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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
4
Awtry and Lankelma advertise in Pella for the largest and most complete stock of undertaking goods ever shown, promising a full range of burial supplies and related merchandise. The notice highlights new stock and broad selection to attract customers.
Local briefs note Atty. Vander Ploeg in Knoxville and Henry Roorda visiting from Oskaloosa. Mrs. Boot injures her leg in East Pella. Van der Pol and Awtry & Lankelma promote dress goods, mats, and rugs. Grain and implement dealers Edmand and Elscott take over T. J. Edmond’s business. Miss Veenschoten visits Gillman relatives. A Leighton Bank meeting may decide on a permanent opening. a forgery case sentences Chas. De Jong to 15 years. Hog cholera warnings and farm notices fill pages alongside Civil Service ads and local travel.
The Pella Canning and Pickling Co announces a payment of 25 cents per bushel for tomatoes next season. The firm invites both existing and new growers to contact the factory to arrange contracts.
In Guthrie Oklahoma the lower house adjourned after a speaker noted the chamber clock halted at 11 o’clock exactly as Abraham Lincoln was born a hundred years ago. He moved to adjourn until tomorrow, a motion that passed without objection while the senate stayed in session. The Western Union manager said tampering would have been detectable.
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and assistance during the sickness and funeral of our beloved mother and sister Mrs Jakobus Vander Wilt Van Stigt who died February 7 1909 at the old Homestead where she and her husband settled more than 58 years ago. Mr and Mrs Joan Synvorst Mr and Mrs Wm Vos Mr and Mrs D L v p Linden A Van Stiet K Van Stiet
A Des Moines house contest committee reduced Crozier’s margin from 36 to 29 votes after examining ballots from Knoxville and testimony from Auditor Smith and others. The ruling confirms Crozier’s right to a seat in the house.
A public sale will be held Saturday February 20 at 2 o'clock at the home of L Kruidenier. Items offered include a desk book case Estey organ Windsor folding bed 6 hole cooking range plush couch and chairs New Home sewing machine nearly new encyclopaedia in 10 volumes a large cider mill table and cupboard and other articles including miscellaneous items.
A New York Times correspondent notes a striking coincidence tied to Messina's ruin. The disputed paper Future, attacking religion, allegedly provoked by its editor the line calling God to prove His existence. That night Messina was destroyed, a claim I would not repeat without proof.
A 290 acre farm six miles north of Pella offers mostly level terrain with fair improvements. Grain rent is arranged under the terms available through H. E. Dea. Contact the listing agent for details on lease options and payment schedule.
Mor ris E Howlett, famed four in hand whip, plans a cross country drive from Seattle to New York City in the coach Magnet. He will travel San Francisco to Seattle, then Seattle to California Nevada, and on to the East using about 1500 horses. The journey is projected to take 120 days, or 90 days from the California and Nevada line to the metropolis, and follows his Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition route. He defeated Alfred G Vanderbilt last November with the same coach.
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