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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
11
A lengthy hometown roundup reports visits, illnesses, and gatherings across towns including Pella, Eddyville, Orange City and Pleasantville. It notes residents' travel for Thanksgiving, funerals and hospitality events, plus farming and cattle trades, births, and local property moves. It mentions jack rabbit sightings, hospital stays, and community happenings with multiple named families and neighbors.
Tracy Walter Martin of Syracuse Kansas visits uncle L A Hull and family. Ada Moore visits sister Bertha Brown in Creston. Royal Neighbor team travels to Harvey Wednesday. J A Traister of Lawsonham visits family. they attend his mother’s 87th birthday, 53 guests with one outsider. Geo A Traister visits Fay Benscoter for infate dinner. Dr Park and Jessie Mickle travel to Lamar Colorado to view the country. Henry Stephens owns 160 acres near Sulphur Springs Arkansas with 30 acres in apples and 13 in Alberta peaches. He praises the new town and notes locals drink water there. Married at the bride’s parents home Walter Rouse and May Ruple, Rev Shook officiating, about 40 guests. Immediate relatives attend. best wishes for the couple. Parents W H Benscoter host George Traister and Nora May Benscoter on November 16. Carl Stephens visits Odley Richards of Bussey.
Mrs Jonas Ver Steeg and her mother of Sully visited relatives here last week. The Ebenezer Church Ladies Aid met at Mrs J E Vander Zyl’s home. Several carloads of hogs were shipped from Leighton this week and farmers were paid strong prices, boosting their wallets and spirits.
Leighton friends bid farewell as Rev Gerritsen and family depart for Michigan on Monday afternoon. Marriage announced for November 15 1909 at Otley between C E Rogue of Otley and Mrs J Sloan of Leighton. Fred Den Burger moves the old parsonage near Lynhurst lumber yard. Updates include M T Klein family visit and Mrs M Stouwie's hospital stay in Toledo with expected second operation. A large crowd attended Gerritsen farewell sermon at church. The union Thanksgiving meeting was held at the Christian Reformed church with strong attendance. Albert Tysseling, Prof A P Kuyper and family from Pella, and Will Schultz from Orange City visited Rev Duiker.
The article cites American consul James W. Ragadale noting 5,000 emigrants daily moving through Omsk toward Siberia’s fertile lands. It argues old Siberia myths persist while vast territories attract settlers, crops, and new railways, turning Siberia into a population and production hub as Russia aims to populate with homemakers rather than convicts.
Leslie M. Shaw discusses a financial muddle and a reckless fraud tale. Hugh Ralston of Castana pretended to be a banker while courting a Charter Oak girl. She confronted him about his deception as he hurried home. He muttered that they had a bad day cleaning ink wells.
A secret drawer in a Bethlehem Pennsylvania desk revealed over twenty historic papers. War Department letters and proclamations from Anthony Wayne and others date to the Revolutionary era and early federal government. Carnegie Institute Professor Allison calls the collection a valuable first-hand historical source.
A Chicago News item quotes a serial crank boasting of running his monoplane smoothly and wanting to build a factory to produce wings by the hundred and give them away. His friend retorts that the crank is generous, while the crank laments lacking sport and someone to chase at high speed.
A fragment shows a scientist asking about who is the great geologist and Dustin Stax replying that judgment depends on perspective. He notes a practical view favors the coal trust president.
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