Local notices and business changes in nearby towns
Residents from Pella and Prairie City are noted visiting relatives and illness care. D Kramer & company sold Ten Hagen DeHaan the clothing store with plans to connect departments in the same building. Kramer plans three months more work then retirement to Prairie City. The Bear Cat of Eddyville beat local team 31 to 28 last Wednesday, with a rematch soon. A satirical note condemns a paper muting method by a reader who kept a year old subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Conley
Pella
Bert van Vark
Vander Streeck
Hugo Steenbeck
Aart van Eck
Klein
John Scheffers
Jeanetta
D. Kramer & Company
Ten Hagen & DeHaan
A. N. Vander Linden
D. Kramer
Kramer
Arle Koo
Des Moines
W. H. Hetherington
Mr. Metz
Knoxville
W. M. Livingston
Tommy
Eddyville Local Notices and Elections
Eddyville items note Miss Johanna Den Hartog visiting family in Pella with Rev Weersing preaching next Sunday at two churches. Pearl Whiteman returns from Oskaloosa to aid her ailing father J L Sipes. Cornelia Den Hartog home from New Sharon. Will Van Weelden welcomes a daughter born January 23 1918 with Mrs Fenley as grandmother. Mrs John Ver Ploeg visits Bussey relatives. Rev B W Pettit of Albia enjoys rabbit hunt at local homes. City council plans a special election to issue 8000 dollars in bonds to rebuild the municipal electric plant with a petition signed by a majority of qualified voters including both men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna den Hartog
Pella
W. R. Dieleman
Weersing
Peoria
Christian Reformed Church
Pearl Whiteman
Oskaloosa
J. L. Sipes
Cornelia den Hartog
W. Guerts
New Sharon
Will van Weelden
Fenley
van Weelden
John Ver Ploeg
Bussey
Joe Stanley
Harmey Shafer
B. W. Pettit
Albia
John Hoh
John Denning
Knoxville News and Notes on Local People and Accidents
Mrs W G Vander Ploeg visited Miss Bess Bousquet in Burlington. Earl Brees, once confined by a spinal condition, is now in an Iowa City hospital with tubercular peritonitis. Miss Irma Betterton of St Joseph Mo suffered a coast ing accident breaking both bones above the left ankle while sledding. Rev Cr H Mattox of Ames condemned Knoxville meatless days and vows to report locals ignoring diet edicts. Park Flanders, once Park Planders, now a U S Navy shipbuilder in Delaware, left Knoxville for the eastern coast. Gard Betterton was crushed by a falling tree, his left leg broken, crawling a half mile to summon help. Kellman’s pupil Herbert Vr Meer to undergo eye care. cataracts threaten sight requiring possible surgery in Des Moines.
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W. G. Vander Ploeg
Bess Bousquet
Burlington
Earl Brees
Knoxville
Iowa City
Irma Betterton
Ora Betterton
St. Joseph
Cr. H. Mattox
Ames
Mattox
U. S
Park Planders
Gard, Betterton
Mr. Betterton
Obe Betterton
Out of the Mouth of Babes Fragmentary Exchange
A fragment from a child led exchange, quoting a parent and a boy named Harry. The text records a playful misquote about size and possible actions, with punctuation and capitalization reflecting an early writing style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Harry
Memories of Pella and a Debt to Visit the Old Scenes
In the Pella Chronicle editor Young urged a trip back to Pella. The piece recalls childhood chores at the old Moore home, memories of Brownie the cow, and life on a hill of life. A Kansas letter asks for poet poems, and the author vows to repay the debt by visiting Pella again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Young
Moore
D. Ver Steeg
Chronicle
Willie
Kansas
Chamberlain Tablets for Digestive Disorders
Stubenrauch advertises Chamberlain tablets aimed at stomach liver and bowel issues. They claim heartburn indigestion and constipation relief, presenting the product as beneficial for these ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Stubenrauch
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Emma van Baale
Monroe
Eddyville
the Tribune
Sri Wba
KSI
Amal
Sentencing Ff
Vente Heer
The
Journal
C. M. Moore
Olin Clark
Hig
Olin
Godle
James
Brownie
Aleck
Oklahoma
Longfellow
Mr. de Vos
the People's Popular
Chamberlain
Rock Island Lines
Safety Bureau
Wolf
Wolf Chemical Co
Quincy
Ill
Vander Linden
Marion County
Wallaces’ Farmer
People’s Popular Monthly
Wallaces
Iowa
Pella, Iowa
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