Meyer Langerak Seeks Franchise For Pella Telephone
City council discusses Mey er Langerak oilman and former Marion County Clerk petitioning for a telephone franchise offering 1000 dollars yearly plus four free phones. Proposed contract mirrors Ordinance 166 regulating Fowler Telephone Co with name and amount changes. Consider underground trunk lines and bond to secure city against damages. council debates payment of election costs and bond security.
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Pella
Meyer Langerak
Marion County
Langerak
Fowler Telephone Co
Fowler
Pella Telephone Company
Telephone Company
City Electric Department
Alderman Butt
Byers
Butt
Cherokee Telephone Franchise Becomes Bluff in Town
Cherokee voters recently defeated a proposal for a new telephone franchise. The company says it will remove its wires on September 17 leaving the town temporarily without service. Residents weigh loss against franchise value and await the company’s next move.
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Cherokee
Central Students To Be Married At Otley Today
Two Sioux Center men who were ordained as ministers this summer will wed this month. Rev. John Kempers and Miss Mabel Van Dyke of Holland Michigan plan August 13 wedding and Aug 20 will unite Rev. Richard Rozeboom and Miss Marie Brummet at the bride's Otley Iowa home. A double reception hosted by their parents at Sioux Center First Reformed Church on Aug 25 will start at 1 30. Rozeboom will reside in Ebenezer Michigan and Kempers will pursue mission work in Mexico.
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Sioux Center
John Kempers
Mabel van Dyke
Holland
Mich
Richard Rozeboom
Marie Brummet
Otley
Iowa
John Rozeboom
First Reformed
Yella Heerema Buys Indianola Drug Store
Yella Heerema of Leighton bought the Hixell Drug Co. outlet in Indianola and takes possession this week. He previously sold his Leighton drug store last spring, briefly operated a Lohrville store, then returned to Leighton before planning a move to Indianola to pursue a new drug business opportunity.
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Yella Heerema
Leighton
Indianola
Hixell Drug Co
High School Football Schedule Preview
With three weeks until school begins the High School football outlook is hopeful despite graduations. Most players will return leanly and on a strong home schedule featuring Kellogg Oct 3 Pleasantville Oct 9 Dallas Oct 16 Fremont Oct 23 Pleasantville Oct 30 Prairie City Nov 6 Dallas Nov 20 at home or away, with one more game likely against Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Kellogg
Pleasantville
Dallas
Fremont
Prairie City
Concert Schedule Announced for August 22 and 25
Director George Ramsey announces band concerts on the evenings of Saturday August 22 and Tuesday August 25. The events will feature the ensemble performing selections for the community.
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George Ramsey
Council considers long distance clause in election funding
The council voted for the resolution and began collection. Mr. Fowler attended but offered no explanation for failing to pay for an election he requested. He urged defining long distance in the clause, but no action was taken. The ordinance and other provisions can be amended before passage. Other routine business was transacted.
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Fowler
Tragic Auto Crash Kills Valley Junction Girl Near Oskaloosa
Miss Eumeta Bolden a 13 year old from Valley Junction died when a Buick touring car driven by Charles Shaw left the road after a rear tire blowout five miles northwest of Oskaloosa on the Great White Way. The car overturned into a ditch. the girl was fatally burned and injured, with relief arriving too late. Others in the party escaped with minor injuries.
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Pella
Valley Junction
Oskaloosa
Camp Dodge
Eumeta Bolden
Richard Boston
North E Street
Bolden
Charles Shaw
Shaw
Maude Bolden
Lee Bolden
Oskaloosa Fair Promises Fast Harness racing
The Southern Iowa Fair and Exposition in Oskaloosa Iowa runs September 5 to 11 with new Harness Association rules classifying horses by earnings rather than time. Entries close August 29 as the livestock show forecasts large cattle swine and poultry exhibits and a notable sheep show featuring Merinos Cotswolds Shropshires and more.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Harness Association of America
Debby
E. B. Hoover
Hankamp Family Return Home to Michigan Residence Change
Rev. George Hankamp and family, after a month in Jenison, Michigan, have returned home. They will occupy part of Mrs. H. Rhynsburger’s Union Street residence.
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George Hankamp
Jenison
Michigan
Mrs Van Sittert Dykstra Host Farewell for Miss Van der Linden
Mrs W D Van Sittert and Mrs C F Dykstra entertained a company of friends at the home of the former on Wednesday afternoon in honor of their sister Miss Leona Van der Linden who will soon return to Amoy China where she has been engaged in missionary work for several years.
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W. D. van Sittert
C. F. Dykstra
Leona van der Linden
Amoy
China
Van Houweling Auto Co Moves to New Quarters
The A. B. Van Houweling Auto Co moves this week from behind the Fowler Telephone building to a newly completed corner building at Franklin and East First Streets. The showroom on Franklin Street displays Dodge Bros, Overland, and Nash cars with rest rooms and offices behind, and a large rear shop section equipped for expansion. The move signals rapid growth and a fine new facility for the business.
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A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
Franklin
East First Streets
Dodge Bros
Overland
Nash
Pella Building Company
A. B. van Houweling Auto Company
Franklin Street
van Houweling
Local boys to exhibit at Iowa State Fair and Livestock Exposition
Mahaska County club leader M H Fedderson announced eight head of purebred Baby Reeves will represent the area at the Iowa State Fair and National Livestock Exposition in Des Moines from August 26 to September 4. The event, largest at any North American state fair, expects 7000-plus animals and over 127000 dollars in cash prizes. exhibitors include Stephen De Kock of Leighton and Albert De Bruin of Pella.
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M. H. Fedderson
Mahaska County
Des Moines
North America
Stephen de Kock
Leighton
Albert de Bruin
Pella
Three Boys Die by Suffocation in Marion County Mine
Pleasantville area witnesses a tragic exploration accident as Eldon Koons twelve, Milburn Koons nineteen, and Donald Hodgson seventeen die in an abandoned coal mine shaft after gas suffocation. Relatives, including Joe Koons and Charles Hodgson, mourn the three youths as rescuers also succumb to the gas.
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Pleasantville
Marion County
Eldon Koons
Eldon
Milburn Koons
Donald Hodgson
Koons
Hodgson
Joe Koons
Charles Hodgson
Van Gorp Picnic Date Change Urges Family Gathering
All relatives of the Van Gorp family are urged to gather at the Ver Ploegh grove a mile north of town on August 25 for a family picnic. Bring filled baskets and help organize the event. Note the date change.
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van Gorp
Ver Ploegh Grove
Reverend A C Droz Visits in City Sunday
Rev A C Droz of Bonaparte, former pastor in Pella, was visiting in the city Sunday.
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A. C. Droz of
Bonaparte
Pella
City
New Auto Number for Next Year in Iowa
Iowa plans next year license numbers with Marion county likely moving to 68. Adams county shifts to 11, indicating two counties above 10,000 cars will receive low serials. If Webster, Clinton positions hold, 1926 rankings would place Polk through Webster in a specified order, with Iowa numbering affecting most counties.
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Marion
Marion County
Knoxville Express
Metcalf
Anamosa
Adams County
Clinton
Webster
Clinton County
Polk
Woodbury
Linn
Scott
Pottawattamie
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Iowa
New York
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Texas
Indiana
Massachussetts
Local Merchant Plans Cash-Only Sales After September 1 1925
A. Vander Wal announces a shift to cash transactions after September 1 1925 promising a 10 percent discount on all cash purchases. Credit customers are urged to settle balances by that date or convert to cash or note, with the aim to start a cash business and keep books in order.
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A. Vander Wal
Car collision at Oskaloosa and East First Street
A two car crash at the corner of Oskaloosa and East First Street Tuesday evening badly damaged a Mahaska County vehicle. The other driver reportedly ran traffic signals, prompting the collision.
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Oskaloosa
East First Street
Mahaska County
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