Local Notes from Pella and Surroundings
Local notes recount visits to relatives in Leighton Oskaloosa Des Moines and Chicago and Thanksgiving gatherings. Residents buy cars and property changes occur while theater and pancake flour ads appear. several Des Moines trips and farm news plus a coal vein discovery near Fennema.
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Leighton
Sto Pella
Des Moines
Herman Fennema
the Chronicle
Charley Hough
Mr. Fennema
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early: store promotes holiday goods in advance with a broad line and shopping perks. Customers urged to visit before the rush. purchases can be laid aside until Christmas.
The Greatest Weather Prophet Dies in 1916
Rev. Srl R. Hicks of St. Louis, famed as a weather forecaster, died Oct 12 1916 after a short illness. He completed work on the Hicks Almanac for 1917 and proofs for a year ahead. The 1917 Almanac, with a color-front portrait, costs 35 cents by mail. Word and Works magazine continues with a yearly Hicks Almanac for one dollar.
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Srl R. Hicks
St. Louis
Hicks
Word and Works
Word and Works sample copy offer at 5 cents
An ad offers a sample copy of Word and Works from Word and Works Publishing Co at 8401 Franklin Ave St Louis MO. It also promotes Chamberlains Tablets for sour stomach with a recommendation to eat slowly and chew thoroughly then take a tablet after supper, sold by F D Stubenrauch.
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Word and Works
Address Word and Works Publishing Company
Franklin Avenue
St. Louis
Chamberlain’s
F. D. Stubenrauch
Vander Linden's Bazaar Our Doll Department Selections
Sales pitch for a department store doll selection with Bisque China or Rubber dolls. Emphasizes early choices and price range from 1e to $5 in a colorful catalog style.
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Vander Linden
BAZAR
Remarkable Values in Men's Suits and Overcoats
An advertisement touts made to order all wool men's suits and overcoats with a price of 15 to 16 dollars. It promises perfect fit and 800 kinds, by M. Vander Linden.
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M. Vander Linden
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Y. T. van Niewaal
Peter van derPloeg
Marie VerSteeg
Oskaloosa
John Klein
Prairie City
Wm. van den Berg
A. Buwalda
The
Ever-Ready Auto Co
Dodge
John Ver Ploeg
Paige
J. W. VanGorp
G. T. H. Klein
Orange City
J. T. Klein
James van Vliet
Mrs. G. van Vliet
Ethel
Wdith
Lucy de Bruyn
Winnie
Elizabeth de Reus
Des la Moines
Mrs. Ed. Rinemuth
Albia
Frank Warner
Gerrit Thomassen
Miss Hazel
Chicago
Pella
Guert Thomassen
A Hopkirk
Ollie
Nellie Phipps
South English
Ray
Sigourney
George Clarke
Missie Bertha
Winnie Mol
Minnie VandenBerg
Monroe
Garret Klein
Nellie VanRheenen
W. A. Butt
Gerrit Tysseling
University Street
Mr. Tysseling
H. F. Bousquet
Sam van Vliet
Callie
Henrietta Chalfont
Cantril
Georgia Chalfont
Bert Rice
Vinton
P. H. Spoelstra
Methodist Hospital
J. W. Seymour
Rootstown
Ohio
Ben DeHaan
Julia Rodgers
Spokane, Wash
Washington
Jacob DeHean
Harry VanHemert
Les Welle
Donald Shields
Sam Nutter
John Boterman
Rube Brand
Knoxville
Chariton H. S
Star Auto Co
George Engbers
Willys- Knight
John Heerema
C. P. Dykstra
Pella Produce Co
Ben van Nimwegen
Gerrit Aalbers
John VanderVoort
John VanNeerbos
Red Cross
George Bootsma
H. J. Boland
Nellie VanVark
Hazel Veen
M. Anderson
John van Heukelem
Billings
Montana
Iowa
Alton Democrat
Register
Tribune of
Chronicle
Tribune
Blommers Mill
All Grocers
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Puritan Drug CO
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