Pella locals report orderly wartime visits and enlistments
Local residents and visiting kin are noted in Pella as families entertain relatives from Rahway New Jersey Des Moines and Burlington while several Pella men from the radio school prepare to enlist for naval service. The article also covers college dormitory work progress at the new facility and personal letters from a soldier in 1918 describing farm life and morale amidst war.
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Walter Halbert
Carl de Vries
Bob Lautenbach
Pella
Des Moines
Uncle Sam
Navy
Grandpa
McCormick Reaper
U. S
Virginia
France
Sam
Coal bids for Pella schools invited
Sealed bids for the furnishing of lump coal for the Pella city schools will be received up to September 1 1918. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. D G Gosselink secretary.
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Pella
D. G. Gosselink
Secy
Dorothy's potato pledge in Miss Andrews garden
In The Girl's World Dorothy defies a tutor and vows to persist with potatoes. Miss Andrews suggests a “soul garden” with Carmen as a guiding motto. Dorothy plans to winter study potatoes and bake a potato as big as two fists next summer, affirming persistence.
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Dorothy
Miss Andrews
Carmen
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