Library Board Accepts Librarian Resignation In Pella
Miss Cornelia Rhynsburger resigns as CITY Librarian to take a cataloguer post in Muscatine Iowa. Agnes Bousquet elected librarian and Katherine De Koning named assistant. Board publishes 1922 budget needs and plans, notes insurance costs and dwindling library funds. Closing time may return to 9 PM with public notice.
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Carnegie-Viersen Library
Nfs
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Rhynsburger
Agnes Bousquet
Miss Rhynsburger
Katherine de Koning
de Koning
Pelly High School
Pella
Reducing Waste in Silage Silo Sealing Method
A practical silage tip recommends husking ears from the last three to four loads before shredding stalks and leaves. After trampling and soaking with 20 to 30 barrels of water, the top seals tightly, leaving only a thin waste layer and preventing any wasted corn from the cut.
Bible study course eyed for Iowas high schools
Prof. D Sands Wright of the Iowa State Teachers College leads a state Bible study effort urging that every high school offer Bible study. He predicts over half of Iowa's high schools will adopt the course within a year or two as the committee, with E D Starbuck and D F Mulvihill, provides a syllabus through the state education department for teachers to use. The syllabus surveys key events from both testaments in a thorough, practical format.
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Iowa
D. Sands Wright
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa State Teachers College
Wright
E. D. Starbuck
Iowa City
D. F. Mulvihill
Des Moines
State Department of Education
Chicago Baby Contest winner hopes and smiles
Virginia Van Gorp recounts her Chicago trip to enter a big baby show. She describes train ride, family pride, a crowded venue by the lake, judging rounds that trimmed contestants, and the winner’s joy from afar. She says she didn’t win but remains confident and happy with the experience.
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Chronicle
Virginia van Gorp
Chicago
Pella
Ottumwa
Veriginia
Grandma
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Debates Picnic and Reunion Funds
A Friday chamber session in Pella discussed an August Farm Bureau picnic at Ver Meer grove and supporting a nearby baseball tournament. Attendees considered funding reunion expenses for the Civil War era 33d Town Infantry veterans, with a plan to solicit gifts while preserving member fees.
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H. P. van Gorp
J. H. Reuvers
Farm Bureau
Pella
Chamber of Commerce
33D Town Infantry
Treasury
Dr J W Million Attends Moines University Event
Dr J W Million of Press Moines University was seen attending a basin with President Hoffman College during a university event, according to a brief newsroom item.
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J.W. Million
Press Moines University
Basin
Hoffman College
Dutch historian visits Pella on cross country research
J. Van Hinte the Dutch historian and Amsterdam high school teacher toured Pella and nearby farms on Monday and Tuesday. He is gathering material for a book on Holland colonies in America and plans to sail home August 23 after visits to Patterson New Jersey Holland Michigan and Orange City. He speaks English well and charmed locals with his cultured demeanor.
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J. van Hinte
Amsterdam
Holland
Pella
van Hinte
America
Ed S. Cook
Patterson
N. J
Mich
Orange City
Fuel Shortages Forecast With High Coal Prices
Des Moines Iowa. Railroad Commissioner Charles Webster met with Governor Kendall to discuss coal and fuel conditions for winter. With coal selling high, freight rates at peak, and shipping and mining troubles, problems are anticipated for the coming season. Mines in Illinois show lower mouth costs than shipping to town cities, railroads report many bad order cars, and a large fall demand for grain and produce cars is expected.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Webster
Kendall
Webster
Illinois
Ami
88th Division Reunion Edges Toward Des Moines Camp
Nearly 10 000 Midwest veterans of the 88th Division will converge on Des Moines for August 26 to 28 reunions. States Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Illinois and the Dakotas send large delegations to the Camp Dodge site which will be torn down in six months. A tent city on the state fairgrounds rises this week housing veterans free of charge. Exdivision commanders attend and General Pershing may review the veterans on August 27. Des Moines plans many social events for the three day holiday.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Illinois
Dakotas
Des Moines
Pershing
Old Camp Dodge
Minister in Hands of Mob in OsKaloosa
Report from OsKaloosa indicates a mob tarred Rev. W. L. Wilfond after a revival service, then ferried him out of town. His wife accompanied him and the incident followed prior protests over his remarks about veterans. Police intervened as crowds dispersed but tensions remain high and tent meetings faced closure. A separate note mentions a Sunday school program at First Reformed Church on August 25 with a silver collection and ice cream social.
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Oskaloosa
W. L. Wilfond
Wilfond
University Park
First Reformed Sunday School
First Reformed Church
Doctor’s Iowa trip hints at 800 chiropractors
Dr. A. P. Fankhauser made a business trip to Des Moines returning Tuesday morning. He states that there will probably be 800 chiropractors licensed in the State of Iowa.
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A. P. Fankhauser
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago Bowl To Legion Team Defeats Chicago Legionaires 3–1
A touring American Legion squad defeated the Chicago Legionaires 3 to 1 in a lively Friday game. Pella's batters found success early against a slow Chicago pitcher, with Lankelma scoring on Baer’s drive and Baer later crossing the plate. Knox and Van Arkel contributed as Chicago struggled to mount offense, while Mark Rillihan belted a homer on a third strike to cap Pella’s seventh inning score.
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American Legion
Chicago Legionaires
Oskaloosa
Pella
Chicago
Lankelma
Baer
Knox
van Arkel
Ver Steeg
Mark Rillihan
Atni
Remembering John J. Bousquet and early Pella church work
Seth Vander Kolk of Octavia Nebr writes to the Chronicle editor praising John J. Bousquet, noting his role in organizing Pella’s first Sunday school seventy years ago and his faithful service to adopted country. He recalls two of Bousquet’s grandsons answering the nation’s call and a descendant’s hope they carry forward their grandfather’s spiritual legacy.
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John J. Bousquet
Pella
Christ
Bousquet
Father Bousquet
Shiloh
Seth Vander Kolk
Octavia
Nebr
Farmers Picnic Closing Notice at Ver Meers Grove
All Pella business houses will close after 10 A M on Tuesday August 23 to attend The Farmers Picnic at Ver Meers Grove east of Pella. The committee provides transportation for those unable to attend in the morning and asks to meet at The Chamber of Commerce Rooms by 12 30 P M as the noon program begins at 1 o'clock.
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Pella
Ver Meers Grove
Chamber of Commerce
Bids for Coal for Pella City Schools Opened
Sealed bids for furnishing coal to Pella City Schools are to be received by secretary D G Gosselink. Bids must be in by September 10 1921. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Order of School Board.
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Pella
D. G. Gosselink
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