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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1925

Page

2

Local notes on church, crops and visits in Palla area

The First Christian Reformed church singing school resumes with mission feast numbers. Mrs. J. W. Vander Linden is reported sick. Ralph Grundman harvested alfalfa and sold seed worth 280 dollars from three acres, signaling a promising crop. Parsonage demolition begins for the new Second Christian Reformed church. Residents and visitors from Mt Union, Ft. Dodge, and Oskaloosa dropped by H. H. Sadler’s. Ernest Hunt sold his Oskaloosa barber shop and moves to Miami Florida. Dr F. F. Carpenter and family returned from a Florida motor trip. Case De Haan and family visited I. De Haan and relatives, then left for Lake Okoboji after selling his South Dakota business. Frank Stonaker and family from Bedford Indiana visit H. A. Bauman’s. Mrs. Duncan of Harrisonville Missouri also visits. Miss Martha Firth and Mrs. Kate Beard attend a Cedar Falls bible conference. Miss Sarah Story of Waterloo accompanies them and visits Professor Elizabeth Graham.

H. H. Sadler Ernest Hunt Oskaloosa Miami Florida F. F. Carpenter Atlantic Coast Doc Case de Haan I. de Haan Lake Okoboji de Haan South Dakota Frank Stonaker Bedford Indiana H. A. Bauman F. L. Duncan Harrisonville Martha Firth Kate Beard Cedar Falls Sarah Story Waterloo Miss Firth Beard Elizabeth Graham

Community Notes and Local Events at College Springs and Sioux Center

Mrs. G F Sadler and family returned home after three weeks with her mother in College Springs. Ivan Sadler will visit grandparents in Indianola for three weeks. Nellie Vos and Anna Tysseling begin work with Prof. Sadler. New students may start piano soon. The Womanless Wedding was a success at Monroe. College opens September 7. rooms for boys available through President Wesselink. Memorial Service for Cynthia Bergman next Tuesday at First Church Sioux Center. Rev Enos Heeren preached Sunday at First Church. First Church picnic Friday at Grandman Grove. cars leave church at ten. Bobbs promotion continues with chatter about bobbed hair. Uncle Billy’s birthday celebrated Friday with town children.

Nellie Vos Anna Tysseling Sadler Thas Sioux Center Cynthia Bergman J. Wesselink Grandman Grove

Lelia Droz To Return From China With Fiance In Tow

Miss Lelia Droz daughter of Rev A C Droz and former Monroe Baptist pastor is returning this week from five years as a missionary in China. She is accompanied by Chinese girl Nyi to be educated in America and later return as a missionary. Also traveling is her fiancé Hillcourt Arthur, another missionary in China. The Droz family, visiting Monroe, plan to meet relatives in Brainard Minnesota before returning to Monroe for several days.

Lelia Droz A. C. Droz The Baptist Church of Monroe China Miss Droz Miss Nyi America Hillcourt Arthur Droz Baptist Church Bonaparte Iowa George Zondervan

Iowa farmers unite to oppose rail freight rate rise

Des Moines August 5 farmers from major groups met at Iowa Farm Bureau headquarters to form a coalition against proposed Midwest freight rate increases. Leaders from the Iowa Creamery Managers Association Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Corn Belt Meat Producers Association Farmers Grain Dealers Association Iowa Federation of Livestock Shippers and the Iowa Grange named an executive committee to present plans to the Interstate Commerce Commission on September 8 and coordinate action with neighboring states. The chairman said the fight would be to the finish as farmers refuse to be bled further by higher rates.

Des Moines Iowa Iowa Farm Bureau Iowa Creamery Managers’ Association Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association Farmers Grain Dealers Association Iowa Federation of Livestock Shippers Iowa Grange

Market Quotations From Pella and Nearby Co-ops

Deeply quoted price list from multiple Pella Iowa cooperatives and traders. Hog values per ewes weight vary, with livestock items including cream, oats, wheat, ducks, geese, pigeons, turkeys, and roosters labeled with prices. Names such as Farmore Co operative Exchange, Pella Produce Co, Farmers Produce Co, Harding Cream Co and John Wynberg appear alongside product quotes.

Farmore Co-operative Exchange Pella Iowa Pella Produce Co Enone Farmers Produce Co John Wynberg Furr Nice Harding Cream Co Fiata

Notice to Contractors for Frame School Building Bid

Sealed bids will be received at The Pella National Bank until 12 oclock noon on August 8, 1925 for construction of a frame school building for the European School District No 3 in Marion County Iowa. Plans may be examined at the bank. The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. E G Roorda Secretary Route 1 Pella Iowa.

Pella National Bank Marion County Iowa E. G. Roorda Pella

Gun-Toting Bluffer Called By Victims In Hull

In Hull a young man from near Orange City named Harry William Nieuhuis drew a 32 caliber six shooter when challenged by local youths Johnnie Vander Wilt and Charles Youwstra. He failed to show a concealed weapon permit, was disarmed by Marshall Oostenink, and ordered to return for trial Monday evening in the Council Room.

Hull Orange City Harry William Nieuhuis Johnnie Vander Wilt Charles Youwstra Nieuhuis Hull Boys Marshall Oostenink

Mayor’s leniency noted in concealed weapon case

The offender pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons, was fined ten dollars plus costs and released. The Sioux County Index notes the mayor, Gannink, presided and appeared liberal given the act’s penitentiary offense classification.

Gannink Sioux County Index

Also Mentioned on This Page

Singing School First Christian Reformed Church J. W. Vander Linden Ralph Grundman Second Christian Reformed Church C. J. Gibbs Mt. Union Earl Lanterman Ft. Dodge Rivola Ricardo Cortez Jetta Goudal Noah Berry Bagdad FOX News G. F. Sadler Ivan Hileen Ivan Sadler Indianola Wesselink Enos Heeren Uncle Billy Lowa Towa State Fair Iowa State Middle West U.S Magnus Johnson Minnesota Johnson U. S W. N. Ferris Michigan Caupolicon New York Metropolitan Opera Co G. W. Shockley Secy Vander Zy Bros McGregor Ture McGregors Oskaloosa
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