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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
4
The Union Depot play titled Scenes at the Union Depot will be staged Thursday evening February 10 under the Ladies Auxiliary auspices. Admission is 25 cents with reserved seats at the two vans after 8:00 am Thursday. The performance starts promptly at 8:00 pm. arrive on time.
Alton residents report varied activity. Jake VerMeer of Orange City heads to Harrison South Dakota to buy a creamery. C Vande Steeg prepares to move from Jim Allen place to a near finished home west of town. Sjoerd Sipma arrives from Crawford Colorado to visit Lipmas friends and plans return in a couple weeks. John Dykstra relocates east from Hospers to an eighty acre Lynn township farm, purchasing property north of town.
M Kaldenberg to sell 35 cows heifers calves 6 horses Earl of Lonsdale Clydesdale 1 matched team full-blood mares 2 two-year-old geldings at public auction February 11 1910 near Rock Island Depot Pella Iowa Auctioneer M Porter Clerk Nels Parsons last year. Town property to be occupied by Mr and Mrs Irvin Jennings New tenants for Hoeven places north west of Hospers Peter Maasdam to Hull Lyftogt brothers get other place Dick Brouwer returns from Ames Extension course in agriculture and stock judging two youths received coal on Main street sled broke down one woke up asking why driver stopped church to be lit with acetylene plant First Reformed church to be lighted with acetylene. Carl Versluis homestead 198 miles west of Aberdeen SD proof on claim 30 acres crops last season claim 25 miles from railway town settlers expect railroad soon. Old Holland colony Van Rooyens had an Arabian gelding living long.
County residents recall Hube and a caravan of immigrants descending the Cherokee hill as a horse died years ago. Mr and Mrs E C Klein of Rock Valley mourn Adolph Klein, eight, who died suddenly of pneumonia following tonsillitis. the family learned of his death while Klein was in Chicago.
Sally Miss Anna Crum visited with her sister in Pella while Mr Garretisger and family came to see a sick brother-in-law Neeleman. Mr Neeleman died Saturday afternoon and was buried at Bethany cemetery after a True Reformed Church service. A five month old baby boy was adopted by Mr and Mrs R Burnham. Minnie Hoppengardener planned a sixteenth birthday surprise for Myrtle Haines with about twenty five guests. Agnes and Sadie Sjaardema returned to work after helping their mother, and a carpet tacking occurred at Mrs Haine’s house.
Wisgerhof and Sherman sold an 80 acre farm Friday near Searsboro. The buyers likely secured a parcel in a rural transaction, with both parties involved as the listing and closing agents.
Names of vendors and buyers attend and deliver hogs and cattle across Tracey Leighton and surrounding areas from Wednesday to Sunday. Individuals include Will Van Der Horst Moody Van Maanen Van Den Noordt Binns Kilaaren Tunis Van Der Beek and Miss Gladys Moody with calls on residents. An advertising note urges readers to patronize the advertiser for value.
A Pella Chronicle ad urges readers to use public sale advertising to draw crowds and fetch higher prices. It promises very low rates and notes the office recently produced one of the finest sale bills for M Kalde Berg, inviting readers to judge the quality themselves.
I have sold my house and must give possession March 1. From now until Saturday Feb 12 I offer household items at the house including a Majestic range three burner stove new kitchen cabinet sewing machine book cases dining table chairs rocking chairs dressers beds wash stands and kitchen utensils. Also a Jersey cow twenty hens eight Rhode Island Reds and White Wyandottes at my place south of Col college next to the railroad.
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