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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
5
Local notes recount a Pella versus Oskaloosa baseball game during the Pella Fair period. Oskaloosa won decisively as Pella faltered after the sixth inning, with mixed reports from the Giants about fielding and pitching. The piece also mentions Milo Motor’s defense of their team and calls for a future, fair rematch in Milo.
The Chronicle office faced a severe fire last Friday when a relit gasoline burner ignited accumulated gas near the Linotype. Fire extinguishers failed to control the flames until a neighboring meat market worker blew a hose through a window screen to douse the fire. Water leaked through the floor onto the main press but no major damage occurred as staff did not call the fire department in time.
The K D passenger train 475 departing Pella at 8 23 am was delayed at the town’s west edge when the tender broke loose and dragged about 500 feet. Front wheels crossed and loosened the rear track but the locomotive and coaches stayed on rails. No injuries reported. ties battered, rails intact. Afternoon trains met the wreck and transferred passengers and baggage.
The forecast calls for fair weather for four or five days in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Plain States, followed by showers in the last two or three days of the week. Temperatures expected to be moderate. Boston, for the week starting August 11, 1915.
Local note links economic cheer to buying Iowa town goods. Baseball game set for this afternoon at 3:30 between Colfax and Pella Meteors with both teams eager for a win.
Myrtle Haines and Dan Frazer were married on July 29 in Des Moines. After a short visit they stayed with Frazer's parents in Otley over Sunday and returned to Sully Monday. Both are popular locals. Mrs Frazer has long resided here and is regarded as one of our best girls. The couple's friends wish them happiness.
The Banner notes Lloyd George praised small nations while praising Britain's effort for Belgium in World War I. It questions if the idea fits “two little nations” in Africa and cites Luke 19 22. The piece ends urging readers to offer room or work to college students for the coming year.
Bids will be received for two sectional Ideal boilers for the Webster school building. Bids must be in by September 2, 1915. By order of the Board, 326 D. G. Gosselink, Secy.
Ottumwa residents reported a break in Sunday night at the Martin Kamerick residence. Upon discovery a screen window had been unfastened and a watch and chain, a metal cash box with insurance policies, papers and other items were taken. A chase with Shadford bloodhounds followed but yielded no arrest.
Mrs. Kamerick told searchers that the thief left with the car just before responders arrived. Two men pursued the speeding auto east then west on Fourth Street but lost it. The magneto key had been removed, gasoline was scant, and a cash box with papers linked to Martin Kamerick was found in the Kamerick yard the next morning.
The Bloomfield Democrat tied the Kory Theater closing and manager disappearance to a pattern by Hathaway who lured strangers into credit without payment. The note links him to the Majestic theater sale in Bloomfield, later desertion, and similar schemes in Albia and Ottumwa with a phony check arrest tied to Happy Lightner and an Ottumwa art studio.
H. Rhynsburger sold his egg and poultry packing plant to Pella Produce Co. owners Chas. P. Dykstra and Ben Kuyk. They take possession at the Egg House and continue the old stand and uptown business. Rhynsburger retires after 51 years in Pella commerce and service.
The special teacher's examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent Knoxville Iowa on August 25 26 27 examinations begin at 8 am The Thirty sixth general Assembly amended statute section 2734 c adding an extra exam on last Friday of August and the Wednesday and Thursday prior for those with attendance certificates from a summer school approved for twelve weeks of normal training Mae Goldizen County Supt of Schools.
President J W Bailey will again preach at the church next Sunday with a cordial invitation to all. Rev A J Te Paske of Bethel church will preach at park services next Sunday and a large audience is expected after a good turnout last week. NEWSPAPERS AGAIN VINDICATED Judge George Thomas of Columbus Nebr ruled that a man who accepts and uses a paper must pay for it in a civil case against the Columbus Telegram for 235 dollars. The Telegram won the suit.
In Marion County District Court a quiet title action by Elias Albert Brown seeks confirmation of his fee simple ownership to the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter in section 7 township 77 range 20 West. The petition states undisputed possession for over ten years and alleges missing deeds create adverse claims. Unknown claimants are unnamed. defendants are warned to appear by October 5 1915 otherwise default and decree as prayed. Hart Hart attorneys for plaintiff.
Sealed bids will be received for furnishing lump coal to the Pella City schools with bids due by September 10 1915. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. D G Gosselink Secretary Board of Education. 32 4
Rain has fallen almost daily since Bussey streets were oiled over two months ago and the roads remain in near perfect condition. In the early days, heavy wagons sank into mud before reaching the oil, but once on the oiled surface the tracks disappeared, indicating lasting effectiveness.
The Bussey Record quotes unanimous support for oiling town streets as a lasting, mud and dust free solution. It argues oiling saves money, yields durable roads, and would outperform pavement, praising the project as the best public improvement funded by residents.
Weather and Crop Service reports a cooler week with light rainfall aiding harvest, with southern districts finished and northern counties progressing. Threshing begins with heavy yields of small grains and fair to good quality. corn delays shorten, clover second cut very heavy, apples near 95 percent of 191 crop, about 2.3 million bushels expected, plums and grapes rising in share. Geo. M. Chappel, Director.
Forty one bags of mail were received at the Pella post office on Thursday morning from Sears Roebuck of Chicago. The note mentions the value of printer's ink to mail order houses. Several local residents are listed visiting relatives, including Mr and Mrs Lee Clark of Chillicothe Missouri and Mrs A M Roelefsen who suffered a stroke recently.
Local residents report very fine weather as threshing begins. George Ramsey and others travelled to the John Woody home. Hauling corn from J W Binns and Os kaloosa visitors are noted. Several families visited or were visited, including Van Maaren and Bartlow. The mail carrier takes a two week vacation with De Witt of Oskaloosa filling in.
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