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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
4
Charming nine room residence with hall and closets, cellar, fur nace, good well, barn, poultry house, and three acre lot with 75 fruit trees. Cement walks, nearly new, first class repairs. Price 3200 dollars with 1500 dollars remaining on the property.
No 2 building lot 50 by 100 near the High School building. Lot sits slightly above grade requiring no filling. A fine building lot offered at 400 dollars.
Messrs John Cornelius Edward De Geest and Alfred McCombs attended the fair at Des Moines Monday. Misses Eliza and Mary Sytsma visited the H De Geest home Sunday. Leo Davis returned to Des Moines Tuesday. John Top and family visited Alex De Geest Sunday. A McCombs was thrown from his horse last Wednesday breaking his hip. Bussey residents camping along the Des Moines river this week. D Van Zante and wife visited relatives here last week. D Sytsma and wife visited J C Nossaman's Sunday. Earl McCombs visited friends Sunday. Harvey defeated Red Brush 2 to 1 in ball game.
Community notices report G L Van de Steeg returning from Sioux City after appendicitis surgery. John Kuyper family visits Sheldon to see daughter Mrs F Stuart. Nell Rhynsburger's mother dies after prior stroke, sympathy offered. J J Van Wyk marks tenth anniversary. plans move to California for health. Jacob Van der Zee from Sioux Center visits, studying law at Harvard and aiding Iowa Historical Society data collection.
Sully residents and relatives visit over the weekend with many travelers stopping in, including Mrs Wisemary, Dr Fred Carpenter, and Roy Brown. The Van Zee family held an annual reunion in Stephen Grandin's grave with about seventy attendees and ample refreshments.
The Herald notes Van der Zee examined county files and offered an account of Harvard student life. He spoke on co-education, drawing on studies at Iowa State University Oxford and Harvard. He will spend a week at home before returning to Iowa City to resume work.
Miss Leona Reuvers visits the J. A. Hearny home for a few days. Charley and Letta Van Maanen spend Sunday and Monday at the Veldhuizen home near Lynnville.
Mr and Mrs A C Weaver departed Wednesday night for Peekskill New York where they will establish their future home. Also seen visiting were Mr Anne De Raad wife and daughter Willimmie at Mrs John Van Ward huisen and several local residents including Nellia Carlena Vos Arle Cronkhite Amés Chambers and families. J J Moody made a flying trip to Harvey and Chas Houck was a Capital City caller.
Sam Cee and C. C. Core joined the State Fair Monday. Fred Looney and family visited Cordova last Sunday. Charley, John Looney, and Earl Briggs of Carson Iowa, with sister Mrs Shilling, visited Saturday and Sunday and later went to Des Moines for the State Fair. Fred Robinson moved to Fifield Monday for a section job with Chas Houck. W M Karr rents the R A Pilmers farm for another year. Jacob Shilling and Charley De Bok went to Council Bluffs for a ten day visit with relatives.
John Klien left for Atchison Minnesota to inspect the country while J W Hayes joined Clarence and Claire Fleming for ten days sightseeing at Tramping Lake Canada. Mrs A W De Bruyr of Palla and Julia Anna Baker of Kansas City visited to solicit funds. Jennie Hayes returned to Des Moines after a week with Mayor J W Hayes. James Vroom lost 80 bushels of oats and fifteen tons of hay in a barn fire last Wednesday evening with only smoke damage remaining despite water effort.
Lynnville and surrounding country folks gathered in Newton for the county fair on Old Settlers Day. Rev and Cecil Millice visited Mrs C W Wildman while Dick and Will Randall from Prairie City aided the Newton News staff and played in the Old Settlers Day band before Dick’s two week vacation. George Taylor and wife left for a Canadian ranch to help harvest a record crop with optimistic prospects for the winter.
Town property or vacant lot inquiry details available at Chronicle office.
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