Young People's Service Welcomes All For Profit Hour
A brief notice invites both young and older people to attend a profitable hour of service and fellowship. The message emphasizes inclusion and practical benefit for attendees.
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
5
A brief notice invites both young and older people to attend a profitable hour of service and fellowship. The message emphasizes inclusion and practical benefit for attendees.
Community urges care after merchants damaged large signboards along Bella highways. Authorities note the boards are private property and warn violators could face legal consequences. Names of offenders are known and further incidents will incur penalties.
Freda Lily Hart Parker, eight months and nineteen days old, died Friday July 29 at her parents home north of Pella. Funeral service was Sunday at the Sandridge schoolhouse conducted by Revs Renaud and Miller. Relatives and friends gathered to mourn the placid child, whose body rests in Sandridge cemetery.
Mise Dena Kuyper left the hospital and went home Monday evening. Hankey Burgraff, Warner grocery delivery boy, is sick with typhoid fever. Mrs Van der Linden shows improvement after a broken hip. Esther Van Zee is somewhat better. Mrs L Wanders feels much improved from a week ago.
A jumble of names and phrases reports a baby boy arrival and family news. Jim Grover and spouse celebrate a daughter. A baby girl is noted born to John C Visser and wife in Steamboat Springs on Friday July 29. Henry oversees recovery of a child and Jacob Van Disseldorp home notes a newborn.
Sophia Hoogenakker Phil y Smith Jacob Fennama Frank Kester Grandia Will Foey and Wm Jessma bought fine pianos during July from Geo Ramsey the piano dealer.
Next Sunday evening at the First Reformed Church the service will be conducted by Pastor Rev Vander Werf. All are cordially invited to attend.
Ben Grant in Des Moines backs progressives at the convention. He notes a large shipment arriving in about three weeks and predicts early selling before items are gone. Ver Steeg Con is referenced in the wrap of remarks.
The council read and approved the previous minutes. The engineer's water works salary rose to 50 dollars. Henry Ver Hey was appointed inspector and overseer of sewer work at 2 dollars daily. Luke Bruinsma to oversee outlet and septic tank at 2 dollars daily. The tax levy for next year discussed with no action. Street and alley committee to protect grade stakes as manholes align with permanent stakes. Water bonds taking up not yet ready for final action. Bills approved and paid. Council adjourned to call of Mayor.
Prof Hoffman will preach next Sunday morning and Dean Severn will oversee services on campus at seven o clock in the evening. The new pastor and his family arrive next week and will be in his pursuit Sunday the fourth.
Mrs Kooyman underwent gall stone removal on Wednesday afternoon at the Dr Bos Hospital. The operation lasted between five and six o'clock with Drs Grey Norton and Bos in attendance. sixty stones of varying sizes were removed. Patient recovered well from anesthesia and had a good night, progressing nicely by press time.
The Van Niewaal & Co. carnival sale outshines county rivals as they advertise boldly. Signs, banners, and gala store decor drew crowds with twenty clerks busy all day long. Chiefs note that consistent advertising and right pricing win business regardless of party, church, or alcohol stance.
The ladies of the G A R Circle seek the Piang ba prize at Vander Polatore. The agent who secures the most voting certificates by December 25 will win the prize. They urge residents to save voting coupons and certificates for them.
A fragmentary note directs readers to Central College content site history. It mentions a college and appeals to boys and girls to engage, signaling an educational announcement embedded in a local paper.
The thirteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Bart Reerink broke the right arm near the farm after stubbing his toe on a board. Dr Carpenter treated the fracture and reported the boy recovering after reduction.
Drs Carpenter relocate from above Stubenrauchi Drug Store to a second floor suite in the new post office building. The new lighted consultation room is touted as among the best in the state.
Mrs. Dr. Fred Carpenter received a telegram Friday afternoon stating her sister in Aberdeen South Dakota was dangerously ill. She left on the 8 40 train the same evening.
Pete Van den Berge and Fred Cummings nearly exceeded speed limits in a Saturday incident. They rode Van Nieuwenhuizen’s team toward the depot and, as a west-bound passenger train passed at 8:40, the team bolted. A horse shed its harness and bystanders from Thomassen’s store aided to stop the run. new straps were fetched from the barn before continuing.
Dr. Allen spoke to a attentive audience at the Methodist church last Tuesday on the topic A Blind Sight-seer. He urged vision for helping others and serving Christ, criticizing passive faith and mummy-like service. He praised the church’s interest in youth and urged all to act for Jesus.
Notice states the Wundersigned holders announce the Pella Creamery Company is incorporated and liable for all debts. The company will collect debts due and remain under the management of H Rhynsburger and Fred Ulrich.
A wedding was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Harvey with Conrad Bieshaar and Nellie Erickson exchanging vows. Ministers G W Dennis and Ward Miller officiated under a canopy of smilax and sweet peas. After prayers and talks on marriage, guests shared light refreshments before the couple departed for Holbrook Nebraska and later La Laude New Mexico.
Ottumwa residents hail a Democratic convention turnout with lively praise and hopeful forecasts. The piece extols Democrats as the national party of optimism, noting their expected control of future presidency, Congress, and Iowa state government. Also mentions local visitors and greetings at the Ch. home, with several families highlighted.
A city property listing offers a seven room house with a large cellar and two good lots a short distance from the square on a pretty street with a fair price. Notes mention J G Thorne and family departing for Clinton and other surveyors returning after sewer work. Additional items reference new tailored skirts at Vanderpols farm activity and forthcoming Chronicle coverage of weekly deeds, with various local travels and visits noted including D Vander Pol and Prairie City.
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