerBeek and Miss Lottie Braafhart as witnesses. Braafhart works at the DeCook livery barn and the couple will reside in Pella. The Chronicle offers its congratulations.
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Braafhart
Wise Marinus Braafhart
Marie Wise
Oskaloosa
Tennis VerBeek
Lottie Brasfhart
DeCook
Pella
The
Chronicle
Savin g Waste Paper for Civic Improvement
A call to residents and businesspeople to save all waste paper including newspapers and magazines. Arrangements will collect soon to aid civic improvement funds. The notice urges prompt cooperation to start saving now.
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WASTH
ALL- Wasth
School Notes Preview Shortened Term and Plans
Six weeks remain in the school year with six weeks reports going home this week. The Senior class rehearses the play The Sophomore to be staged in May. City teachers attended a Tracy meeting via Howell, reporting a pleasant, profitable time. A patriotic pageant will replace the usual cantata on May 30 in the new auditorium, with May 16 set for dedication and gym exhibitions. Robins return to the fire escape shelter, raising questions about their guidance and instinct. The board re-elected all old teachers except Miss Reuvers Edna Ver Heul and Margaret Vogelaar. Reuvers becomes City Librarian. Ver Heul and Vogelaar were not applicants. Miss Brown resigns as music teacher. Ethel Guthrie of Neponset Ill is elected domestic science teacher and will oversee girls athletics. Board seeks first class manual training candidates but none yet chosen.
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Tracy
Howell
Reuvers
Edna Ver Heul
Margaret Vogelaar
Ver Heul
Vogelaar
Miss Brown
Ethel Guthrie
Neponset
Ill
Barn Fire Destroys Mrs Mann’s Outbuilding
About nine o'clock Friday evening a barn on Mrs. T Mann's east-edge property caught fire. The alarm was raised and firemen responded, but the barn was already too far gone. Origin unknown. Mann was away. Neighbors mistook glow for a trash burn. wind from the west limited spread to nearby structures.
Store Room for Bent Best Location East Side Square
A notice indicates a store room is needed for Bent with the best location on the east side of Square. The text specifies a preferred site in a central area, inviting proposals from prospective occupants or lessees.
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Bent
Beautiful Easter Cantata Sung by First Reformed Church Choir
The Cantata The Lord of Easter tide by Creswell was sung by the First Reformed Church Choir on Sunday evening to a large audience. Twenty voices performed chorus parts with notable musical expression under Mr Verhey’s direction. Soloists included Lois Rietveld and Beatrice Boland among others, with praise for Andrew Wormhoudt and James Verhey. Hugo Kuyper accompanied at the piano, and there is hope for a new organ to better support forthcoming performances.
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Creswell
First Reformed Church
Lois Rietveld
Beatrice Boland
Dora Grandia
Herman Braam
Andrew Wormhoudt
James
Ver Hey
Lon Wormhoudt
James Verhey
Hugo Kuyper
Verhey
Mrs Huber Suffered Serious Hip Injury
Word came Wednesday that Mrs. D. Huber who was visiting relatives at Stockport fell and broke her hip. Her husband left for Stockport today. Her health is poor and further shock could worsen her condition. She had just recovered from a broken wrist earlier in the winter.
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Huber
Stockport
College Notes and Campus Events This Week
Coach McWilliams spent Saturday in Des Moines as the Campus Day committee is appointed. The Piano Quartette played Verdi and a chapel audience will hear the program on Thursday May 4 at 8 o clock. Central’s baseball team prepares for Iowa Wesleyan at home Friday with Wesleyan’s strong squad and local support urged. Carl Byers of the Freshman class gave a voice recital last Thursday evening in the Auditorium including opera arias a German group Italian group and two English groups. Mrs Glover accompanied and Byers studies with L W Glover. Freshman class decorated the hall and oversaw ushering in a festive setting.
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Central
Iowa Wesleyan
Wesleyan
Penn
Carl Byers
Byers
Glover
L. W. Glover
Oan Dinehpon
Miss Jones Hosts Glee Club Kid Party At Home
About twenty girls with pig tails dressed in kid attire gathered at Mrs. Carrie Halbert’s home to celebrate hosted by Miss Mabel Iowa Jones of the Iowa school faculty. They played with dolls, then moved to the college campus for more games, enjoyed sweets, and the Glee Club expressed thanks for the pleasant afternoon.
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Miss Jones
Ike
University Street
Carrie Halbert
Mabel Iowa Jones
Iowa School
Pelln Defeats Monroe in Baseball Profit Game
Pelln defeats Monroe 38 to 11 in a baseball game. Key players include Jarnigan with eight hits and four walks, Butts and Dennis contributing multiple strikeouts. Battries list Butts Dennis Grundman Monroe Oldham Jarnigan Waruner. Sacrifices credited to LeCocq Butts Jarnigan Oldham Sipes Dennis.
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Butts
Dennis
Waruner
Jarnigan
Oldham
LeCocq
Sipes
Revival meetings and civic talks at local churches
McMillan of Des Moines will speak Sunday at 3 00 p m and 7 30 p m at the brick chapel west of Star Garage with Bible School at 9 30 am. Captain K W Brown of Ames will discuss How to Maintain a Revival Spirit at 4 00 pm, then address the Community Brotherhood. Evening union meeting at Second Reformed on Modern Civic Righteous ness. All welcome.
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McMillan of
Des Moines
D. W
Star Garage
Bible School
K. W. Brown
Ames
Capt. Brown
Community Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Second Reformed Church
Best Saloon Territory in United States
East Dubuque claims the title of best saloon territory with 2,000 residents and 23 saloons plus 10 wholesale liquor houses. Much traffic comes from Dubuque Iowa as locals boast of capturing saloon business, while a grim forecast warns of future social costs and a wave of educated drunkards entering jails and poorhouses.
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East Dubuque
United States
Dubuque
Iowa
Beast Dubuque
Jem Newton
Captain Brown Speaks Sunday Across Three Sermons
Captain K. W. Brown of Ames, a businessman and churchman, will lecture next Sunday at the Baptist church 10 45 am a men’s gathering 4 pm and the Second Reformed church 7 30 pm. A veteran of the army he led the Fort Hell charge at Petersburg on April 2 1865 and earned national renown. He travels for a New York firm and promotes the Great Commission with zeal.
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Fort Hell
Petersburg
Second Reformed Church
City buys flusher for paved streets
The city council approved purchasing a flusher after a Friday meeting with a Sketchine representative of the Stude baker Company. Mayor Johnson Alderman Wilson and Supt Schriener will view a unit in Boone and expect delivery within a month. The device can flush streets and sprinkle others, with an optional oil attachment and a 750 gallon tank. The pneumatic version is less effective where water pressure is low. Price is $1400.
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Studebaker
Johnson
Wilson
Schriener
Boone
Pella
Federated Club Meeting Highlights Nature Day
The Federated Club met on Tuesday April 26 with Nature Day, hearing papers on the Preservation of Songbirds and forest conservation by Mrs. Grundman Mrs. Mowe and Miss M Vanden Berg. Music featured two piano solos by Miss Sheehy and three vocal numbers by Carl Byers assisted by Mrs L W Glover. Mayor Johnson spoke on civic improvement projects. A luncheon followed and the next meeting on May 9 promises a special treat with Miss Graham showing Ab bey Series reproductions on the Holy Grail.
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Federated Club
Grundman
Mowe
M. Vanden Berg
Graham
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Welle
Sukkel
College
McWilliams
BASE
Pelln
Por Monroe
B. Mason
R. Neff
Whitmer c. Jarnigan
B. Sipes
B. G. Neff
If. Hammell
Holly Rf. Ee
Ieee
Captain Brown
New York
W. Brown
CITY
Federated Club Meeting
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