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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
7
A large assortment of lamps left will be sold at a cut price. Don’t miss these fine lamps as we close them out this week. Also horse blankets priced around $1.50 with many more at cut prices for this week only.
A West Virginia native now in Os kaloosa, 118 years old, jokes he would wed again if the right person appeared, while Des Moines saloons were burglarized at dawn. Porters face investigation, and Panora reports smallpox fears. Ames faculty shifts and a four day Des Moines race meet are announced.
The clerk granted licenses to marry for several couples including George A Oliver and Mabel Preston. John W Kelly and Ed ha B Steele. Clifford Poling and Bessie Caffrey. Tom B Allen and Effa McGruder. G A Huffman and Bessie A Mark. S F Breese and Ena J Holmes. Levi G Ballengee and Agnes J de Vries. Johannes Rhynsburger and Sarah vane Bentum. Jacob N Flanagan and Mary N Emp. Newton G Thomas and Lena M Awtry. James J Hollebrands and Cornelia ver Ploegh. Lewis Snell and Sarah Jane Graves. William D Kamp and Fannie Reed.
The piece complains of ongoing hunting on local premises. Fences are torn down, gates left open, and livestock used as targets. A recent hunter fired a bullet near residents, who defended themselves with water buckets and urged a posted no hunting notice.
A financier, Mr. Russell Sage, is approached by a woman with a charity subscription book. He scans the list and spots the entry Mrs Russell Sage 50. He quickly corrects it by adding Mr and Mrs Sage in the margin, illustrating thrift in naming.
The wedding of Lena M. Awtry and Newton I. Thomas occurred last Wednesday evening at the Awtry residence about six miles from the city. Lena, a longtime Pella resident, is described as a noble Christian young lady, while Newton I. Thomas, after leaving Pella, serves as pastor of the Baptist church in Danville, Iowa, and teaches in the public school there.
Albert van der Ploeg wed Miss Myra Graves at seven on New Year’s Eve at the bride’s home in Mexico New York. Rev Bedwell officiated in the First Baptist church setting with about twenty five guests. Miss Belle Graves played the wedding march and the couple received greetings after refreshments.
G M Cowles and Marshal Ogburn arrived in Newton with three boys guilty of chicken stealing. A Juvenile Court was organized by Judges Preston and Clements and established as a continuous court. The three boys were sentenced. one to Eldora reform school and two returned to their parents with quarterly reporting. One boy adopted by a family ran away. the father James Holden promised to provide, but the boy lived largely on charity. The Monroe Mirror reports. Pella Methodist Episcopal Church to reopen January 8 1905 with services and dedicatory sermon by Rev G Willits A M D 43-44 D O Smith Pastor.
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