Public Schools to Open in Pella This Fall
The Public Schools will open Monday September 6 at 9 00 am for kindergartners five years old and older, with the superintendent available at the High School. Attendence laws require children seven to fourteen to attend nine months in Pella, with exceptions for family support. Buildings are being cleaned and renovated including seats refinished and a new Meissner Jackson piano for Lincoln school. A health scale is purchased and books bought for cash from the schools, with emphasis on proper diet and growth.
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Pella
Canning Factory
Jess Hable
Webster
Lincoln School
Lincoln
Red Cross
Card of thanks from Lake Prairie Township group
In behalf of the Shipping Association and Farm Bureau of Lake Prairie Township I extend thanks for contributions to our picnic on Tuesday August 17. Gratitude goes to the City of Pella for park use, the Lumbermen for lumber, and the Chamber of Commerce for cooperation and band music. Peter Tysseling, Chairman.
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Shipping Association
Farm Bureau
Lake Prairie Township
Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Peter Tysseling
Big Family Reunion for 83rd Birthday at De Reus Home
At Henry De Reus' Prairie City residence a large family gathering celebrated Anne De Reus' 83rd birthday. Ninety people were present including all nine children, grandchildren, and relatives. M De Reus of Pella attended, with 61 relatives unable to attend. De Reus, once a Pella resident, remains hale and visits the area.
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Henry de Reus
Prairie City
Anne de Reus
Pella
Otley
Mr. de Reus
M. de Reus
City council approves sawed off shotguns for police
At a Tuesday meeting Marshal C W Dennis urged buying sawed off shotguns to curb bank robberies and auto thefts. Council ordered procurement, to be kept loaded with buckshot, deemed more effective in confrontations. Also set a 66 mill tax levy, approved poll tax ordinance, and allowed Holy Rollers to use West Market Square but not as a camping site.
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C. W. Dennis
Chiefs of Police
Waterloo
Pella
Jacob Visser
Tracy
West Market Square
Fire destroys Herman Crum's wash house
Monday morning the wash house of Herman Crum burned before firefighters could save it. A spark from the stove is believed to have started the fire, destroying the washing machine, electric light plant, and other belongings, with losses estimated at $300 or more per the Monroe Mirror.
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Herman Crum
Carl De Vries Promoted to Federal Bank Inspector
Carl De Vries recently promoted after working since graduation from Pella high school for Central State Bank at Des Moines. He will begin his new duties as Assistant Federal Bank Inspector on September first. He is not yet twenty one years old, seen as a compliment to his ability and integrity.
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Carl de Vries
Pella
Central State Bank
Des Moines
Federal Bank
Carl
Agité
Typhoid Claims Popular Man Rube Brand at 26
The seventh typhoid death is reported in Pella. Rube C Brand 26 6 13 died August 19 at his Franklin street home after a month of illness with a renewed attack. He owned a barber shop and led local music groups and was active in the American Legion. Funeral set for August 21 at his home and Second Reformed Church with Oakwood Cemetery interment.
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Rube C. Brand
Franklin Street
Rube
Mr. Brand
Pella
Pella Tigers
839Th F. A
American Legion
Gold Star Post No 89
Brand
Iowa
Wm, Brand
Satuday
Second Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
College notes give fall plans and student notices
Registration days are September 13 and 14 with opening chapel on September 16. Prof Sadler’s students will recital August 26 in Old Central chapel hall. Recitalists include Marlon Frost Leonora Ellicott Mildred Mowe Bessie Vander Ploeg and others. Lane Dunn Cottage ads. Nicholas Gosselink cornet and Prof Sadler organ lead Mission Festival music.
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Prof. Sadler
Old Central
Marlon Frost
Leonora Ellicott
Mildred Mowe
Bessie Vander Ploeg
Leonora Ballengee
Anna Tysseling
Nina Gosselink
Wilma van Doorninck
Dorothy Gambe
Arle Vander Stoop
Liggett
Miss Watson
Central
Prof. Woodford
Pella
Ada van Zante
Halbert
Lane
Bible
Dunn Cottage
Sunnyside
Graham
Colorado
Mark McWilliams
Nicholas Gosselink
Mr. Sadler
Mission Festival
Bolshevik Threat Shapes Allied Dilemmas in Poland
The war in Poland shows Russians pressing west as Poles defend Warsaw. France fears Germany’s revival, while Britain and America struggle to unite against Bolshevism. President Wilson labels Bolshevik leaders untrustworthy and seeks peace terms that prevent a Versailles-like settlement. Continued on page Eight.
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Poland
Warsaw
Europe
America
Germany
England
France
Soviet
Russia
Wilson
Farm Bureau Picnic Sparks Community Debate and Music
A large crowd gathered at the Ver Meer grove for the Farmers Picnic under Farm Bureau and Shipping Association auspices. Speakers included J. J. Wilson, Wallace of Wallace's Farmer, and an Ames Agricultural College representative. discussion focused on cooperative marketing, pricing, and farm policy with strong community support from the Pella Chamber of Commerce and local merchants.
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Chronicle
Ver Meer Grove
Farm Bureau
Shipping Association
Peter Tysseling
East Prairie Singing Club
Pella
Monroe
J. J. Wilson
Knoxville
Wallace
Des Moines
Rebekah
Agricultural College
Ames
Wilson
Marion County
Exis
Marion
Pella Chamber of Commerce
H. S. Keables
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Reserve Board
Raisin Growers’ Association
California
Minnesota
Iowa
Women to Vote Next Election Headlines Tennessee Action
The Tennessee lower house concurred with the Senate on the nineteenth amendment, completing necessary legislative steps. Promulgation by the Secretary of State will occur soon, enabling women to participate in the fall general election.
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Tennessee
Senate
Noted temperance speaker in Pella event
HH Gibson of Ohio spoke in Pella this week to promote John G Wooley a leading temperance speaker with 30 years in the cause He will headline an Anti Saloon League gathering in Pella on Wednesday October 13 with church pastors coordinating the program
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HH. C. Gibson
Ohio
Pella
John G. Wooley
Mr.Wooley
Anti-Saloon League
Notice forbidding hunting and trapping on premises
We the undersigned publish a notice restricting hunting and trapping on our premises. The statement prohibits sil hunting and trapping activities by any person on the property.
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