Local Notes Highlight Pella Area Visits and Events
Local news from Pella and surroundings notes visits by W Pilerbroek of Little Rock to his father J Ellerbroek and travel to Lorimer. Mrs G T H Klein visiting Otley. Jay Kempkes at home in Pella during vacation. new year gatherings, shifts in barber shop, and community happenings including a surprise for Jacob Grandia and a Y M C A resignation in Italy. Community members travel to Des Moines, Chicago, and Omaha, with enlistments and military notes, plus local social events and a fish of small incidents like a fire under a floor joist at R L Sadler’s home.
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W Pilerbroek
Little Rock
J. Ellerbroek
Lorimer
R. L. Sadler
Jacob Grandia
Mr. Grandia
Typhoid Wiped Out in France Boosts Manpower
Typhoid fever, once a major army enemy, has reportedly vanished from the Belfort district in France due to vaccination. Professor Vincent credits preventive vaccination and the Val de Grace antityphus program with saving thousands of soldiers. If 4 to 5 million men were mobilized, cases could have exceeded a million with about 145,000 deaths.
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T. G. Fultz
France
F. A
Belfort
Paris
Vincent
Landouzy
Val de Grace
Price Cut on Sardines Endorsed by Food Admin
Washington reports a voluntary agreement with 90 percent of Maine sardine canners to lower prices. Small tinned sardines will retail at not more than 8 1 3 cents, or 5.60 per case of 100 keyless cans, one quarter size. Three quarter size in mustard at 5.00. Wholesalers will operate on slim margins and reports of excessive profits are sought.
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Washington
Food Administration
Maine
Keene Robes Aid Soldiers From Keene’s Costumes
New York stage figure Mrs. Edwin Arden, daughter of the late tragedian Thomas Keene, has donated her father's costumes to the stage woman's war relief. The robes and fur and velvet cloaks from Richelieu and Hamlet will be used to make warm garments for soldiers sent into service.
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New York
Edwin ‘Arden
Thomas Keene
Richelieu
Hamlet
Swatting Fly Sparks Devout Fundraiser Moment
In Hiawatha Kansas, business man H N Zimmerman paid $5 for a fly swat during a church service fundraiser. A fly landed on his bald head as the minister sought subscriptions, prompting the preacher to prompt further giving. Zimmerman’s payment followed the playful moment, which was tied to the collection.
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Hiawatha
Kan
H. N. Zimmerman
Psalm of School Life Satiric View on Students
A humorous verse lampoons students and faculty alike. It praises studious behavior with praise for A grades and multilingual tests. It contrasts the staller and the flunker, suggesting the studious path leads to diploma and praise while the other path leads to failure.
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Staller
Bluffer
Pella Markets Report From Local Commodities Market
Van derZyl Bros. Cattle corrects prices. Cattle range six to twelve dollars per hundredweight. Hogs bring twelve to fifteen dollars and seventy five cents per cwt. New corn prices from fifty cents to one dollar per bushel. Wheat sells from one dollar seventy five to two dollars per bushel. Oats and rye listed at seventy two cents per bushel.
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VanderZyl Bros
Irregular lines preferred over straight Mne in Chinese spaces
The text claims the Chinese reject straight lines in streets and buildings. They substitute QM curves where possible or use zigzags. It asserts the Chinese associate straight lines with death and demons.
Want Column Advertisements Offer Value and Reach
A short ad column notes advertisements cost 4 cents per insertion and not accepted for less than 10 cents, claiming effective results for readers. The message invites readers to try advertising to gain similar benefits.
What Friendship Is
A concise reflection on friendship as service and motive, portraying friendship as redeeming life from drudgery and infusing joy into daily tasks. The author, Donald Stge Mack, emphasizes friendship as a transformative force in everyday life.
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Donald Stge Mack
Envy Fades When We See Others Enjoyments Noted
A reflective aphorism from Ex change on envy. It argues envy arises from comparing wealth to happiness and suggests pity if we understood another’s limited enjoyment. The quote emphasizes humility over jealousy in social comparison.
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G. T. H. Klein
Otley
Jay Kempkes
Valley Junction High School
Pella
Oskaloosa
J. H. Doll
Automobile Headquarters
G. Rietveld
Iola
Mr. Rietveld
Rietvelds
Oskaloosa Globe
Will Ver Ploeg
Omaha
Army
Veterinary Department
State College
Ames
Sam
Richardson
Charlie Richardson
Kelloge
John S. Nollen
Italy
Lake Forest University
Frank Vanden Berg
Chris Rus
Rev
A. J. Rus
Chicago
Neal
Prairie City
Lizzie Vander Syde
Des Moines
T. D. Beintema
Leona and
Dirk
Leighton
C. Kooiman
Bert de Bruyn
P. H. van Gorp
Wm. Rouwenhorst
C. W. Sipe
Monroe
Warner van Spanckeren
Great Lakes, Il
Naval Reserve
A. 8. Barker
Regina
Sansk
Garden City Feeder Co
Ft. McKinley
Portland
Lieut
L. H. Barker
The
Coast Artillery
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Zac Aschenbrenner
Iowa City
Ralph Grundman
Harry de Reus
Alfred Synhorst
Gordon Lunt
Aschenbrenner
Indianapolis
Henrietta Gaass
G. W. Ryke
J. S. Gladstone
R. R. Sadler
W. F. Crew
Harry Ellis
Ottumwa
Sid Poland
W. C. Ingmond
Hedrick
Mrs. H. Robertus
Henry Brom
Barney Brom
John de Prenger
Eddyville
Andrew van Zoek
Jessie Dicks
Emma and
Elizabeth Hamilton
Frank Hook
Fern Smith
Casey
Eleanor Thompson
Roy van Skike
Seth Mann
Oxford
Sadie Mullen
J. T. van Zante
George Gansa
Miss Leonore
R. M. Awtry
H. D. Wormhoudt
Republic
KEENE
Stage Woman's Relief Fund
Pella Markets
Pella Produce Co
the Chronicle
A. T. Boot
Chronicle
Domestic Supply Co. Dept
Binghampton
N. Y
Gambell
Rexall
Vander Linden
Ine Rexall
L. DE Vries
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