Local notes and advertisements from Pella area
Local news items include Byers selling batteries and moving into a new home on East Washington Street. A children poem booklet by Pauline Garrison Goldenstein is sold at 50 cents. Christmas carols, local bus travel incidents, and community events at Kuyper Music House and the Excelsior Club are noted. Also listed are personnel changes, visits, and a special subscription offer: Des Moines Capital with The Chronicle for $4 for new and renewing Iowa subscribers through January 1, 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
Dick. Janz
East Washington Street
Gale
Pella
Pauline Garrison Goldenstein
Chronicle
M. & M. Star
Des Moines
Daily Capital
Iowa
Christmas Seals Sale Boosts TB Fight in Schools
Public school pupils promote Christmas Seals to fund TB defense with a penny each. The report notes a dramatic drop in TB deaths from 76 to 89 per 100000 between 1907 and 1925, and states 70 percent of funds stay in Pella for TB relief and child health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B
Towa
Pella
Public sale dates listed for several towns
Buckingham and Son in Prairie City Dec 14 Ben Renaud in Galesburg Dec 15 QO C Butcher in Pleasantville Dec 15 G Van der Wiel in Prairie City Dec 16 Furniture Sale at Bosveld Building Dec 18 Henry Ter Louw in Pella Dec 20 Harold North in Otley Dec 21 H S Scherrenberg in Sully Dec 28 H Swank in Pella Dec 29 D Dykhuis in Otley Dec 30. Grandmother scene ends with a toast about burning bread then scraping it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham & Son
Prairie City
Ben Renaud
Galesburg
QO. C. Butcher
Pleasantville
G. van der Wiel
Furniture Sale
Bosveld
Henry Ter Louw
Pella
Harold North
Otley
H. S. Scherrenberg
Sully
H. Swank
D. Dykhuis
Ferrets replacing cats in Des Moines business scene
Ferrets, raised by ferret farmers, are reported to outrun cats as department store workers in Des Moines. The animals, fed on bread and milk, reportedly staff many large downtown buildings as efficient workers in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Notice of Removal at Franklin Street Location
A notice states relocation to a new ground floor site one door east of Reavers and Holle brands Foto Shop at 606 Franklin Street. Dr H C Wormhoudt D D S is listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reavers & Hollebrands Foto Shop
Franklin St
H. C. Wormhoudt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert Terpstra
Post
Kuyper
Music House
Sioux Center
Wandscheer Bros
Order of the American Legion
Alton Democrat
Gradus de Kock
Herman Veen
Henry Ford
Anna Hynes
Billy Black
Excelsior Club
College Chapel
Sybenga’s
Peter Rus, Jr
Prairie View
Kans
John Vander Ploeg
A. Buwalda
G. van Gorp
Peoria
van Gorp
van der Mieden
Minnesota
G. W. Henderson
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
J. H. Walker
Prairies
Henderson
Martha Randall
Judge Randall
Mason City
John C. Fre
Uen
Tom Mix
Lon Chaney
Mandalay
Pathe News
James
Kodaks
Kodak
State Senate
Wos
the Book Shop
Webster School
Ideal
Pella, Iowa
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