Local notices and visits fill Pella column this week
A long list of visitors and locals names fills the Pella page from Harvey to Knoxville with underscored social calls. Dr. Mitten leaves for vacation next Tuesday while many residents including Miss Bertha Harvey Miss Laura Van Gorkum and Miss Agnes Bousquet visit relatives and attend concerts. A show train travels eastward and a few baptisms occur at Harvey. The column notes road concerns and rural mail carrier ideas for better Iowa roads and blames a missing period supply for the paper’s typographic error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Democrat
Sioux County
Iowa
Cheap Round Trip Rates Via Chicago Great Western Railway
This summer to September Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at about half the usual rates to St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Superior Ashland Bayfield Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City. Return by October 31. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Bayfield
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
For Sale Two properties listed by Vander Meulen Co
A brick house with two halls and six rooms suitable for one or two families in good condition. Inquire at Hardware Store of G A Vander Meulen and Co. Also a farm of 120 acres in cultivation with house barn corn crib carriage house and two wells. Location seven miles southeast of Pella and two miles west of Leighton. Inquiries at Vander Meulen Co. Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandermeulen and & Co
Pella
Leighton
G A
Vander Meulen & Co
Why Should We Go To Church
A religious exhortation argues church attendance should center on hearing the Gospel and pursuing higher impulses and better living. It condemns viewing worship as mere entertainment or social display and urges Christians and ministers to improve practice and sermon clarity to encourage faithful turnout.
Special Summer Rates to St Paul and Minneapolis via Great Western
One fare plus 60 cents round trip tickets on sale August 6 to 11 inclusive. Return valid until August 26. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill. 2022.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
Fairfield Youth Recounts Personal Crisis in New York
Samuel L Dana of Fairfield Iowa reportedly committed suicide in Central Park New York on Sunday. Employed by a city bank the act is attributed to a rejected marriage proposal. His father G Dana a prominent Fairfield citizen mourns as the family seeks solace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L Dana
Fairfield
Iowa
Central Park
New York
G . Dana
Danas
Inseatlaates
Death of Conrad Ver Ploeg Pioneer of 1853 Near Pella
After an illness of two months Mr C Ver Ploeg died at his home near Pella July 6 age 72 years 7 months 19 days He came to this county in 1853 and spent 50 years as a respected settler His wife and eight children survive The funeral was led by Revs Neimeyer and Van Kersen and attended by many neighbors The family extends heartfelt thanks for support during sickness and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Ver Ploeg
Pella
Neimeyer and
van Kersen
The Maid of Bedloe's Isle tribute poem
A long poem from Canastota New York honors the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. It envisions Liberty as a queen goddess standing on Bedloe's Isle with a torch guiding freedom and law. The speaker pledges allegiance to God and to liberty, warning that only divine light can sustain the realm of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedloe’s Isle
Trule
Earth
Land of Liberty
Canastota
N. Y
New York Harbor
Albany Press and
Knickerbocker
Samuel Van Cleve Dies at 79 in City Home
Samuel Van Cleve died at his son C. M Van Cleave’s home in this city on Friday July 20 at age 79 after a period of weakness. He requested burial beside his wife in Lodla Nebraska and CM Van Cleave accompanied the body. He was well loved and leaves many friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel van Cleave
C. M van Cleave
Lodla
Nebraska
CM van Cleave
van Cleve
Great Western Tickets To Boston At Low Rates
The Great Western Railway will offer round trip tickets to Boston from August 11 to 13 at very low rates for travelers attending the National Encampment G A R in Boston August 15 through 25. For full information write to any Great Western Agent or PY Elmer G Py Avy Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Chicago ‘Great Western Railway
Great Western
Elmer
Chicago
Rocky Mountain Tea Praise Poem Ad Reads Fine Drink
A humorous verse extols Rocky Mountain Tea as the mellowing beverage of choice, praising its effect over others and presenting the product as a favored option in light verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
F. D. Stubenrauch
Also Mentioned on This Page
H Lyon
Dr. Mitten
Peter Lubberden
Harvey
W R Dickey
Narvey
A M Roelofsen
DS Fleck
Kilduff
George Heeren
Kate Wickhart
Fairmont
Bertha Harvey
Laura van Gorkum
Lyninville
Bessie Fisk
Des Moines
Matthew Lydens
Sully
van Niewaal
Jon and
Arbudes
Armagast’s
West Side Square
Agnes Bousquet
Parkersburg
Miss Young of
Marvey
Lida Shultz
Orange City
BM van Spanckeren
W HI Dennis
Eugene Dennis
G . Fox
San Diego
California
E Shaw
Seth Way
Knoxville
A J Vandermeulen
This City
Stallings
A. J Vandermeulen
City
John Visser
Arthur Koeleman
Leona Reuvers
Oskaloosa
Mahaska
Dirk and
Meyer Langerak
L Reerink
Fleury Welle
Gerrit Waechter
John Blommer
Miss de Haan
Simon Douwstra
Middleburg Corr
Alton
George Stout
St. Louis
van Niewaal's
A Vandrimmelen
Sioux Cooter
Vrije Iullander
Long
Minnesota
Cole's Seed Store
Mesdames Hart and Bousquet
J J Bousquet
Mildred van Dam
W Rietveld
St Louis
Tom Barr
Esther Buxton
M Butts
Rey Orcutt
Mrs DO Smith
Albia
H Rietveld
Charlie Harp
Dunreath
LaForce
Ottumwa
James Grover
South Pella
Will den Otter
Runnells
Our City
Fred Calhoun
Gerrit Kaldenberg
Monroe
Jas Vriezelaar
Otley
Veda Cogges
Chas van Doren
Robertson
Martha Sedtal
Eva van Houwelig
Chas Johnson
Kellogg
Harry Awtry
Jones
West Pella
Dora Kent
B Gardner
Rey L A
Garrison
Wapello Co
New Baptist
Maloy
Ringgold County
Edna Ver Huel
Lemuel Williams
Butte
Montana
H. C Payne
Ike Baarda
James Jlesma
Ed Egan
Burlington
Mr Egan
Rebecca Kimmel
Lottie van Viet
Omaha
C G van Vliet
Baptist Church
Acme
Little Havana Cigar CO
Violet
Keable’s Drug Store
Pella Drain-Tile Co
Fairfield Boy
Conrad Ver Ploegh
Rey Sipko Rederus
Samuel van Cleve
E. R. Roorda
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