Methodist Picnic Brings Jolly Crowd at Skunk Bank
The Bethel church Sunday school scholars hosted a positive outing with parents and friends on the Skunk River bank. Despite knee deep water, the day was a success with tunes from the band and plans for future picnics. Rev. E Troost will leave Pella for Holland Michigan after delivering his last sermon to a large congregation. Watson Van der Ploeg spent Sunday at home then traveled to Swan via the Wabash. Irma Towne of Des Moines wed Ernest Heywood Spalding on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Faassen set for Crystal wedding tomorrow evening with many friends expected.
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Skunk
E. Troost
Bethel Church
Holland
Michigan
Troost
Pella
Watson van der Ploeg
Swan
Wabash
Irma ‘Towne
Des Moines
Ernest Heywood Spalding
N. C. Towne
John Faassen
Notice in Marion County Iowa District Court 1904
Original notice by Wiggert A. Rietveld against Simpson Mathews et al regarding an estate dispute over the Southwest Quarter Section 28 Township 77 North Range 10 West, seeking removal of a cloud on title through court decree and conveyances. Court to hear by October 1904. attorneys named. public notices of related local items follow.
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Simpson Mathews Et al
District Court of
State of Iowa
Marion County
Simpson Mathews
Mathews
Iowa
Wiggert A. Rietveld
State of
Warren Mathews
United States
Osee Reynolds
Holden
Knoxville
Geo. J. Thomassen
For Sale or Trade Gasoline power saw on wheeled frame truck
For Sale or Trade A gasoline power saw mounted on wide wheeled steel frame truck. Guaranteed to do satisfactory work. Good strong Fairbanks Morse engine. Will use 18 inch saw. This can be had at a bargain as present owner has no use for it. Inquire at Chronicle office.
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Fairbanks-Morse
Chronicle Office
Tea for slim waists touted in odd local ad
A fragmented old ad claims Hollister's Rocky Mounda Tea and tablets aid slim waists. The wording is garbled but references a 35 cent price and product forms F and D. No clear person or organization beyond mention of Hollister appears.
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Hollister
Rocky Mounda
Rocky Mountain Tea Teaches Mellow Mood, Drink Debate
A quatrain from F D Stubenrauch claims a bottle and glass mellow a person, but Rocky Mountain Tea is described as the beverage that truly lives upon a fellow, presented in terse verse form.
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F. D. Stubenrauch
Labor Day in Oskaloosa Parade and speeches planned in city square
Oskaloosa schedules a Labor Day celebration on Monday September 5 with a morning parade of labor locals bands and carriages. Ian J B Sullivan of Des Moines and John P White of District No 13 DMW of A will give principal talks. Barnum Bailey circus games ball and an opera house show slated plus two Keokuk games and an evening street parade. Excursion rates will invite visitors from surrounding towns with an expected crowd near 20000.
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Oskaloosa
Congress
Oskaloosa Trades and Labor Assembly
Ian
J. B. Sullivan
Des Moines
Ion
John P. White
Iowa
Keokuk
Opera House
Barnum & Bailey
Weekly Market Letter on Kansas City Stock Yards 1904
In a dour market week the cattle trade shows despair among sellers as beef trust buyers appear instructed to hold prices. Receipts rise, keeping western cattle in ample supply. Heavy grass fat natives bring about 4 to 4.5 per cwt while 750 to 950 lb steers move slowly at 3.40 to 3.65. quality buys run 3 to 3.25. Opportunities for profit persist along the line. further details available by request.
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Kansas City
Shakespeare
Beef Trust
Notice of Will Hearing for Cornelis Verploeg
Legal notice records an instrument claimed as the last will of Cornelis Verploeg, now on file with the Marion County District Court clerk in Knoxville Iowa. The will will be presented for hearing on October 4, 1004, at the October term, with all interested parties entitled to be heard.
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Marion County
Cornelis Verploeg
D W Langerak
Knoxville
Iowa
Old Settlers Union Picnic Notice Near Pella
Old Settlers Union invites members to a picnic on Wednesday August 31 five miles southeast of Pella. Look for bogamies and posters. G T Clark is president of the organization.
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Old Settlers
Old Settlers Union
Pella
Bogamies
G. T. Clark
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M. van der Linden
Jasper County
Renee Ztters
Jasper County Fair
Newton
Iowa Central
Monroe
Wiggert Rietveld
Otis Clark
Donally
T. J. Clark
Tania Goemaat
Lynnville
James S. Jelsma
Fleck
Jelsma
Roorda
Saint Louis
Globe
Southwest
Rock Island
Nya
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
J. M. Cox
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