Kate Elmore Leading Lady A Chapter From A Famous Actress Life
In Hampstead a worn but hopeful Jack Smedley frets over a looming partnership with Marton Brothers while his friend Tom Yarborough extols his luck. Once wealthy, the Smedley family fell into ruin. Jack recalls their decline as they adjust to a humbler life in Notting Hill after bankruptcy. (Continued in Section Two.)
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Kate Elmore
Gd. R. Sims
Tom Yarborough
Hampstead
Jack Smedley
Tom
Jack
Town
Brighton
Phaeton
Jove
Rose
Marton Brothers
Stock Exchange
Oto
Carling
Jim
Ike
Jack Smedles
Smedles
Dack
Smedley
Lowton
Notting Hi
Smadley
Petition to issue bonds for Pella water works and power plant
Petition filed in Marion county Iowa asks an election to submit to voters the issue of issuing bonds not to exceed 70000 dollars for a water works and electric light and power plant near Howell station on the Wabash railroad. Cost estimates place water works at 45000 and electric plant at 25000. combining systems to reduce total cost. Bonds run 30 years, optional after 10, interest not above 4 percent, par value, delivered as funds are needed, signed by mayor and clerk, custodied at Pella National Bank. February 2, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella City
Marion County
Iowa
Howell Station
Wabash
Pella
Pelenona
Towa
Pella National Bank
Death of Mrs Margaret Fanning in rural Newton area
Mrs Margaret Fanning aged 82 died last Monday morning at her son Joseph Fanning’s home twelve miles north of town and was buried Tuesday in the Catholic cemetery. Funeral services were held at the home at 7 30 a m with the parish priest officiating before he returned to Newton on the eight o clock train.
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Margaret Fanning
Joseph Fanning
Newton
Churches Schedule Of Services And Leaders
A church listings page shows Baptist and Methodist congregations with pastors and service times. Baptist Church led by Rev A LeGrand holds Sunday school at 9:30 a m and services at 10:45 a m and 7:30 p m, with evening sermon themes. Methodist churches include Rev Geo B W Monkman and Rev S Van der Werf with multiple services, language notes, Sunday school times, and youth meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. LeGrand
Jesus
Methodist Church
Geo. BW. Monkman
Epworth
S. van der Werf
Young People's Society
Wm. J. van Kersen
Prince of India at Des Moines Auditorium Feb 18 week
The Prince of India presented at the Auditorium Des Moines features lavish scenery costumes and effects. The production tells the tale of Sultan Mahmud and Princess Irene with a message of brotherhood and a single religious creed set against the siege of Constantinople. After a New York Chicago and Baltimore run, Klaw Welanger’s staging arrives in Des Moines with special matinees and rail services. Seat sale opens Feb 14 with mail orders to William Foster Des Moines La.
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Des Moines
Wek
Washington
Sultan Mahammed
Irene
India
Constantinople
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Klaw & Welanger
General Lew Wallace
J. I. ©. Clarke
Horatio Parker
Yale University
Broadway Theatre
William Foster
Pella Redmen Pow Wow Date Set For February 20
The Pella Redmen announce a pow wow on Wednesday February 20 in Marion county with Knox ville Bussey and Pleasantville Judges handling most duties. Great Sachem Wheeler of Denison and Grand Secretary Day of Des Moines along with other state officers will attend to assist in the ceremonies. A banquet will follow in the lodge room after the event.
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Pella
Local News Highlights From East Pella and Vicinity
East Pella residents report ailments and social events as Osceola and Knoxville business tie ins unfold. Notables include G J Haas and P G Gaass on regional business, Dr F W Frahm at the Iowa Dental Association convention, and Roosevelt appointing C M Donley postmaster at Jiverist. A birthday party for little Bessie Vander Linden and plans for a Des Moines excursion for High School pupils and Central College students generate local excitement. District court in Knoxville, pre nuptial tea for Charlotte Van Vliet ahead of marriage to Harry Renaud add to a busy week.
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Des Moines
Central College
Keables
Geo. Thomassen
Knoxville
A. ‘I’. Klein
The
Security Bank
Pleasantville
H. de Gooyer
Wini Kolthof
Alice McDonald
Monroe
Pella
Bess Scholte
W. F. Wetherall
Knoxville Express
J. C. Pool
Los Angeles
Calif
D. Vanderpol
R. van Zee
Douglas County
South Dakota
Paul Renaud
Hattie Vandermeulen
California
Hyde
Sully
Hughes Counties
Corcoran Bros
Miller
Hattie Verheul
Gamble
Gerrit Klyn
D. W. Gaass
Michael Anspach
Ed. Mom
Charlotte
Harry L. Renaud
Peculiar Ellis Estate Fight Over Companion Heir
A rich, aging but childless man left no will, leaving widow and longtime companion Dora Laraway amid a tidal wave of distant relatives all claiming scraps of the estate. Leonard Ellis, a pretender cousin, surfaces with a forged or disputed claim while a dramatic genealogical tree and house quarrel unfold, as Dora asserts a promised one eighth, amid shifting loyalties and suspicions.
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Edward, Hills
Dora Laraway
Dora
Elis
Tillis
Santiago
Ellis
Leonard Ellis
South America
Leonard Iis
Wilis
Leonard Idliss
Cominng
Poo Min
Leonard Dllis
Leonard Elis
Mr. Ellis
Samuel Eilis
Edward Ellis
Leonard Eills
Edward Wills
Bro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock Factory
Opera House
Artificial Stone Co
Fanning
First Reformed Church
Second Reformed Church
the Prince of India
Pella Markets
Mathew.Kaldenberg
H. H. Sadler
the Chronicle
George Gaass
Marion County District Court
Roosevelt
C. M. Donley
Jiverist
O. M. Butterfield
Bessie Vander Linden
Carl E. Sutherland
Imogene Fry
Klass Groeneweg
Follina Steenhoek
Otis Ee Ween
Ella Mitchell
Cletus Hoch
Veronica Schneider
Ben
Genta John
Reguise
Mississippi
John
Turkey
Dreamland
Choker
Toby
Hig ‘Palng
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