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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
7
Pella events and visitors noted with farm, business, and social items. Mentions of sidewalks, water and sewer plans, rail work, and local commerce. Des Moines fair coverage, cosmopolitan promotions, and community updates from Pella residents and officials.
Last Wednesday afternoon Luke Bruinsma was loading a salt barrel when a spring wagon tilted and frightened horses. He was pinned between wheels but thrown to the ground near Geelhoed’s store. The team dragged the wagon around the square and stopped in front of the bank. Bruinsma escaped with only scrapes and bruises.
In an early issue of The Saturday Post Doctor Nansen eminent Arctic explorer outlines various pole seeking expeditions of the year. The paper stresses the author's comments and predictions about the success of the different parties.
One buyer can purchase 1 to 23 acres of millet from owner O. H. Vieren half a mile northwest of Pella. Quality and price available on inquiry.
Wm Gullion and his son were hauling straw when the load shifted, Gullion fell onto frightened mules and died shortly after 24 miles east of Columbia. His son was badly injured but expected to recover. Gullion was married. the event is a severe blow to his family.
On September 12 the old settlers of Knoxville will hold a reunion with preparations underway to make it one of the best in the country. Local residents are urged to attend to demonstrate neighborly spirit and ensure a large crowd. The event promises ample entertainment.
Owing to the Old Settler's meeting, the Knoxville event is on Thursday September 12. The county treasurer has moved the Pella dates from the 11 and 12 to the 16 and 11, please note the change.
A Pella meeting of merchants and shipper leaders formed to spur a new railroad linking with Bush or Sioux City via Durham. They criticized Rock Island service to Chicago and promised stock sales and tax support to secure $6,000 in capital, aiming to overcome past delays and deliver better passenger and freight facilities.
Visitors observed council action with little excitement as a bill failed. Talks touched on pasturing cows on city grounds and enforcing finance. A northwest town gang terrorizes motorists after band concerts, driving dangerously and targeting returning home. Officers should pursue and arrest them when brought before the mayor.
Clumsy OCR fragment notes several accidents on a road and a gang blamed for disorder. It mentions Wm. Johnson and others driving to the Skunk River day, tying a team to porch pillars, and a chicken frightening a decayed animal head while a horse fenced by a halter breaks loose.
A brief fragment describes a post striking someone in the stomach and tearing entrails, followed by dragging them before a jump. The text implies a significant loss to the owner and labels the event as valuable but the wording is garbled and unclear.
Notice warns readers that a paper marked Your Subscription Due will be dropped from circulation after this issue until arrearages are paid and the subscription renewed. The warning cites immediate suspension and reinstatement upon payment.
A letter argues city council should pass an ordinance forcing property owners to install concrete sidewalks where needed. It claims concrete costs $120 for a 100 ft lot versus $60 for a boardwalk and repairs over five years, totaling savings of about $300 over ten years, with concrete lasting a lifetime.
Citizens report strangers buying chickens nationwide at five to seven cents a pound with delivery expected December 16. In Pella merchants pay a cent more for early September deliveries and morning shipments on September 3. Sellers who already sold to these parties regret losses, and residents are warned to beware of similar buyers again.
Real estate transfers include W R Dickey and wife to J Rietveld for acres in Lake Prairie Township and Abraham ver Ploeg and wife to POH GT HET TAD U NOGAT. The item mentions G A Stout as editor and printer of a lively new newspaper enterprise, with Pella poised to have its best paper yet.
Miss Hattie Thomassen died at her home on West Washington street last Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock of asthma and consumption after a two year illness. She was 22 years and one week old. Known as a friend to all, her death saddens the community. Funeral services will be held at the Second Reformed Church today at 2 o'clock, Rev. Dykstra officiating, with interment in the cemetery north of town.
Week Judge Hubbard of Cedar Pids and Judge Timbrill of Keokuk were arrested for unlawfully killing quails. Four guns were found on arrest and they donated funds to the state in their legal capacity. The remark The penalty must be paid was offered as a warning to others.
A public notice announces fixed poultry prices from September 5 to 13 with cash or city order payments delivered at the Eye House Old hens spring chicks old roosters ducks geese per pound. The notice warns the market is strong and urges timely sale of seasonable fowl.
Gesman Bros and Grant present multiple Iowa farms with 204 to 204 acres options near Oskaloosa and Holland town. Listings include 7 to 9 room houses, various barns and granaries, wells, windmill water systems, orchards, fenced pastures, and cross fencing. Prices range 30 to 70 per acre, with distances from towns and rail stations specified.
A speaker complains of costs for metal boxes on Rural Routes No 1 and No 2. Boxes bought June 1, 1901 sit worn or broken within a year, costing $3.50 each. The speaker claims rejection of rights by the post office department and urges rural readers to demand fair treatment nationwide.
Last Tuesday the Pella City Gun Club conducted a meet at the fair grounds with strong attendance though records lagging. Maasdam won the silver medal for killing the most blue rocks, narrowly ahead of De Gooyer. Members praise the growing enthusiasm and a tournament is planned for next month, expected to be a corker.
The M W of A picnic at Pleasantville park invites neighbors and camps and their friends to a grand event. Hon William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln Nebraska has been secured as orator of the day. Arrangements are made for a cordial, enjoyable time. By Committee Okorr.
A notice from Elite Studio on the north side of the square invites collectors to submit a dozen portraits taken before October 1 in exchange for an Art Study an 28 41.
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