Citizens Ask Paving Repair in Marion County
The Marion County city council met Monday evening and adjourned from last Tuesday due to the mayor and clerk’s absence while attending a League of Iowa Municipalities meeting in Sioux City. Residents on Main Street petitioned for repairing the seven year old bitulithic pavement at great cost, but the council sent the matter to the streets and alleys committee for next regular meeting. The Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Company bid 11 937 dollars for a 200000 gallon water tank on a 110 foot tower, with a 700 dollar add-on. work to begin once payment is arranged. The upcoming year’s tax levy remains 66 mills, with the Park Fund added and the library levy raised to five mills, while sewer bond payments are complete. A Knoxville party visited Des Moines River sandbar, joined by Pella residents. after a supper and a lively baseball game, a business meeting followed. The Second Annual Older Boys and Girls Conference was discussed for Knoxville this fall. The cabinet, growing rapidly, initiated new members from Lake Geneva camps, and the evening closed with stunts and singing as Marion County youths look to the cabinet’s future impact.
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League of Iowal
Sioux City
Main Street
Committee On
Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Company
Des Moines
Marjorie Momeyer
Gladys Hardin
William John
R. Jordan
Knoxville
Harriet Frush
Frances Vander Linden
del de Haan
Gladys de Kock
George Gosselink
Harold Klein
M. Vander Linden
Lake Geneva
Marion County
Pella
H. M. McAllister
McAllister
Jacob ‘Vogelaar
North Main Street
Franklin Street
Baptist Walter Halbertt Preaches at Morning Service
Church notes report Walter Halbertt will deliver the morning sermon at the Baptist church. Evening service will feature two Sunday school classes with the older men and the younger men taking charge.
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Walter Halbertt
Legion Defeats Lynnville in Old Settlers Day Game
The American Legion baseball team beat Lynnville 5 to 1 on Old Settlers Day. The game ran late due to celebrations, ending near seven o'clock before a rain began as players faced a wet trip home well past midnight.
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American Legion
Lynnville
Old Settlers
Legion
Cabinet Meeting Report From Marion County Sunday
The Marion County Young People's cabinet met on Monday night for a community update. A bacon roast was held as part of the gathering to foster fellowship among participants.
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Marion County Young People’s
Mission Fest Draws Thousands at Pella Campus
On August 18 the Reformed churches of Pella held a large mission festival on the College campus with four thousand attendees. Five speakers covered Arab conditions, Christian education, ministerial pension funds, and general missionary work, while a scheduled address by Rev. S. M. Zwemer was canceled due to his daughter’s illness. The day included a children’s hour, strong choir performances, a bustling canteen netting $1,059 in gross receipts, and a missions collection totaling $9x60.
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Reformed Churches
Pella
Reformed Church
James EH. Moordyke
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Holland
E. J. Blekkink
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, Mich
G. C. Lennington
New York City
John A. Ingham
Richard Harper
New Mexico
Mr. Harper
College Chapel
Chicago
Second ‘Reformed Church
Het Mannen_.Koor
Second’ Reformed Church
Farmers Picnic Draws Big Crowd Near Ver Meer Farm
A large crowd gathered at the Ver Meer farm grove for the Farmers Bureau picnic despite threatening weather. attendance grew from an early 400–500 to nearly two thousand by afternoon with band music, talks by Thurman Cunningham and Jacob De Haan, plus farming condition discussions and community games and amusements.
Hospital team from Knoxville faces American Legion in Pella game
A U S Psycopathic Hospital squad from Knoxville played the American Legion team in Pella on Saturday. The hospital players, mostly World War I veterans in treatment, were led by Glen Van Duyn and included some hospital attendants and nurses. The Legion men controlled the game, with Knox scoring in the second and both Rillihan brothers in the seventh. hospital scoring was none. Mark Rillihan pitched, following Ver Steeg’s previous start in Lynnville.
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U. S. Psycopathic Hospital
Knoxville
American Legion
Pella
Glen van Duyn
Legion Boys
Knox
Rillihan Boys
Mark Rillihan
Ver Steeg
Lynnville
Willing Workers of Leighton Hold Lawn Social at Church
The Willing Workers of Leighton plan a lawn social on Tuesday evening August 30 at the church lawn. A large variety of refreshments will be served and an open air program presented. The public is warmly invited.
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Leighton
Church Lawn
Lightning and Wind Strike Pella in Devastating Storm
A severe Friday evening storm hit Pella with lightning and heavy rain. Fires started, roofs damaged, and electrical lines knocked out as a small tornado passed through a northern area, delaying washings and damaging paving and buildings.
Picnic scene ends as crowds depart after meal and drinks
Fragments describe stalls selling refreshments at reasonable rates to picnickers and watermelon dealers. The passage notes it was late before the last of the picnickers left for home, capturing a relaxed close to the outing.
Milo Wins Local Tournament in Big Day of Hitting
Milo defeats Pella and Prairie City to take first place, with Prairie City second and a split third between Pella and Monroe. Eight homers fly in three games, led by Homer Hornady with three homers and ten RBIs for Milo.
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Milo
Pella
Prairie City
Monroe
Homer Hornady
Prairie City-Monroe
Mark
Zondervan
Ver Heul
C. Jarnigan
Hanel
Mean
Williams
V. Jarnigan
Jennings
Pella-Milo
Marie Anna Blanke dies after long illness near Killduff
Mrs. Marie Anna Blanke died at her sister Mrs. Abr Klein's home near Killduff at 10 p m on Wednesday August 24 1921 aged 67 years 8 months 20 days after a long illness with heart trouble and dropsy. She left her Pella home a year ago to live with her sister and is survived by that sister a brother Laurence Blanke of near New Sharon and other relatives. Funeral services will be at the Second Reformed church in Pella at two o'clock Friday afternoon conducted by President M J Hoffman of Central College with interment in the First Reformed cemetery.
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Maria ‘Anna Blanke
Abr. Klein
Killduff
Pella
Laurence Blanke
New Sharon
Pella Woman Anna Neyenesch Visits Family at 96
Mrs. Anna Neyenesch of Pella visited two weeks with her daughter’s family, then returned home Sunday. At 96, she recalls her late husband Herman Neyenesch, an early Pella editor who founded the Weekblad in 1870 and later led the Pella Blade and the Christian Herald. Misses Margaret and Jennie Fenner of Monroe visited relatives in Pella over Sunday.
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Anna Neyenesch
Pella
D. W. Wilkes
Neyenesch
Herman Neyenesch
Weekblad
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Reformed Churches OF
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Shady Grove
Ver Meer Farm
Thurman
Mahaska County
Mahaska
Mr. Thurman
Ellsworth Richardson
A. van der Waal
Co-operative Shipping Association
Denmark
Jacob de Haan
Lake Prairie Township
de Haan
E. H. Cunningham
Iowa Farm Bureau ‘Federation
Federal Bank Organization
Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Towa
Federal Reserve Banks
Farm Bureau Federation
United States Grain Growers Association
Richardson
A. Vander Waal
Pete Dingeman
Scott
Pella Baer
Lankelma
M. Rillihan
Sack
Ross
Hornady
McLeod
Jarnigan
Baer
Prairie City-Mille
Zager
Mile
Marie Anna Blanke
Margaret
Jennie Fennema
Monore
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