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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
4
A public stock sale starts Thursday March 2 at 10 a m featuring 29 head of horses of various age and color plus 18 head of cattle including Hereford cows and calves. The catalog lists many Clydes, Shires and Normans grade stock with all animals described by age weight and color. Terms will be announced on sale day and lunch will be provided.
In May term of the district court set to begin Tuesday May 2 1905 all interested parties may be heard Geo W Long Clerk and A Phelps Deputy Knoxville Iowa Feb 14 1905 sale or rent notices list seven room houses for inquire of H Boogaard East Pella and a seven room house on South Main Street with next line referring to Methodlat and another good.
Marion county voters will decide at the March 1905 school election if a uniform series of school textbooks should be adopted. Ballot asks residents to answer yes or no in the square. Proposer is County Board of Education chaired by W N Lucas. Dated February 20, 1905.
Public auction on the farm 312 miles northeast of Pella on Monday February 27 1905 offers eight horses two year olds and other equines plus fifteen head of steer calves forty five hogs with brood sows and farming implements including two corn planters a spring trip cultivator and a hay rake. Safe at 1 oclock with ten month credit or five percent cash discount. Henry De Bruyn. Worth Porter Aud’s Charles Porter Clerk.
Notice states the firm Gosselink & Boot is dissolved with I Gosselink retiring and C Boot continuing the business taking on liabilities and collecting accounts. C Boot thanks the public for patronage and solicits continued support. Also mentioned is The male quartet with Miss De Bold in the Violet number of the opera Irma as a season hit.
Mrs J S Gladstone of South Pella recovers at home as Vanderpol advertises lace curtains and the latest fashions. Des Moines trips and family news mix with real estate transfers, elopement rumors, and a list of recent marriage licenses issued around Pella including Offenburger Roeder White Stahl and others.
A door flyer touts 10 per cent above cost carpet pricing claiming the best bargain. It promises $3 to $15 savings per carpet bill, fresh goods and precise cutting to minimize waste. The ad mentions a large stock of China and Japan products and straw mats at 12 cm or higher.
Dissatisfied S S Sherman finds Barnum location unsatisfactory as last issue carried an editorial notice offering the paper for sale at a bargain or proposing to move the outfit to another point. It lists over 1500 dollars of first class material and is nearly new, addressed to Sherman in Barnum Iowa.
A partial OCR note from the north part of town references a home of H Van Veen and a Tuesday evening incident involving a physician figure. Details are incomplete but indicate a local event or report awaiting clarification.
At Fourth Reformed church this morning another man Mr Van Rees, a forty year old painter, died without known relatives in the country. In a separate report William Van Middendorp, aged eighty four, died at home on Liberty street after a long life. Funeral services for Van Middendorp were conducted by Rev Van der Kieft at home and later at the Second True Reformed church, with interment in the Van Domselaay cemetery.
Vanderlinden's advertises a closeout sale with hundreds of wallpaper double rolls at 5 cents each and lined window shades at 25 cents each. The message invites customers to take advantage before stock runs out and emphasizes the store wants their business.
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