Organ music notes and campus updates in Central area
The Central Chronicle reports installation of a new practice pipe organ to replace a lost instrument, updates on church and college activities, and announcements. It notes choir and music lessons by Prof Miler, upcoming Artist Recital Days on August 7 and 8, funding from Mr Best, and an array of performers. Also covered are a newborn for Mr and Mrs Roy Hillyer, college opening date, officer training camp offer, and Ladies Auxiliary plans for an Artist Course with four high quality recitals backed by the college. Also mentions library work, artist performances, student housing, and job opportunities for boarders and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oner
Profes Miler
Couvoy
Best
Skim Milk as Food Shows High Protein Value
An analysis explains skim milk contains most protein and minerals in all milk, equal to or exceeding whole milk. It argues skim milk acts like eggs and meat for tissue building, noting protein per quart rivals beef energy yield, and costs about four cents a quart compared with beef at twenty cents per pound.
What of Business What World War Entry Means for Trade
The article argues U S entry into World War I will boost business. Government borrowing from saved funds will fuel large purchases of food clothing machinery and equipment. Wages rise as production expands creating greater purchasing power and higher prices with intensified industry and more workers required.
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United States
Teuton
Belgium
Delightful Reception For Closz Bridal Couple
A large reception at the Chas Closz Sunny Brook farm east of the city honored this month’s bridal couple Mr and Mrs Harold F Closz. About seventy five guests attended. Flowers decorated the home while Little Miss Marian Jeffers greeted arrivals. Alma Green and Mrs Harold F Closz helped host, with guests including Mrs J M Cox of Pella and Mrs W Fernald of Kansas City.
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Chas. Closz
Sunny Brook Farm
Harold F. Closz
Marian Jeffers
Des
Trappe
Bertha Teal
Ide Johnson
Rowited
Out of Town Guests Attend Des Moines Grinnell and Sioux City Reception
The reception was attended by out of town guests including Miss Madge Vanderzyl and Mrs E M Jeffers with her daughter Marian from Des Moines, Mrs Nan Ordway of Waterloo, Miss Helen Miller of Grinnell, and Mrs Amy Loring-Hayes of Sioux City.
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Madge Vanderzyl
E. M. Jeffers
Ittle
Marian
Des Moines
Nan Ordway
Waterloo
Helen Miller
Grinnell
Amy Loring-Hayes
Sioux City
Local News Notes on Camp Examinations and Visits
The past week saw young men called for second officers reserve camp exams and traveling to Des Moines for tests. Local residents and visitors, including M B McWilliams and Harry De Reus, joined examination travels while others like Joe Boyd and Miss Grace Boot made town stops. The report notes stricter exam standards than the first camp and various social visits among residents and relatives in Pella Otley and surrounding areas.
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M. B. McWilliams
Pella
Harry de Reus
Des Moines
Joe Boyd
Mortuary Obituary for Gerrit Roorda Near Pella
Gerrit Roorda died at his home six miles northwest of Pella on July 26 1917 at age 76 after months of ill health. He is survived by his wife four sons and six daughters. Funeral services were held at the home at 11:00 am Saturday and at noon at Bethel church. Interment followed at the First Reformed cemetery north of Pella.
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Gerrit Roorda
Pella
Bethel Church
Obituary: John Raap Died Near Pella at 63
John Raap died at his home four miles west of Pella on Sunday July 29 1917 at 2:00 pm aged 63 years 7 months 4 days. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home at 1:30 and at the nearby schoolhouse at 2:00 with interment at the team cemetery.
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John Raap
Pella
Team
Mrs Vos Dies At Home North Of Pella
Mrs. Abram B Vos died at her home seven miles north of Pella at 1 30 a m Tuesday July 31 1917 aged 62 years 6 months and 17 days Survived by husband and large family of children Funeral services set for today Thursday at 10 30 a m Interment at Sand Ridge cemetery Curtis Russell son of Mr and Mrs John Russell formerly of the Peoria neighborhood now near Pleasantville died at the state hospital for the insane Mt Pleasant at 2 00 a m Sunday July 29 1917 Body shipped to Pella arriving Monday evening Funeral services and burial were at Peoria Tuesday afternoon Deceased unmarried and had been at the state hospital for about five years
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Curtis Russell
John Russell
Peoria
Pleasantville
State Hospital For the Insane
Mt Pleasant
Pella
State Hospital
Pella Man William Pippel Dies After Illness
William Pippel died at his Pella home Monday July 30 1917 at 645 pm aged 65 years 7 months 13 days following a gall stone illness. He had been in a hospital at Oskaloosa earlier but surgery was deemed unadvisable. Survived by his wife and several children. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:80 at the home and at 2:00 pm at the First Reformed church with interment in the First Reformed Cemetery.
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Pippel
William Pippel
Pella
Oskaloosa
First Reformed Church
First Reformed
Chronic Constipation Remedy Advised
Chronic constipation is hard to cure but possible by taking Chamberlain's tablets and following the printed directions on each package. Endorsed by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Family visits and travel through Pella and Des Moines
The text notes Mrs. T. J. Reese and her husband along with Misses Anna Vanden Berg and Mary Gerrit Vanden Berg in Camp Len, Mrs. J. C. Sandmier returns home to Des Moines after visiting relatives in Pella, and G. M. Brand and his mother depart for Chicago. Miss Gertrude Davide and Kathleen Hacquebord of Chicago are visiting Rev. and Mrs. P. Braak this week.
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J. C. Sandmier
Des Moines
Pella
Gertrude Davide
Ketherine Hacquebord
Chicago
Our First Tariff Article Recounted by New York American
The piece notes the first tariff act signed by President Washington on July 4 1789 early in his administration. It credits Hinston as author of the act covering forty seven articles with specific duties and ad valorem rates for others. The second tariff act received presidential approval in August 1700.
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Washington
Hinston
New York American
An Old Superstition in Ancient Italy
A common belief held that if a woman spun on a highway, crops would fail that year. In many regions of Italy, law forbade a woman to spin or even carry an uncovered spindle on the public road.
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Italy
Heard In Court Reference to Gray Hair Sparks Exchange
A courtroom exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript features defense and opposing counsel sparring over hair color and appearance. The remark highlights tension over gendered descriptions and courtroom decorum in a short, pointed exchange.
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Boston Transcript
You can make money at home with no risk
A dated sales pitch promises permanent profit by working at home. It targets individuals to become their own boss, offering no clear risk and urging them to send name and address to L. Brown in New York City for a reference.
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L. Brown
Murray Bt
New York
City
Vander Linden Wool Trousers Advertisement
An old classified style ad touts fully wool trousers made to measure by M. Vander Linden. It promises remarkable value with no price increase and invites customers to get measured now.
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Scotch
M. Vander Linden
Wanted large house site and ground near Houland Acre
Classified notices show a request for a large modern house site and land for sale including a barn and other buildings, plus a good store and contact phone. Also offers for film development services at Puritan Drug Co and a horse market ad by Robert M. McIntire seeking mares and geldings, plus a piano sale/lease option from Schmoller Mueller in Omaha.
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Pella
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co
Omaha
Nebr
False Teeth Bought in Any Condition Offer in New York
Domestic Supply Co. of Binghamton, New York offers to buy old false teeth in any condition, paying up to $5 a set according to value. Call at once for their offer. if unsatisfied they will return the teeth.
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Domestic Supply Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Central College
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Prairie City
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Iowa
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Otley, Wi
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Valley Junction
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