Ragged Princess drama graces Pella Opera House
Local notes recount visits and travel among Pella and Prairie City residents including H Van Maren, S P Shaw, Gert Vandermeulen, Miss Nellie Klein, and many others. Events cover church visits, family travel, funerals, and a lightning fire at Ott Puesen's haystack near Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. van Maren
Rev
S. P. Shaw
Monroe
Harry van Vark
Prairie City
Sam van Vliet
Fannie de Reus
Bernard Elliott
Omaha
H. D. Wormhoudt
Pella Opera House
Local Notices and Civil News Highlights
A collection of brief items reports a child’s fall at a Ballengee home resulting in a broken collar bone with medical care by Dr. Carpenter and no lasting injury expected. A tin worker Ten Hagen Bros crafts a galvanised cap for Attorney Gaass’s cupola near the college. Reader statistics note rail accidents claim more lives in America. Business Men's Commercial Association meets at City Hall with few major items, urging citizen investment in Monarchy Manufacturing Co. for local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frosto
J. A. de Vries
L. G. Ballengee
Carpenter
John Ten Hagen
Ten Hagen
Uncle Sam
America
Business Men’s Commercial Association
Monarch Manufacturing Co
Railroad Committee Hears Pella Report On Subscriptions
Mayor Connell convened the railroad committee at the Noxall Club to review a Pella mission that offered a $35 000 subscription for a Chariton rail line instead of the requested 40000. Members Maple Van Dyke Oppenheimer Darrah met Harris and learned the company channels are busy surveying and platting the route. the group resolved to intensify fundraising with Crocker Penick and others pledging support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell
Noxall Club
Pella
Harris
L. F. Maple
B. R. van Dyke
S. Oppenheimer
J. H. Darrah
Chariton
Crocker
Penick
Fox
Community Pride and Shared Burdens in Chariton Herald
The Chariton Herald urges a civic ethic where proactive residents support community efforts. It praises the broad, selfless class willing to bear their share of costs for collective improvement, trusting that a thriving community will lift all, while criticizing those who sponge off others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton Herald
57 Years Wedded in Marion County Iowa
Knoxville Aug 6 Prof and Mrs W A McKee celebrate their fifty seventh wedding anniversary at home. He is the oldest school teacher in the area with fifty one years in public schools from 1838 to 1889 and led Knoxville schools for many years. He married Amy G Griffith in Ohio in 1850 and moved here in 1872. He is seventy seven and she seventy two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
W. A. McKee
Marion County
Professor McKee
Iowa
Amy G. Griffith
Ohio
Women to manage Des Moines college with female faculty
Mrs Jennie Steele Huegle county superintendent outlines plans for a co ed institution in Des Moines run largely by women. She argues women are economical and capable of operating a college at lower cost while admitting both men and women students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jennie Steele Huegle
Grinnell Passes Dance Hall Licensing Ordinance
Grinnell voters or officials debate a newly passed ordinance licensing dance halls and dancing. The measure imposes a requirement for dancers to obtain a dance license, potentially affecting promoters and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Council Tightens Rules on Hall Duty and Dancing
The Newton Journal notes elevated marshal duties to curb liquor and crowding at dances. It suggests chaperoned Ridlets, stricter oversight, and warns the council acted for appearances, not principles, reflecting social pressures of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Journal
Marriage Licenses Issued Since Last Report
The clerk issued new marriage licenses to Harry L Trueblood to Lora Maude Robinson aged 19, G M Hall aged 23 to Malissa Chrismore 21, Jacob van Dusseldorp 33 to Eelke van Arkel 28, Marion Smith 25, and Hattie Pereigo 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Trueblood
Lora Maude Robinson
G. M. Hall
Malissa Chrismore
Jacob van Dusseldorp
Eelke van Arkel
Marion Smith
Hattie Pereigo
Swindler Harry Charles Caught Forging Rail Tickets
Western Passenger Association detective captured a young man, Harry Charles, for forgery after he used a clever ticket scheme. He erased the origin station on a valid ticket and swapped inked names for longer routes, deceiving conductors and auditors during holiday travel. His confession closes the case as company detectives unravel the spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Charles
Western Passenger Association
Charles
fragmentary remark on youth travel and warnings
A garbled passage warns wayward youths about travel and money. It notes respectability and questions what others have done, mentioning a BON and broad travel. The text is unclear but centers on caution against improper behavior and the need for restraint.
Two-Headed Calf Shipped From Clark Farm
A cow near Ote Clark’s southwest of town gave birth to a two headed heifer calf with two mouths and four eyes. It fed by bottle, sold for 25 dollars, then 75 dollars, and is crate shipped as a potential museum specimen. The animal appeared healthy aside from its abnormal head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ote Clark
Mr. Clark
James Robuck
Wren
Robuck
Wm. Sink
Columbus Junction
Link
Knoxville Express
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Irs
Melton
J. D. Gaass
Dave Renaud
Gert Vandermeulen
South Dakota
Carson Bobzin
Newton
Nellie Klein
Leighton
J. J. Jonkers
Ruth
Edith Porter
C. H. Brimmer
H. H. Sadler
Humeston
Bessie Bousquet
Sam Hesbergen
Mitchellville
William Klein
Otley
Chicago
A .T., Griffieon
JL. Bennie
Dykhuizen
Michigan
Harry Boland
John Andeweg
DeWitt Boys
Henry
James DeWitt
Matthew VanGorp
Sharon
Fern Dennis
Harvey
E F. Dennis
T. Vander Ark
Oskaloosa
Abraham Blick
First Christian Reformed Church
Sarah Vande Garde
Lane van Reese
Orange City
Points
Langeraks Drug Store
Vander Lindens Bazar
Ott Puesen
Puese
R. R. Committee
Profesor
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Ill
Uthics
Treenas Sanimad
D. L. Musselman
Em City Business College
Kingsford
Oswego
T. Kingsford & Scr
Oswess
A. Y. National Svarga Company
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