Palace Restaurant serves oysters amid town chatter
Local notices mix promotions and social updates from Pella area firms and residents. Advertisers tout holiday specials from Gaass and Vanderzee while theater acts and concerts highlight upcoming events at the palace and auditorium. Community news covers births, marriages, travel, and business dealings with names like van der Linden and Nossaman prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaasstra
Gaass
Prairie City
Pella
A. N. van der Linden
Brown
Nossaman
Methodist chicken pie supper raises church funds in Maple City
The M E church ladies served a chicken pie dinner at the old Bon Ton stand last Saturday with mashed potatoes beans and salads and evening oysters. Receipts totaled about 50 for a church fund. Also reported a theft at Star restaurant where two young men and a married man allegedly stole oysters and a can of milk. The owner warns the culprits to return the items or face warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Fisk
J. H. Klein
Malcom
Mr. Sadler
Miss Tansey
Vans
City Bakery
E.G. Wheeler
Elz
Wheeler
Wm. Hagens
Chicago
G. Tysse
Leighton
Second Reformed Church
Neimeyer
L. Thomas
Colorado
Thomas
Frank Warner
Wm. Johnson
Palace
F. W. Brinkhhoff
City
Europe
Brinkhoff
Will
Pella
Jersey Todd
Nossaman
Jacob Todd
South Pella
M. E. Church
Bon Ton Stand
Star
Mr. Welle
The
Christian Endeavor
Bon Ton
Endeavor
Indictment, Grand Jury Minutes, and New Trial Denial
In a general session a motion was heard concerning the indictment for a3 leave to inspect the grand jury minutes. Both applications were denied. Molineux’s lawyers argued that evidence before the grand jury and the Barnet letters were improper under appellate court reversal. The judge said the court of appeals could direct a final judgment, ordering a new trial, while the minutes inspection was denied per Judge Blanchard’s prior ruling.
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Newburger
Blanchard
British Force Escapes Capture Near Heilbron
Pretoria dispatches report General De Wet concentrating about 2000 Boers near Heilbron and Colonel Wilson with Kitchener's scouts in touch for two days. Rimington relieved Wilson after a 50 mile night march. British retire to Heilbron with few casualties. Separate notes credit MacKenzie and Benson tactics with Scottish horse and 13 Boers and cattle captured.
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London
Pretoria
de Wet
Rimington
Heilbron
Driblets
Wilson
Kitchener
Colin MacKenzie
Benson
Maple City Self Washing Soap Ad Claims Easy Cleansing
An advertorial touts Maple City Self Washing Soap for gentle use on hands and fabrics. It promises to save rubbing and keep clothes looking white as new.
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Maple City
Pen Population Increase at Ft Madison Prison
The Ft Madison penitentiary submitted its monthly report to the state board of control showing 438 inmates at the start of November, rising to 444 by month’s end. The net increase was six as 23 prisoners were discharged while all others were received, including two returned by the governor and one by court order.
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Ft. Madison Penitentiary
State Board of Control
Miss Ellen Stone Located Near Dubnitza in Bulgaria
Information from Salonica says Ellen M. Stone and Madam Tsilka are concealed about five miles south of Dubnitza near Rila. A Macedonian who left Dec 1 provided exact hid ing places and the homes of agents aiding the brigands. American officials may dispatch emissaries to treat with the bandits and have asked Turkey for free passage across the frontier guarded by troops at intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stone
Salonica
Ellen M. Stone
Madam Tsilka
Rila
Dubnitza
Turkey
Pella Library Association Sends Cheer To Ill President Nollen
At the Dev 10 meeting the Pella Library Association sent sympathetic greetings to President John Nollen who is indisposed. The letter notes his illness, acknowledges his past service, and states he has just been re elected as president. Signed by Cc. Rv.
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Vanderzee
Moslers
Gaass
Pan Nimwegen & Ver Rees
Gerrit Brand
Tonie Fe
E. van der Weert
Newton
Pella Library Association
John J. Bousquet
John Nollen
Cc. Rv
Local bricklayer involved in public street fight over whiskey
Lem Young, a bricklayer, attacked pop-corn dealer C D Manley and knocked Nightwatchman Voorhees unconscious in a street fight after drinking. Young was arrested by deputies Ratcliff and Huntley, later fined five dollars with costs. a warrant was issued for his arrest when he fled. Voorhees remained hospitalized, with public outrage and calls for full legal punishment.
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Lem Young
C.D. Manley
Mr. Manley
Manley
Voorhees
Young
Ratcliff
Rob't Huntley
Mr. Voorhees
Craig
Milgan
Squire McDonald
Garnett
Nebraska
Visit of Dawes to Mrs McKinley in Canton
Reports from Canton suggest Mrs McKinley’s condition worsens with great anxiety among family and friends. Despite appearing to endure the shock of her husband’s end, letters indicate the heart breaking strain has undermined her mind and body, with signs of rapid decline.
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Charles . Dawes
McKinley
Sunshine and Encouragement Define True Success
The passage extols real success as scattering sunshine and inspiring others. It urges uplifting those overlooked, nourishing blighted blooms with dew and sunlight, so they bloom again and brighten the world. The measure of a life is how it leaves life brighter and better through acts of encouragement.
Library Board Debates Yellow Journalism Aboard
Council Bluffs library trustees debated placing yellow journalism in the reading room at yesterday's meeting. President M F Rohrer urged files include the New York Journal Chicago American and St Louis Post Dispatch while other trustees resisted, voting reluctantly to admit the Journal.
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M. F. Rohrer
Council Bluffs Library Board
Public Library
New York Journal
The
Chicago American
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rohrer
Board of Trustees
Bank Failures Hit Orange City and Morris Iowa
The Holland City News reports the private banks in Orange City and Morris Iowa closed their doors. The move leaves local business communities financially embarrassed, with depositors potentially paid in full by next June. Several former townsmen were among the victims.
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Holland City
Henry Hospers
Orange City
Iowa
Morris
Penny & Co. closes after wheat bull market loss
H R Penny and Company a commission house with offices in Sioux City Lincoln Beatrice Fremont and Syracuse Nebraska shut its doors on Tuesday. It is reported the firm sustained forty thousand dollars in losses from the recent wheat bull movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.R. Penny & Co
Sioux City
Lincoln
Beatrice
Fremont
Syracuse
Neb
City editor dates claim on I am a Democrat remark
Albany Telegram editor presents proof that the phrase I am a Democrat belongs to Grover Cleveland before David B. Hill. The editor notes such claims could predate both men as political slogans.
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Albany, New York
Telegram
David B. Hill
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Hill
Grover
Iowa Central State Medical Society Meets in Marshalltown
The Iowa Central State Medical Society met in Marshalltown on Tuesday December 1g. An interesting program had been prepared for the occasion.
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Iowa Central State Medical Society
Marshalltown
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Sully
J. van der Kamp
Rand
Proud Posse
Kuyper & Son
Restau
Fev. Douwstra
Kalamazoo
Higan
Francis Sadler
Zoe Tansay
Juliamond Watson
Rus
Sman Bros. & Grant
Gesmax Bros. & Grant
Fadison Medicine Co
Allen & Stubenrauch
Mt Allen & Stubenrauch
Giana
G. van Vliet
Perry
J. M. Cox
Des Moines
Van
CitRonscLe
Roosevelt
Congress
German Bros. & Grant
First
Katie Todd
Elmwood
Frank Clark
C. J. Lukens
American House
Igor
Deacon Kean
Bonaparte
Jim Jelsma
Gesman Bros. & Grant
Geo. Bracken
A. P. de Reus
Heeren
Elmer Woods
Harvey Rhynsburger
Grace Wolf
Knoxville
A. M. Ober
Schagrin Falla
Ohio
P. Kennedy
L. G. Wheeler
Lee H. Clark
St- Louis
Wm. Nossaman
Edith
G. Wisgerhoff
United States
Matt H. Raysburger
Central Conservatory of Music
Court of
York
Foo
Rocky Mountain
Ladies’ Bazaar
P.L. A
California
Prane Col Ramford
Gold Medal Flour
A. B. van Nimwegen, Gerrit Ver Rees
Wales
Goodyear
Lycoming
Wales Goodyear
Alaskas
Wormhoudt’s Clothing House
Mave
Sybenga’s
Syberga’s
the Star Restaurant
P. Co. Welle, Prop
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