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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
7
Pella merchants advertise holidays with perfumes cigars and furniture. Local figures attend family gatherings, visits to relatives, and plans for New Year events. Cottrell the Monologist appears at the Opera House. Red Tag Sales and New Year celebrations fill the week with gifts and entertainment.
The thaw left dirty water on streets and tainted wells, causing germ to spread sickness. A sewerage system is needed at moderate cost, with boiling water advised until implemented in spring. Pella grows crowded and sanitary conditions worsen without action. Chapter B. U. of the PLE.O. Sisterhood invites friends to open house New Year’s Day, 3 to 9 p.m., at Mrs. J. J. Warren’s home.
The I O O F lodge in this city elected Noble Grand F D Stubenrauch Vice Grand L M Donai Past Grand Walter Riddle Treasurer W Croby Geo W Kimmel for the ensuing term Installation is set for the first Thursday evening in January.
For sale or rent on terms two acres from Knoxville and two miles from Pella. Bulls from six months to two years old, oak cord wood, two acres near a small new house. Possession given at once. Some farm rentals available if not sold soon. Bargains in farms for rent. $42 per acre if taken at once.
Baldwin Vos died at his Sand Ridge home Sunday night after a battle with cancer. He was 67 and leaves a wife and family. The funeral was held yesterday at the cemetery north of the city. Auctioneer John Visser offers sales services and printing with satisfaction guaranteed. Cottrell the Reader and Monologist is billed for the opera house Wednesday, January 8, admission 25 and 50 cents.
Col D B Henderson and Sen William B Allison returned to Dubuque from Washington Saturday via the Illinois Central to spend a two week Christmas recess. Harry Glas accompanied them. The speaker plans to rest and visit grandchildren at Hotel Julien. Both men will stay in Dubuque a couple of weeks before resuming duties until the session ends in summer.
The Iowa State Gideons and Christian Travelingmen's Association held their second annual convention in Ames on December 21 and 22. About forty Gideons, plus wives, attended. harsh cold limited turnout. Officers were appointed for next year and Sunday services were led by the Gideons in town churches. Notable attendees included W. H. Darner and National President S. E. Hill. The next convention is expected in Waterboro.
The Chicago Great Western offers return excursion tickets for December 24 25 31 and January 1 to destinations within 200 miles, at a fare one third higher round trip. Inquiries available via any Chicago Western agent or J P Elner GA Chicago NY. Markets update Thursday evenings with current Wheat Oats Corn and stock figures.
Market notes show wheat with May price near 2.807815 and July at 4.0354. Data appears fragmentary and unclear for full interpretation.
Market quotes show cattle steer prices ranging from 0.25 to 3.75 with calves and cows listed, hogs at 5.80 to 6.00 for rough heavies and 40.50 for good to choice, and sheep and lambs priced from 2.60 to 4.25. Western and native stock terms appear with varied weights and classifications.
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