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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
4
The Des Moines Register proclaims war news as its top priority offering 24 hour coverage with Associated Press reports. The paper emphasizes early morning prints and wide Iowa distribution reaching forty thousand readers daily.
You can learn about these good things by sending $1.00 for The Daily Register from now to Mar. 15, 1916. Send $1.00, check or money order to The Register, Des Moines, Iowa, or hand your subscription to the editor of the Pella Chronicle, Julia M Post or to B. H. Kersbergen, or order the Register delivered to your door by local carrier Harold VanMar en.
A light winter weather day finds several farmers finished husking corn. Locals attended a bazaar at the U C church Wednesday evening. Jno Van Maanen made a visit to Os Kaloosa on Thursday. Frank Bartlow visited Bussey friends. Lizzie Bartlow returned from caring for her mother in Bussey. Gladys and Verna Moody came home from Okalohma after visiting relatives. J W Binns and Verna called on Os kaloosa. John Moody pair visited Garret Laughlin.
Vander Linden's Bazar offers milk chocolate cherries described as a rich creamy confection with candied cherries inside and coated in milk chocolate. Price set at 24c per pound, noting rival prices of 60c and 75c per pound elsewhere. Mrs Alexis DeVries of Des Moines visited the VerSteeg family in Des Moines.
Local notes report various Thanksgiving visits among residents of Pella Oskaloosa and Monroe including Mrs McIntire and families. Mentions travelers, a Des Moines student at Amés, and a cabinet worker Burns incident. Also cites Acts banning tobacco for minors and school tobacco use with penalties and possible suspensions.
The Des Moines notes summarize Iowa statutes on tobacco and cigarets. It covers minors under sixteen cannot be sold tobacco, penalties for sellers, a $300 annual tax on premises handling tobacco, prohibitions near schools, and police powers to seize and tax properties tied to illegal sales.
Miss Kate DeWild died Friday November 26 1915 at the Home for the Aged from apoplexy at age 68 years 4 months 13 days She survived by one sister Mrs John Steck Sully and three brothers Henry Mitchellville William and Albert Des Moines Funeral services were at the Home at 1 30 Saturday Interment First Reformed cemetery Vogelaar T Vogelaar Sr died Sunday November 28 at 3 45 pm at home in Pella after six weeks illness of cancer of the stomach He was 75 years 11 months 9 days A member of the Third Reformed Church he was active in church work.
A long obituary notes the death of a man linked to the insti tution with a wife who preceded him by about five years. Survived by two brothers William and Cornelius and a sister Mrs. D DeCook of Orange City and another sister Mrs Wm Eeling of Pella. He leaves nine sons Peter John Jacob Teunis Leonard Cornelius Ben Gerrit William and four daughters Mrs Gerrit Bennink Mrs J W Den Hartog Mary and Margaret all of Pella. Funeral services were held Wednesday at home and at the Third Reformed Church with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
Otley residents visited Pella and Knoxville over the weekend. The Otley Banner Bearers practiced Christmas songs at the Reformed Church. Thanksgiving dinners were shared at Art Bodsford’s and Mrs Dirk Freeken’s homes. Several neighbors, including the Stiernemans and Lankelmas, attended events and enjoyed a hunt. A new fence and chicken house were built on Freeken’s land. A baby girl was born to John and Sis Van Gorp, formerly Vriezelaar. Fire at the Gezel barn prompted Otley to be notified.
The Otley community discusses forming a team equal to Pella. Sunday social ties include L Calhouns dining with the Freekens. Rev DeBrien of Oskaloosa led services. Breen hosted a supper for Breen's birthday and Sille's anniversary. Stiereneman family noted dental work and visits in Pella.
The piece argues the nation faces a decisive choice between continuing a policy of military preparedness or shifting to a European style approach. It warns the Democratic Party risks losing its base and moral purpose if it backs restraint and accedes to special-privilege interests, urging unity with the common people. Also included is an Iowa State College extension note on moldy corn poisoning in horses, detailing causes, prevention, and symptoms.
The signer cites W J Bryan from The Commoner arguing that common people should resist a swaggering policy that uses threats for security. He warns choosing between the God of War and the Prince of Peace. The quotation emphasizes conscience over militaristic action and urges protest against aggressive measures.
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