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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
4
Public sale notice for Mrs J H Van Gorp lists sale of household items including tables chairs dressers rugs at 614 E Washington Street on Saturday May 6 at 1 30 p m Enquiries to Chronicle office Also ad for a Ford roadster and a bicycle for sale by W A Young and a lost pencil to J M Cox
A long fragmented editorial notes Pella's wealth inside city limits totals about 7.34 million dollars with per capita wealth around 2200 based on 1920 census, while criticizing shares and bonds and referencing oil stock. The piece argues residents remain far from bankruptcy despite hard times and diverts to remarks on whale leather and iron in food from scientific studies.
Obituaries for Robert Adrian infant son of EB G Roorda dies at home near Pella aged 2 years 8 months 22 days with funeral at home and Bethel Church. Slot Mrs Jan Slot dies in Pella aged 89 with funeral at home and Oakwood Cemetery. N A Sloane of Fairfield dies aged 67 with funeral in Pella and interment at Oakwood Cemetery. sister of H Rhynsburger. husband Dr N A Sloane and daughter Marjorie survive.
The County Sunday School Convention at Pleasantville drew many Pella residents with forty seven schools represented. Sixteen schools earned Standard status, including First Reformed and Second Reformed of Pella and several others from Knoxville Pleasantville Tracy M. E. and Columbia M. E. Marion county achieved standard class for the first time, while President J B Lyman declined re election. Rev Harold G Barr elected to lead with Nora E White as secretary treasurer and a slate of division superintendents. The gathering honored the retiring president and named Barr as a Kansas City international convention delegate. Attendance was reportedly the largest in the organization’s history.
The Chronicle reprints the corrected list of pioneers with updates from readers seeking accuracy. Names include Mrs Geo Van Pearsum Maurice Antonie Betten Orange City and many others across Iowa Wisconsin and Oregon. Also notes 1847 ocean voyagers stopping at St Louis en route to Pella and Des Moines visitors Jim De Wit and Luke Vander Linden.
A quotation attributes changing color to perspective, comparing a man to a Labrador spar. It suggests luster appears only at a specific angle, revealing deep colors, illustrating Emersonian insight on perception.
A reader from Onawa Iowa reports relief from feminine trouble after using Dr Jerro’s Favorite Prescription. She notes no recurrence over a year since stopping the remedy and recommends it to others. The ad urges a trial packet by sending 10 cents to Dr Pierce at his Buffalo New York hotel for medical guidance.
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