Pella High students face surprise half hour exam
Editors Christine Bruins and Charlotte Van der Ploeg note a sudden half hour examination during assembly. Students faced seventy five questions, some felt absurd, as four 1922 graduates Lucille Cochrane Olive Fox Ila Fox and Artie Gaass visited them. Irma Visser dropped by and pupils wrote essays on Pella history as the state offered further opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er. Frush
Pella High
Lucille Cochrane
Olive
Ila Fox
Artie Gaass
Pella
Rock Island Train Service Schedule Update
Rock Island routes show a daily service from 11 59 a m to 8 39 p m westbound and a 4 08 p m local freight 831. Passenger numbers 475 and 473 appear in timetable. Freight for locals must be at the station by 6 00 p m the prior evening. Both locals carry passengers. Weal 5 56 a m 1248 p m.
Glenn L Morris to lecture on electricity powers
Glenn L Morris appears February 19 at 7 30 PM in the High School auditorium with a lecture on electricity and radio powers. He will demonstrate ton of apparatus and explain the mysteries in plain terms. Admission is 50 cents at the door unless a season ticket is held.
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Glenn L. Morris
Mr. Morris
Town History Prize Prompts Local Contest
A prize of 1000 dollars for the best town history draws interest in Pella. The Tiger versus Wildcat contest ends in a tie. The Girl Reserve practices on the New Parson. The Junior play will be repeated after weather delayed the first showing. Eighth grade county exams were held at the High School with many country children visiting. The district declamatory association meets March 28 with 127 schools participating. The first prelim contest is February 29. Penrod and Sam shown Friday and Saturday to a large audience. The letter club teases pep with a bob party and a snowy ride ending with hot food and chocolate milk.
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Letter Club
Local notes from Pella and surrounding towns
A roundup of visits and happenings in Pella Iowa and nearby towns including travel of Dr A P Fankhauser to Davenport for a chiropractic clinic, teachers meetings, funerals in Newton and Des Moines, engagements and weddings in Florida, health updates on A De Bruyn and Al Smith, plus residents visiting Des Moines Newton Prairie City Sibley and Ottumwa for family, work, and hospital events.
Died at Home in Galesburg Mrs Derringer 58
Mrs Eb Derringer died at her Galesburg home on February 8 1924 after a stroke of apoplexy aged 58 years six months and 29 days She is survived by husband two sons and two daughters Funeral services were in Galesburg at 1 30 pm Sunday Interment Hewitt cemetery Relatives in Pella learned of the Des Moines death Saturday of Mrs Art Hoogenakker following a stroke of apoplexy She was about 25 years old and married since October 26 last Her husband is John Hoogenakker’s son Funeral service and burial were in Des Moines Tuesday Afternoon Also mourns Rev and Mrs John Van de Kieft seven year old daughter in Hol land Mich pneumonia following scarlet fever Parents are Pella natives Community sympathy extended
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Oskaloosa
Doll’s
A. P. Fankhauser
Davenport
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Elizabeth Ver Heul
Monroe
Pella
Eugene Dennis
Des Moines
Mary Helen Donai
E. A. Talbott
Minnie Ver Ploeg
Dora Hynes
A. A. de Bruyn
Mahaska County
Chronicle
Kate Beard
Casper
Wyo
Daily Tribune
A.W .de Bruyn
Heinie
Ray
A. F. Odem
Newton
Ed van Zante
Jessie van Zee
C. E. Hamilton
Emma
Elizabeth Hamilton
H. J. Edmond
Ames
R.R. Sadler
Louis Kuyper
Florida
Walker Sadler
Sibley
Iowa
Ed Wheeler
Sharon
Lois Rietveld
Walter Dingeman
Ottumwa
Walter Donai
S. F. Cole
Ed van Gorp
Fred Lankelma
Pella Motor Co
Capital City
John K. van Dam
Simon de Haan
Prairie City
J. C. Clark
Creston
Ira Vriezelaar
Otley
Ollie Schakel
Gertrude
Derringer
Eb Derringer
Galesburg
Hewitt Cemetery
Hoogenakker
Art Hoogenakker
John Hoogenakker
van de Kieft
Holland, Mich
John van de Kieft
R. Vande Kieft
N. Bogaard
Card of Thanks for Our Loss of Daughter
We wish to thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and aid in our sorrow. We deeply appreciate flowers and deeds offered in our bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Donai.
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Walter Donai
Van Vark and Stam Wed at Home Wedding in Pella Area
Harry Van Vark and Miss Sarah Stam married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Van Gorp with Rev. J. De Haan officiating. Van Vark is a young farmer and Stam a city resident, and they will reside on a nearby farm as newlyweds. The Chronicle extends best wishes.
Tanlac praised by hundreds in Iowa for health boost
The article touts Tanlac as the world's greatest tonic with over 100,000 testimonials. Iowa residents report gains in weight and energy, improved appetite, and relief from stomach ailments, nervousness, and sleeplessness after using Tanlac. Several Des Moines residents are quoted praising dramatic improvements. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
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Iowa
Hettie M. Welch
Adel
William H. Adams
East Arthur St
Des Moines
Retta Bell
Bowdoin St
Taniac
Tanlac
Harry Anderson
Ingersol Place
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Fuller Man
L. B. Snodgrass
Manhattan Oil Co. Service
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Manhattan Pleasant
G. B. Ver
Steeg
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash
Howell
Weal
Great White Way Bus Line
Cadillas
Lyceum
Glontit
Erat
Miss Bailey
Penrod
Sam
Methodist Church
Buck’s
Gerrit den Hartog
J. P. Klein
William & Mary
Wilbur Co. “Complete Home Furnishers
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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