Local News Notes From Pella Community
Local notes report visits among residents of Pella and nearby towns. People include Mrs Ed Hamilton of Oskaloosa visiting relatives in Pella, R M McIntire hosting his father John McIntire from Eddyville, and dentist N G Thomas of Chicago visiting at R A Awtry's home. Also mentions Barnet Ver Meer fire loss near Pella, sunflower stalks of exceptional size, and various small social visits and daily life details.
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Ed Hamilton
Oskaloosa
Pella
R. M. McIntire
John McIntire
Eddyville
N. G. Thomas
Frances
Chicago
R. A. Awtry
Thomas
Northwestern University Dental School
Brant Ver Meer
Oskaloosa Road
Ver Meer
D. Rillihan
Valle
G. B. Ver Steeg
Des Moines
Ver Steeg
Alexis de Vries
Pella News Notes Mention Visits and Local Events
B Ver Steeg and family visit Des Moines while relatives travel across towns from Knoxville to Monroe. Local talks include apple prices, a cattle stock show praise, and a long feature praising the Iowa State Fair stock show at the Hawkeye state fair grounds.
War of Nations evening show headlines Iowa fair
At the Iowa State Fair and Exposition the War of Nations in front of the amphitheatre promises a spectacle of brilliance and realism. The stock pavilion evening show features high class vaudeville and a large display of hundreds of beautiful horses throughout the program.
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Stock Pavilion
Auction of heavy equipment amid repairs at The Chronicle
Owing to electrical ripment a sale offers for sale a list of shaft gears pulleys and fittings including a 6 ft shaft 16th inch collars two 10x4 iron pulleys a 771 8 inch pulley small hole and several wood pulleys in various sizes plus shaft couplings and key seats. Also notes Miss Jennie Beerends visits Evans Mrs B amdstra S H Viersen visits Burlington Lomax Anna Hollebrands plans Keokuk and Chicago President J W Bailey attends ordination at West Chester for Rev J A Rodgers, a former Central College student.
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the Chronicle
J. W. Bailey
Central College
West Chester
J. A. Rodgers
Don’t Put Off Tomorrow Sayeth the Little Weed
A Sunday School Times verse warns children not to postpone tasks or thoughts. It contrasts a weed with a naughty idea that grows into a deed when delayed, urging today’s effort to pull weeds and subdue mischief before it masters you.
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Mr. Weed
Sunday School Times
Mr Grumble Invades House In Childs Tale Exchange
A mother recounts a playful tale where a figure named Mr Grumble supposedly enters a house despite locked doors and windows. The story centers on a girl May who fears the intruder harmed her and smiles at the breezy escape as she chases him out, preserving the household from further trouble.
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Grumble
May
Mother
Mr. Grumble
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Reliable Eye House
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Pella Produce Co
J. F. Armet
St. Louis
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John Vander Ploeg
M. L. Loughren
Prairie City
Nan Richie
Barney Brom
Ed Porter
Otley
Pete Kuyper
Paul Scholte
Jake Rovaart
Bert
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North Dakota
Canadian Points
L. D. Schakel
Kansas
John Vander Linden
Anna Roorda
Lon Wormhoudt
Alfred
Jim de Wit
Colfax
Doyle de Wit
Iowa
White Way Auto Co
Buick
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W. H. Vander Ploeg
Jake de Gens
H. C. Kern
Gerrit Hugens
G. W. Darling
Mr. Darling
E. M. Hinton
Forrest
Hedrick
R. L. Sadler
Eugene
Clara
Herndon Sadler
Tim, Hoogenakker
Bloomfield
Mrs. A. van Houweling
Orchestra Music
Electric Palace
Bess Bousquet
Milwaukee
Ike Woods
Mrs. P. Klein
A. H. Clark
Cassie Clark
Mary Fleck
L. J. Finn
M. A. Clark
Bonaparte
Aix
Monroe
Prairie ‘City
Newton
Galesbury
C. F. Shaw
Indianola
H. P. Vander Meulen
Rebecca de Cook
C. Muller
West Sayville
N. Y
J. H. de Vries
H. J. Boland
Knoxville
P. H. Stubenrauch
John Veenstra
Dirk Vander Ploeg
Blakesburg
Pella Cannings & Pickling Co
Abr
Verploegh, Mer
E. C. Dryden
I Frank Vanden Berg
Vanden Berg
Dryden
Kiethaburg
F. F. Carpenter
Pacific Coast
Hazel Held
Uncle Gam
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Towa
Hawkeye
AOL
Spreek
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Care Chronicle
D. de
Jennie Beerends
Evans
S. H. Viersen
Burlington
Lomax
Anna Hollebrands
Keokuk
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