Local notes and visitors in Pella area report
J 8 Gladstone and family of Des Moines visited Rev and Mrs Sadler. Ar dela returned to Des Moines with parents. Prof Elisabeth Graham and Prof Martha Gretner return from Wisconsin. Don Fowler of New York visits grandparents in Pella. Mathew De Wit family from Prairie City visit. Cars pass through Pella en route to White Way picnic in Oskaloosa. Mrs W J Coulston fractures wrist after a fall. Rev J W Bailey moves to Des Moines to serve Baptist college as financial agent. Mrs Dykstra and others visit Monroe for Mrs Baker's birthday. Various locals undertake trips to Des Moines, Newton, Davenport, and Doon. Gardening and canning club meetings planned. tomato canning season soon to begin. Henry Hamand to join Stubenrauch's Drug Store. Miss Ursula Mills visits Dr Max Mills in Marshalltown.
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J. W. Bailey
Des Moines
Pr. Bailey
The
Baptists of the State
Dr. Bailey
Pella
Pella Wins Ball Game at White Way Picnic
Pella defeated a team from Oskaloosa in ten innings at the White Way picnic. The Unknowns were the opponent, and the final score stood 8 to 6 in favor of Pella.
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White Way
Pella
Oskaloosa
Morale and the Y M C A in War Time
A Hastings Nebr Tribune piece cites a staff officer who defines morale as an elusive force, illustrated by Napoleon’s concept and varied through hot coffee letters, risk, or home life. It shows Y M C A huts as sustenance for troops headed to the front.
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Napoleon
Hastings
Nebr
Tribuno
Poultry Breeders Convention at State Fair
A large gathering of poultry breeders and industry workers will meet Monday during the state fair. A huge tent near the Poultry building will host lectures and demonstrations of interest to poultry growers. All interested in poultry farming are invited to attend for practical information and beginner guidance.
Life Of Court Page: Standing Drills Of Royal Pages
A child named Manfrede, ten, is trained to stand motionless for long periods as a royal page in Prussian court life. His sister recounts his progress from twenty minutes to nearly an hour and a half, aiming for two hours. The piece notes pages fainting during long ceremonies and being replaced by reserve pages.
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Castle K
Manfrede
Alida Vor Krockow
New York Independent
Feacon
Freda
Last painting prompts a painterly debate in Louisville
An Originator notes my last painting and a sunset remark. A response questions originality, sparking a quip about being no mere copyist. The Louisville Courier Journal captures a clash of artistic pride and critique.
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Louisvile Courier Journal
Picking a Pocket Affair Amplified by Excitement
A fragmentary item notes a pocket picking incident described with humor and mis-spellings. It hints at confusion and astonishment over the alleged act, mentioning curiosity, crowd reaction, and a warning against careless behavior. The readable text focuses on the event theme rather than detailed names.
Iowa State Fair Promises Peak Purebred Stock Display
The Iowa State Fair aims for a record showing of purebred stock with overwhelming entries in cattle and hogs. Officials expect extra space to be needed as catalogs race to print before the fair opens, while promising a superior exhibit unmatched by any other fair in the nation.
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Union
Iowa
Ign
State
Magazine program aids soldiers with nondeliverable reading
The Post Office Department plans free distribution of undeliverable magazines to soldiers at the front and cantonments. Postmasters will send suitable issues to designated American ports for dispatch to expeditionary forces in Europe, supplemented by centralized city hubs near cantonments. Readers are urged to place a penny stamp on magazines to aid delivery.
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Post Office Department
Burleson
Army
Europe
Russian girl regiment marches to front in song and death
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Russian girl regiment with 18 units singing as they march to battle. They pledge to die, many fall, while two hundred survive. The piece invokes Thermopylae and the doomed courage of 300 defenders.
Fragmented exile and war memory in a mangled sermon tone
The passage laments the horrors of a torn Europe, invoking blood, carrion fields, and the ruin of women and civilians. It contrasts barbarism with Christian civilization, warning that murder and madness threaten a world that once held refinement and mercy.
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Europe
Sdas
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Notice of Referees Sale in Pella Iowa 1917
J H Stubenrauch sole referee in a partition action assigns sale of 1288 acre parcel in northwest quarter of section 11 township 76 north range 18 west in Marion County Iowa. Sale August 26 1917 at Geo G Gaass office Pella between 9 am and 4 pm with 20 percent cash and balance by March 1 1918. Georgia Grass attorney for plaintiff.
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Marion County
Hisse Veldhuizen
Henry J. Veldhuizen
Plaitiff
Pella
Iowa
Geo. G.gaass
J. H. Stubenrauch
House and Acre of Ground Sale Ad
Large house with modern improvements barn and other build information call up Phone 4 Old false teeth bought broken or any condition We pay up to 5 dollars net according to value Mail at once and get our offer if unsatisfactory will return teeth Domestia Supply Co Binghamton NY
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Domestia Supply Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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J. 8. Gladstone
Gladstone
R. R. Sadler. Ardella
Elisabeth Graham
University At Wisconsin
Martha Gretner
Don Fowler
New York
F. 8. Fowler
Mathew de Wit
Prairie City
Palla
W. J. Coulston
Sac City
L. Popma’s. Adv
Canning Club
Katherine and
Lois Rietveld
P. Dykstra
P. Vander Heide
A. Dykstra
Geo. Heeren
Jessie
H. Jaarsma
P. G. van Houweling
John Schakel
Sioux County
Mrs. B. T. Metz
Des Mones Vistors
D. O. Thomas
Josephine
Evans
J. W. Todd
J. A. Monkman
Newton
Edward Eameyer
Monk
John Hoogenakker
Davenport
R. L. Ocheltree
Hid Gezel
Stuart
Government Aviation Service
van Vilet
Vialt
Portland
Ore
John Claxton
J. A. Monkmap
Doon
F. Brunia
Bia House
North Main Street
Issa de Haan
Harrison
H. C. Fry
Chas. Sipkema
Kellogg, Iowa
J. Zigeler
Bousquet, Nieburg, & Co
Paritai Drug Store
Martin Pardekooper
Stubenrauch Drug Store
Sisser
Violet
Bulaila
Colyn
Marshalltown
David, Boence
Henry Hdmand
Tia
Stubenrauch
Flenry
Lake City
Ursula Mills
Max Mills
Poultry Breeders’ Convention
Life OF Court
PME Wutinul
France
Dept
Geo. G. Grass
Joe Helt
A. T. Boot
Good Barn
J. B. Roovart
Robert M. McIntire
Security Bank
Haarman Vinegar & Pickle CO
Dairy Department
Magnificent PO
Sage OF Spach
Individuau
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