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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
6
Geo J Thomasson is described as a law practitioner in Pella with focus on practice in all courts and probate of wills. The listing notes experience in collections and notes contact details with office and residence information, including phone numbers.
No 57 listing describes 108 acres of stock and grain land with a 112 story four room house smok ehouse barn and outbuildings. It includes a hog and chicken setup, windmill deep well machinery shed and storage, 76 acres of farm land and 25 acres hog tight in two fields. Orchard trees aged three years and over 100 trees with fruit. Land rolls, location 5 1 2 miles northeast of New Sharon. Price 860 per acre.
The United States treasury staff assess the total funds under Treas. Roberts before handing to treasurer designate Charles H. Treat. The June 30 count tallies 383 325 500 in currency 593 474 002 62 in bonds and trust funds and 281 781 685 96 in cash account liability. Roberts began with about 500 000 000 in 1897 and Treat bonds at 150 000.
A reader lists biblical passages as cures for common moods and life situations. For the blues, turn to Psalm 27. for financial strain, Psalm 37. for unkindness, John 15. for discouragement, Hebrews 12. for worldliness, Psalm 19. for human doubt, 1 Corinthians 13. for lost confidence in work, Psalm 126. and for surrendering control, James 3.
Veeman of Pella visited Orange City in the week's end per Sioux County Herald reports. Cashier Hubert Kuyper returned Friday after a month with relatives in Pella while Mrs A P Kuyper and four young women visited Mrs Gerrit Klein at Sioux Centre. The Iowa classis of the Reformed church met in Orange City to arrange preliminaries for the Easter trial likely not to be heard until later.
The Hospers firm, in business over twenty years, dissolves its partnership. Mr. W. H. Hospers takes the real estate holdings and old accounts, with Connie Hospers returning from Chicago to join his father. The store policy will stay the same and Mr. W. H. Hospers will likely remain in Orange City.
Chester Correspondent notes Pella residents Anne Versteeg and sons Henry and Paul Versteegh visited Jonas Versteegh and family in Lynnville. George C. Renaud, with Sybil Riley and Edna Newby from Lynnville, spent an evening with L. C. Renaud and relatives. Jeanette Vandermeulen of Pella arrives for a week’s visit.
Sally Henry Wisgerhoff drove to Pella Monday. Beulah Ramsey of Prairie City visits the Misses Terpstra for a week. Mr and Mrs F G Sherman spent Sunday at Grinnell with relatives. Mrs C J De Jong visits relatives in Pella for a few days. John Den Adel of Pella called on old time friends last week. Wm Holdsworth went to Des Moines on business. P If Van Gorp and L Van Rees of Pella were in the city for the Pella Stacker factory Friday. Tr J Wheeler spent a few days in Oskaloosa with friends. J P Taylor bought a Pella feeder and attached it to his thrashing machine. Sully Cor to Lynnville Star.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. The undersigned Walding Kinnan & Marvin endorse Cheney, claim 15 years of business integrity, and note the remedy acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Sioux Center the long running Kossen saloon, a staple for malt and wine, faces a booze famine as the owner sells the establishment after years of operation. The town's drinking scene and local economy brace for change.
Inman, ex bricklayer now running a Sioux Center saloon, seeks injunction after clashes with a rival business over licensing and conduct. Judge Hutchinson orders a writ, keeping the bar open while legal matters unfold. Nearby, a new church 300 feet away heights tensions as community weighs temperance prospects. Meeker and wife travel from Eddyville to Portland by ox team, aging 75 and a Northwest magnate.w
The Newton Record editor notes a snag in the Rock Island proposed interurban service. Law forbids granting lower passenger fares in one part of the state than another, so permanent reductions between Colfax and Des Moines must be mirrored at other stations.
The Sioux Center congregation marks Rev. James De Pree's quarter century as pastor with a celebration, a purse, and a vacation. Born in Axel Netherlands in 1845, he served Spring Lake and Sioux Center since 1880, baptizing 856, conducting 281 funerals, adding 241 members, and marrying 212 couples. Over 25 years the church grew from 55 members to its third brick edifice costing about $25,000, with total contributions of about $66,680.10. The Merald and Sioux County Herald note the enduring partnership between pastor and flock as a bright county story.
Crop bulletin from Des Moines Iowa reports the week’s average temperature five to seven degrees below normal with cloudy skies. Rainfall was light in the north and eastern central areas but heavy in west central and southern districts benefiting corn potatoes pastures and vegetables. Oats harvests progress slowly in northern counties with early threshing and generally good yield and quality.
The report highlights broad pasture availability and ample grazing feed, with a heavy hay crop despite weather damage. Apple yields have declined overall, though early varieties fare well in certain areas.
Notice claims the remedy relieves dizziness spells headaches indigestion and constipation and promises money back if not cured. Priced at 35 cents with signature F D Stubenrauch.
A Sunday accident at the Lt Sherman stable left the driver’s eye torn by his horse which struck the stall while fighting flies. Dr Beatty treated the animal.
A short compendium notes dog bite myths by sharing a caregiver's self taught treatment for wounds, then shifts to folklore about the fairy ring. It explains hydrophobia rarity, practical wound care, and a science based view of fairy rings as fungus driven patterns in soil, cited from Country Life in America and St Nicholas.
A green subaltern on duty was reminded by a sentry with long service that smoking near his post violated regulations. He was advised to discard his cigar, but later picked it up and resumed, prompting the subaltern to ask why smoking was allowed earlier.
The clerk issued marriages to Arle Versteeg and Elizabeth Versteegh aged 41 and 40 and to James Henry Hings and Annie Pearl Lewis aged 21 and 19, respectively, in the latest licenses.
Two friends watched as Jamie Noel 2-year-old son of A Q Noel living west of Oskaloosa played near Rock Island railroad. A powder explosion lit his overalls, flames spread, and he crawled to a ditch to smother the fire. Two-thirds of his body burned, clothing destroyed. He was treated by Dr Howe of Leighton and Dr Tomer of Oskaloosa. condition precarious but mortal danger escaped brief mention as of morning.
Born to Mr and Mrs Harmon on Newton Galesburg road a seven pound girl arrived Monday July 17 the first child in the home and the parents plus visiting uncles and aunts praise Irene Lucille as a charming baby Grandmas deem her best ever Noel near Leighton informed Otis Noel of his son’s death a twelve year old boy died after clothes caught at play with powder cousins and neighbors express great sympathy in local notices Sharon Star reports mixed family tragedies and celebrations
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