Local Notes Include Visits Funerals and Moves in Pella
Local items list visits from residents to funerals and family gatherings. Names include Niemans, De Vries, Kuiper, Wormhoudt, Van Arkel, Edmand, Dykstra, Fisk, Hoogenakker, Den Hoet, LeCocq, Van Houwelingen, Zaager, Visser, Gosselink, Vander Linden, Scheffers, Jelsma, Grandia, Steinkamp, Cooney, De Witt, Farmer, Ettima, Sprague, and others. Activities cover travel, school returns, employment changes, and real estate moves in Pella and surrounding towns.
Bett ing for Chicago and studies at a technical school
J. J. Sprado and his wife traveled to Otley on Wednesday to visit her sister Mrs. D De Jong. Mrs. Alice Wishmier went back to Van Metre Iowa on Wednesday after visiting her sister Miss Dora Thomassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Edmand
Fort Dodge
T. J. Edmand
G. A. Vander Meulen
Monroe
H. P. Vander Meulen
Susie Lefers
John
Ireton
Chicago
J. J. Sprado
Otley
D. de Jong
Alice Wishmier
van Metre
Iowa
Dora Thomassen
Security State Bank Opens Income Blank Assistance
The Security State Bank announces receipt of income blanks and offers immediate help submitting reports before the March 15 deadline. Citizens urged to come in promptly to avoid last minute rush.
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Security State Bank
Iowa Wesleyan To Play All Stars In Place Of Central
Iowa Wesleyan College will meet an All Star quintet at Mt. Pleasant in place of Central Iowa Wesleyan after Central’s game was cancelled. The team includes Rillihan Baer Brand Rhynsburger and Buerkens from Central and last year’s Pella Tigers. The public is urged to attend the February 28 1919 8 p m contest, a strong test for local players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Wesleyan College
Va. Central
Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa
Rhynsburger
Wesleyan
Central
Rillihan
Baer
Brand
Pella Tiger
Buerkens
Mt. Pleasant
Two Strong Notes By Bryan On Prohibition And Women’s Suffrage
In the February Commoner W. J. Bryan praises the prohibition amendment as a historic moral reform with broad ratification and bipartisan support. He notes Woman suffrage failed by one vote in the current Congress but will pass when the next Congress convenes, predicting broader unity and continued reform.
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W. J. Bryan
Republican Party
Columbia
United States
Congress
Hitchcock
Pomerone
Wadsworth
Borah
Bryan
Death notice for John Y. De Vries in Otley
John Y. De Vries died at his Otley home on Friday February 21 1919 at age 73 years 10 months Funeral services were held Monday from his home and Otley church conducted by Rev P Grooters Burial followed beside his wife in the cemetery north of Pella.
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John Y. de Vries
Otley
P. Grooters
Pella
Card of Thanks for Herman Braam Loss
Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs John Braam and family. They express gratitude to neighbors friends Central College students and faculty for kind assistance flowers and prayers during Herman s illness and for prayers during their bereavement in the loss of their son and brother.
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Central College
Herman
John Braam
Thankful family thanks for funeral support in Otley
The Brummel family of Otley Iowa expresses deep gratitude to friends neighbors and the Sunday-school class Banner Bearers and the local choir for sympathy help and flowers during the illness and funeral of their daughter and sister Dena.
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Dena
Death of Winnie Yettie Doun in rifle accident
Mr and Mrs A Vriezelaar mourn the death of their eight year old niece Winnie Yettie Doun who died Feb 4 1919 from an accidental rifle discharge Jan 30 She was the daughter of J D Douma of Dinsmore Sask Canada and leaves parents two brothers and two sisters The family notes a Bible verse tribute to the child in Heaven and peace.
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A. Vriezelaar
Winnie Yettie Doun
Winnie
J. D. Douma
Dinsmore
Sask
Canada
Pella
M.'V
Needful Things in a Good Old World
A whimsical verse on modern needs for wealth health social life and communication. It links money health socializing jokes and loneliness to daily activities from dining to rising. The piece playfully notes the push and pull of modern life and the essentials to participate.
Advertisement Rates and Submission Rules
In this column advertisements cost percentages per insertion with a minimum of ten cents. No ad is accepted for less than ten cents. An extra charge of ten cents applies if a reply is requested through the Chronicle office.
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Chronicle Office
Pella Markets stock and grain rates and produce items
Cattle prices range from 6.00 to 11.00 per cwt and 16.00 to 16.60 per cwt for higher grades. Wheat bids from 1.80 to 2.05 per bushel. Oats at 50 cents. Produce list corrected by Van der Zyl Bros and Pella Produce Co includes candled eggs hens and roosters ducks full feathered geese packing stock butter cream at 45 cents.
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Vander Zyl Bros
Qld
Managers Wanted for Farmers' National Association
District managers who are well known farmers are sought to cooperate in securing memberships in the Farmers' National Association. The appeal targets patriotic rural Americans with a practical plan and a new moving spirit to meet farming needs today. Address Securities Building Des Moines Iowa.
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One Farmers’ Association
America
National Association
Securities Building
Des Moines
Lowe
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Ie Ue
M. BE
Holland
Levi Dykstra
Jno. R. Kuiper
Gerrit de Vries
Elizabeth de Vries
J. Y. de Vries
Henry Wormhoudt
Keith
G. H. Wormhoudt
Henrietta Veenstra
Oskaloosa
Mrs. Bosveldt
John van Arkel
Vander Zyl
Cassa Clark
Gambell’s
Dave Dykstra
Gertrude
Mitchellville
H. F. Fisk
F. A. Snow
Mason City
H. P. Scholte
Timothy Hoogenakker
J. A. den Hoet
Cora Groet
Marie Gaass
C. LeCocq
J. Blommers
New Sharon
John Hollebrands
A. T. van Houwelingen
A. Zaager
R. Zaager
Prairie City
N. A. van Haaften
Mrs. J. Klein
Wm. van Rheenen
8. B. Onstine
Henry Boland
L. D. Gosselink
D. G. Gosselink
Herman Vander Linden
Helen
Leighton
John Scheffers
Louise Wright
North Porterville School
Jella Jelsma
Newton
Hilda van Brugen
Fred Grandia
Wm. Clark
Knoxville
J. W. Todd
D. Boland & Co
Minnie
Harriet Veenstra
Pearl Steinkamp
Valley View School
W. F. Cooney
Ottumwa
Helen Kathleen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Cooney
Gertrude Greenwood
Georgia Chalfont
The
Osteopathic Association
Will Porter
Kansas
Charles
Marion
Mathew de Witt
T. E. Farmer
Joe Ettima
Chateau, Montana
John Mathes
Wm. Sprague
Sprague
Rebecca DeCook
Eva Huckabay
Wm. James
Wm. Visser
Bussey
James
Bischof
Wagner's Quality
ALL Stars
John Brummel
Jane van Wyngarden
Clover
Timothy Hay
A. W. Veenschoten
Star Auto Company
Wabash Railroad CO
Howell Station
P, van Steenwyk
Pella Markets
Pella Produce Co
Mary Pickford
Stella Maris
War News
Pathe News
Ham Lincoln
Fatty Arbuckle
Billie Burke
Petrova
Pauline Frederick
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