Local Notes From Oskaloosa and Pella Area
Local brief records multiple small items from Oskaloosa and Pella. Mentions Mrs. C Van Heuklem and children returning home from Fairmount after visiting relatives in Pella, and numerous visits by residents to Des Moines Boone Winterset and Camp Dodge. A Thanksgiving menu for the 352nd Infantry hospital at Camp Dodge is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
J. BR. Doll
Automobile
C. van Heuklem
Fairmount
Pella
N. Shearer
Winterset
Wesley Jackson
G. G. Gaass
Des Moines
Jay Kempkes
Valley Junction High School
Neal van Hemert
Camp Dodge
H. P. Scholte
Robert
Bob
Mr. Scholte
352Nd Inf
Postal Theft Unsovled Mystery In 1912 Case
Denver reports the disappearance of a $25,000 registered postal shipment on a Santa Fe train from Kansas City to La Junta Colorado on April 4 1912. Charles Oldfield a former Santa Fe clerk faced federal indictments in Kansas and Denver but no trial due to lack of evidence. Damaged $20 bills were later found near his father’s Kansas home after a severe storm.
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Denver
Sam
Kansas City
la Junta
Colo
Charles B. Old
Field
Santa Fe
United States District Court
Continental and Commercial National Bank of
Chicago
First National Bank of
Pasadena
Oldfield
Leavenworth
Kan
Old Oldfield
Elder Oldfield
Kansas
Revolutions and Wendell Phillips Quote Fragment
A fragmented OCR line notes revolutions are not made and mentions Wendell Phillips with citation marks and numeric tokens, hinting at a historical quotation or caption without full context. Further readable details are unavailable to establish a complete news item or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bome Wendell Phillips
Hired to Admit Murder in Fort Worth
Miss Callie Lee Meadows, charged with D. P. McAdams murder, released on 5000-dollar bond. She claims Mrs. V. F. Plummer hired her for 300 dollars to take the blame, then says Plummer committed the crime after urging her. Meadows traveled from Parker County seeking work and says McAdams lured her to a rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Callie Lee Meadows
D. P. McAdams
V. F. Plummer
Miss Meadows
Conscripting Farm Labor Plan from National Security Leader
Lloyd Taylor of Orange County New York proposes using selective draft to train farm labor via state Farm Bureaus. He warns the farm labor shortage will worsen next spring and cites his role in the Preparedness Parade and Universal Military Training petition as context for the approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Taylor
National Security League
Orange County
New York
Hoover
Taylor
New York City
Congress
Sugar Shortage Warning Sparks Sweet Talk
A playful exchange highlights concern about a potential sugar shortage while a couple reassures each other. The dialogue centers on affection amid looming supply worries, reflecting a domestic tone with light humor.
Can China Be Independent Amid World War Debates
The East and West News surveys opinions in Japan on China's declaration of war against Germany. Osaka Asahi criticizes coercion of nations and questions if China can remain independent amid pressure from alliance politics and the entente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Germany
East and West News
Osaka Asahi
Feng Kuo-chang
Pekin
England
Pacific
The
Asahi
Feng Kua-chang
United States
Gesundheit and Woe at the Patriotic Meeting
A man of German origin attends a patriotic meeting despite his wife’s warning. After the event, while returning home on a crowded streetcar, he sneezes “Gesundheit” and is assaulted. He arrives home bruised with torn clothing, while his wife had warned him trouble would follow. The tale suggests social peril tied to ethnic tension.
Five Great Men in History by James Bryce
Bryce ranks Washington Franklin Jefferson Hamilton and Marshall as five pivotal figures in early America. He calls Washington the world figure whose greatness endured beyond disputes about the others. Washington’s massive character calm purpose and dignified bearing set him apart despite others’ talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
John Marshall
James Bryce
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Hamilton
Marshall
Japan Sees Pulp Stocks Sufficient Despite Export Push
The Japan Chronicle notes imports of pulp face obstacles but domestic pulp production has grown. Stocks held by paper manufacturers are believed enough to last through year end. Some merchants aim to export bone-made pulp, not harming those scarce on imported pulp, as there is no surplus domestic pulp to export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
The
Japan Chronicle
Chronicle
Our Army of Civil War
During the first year of the Civil War the regular army rose to 82,000. Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for three months on April 15, 1861. By early 1862 about 550,000 volunteers were in the field and over three years the total grew to roughly 2,850,000 troops supplied, ending with 1,000,000 in the Union army.
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Lincoln
Church Services and Sermon Topics in Local Parishes
Baptist service at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with sermons Seeking Gods Face Playing the Fool Bought with a Price Morning Bible School at 9 30 a m Junior Union 3 00 p m Senior B Y P A 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m An invitation to all. Anthems include Christian The Morn Breaks Sweetly Oer Thee and Lead Me Lord. Evening sermon The Great Detective. First Reformed Church anthem and solo His Eye Is On the Sparrow by Eleanor Thompson Moonlight Mission Band members requested solo. Methodist Church morning sermon Love the Test of Discipleship evening evangelistic.
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Robert Carroll
Pella
Jesus
Methodist Church
First Reformed Church
Eleanor Thompson
Moonlight Mission Band
Classified Advertisements in The Chronicle
WANT COLUMN lists 5 cent per line ads and discounts. Lost is a gray woolen horse blanket between Pella and Howell. return to Chronicle for reward. For rent a residence on northeast corner of square with hot and cold water and bath in Cloverton Minn. 489. For sale 314 acre farm and tract or farm land two miles from Pingree. Little Giant tractor nearly new with self lift four plow bottoms breakers and tractor disc. price fifty dollars per acre. box 2 Pingree North Dakota.
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Pella
Howell
Chronicle Office
B. H. Langerak
Cloverton
Minn
Pingree
No. Dak
FOR BALW SINGLE COMB BUFF LEG HORNS CORNELIUS HACKETT
Classified ad notes a sale and breeding details for a flock of single comb buff leghorns under Cornelius Hackett, located four miles south of Pella with contact at phone 661 on 4. Also highlighted is a domestic supply offer paying up to 12 dollars for old or broken sets, and a separate real estate listing for 320 acres of Holland settlement land north of Sully, Iowa, priced at 175 dollars per acre with down payment and carried balance options. agent Gerrit Wisgerhoff of Sully and James Engle of Metz listed.
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Cornelius
Hackett
Pella
Sully
Holland
Gerrit Wisgerhoff
James Engle
Metz
The Child You Love in False Life Standards
Miriam Finn Scott argues in Good Housekeeping that parents sacrifice greatly to push children into prestigious careers, often ignoring the child’s true talents. The piece notes many end up misaligned, as John may suit redined roles better than medicine and Mary may excel as a dressmaker rather to teaching.
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John
Mary
Miriam Finn Scott
Good Housekeeping
Automobile visit stirs camp reaction at Fort Snelling
A carload of stylish girls passing a camp prompts a bemused officer to quip about sacrificing for the crowd. The note also records Anton De Gooyer and his wife of Highmore leaving after a relatives visit, and a brief exchange about worrying and working.
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Fort Snelling
Bill
Anton, de Gooyer
Highmore
How to Prevent Croup In Children
In a child prone to croup attacks the first sign is hoarseness. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as hoarseness appears and the attack may be warded off, avoiding danger and anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Christmas Vostals and Booklets at Vander Linden's Bazaar
A holiday bazaar offers neat, dainty, rich Christmas vostals and booklets as keepsakes for the season. The item promises to be a thoughtful remembrance of the day that holds special meaning for everyone involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Linden
BAZAR
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L. W. de Bruyn
Henry Roovaart
Prairie City
A. Rooveart
F. N. Byram
Grand River
Melvin Poland
Rock Island
Leon
Iowa
J. B. Doll Restaurant
Frances Loose
Boone
G. H. Waechter
Eugene Dennis
Gene
Army
Ralph Ver Ploeg
Wyoming
Elizabeth Hills
J. F. Mowe
Hills
Nellisville
Wis
Dave Breen
Monroe
Earl Black
Ed van Gorp
Miss Pearl Calhoun
Town City
Ruth Aschenbrenner
Geraldine
Tripoli
Schoe
Uncle Sam
Southwest
Texas
George
the Chronicle’s
Domestic Supply Co
Binghampton
N. Y
J. van Dusseldorp
Oskaloosa Street
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