Memories of Pella and a life after the wreck
C M Moore writes reflections on his head injury last December, his slow return to writing and spelling, and a past marriage ceremony witnessed through a wall crack in Pella. He recalls legal battles, Magnolia Soap letters, and the idea of keeping moving while sharing poems and family memories from Portland in 1916.
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Pella Chronicle
Hardy
Schoor
Nannie White
Cam
Redmond
Ore
Magnolia Healing Soap Co
Muscatine
Iowa
Salem
California
Katie Grundman
D. VerSteeg
Charlotte
Charlie Moore
Alexander
Big Charlie
Katie
Penlla Meteors Triumph In Thirteen Inning Classic
In a tight contest Friday afternoon the Pella Meteors edged Bussey 8 to 7 in thirteen innings. Hamilton started for Pella with Ver Steeg finishing a seven inning mound effort to break a late tie in the thirteenth.
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Penla
Bussey
Meteors
Hamilton
Pella
Ver Steeg
Post Office Labor Day Hours Observed
Labor Day observed at the post office with one delivery run starting 10:15 a.m. by city carriers and no rural delivery. General delivery and carrier windows open 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. F. Bousquet, P. M.
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F. Bousquet
Banks Close Labor Day in Pella
Banks in Pella will close for the entire Labor Day holiday on September 4, marking the legal observance. Local offices and some services will pause. residents are advised to plan financial needs accordingly.
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Pella
Zendingsfeest Great Success Noted at Central College
On August 24, 1916, the Annual Mission Fest of the Reformed Churches of Pella and vicinity was held on Central College Campus. Rev. A J TePaske opened, with G Van Peursem and Dr. Strick among speakers, highlighting West East contact through steamship, education, and missions, followed by Kantines serving the hungry and a busy afternoon session.
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Pella
Central College
A. J. TePaske
Persian Gulf
God
B. F. Brinkman
Ph. G. Meengs
Hd. J. Strick
China
Dr. Strick
Railroad Meeting At Opera House In Pella Friday
Local residents are urged to attend a Friday 8 P M meeting at the opera house to hear R B Gurley, a Chicago consulting engineer, estimate construction costs, operating expenses, and potential earnings for a proposed line linking Pella with the Wabash Railroad. The plan envisions branches to Kirkville Chariton south and to Grinnell Waterloo north, with Knoxville Grinnell considering extensions. Leffler Company would supply equipment, and local Pella officers would handle finances.
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R. B’gurley
Chicago
Pella
Wabash Railroad
Gurley
Anyotne
Kirkville
Chariton
Grinnell
Waterloo
Knoxville
Leffler Company
Alexander Blacksburn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
The
Road
Marriage of W B Pietenpol and Helen Carson
Through friends we learn of the marriage of W B Pietenpol to Miss Helen Carson of Huron on a Wednesday in August. He is a Central College graduate of 1909 and earned a PhD at the University of Wisconsin last June. He will start as chair of Physics at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, this fall.
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W. B. Pietenpol
Helen Carson
Huron
Mr. Pientenpol
Central College
Mt. Pleasant High School
Mt. Pleasant
Pietenpol
University of Wisconsin
Clarke Hopkins Wedding Secret in Mt Pleasant
Mr George E B Clarke of Pella and Miss Bessie L Hopkirk of Sigourney wed on August 12 at Rev Frank Weston’s home in Mt Pleasant Iowa. Clarke, a city electric plant fireman, returned home ten days later after leaving without notice. His bride, well known in Pella, studied at Central College. The Chronicle joins friends in congratulations and best wishes.
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George Eb, Clarke
Pella
Bessie L. Hopkirk
Sigourney
Frank E. Weston
Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
George
City Electric
Central College
the Chronicle
Mrs. Clarke
Letters From Brownsville Infantry Camp Chronicle
A letter from Harry DeCook recounts arrival near Brownsville, Texas, and first days at a camp near the Rio Grande. He describes clearing cactus and brush for tents, primitive sleeping conditions, rampant insects, and early drills. The report covers camp sanitation, latrines, baths, mess hall, cantine profits, hikes, warm weather, and local Creston relief support amid a major storm.
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Worthington
Texas
Batalion
Beyers Child Dies Near Town in August 1916
Harold Beyers, 18 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Ed Beyers, died at home three miles east of town on Wednesday August 30 1916. Funeral services are set for Friday with burial in First Reformed cemetery.
Thirty second reunion of 17th Iowa veterans in Pella
The thirty second annual reunion of the 17th Iowa Veterans Volunteer Infantry will be in Pella Iowa on October 10 11 and 12 1916. Members are urged to attend to meet old comrades while numbers remain small. The roster lists fewer than 125 names with W H Allen as secretary treasury of Knoxville and Harvey Cochran as president of Exline.
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17Th
Iowa Veterans Volunteer Inst
Pella
Iowa
Baptist Rev. R. R. Sadler Preaches at 10:45 A M
At the churches Rev. R. R. Sadler will preach at 10 45 a m Sunday school at 9 30 All are welcomed by the congregation a friendly invitation to attend services this Sunday morning
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R. R. Sadler
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G.M. Moore
Mary
Geo. L. Rice
Eugene Sue
C. M. Moore
Portland
Oregon
BASE
Reformed Churches
Opera “House
Clarke—Hopkirk
Harry de Cook
Harry DeCook
B. F. Vander Linden
Warner VanSpanckeren
Will van Sittert
Brownsville
Virginia
Rio Grande
Army Division
M.c.“A
Camp Dodge
Horton
Creston
W. F. Schiffer
Register and Leader
W. H. Allen
See
Treas
Knoxville, Ia
Harvey Cochran
Exline
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