Local Notes Ranging Des Moines Trips and Visits
Jelle Jelsma visited Des Moines Monday on business while others like Ver Steeg and Verne De Bruin made weekend trips. A baseball game with Montezuma headlines Labor Day at the Pella field. Quarantine for scarlet fever hits two homes. several residents travel to Des Moines, Newton, Knoxville, and Muscatine for fairs, teaching positions, and family visits.
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Jelle Jelsma
Des Moines
Verne de Bruin
Frances Vander Linden
Leighton
Pella
Montezuma
Discrediting Jenner in Chicago Letter to the Editor
A Chicago reader argues against Jenner by noting historical claims about the vaccination pioneer. The letter asserts that John Phipps and Jenner’s son died of tuberculosis, cites Seaton’s Handbook contradicting Jenner’s belief in vaccination, and accuses Jenner of obtaining £30,000 by false pretenses, tracing his early honors back to alleged deception.
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Chicago
Jenner
John Phipps
Seaton
Uncertainty and a near grounding voyage tale
Dr Frank Crane muses on uncertainty as a ship nears Yokohama Harbor and runs aground briefly in dense fog. He notes human safety is illusory, the Earth rests on balance, and the voyage prompts reflections on precarity and reporting to authorities.
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Frank Crane
Des Moines
Ocean
America
Japan
New York
Yokohama Harbor
Island of Chance: Man Faces Fate in Ocean of Mystery
A veteran captain recalls the risks of sea travel and the limits of compass and certainty. He notes ships of massive tonnage, the fragility of navigation, and the gyroscope as a steadier guide, while reflecting on probability, danger, and the inevitability of fate for every person.
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Island of
Chance
Mysery
Scotch Tailoring Ad Highlights Uniform Wool Suits Pricing
M. Vander Linden promotes Scotch Tailoring offering 300 wool fabrics at a flat price. Two piece suits priced at 25 dollars and three piece suits at 29.50 dollars. No change in price or quality emphasized.
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M. Vander Linden
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. Popma’s
de Wit Bros
Barney Mensch
Rochester, Minn
J.H. Cochrane
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Kansas City
C. W. Dennis
George Clarke
Fairfield
M. A. Clarke
George Ver Steeg
C. H. Bell
Oskaloosa
A. G. de Bruyn
Eddyville
Lena Vos
Mary Veen
Newton
A. Fisk
Oakland, Nebr
Wm. Miedema
Elmer Hartgraves
Emma Sadler
J. S. Gladstone
J. C. Lobbes
Sheldon
Gertrude Smith
Keokuk
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Walter Vander Wilt
Albert Ten Haken
Hull
Amelia Rhynsburger
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Muscatine
Davenport
Rock Island
Cornelia
Sioux City
Hattie Grootveld
Knoxville
Harry Hartgraves
Ottumwa
Little Washtella Cigar Factory
John van Spanckeren
F. N. Byram
M. M. Rawlings
Little Daughter
Dunlap, Iowa
C. L. Allen
Verna Halbert
Sedan
Kansas
Miss Halbert
Netawaka
Walter Halbert
Rochester Theological Seminary
Rochester
N. Y
Gerrit van Hemert
Holstein
Town
Carrie Edmand
Ft. Dodge
Miss Edmand
Carl Ver. Steeg
State Normal School
Platteville
Wis
N. Ver Steeg
Carrie
Cora van Englehoven
Otley
Dr. Aschenbrenner
Karl van Spanckeren
Mrs
Warner J. van Spanckeren
Mesa
Arizona
Royal Society
St. Andrew's University
England
Mahaska CO
the Model Clothing Co
Wormhoudt Remplies
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
Cole
Jacob Veenstra
S. Main St
Iowa
Keil
Chronicle
Chronicle Office
Byers Battery Station
L. W. Hartley
Slob Bros. & Co
Steiner
Navarre
France
DE Wit & Bousquet
Tobias
The
Model Clothing Co
Wermhoudt Kempkes
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