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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1923
Page
5
At a city council meeting engineers reported the municipal electric plant has adequate capacity for current and future growth but its boilers are worn and leaking. A water softening system and boiler replacements were urged to improve efficiency, with final plans to be included in a subsequent report.
A deal this week makes M. D. McWilliams a principal in the Pella Overall Company and a reorganization follows. McWilliams leaves Ideal Pharmacy and joins Overall, which will occupy its own building on the square's west side and the upper floors of the American Legion building. The firm has done solid business and the new plan adds about a quarter more factory space without changing personnel.
P H Stubenrauch paid Mrs J Van Wyngarden a $1000 life policy claim after her son Will died in a January runaway accident. Crossings near S Van Hemert’s home claimed Dick Brandenhorst and Cornelius Rounbos. Miner Nathan Hollingsworth killed by slate fall near Otley. Local ads note $10 all wool suits. Politicians vie for mayor and alderman in upcoming elections. Local prices list eggs 12 cents a dozen, corn 26 cents a bushel, potatoes 40 cents. City teamsters form a union. Local mines and businesses listed with new moves and advertisements. Marriages, deaths, and moves noted including Peter Baer’s mother’s death in Muscatine and weddings of Martin Klein with Maggie Van Steenis and Everet Van Zante with Teuntje Van Dusseldorp. A Sioux County exchange tale recalls early migrations from Pella to Sioux County with Jennie’s move of records from Calliope to Orange City.
Des Moines reports an American Legion backed bill in the Iowa legislature seeking to make it a misdemeanor to appear in masks robes or disguises with a 30 day jail penalty. Unlawful assemblage penalties rise to one year for two or more masked persons and two years for crimes linked to nonmembers. The measure excludes balls performances and ritual services and bars hooded members from national guard or civil service.
A series of farm meetings on Monday to Wednesday next week will demonstrate sheep and wool grading with W G Warner of Bloomfield attending. The event aims to train farmers in wool grading and discuss the year market outlook at each farm.
Henry Grootenhuis a Central College freshman died Monday at four p.m. at the home of Tennis Plette after a four week illness from typhoid fever contracted on a vacation trip to Sioux Center Iowa. Parents Mr and Mrs A J Grootenhuis attended his last days. Funeral held at the college chapel with Professors Heemstra Mulder and Rev J Wesselink conducting.
The Cavan Welsh Singers will perform Monday night February 12 replacing the next lecture course. The two men and two women, led by Cavan Jones famed as "the man with the wonder-voice," will invite audience requests of Welsh songs. A full house is hoped to offset previous financial shortfalls. The Philo-Alethian play The Lion and the Mouse moves to Tuesday February 13 due to the date change.
Marion County farmers push soybean production with 500 bushel seed distributed by Farm Bureau via Farmers Exchange of Knoxville Pella and Pleasantville and shipping associations of Bussey and Tracy. A carload wholesale seed at 2.75 per bushel is sold through pooled orders. 325 bushels already sold and demand rising. The crop aims to double the county’s soybean output and strengthens its rank alongside corn, sheep feeding, and hog production in Iowa.
The Pella Tigers suffered a 30 to 24 defeat at Newton against a YMCA team. During the game, thieves robbed the Tigers’ dressing room of money and valuables. The following night at Central College gym, Des Moines US Bankers held Pella to six points as the Tigers hit only one field goal and four free throws.
Dallas boys beat Pella 83 to 24 while Dallas girls fall 16 to 14 in an evening basketball doubleheader at Pella. Referees John Gezel and Fred Lautenbach officiated as spectators praised the Pella boys’ season form and crowd support.
The Parsons Hotel in Knoxville burned completely after a fire started in a store room between the kitchen and dining room. No injuries were reported. the old building housed Warner Construction offices and U. S. Hospital project papers were mostly saved. Proprietor W. S. Buckles estimated loss at 20000 dollars, with partial insurance.
The Central College gym hosted a tight clash as Central defeated Iowa Wesleyan 25 to 22. Central led most of the game despite fouls sidelining Van Doorninck and De Haan, and Wesleyan rallied late as Central fatigue set in. Attendance was solid for a Saturday evening contest.
At the annual State Corn show in Ames last week a Lake Prairie township group, from Marion County, won seven of ten places in the Junior ten car class for yellow and white corn. The feat highlights thirteen years of work by the Lake Prairie Junior Community Corn Improvement Association, led by John Hl. Ver Steeg with strong support from Pella business leaders and parents. Winners include Gradus Schukel 3rd, Roy Van Haaften 5th, Sadie Vink 6th, Henry Vermeer 7th, Cormelies Vanderwert 8th, Lester Van Gorp 9th, Peter Westerkamp 10th.
Dr. J. E. Dyer head of the government hospital at Colfax received an order at the first of the month to shut the institution down at once and transfer its thirty patients to Knoxville or other government hospitals. The hospital operated in leased quarters for over two years and cared for afflicted World War I soldiers.
Revenue officers tour every county to aid taxpayers in filing 1922 returns. Forms 1040A and 1040 issued to prior filers. March 15 1923 due date. Exemptions range from 1000 to 2500 plus 400 credit per dependent. tax rates 4 and 8 percent. Filing required for many with modest income. gross income definitions explained. deductions vary by profession, with strict disallowance for personal living expenses.
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