Tragic Infant Death in Pella Family
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Klyn died at 11:00 Thursday November 26 after a brief illness. He was just months old and had throat trouble with suspected diphtheria. Iowa City lab said no diphtheria, but hospital fear of contagion prevented admission. Interment followed at the First Reformed cemetery north of Pella with a brief graveside service by Rev J De Haan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klyn Elmer
Andsra
Andrew Klyn
Pshoge
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Ofian Oskaloosa
Memorial for Martha Melton Talbot in Sully Church
Martha Melton Talbot of Sully area dies at 65 after long illness. Born January 15 1861 in Jefferson County Indiana she lived in Missouri and Iowa marrying William Talbot in 1887. Surviving children Milton and Leslie Talbot Lynnville and Newton area kin. funeral held November 15 at Sully Community Church. Moon farming piece contrasts science with old moon lore. Movie notes on Jim and Melisande romance and wartime drama with John Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Melton Talbot
Will
Nancy Melton
Jefferson County
Indiana
Leslie Talbot
Tainter
Land
Missouri
Iowa
Wm. Talbot
Sully
Garret Strovers
Will Nibbellink
Newton
John Jelsma
Lynnville
Milton Talbot
Sully Community Church
L. W. Reynolds
Jasper County Record Burial Notice at Pella Cemetery
A brief notice in the Jasper County Record notes a burial at Pella Cemetery. The short item confirms the interment location with no additional details.
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Terment
Pella
Jasper County Record
The Big Parade at Berchel Theatre Des Moines
The Big Parade, hailed as the season’s biggest picture, comes to Berchel theatre Des Moines for seven days starting Monday December 6 with two daily showings. John Gilbert stars in a Metro Goldwyn Mayer production presented by a full touring company with orchestra and stage effects. The story follows Jim Apperson, a rich American who enlists in 1917 and experiences life with his friends Slim and doughboy billets in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Victor
Laurence Stalling
Berchel Theatre
Des Moines
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
John Gilbert
Jim Apperson
France
Jim
Slim
Mr. Stallings
Kipling
Lester Welle Now a Benedict
Friends in Pella learned of the marriage of Lester C. Welle, son of Mrs. Eva Welle, to Miss Elsa Anna Kaiser of Chicago. The ceremony occurred at 6:00 p m Thanksgiving Day at the Kaiser home in Chicago, with Rev Jacob Pister officiating at St Pauls German Lutheran.
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Pella
Lester C. Welle
Eva Welle
Elsa Anna Kaiser
Chicago
P. G. Kaiser
Ardmore Ave
Jacob Pister
St. Paul’s
Quiet Pella Church Wedding of Welle and Kaiser
The wedding of Mr. Welle and Miss Kaiser, celebrated in a quiet home ceremony attended by immediate families, followed by a Thanksgiving dinner at Rainbo Gardens. The couple plan future travels and will reside at 6302 N Leavitt St Chicago after January 15. The piece praises Lester Welle’s career rise with Fuller Brush and his service in the navy.
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Theran Church
Eva, Welle
Helen
Pella
Dave Welle
Ottumwa
P. G
Kaiser
BE. A. _Kaiser
Edna Kaiser
Emmis’ Seydler
Mrs. Welle
Rainbo Gardens
New Bismarck Hotel
Chicago
Niagara Falls
New York City
Boston
East
N. Leavitt Street
Welle
Gan
A- Pella
Navy
Hig
Ips
Ustan
Lester
Fuller Brush Company
Strange bookkeeping at Rhodes Bank
G. R. Work, Rhodes stockbuyer, filed a claim for about $6,000 against Rhodes Savings Bank with the Marshall county district court clerk. The petition states that from January 1, 1925, to bank closure on September 22, 1926, he deposited various sums totaling about $5,000 and that no credit was given.
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G. R. Work
Rhodes
Rhodes. ‘Savings Bank
Marshall County District Court
Work
Bank records question of Work deposits credit
1925 report notes H C Cartwright as receiver's attorney stating he is unsure if the bank's books credit Work for deposits. He reports thousands of Work checks drawn on the bank in the receiver's hands and not charged to Work's account, per the Jasper County Record.
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H.C. Cartwright
Work
Jasper County
Parkersburg mansion offered to become school site
For years C. C. Wolf led Parkersburg in Butler county as banker and local benefactor. Financial reverses left him broken hearted, and his brick and stone mansion now idle. Mr and Mrs G A Pfeiffer of New York City, major patent medicine makers, offer $10 000 to buy the property for public school use and name it Lon Pfeiffer School, following their Cedar Falls Old People’s Home.
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C. C. Wolf
Parkersburg
Butler County
G. A. Pfeiffer
New York City
Cedar Falls
Parkersburg School Board
Lon Pfeiffer
Pfeiffers
Pfeiffer
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Talbot
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Bull
Bowery
Melisande
Bened
Aidt
Garbig
Renee Adoree
Karl Dane
Tom O’brien
Hobart Bosworth
Claire Adams
Claire McDowell
Rosita Marstini
Robert Ober
Jetter
BUICK
Itl
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Mich
Gene * Motors Cor
Pella Motor Co
Pella, Iowa
Lester Welle
Benedict
Rhodes Bank
King Radio
Holksema Bros
Washington Street
Tomo
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