Like Our Wearie Willies and a Desperate Trek
The Herald reports Louilia authorities raised 14 dollars to buy railroad tickets for a man and his family claiming to be stranded. They refused the plan. the travelers walked with their luggage. In Knoxville the same family was aided by locals and church members who bought meals and tickets to Fort Dodge, prompting calls to prosecute for obtaining money under false pretenses and concerns for the children's welfare.
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Hicks Thermometers Stand Critical Test
Hicks Thermometers are praised after Dr Aschenbrunner reported testing his Hicks against a clinical thermometer and finding it accurate. The item sells for $1.43 with the Hicks Almanac, a combo offered or the almanac alone for 50c, as the thermometer is not sold separately to promote the almanac.
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Colonial era Women's Club party with old time decor
The Colonial style gathering featured candlelight and curios as Martha Washington served coffee. Members heard letters from 1694 1740 and 1796 about colonial joys and hardships and wrote about modern comforts Washington never saw. D Van Zante won a candle stick. Marion Frush played flute and Leonora Ballengee sang Comin thro Rye in costume.
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Almanac Offer Promises Bargain Rates at Chronicle Office
The notice states a combined price of 1.43 with the almanac, marking a bargain from 2.25 to 2.50. The offer remains valid and readers are invited to view the thermometer at the Chronicle office whenever convenient.
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Chronicle
Voorhees Dies in Omaha After Illness
E S D Voorhees former resident died at his home 1546 North 17th Street Omaha Nebraska on Thursday February 5 1925 aged 65 years He suffered from toxic poison following a severe influenza attack His last illness lasted 24 hours He was born 1860 on his father Johns farm east of Pella He married Mary Ellen Seltzer in 1888 at Trivola Illinois Survived by three brothers Frank C Elkerton Minn Fred Sioux City Iowa and Melvin R Kansas City and one sister Mrs Dora McCrea Minneapolis Also mourn his widow with a friend Mrs Woodard of Omaha and two cousins George and Cliff Voorhees Des Moines Funeral held at M E B church in Pella Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pella
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Trivola
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Elkerton
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Sioux City
Iowa
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Kansas City
Dora McCrea
Minneapolis
Melvin
M. EB
E. A. Swickhard
Woodard
George
Cliff Voorhees
Des Moines
Oakwood Cemetery
Colonial Dames Entertain with Village Minuet
The event featured two Colonial dames, Virginia Van Gorp and Betty Lankelma, performing a pink panier and a blue costume routine to old time music. The audience applauded, and the writer predicts bright futures for the performers and wishes all club members could have attended.
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Virginia van Gorp
Betty Lankelma
Mrs Beman Died in Oskaloosa at 93
Mrs Mary A Beman aged 93 years 6 months widow of S N Beman pioneer of Oskaloosa died at her home 818 A avenue east Thursday February 5 1925 after a fall on the stairway caused shock and nervous chills Funeral from 813 A avenue east Monday February 9 at 2 pm Interment Forest Cemetery
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S. N. Beman
Oskaloosa
R. E. Redman
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Forest Cemetery
Ames pair visit relatives amid illness in Pella
Mr and Mrs Henry Edmand of Ames visited over Sunday with relatives in Pella due to the illness of his mother Mrs J A Edmand.
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Ames
Pella
J. A. Edmand
Church Notes by Rev J De Haan in Holland and English
Church notes list morning service at 9 30 with How Justified before God. Additional reading 1 30 pm Ps 82 8 Divine Instruction Counsel and Care. Evening 7 30 pm John 6 37 Acceptance Assured. Services noted in Holland and English.
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Holland
John
Foreign Missions Day Observed with The Unfinished Task
Sunday will be observed as Foreign Missions Day with a morning sermon on The Unfinished Task. The evening program features the Junior choir anthem and Miss Anna Tysseling solo. The pastor will deliver a message from the Foreign Missions Convention in Washington, replacing the prior week’s speaker.
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Foreign Missions
Anna Tysseling
Foreign Missions Convention
Washington
Public sale price sample from Fayette county figures
A sample of Fayette county public sale results shows hay averaging $8 per ton oats at 62 cents per bushel barley from $1.02 to $1.10 and corn at $1.10 per bushel, illustrating price differences with other state sections.
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Fayette County
Farm sale prices report for livestock and goods
Auction summary shows bushel sales and livestock prices with horses at 136 111 78 76 dollars, five dairy cows at 111 104 98 87 86 averaging 97, five others at 62. Seventeen steers about 650 pounds averaged 42. Pure bred Hampshire hogs priced above pork values due to feed costs. Chickens at 1.10 each and farm machinery sold well.
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