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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
7
Local notices recount a big sale at Van der Pal's promising savings. Community updates mention Adv C L Stafford preaching at M H E church, quarterly conference, family reunions, travel, and visits between Pella and nearby towns. Several residents attend events, including a Des Moines visit and a Great White Way Association meeting.
To whom it may concern all who owe the firm of VerSteeg Co are asked to settle accounts and notes. Due to the death of Arle VerSteeg all balances must be settled promptly. Yours truly VerSteeg Co.
A New York World piece analyzes the social prestige of owning a Metropolitan Opera box. It calculates a box’s price at about $102 857 based on building value minus mortgage, then notes owners typically profit as boxes appreciate to $120 000. Monthly income reflects $1 000 net after commissions.
A humorous but tense incident in Rio de Janeiro involved two English sailors who planted a flag atop a guarded mountain and unfurled a Union Jack. Brazil protested politely through its minister, then attempted to knock the pole down with cannon fire, but could not angle the shot. The flag remained until the foggy air faded away.
Clara Louise Kellogg recalls her triumph as Violeta in Traviata and notes how a tenor's dirty hands ruined her pale gown. She recounts sending him soap after a blunt reply, illustrating the era's backstage tensions and pretended politeness.
In a humorous excerpt a tenor group jokes about food fads and aroma before a traveler in western Texas encounters a hotel quail population. The scene pairs backstage soprano quirks with a local quail nuisance, highlighting appetite and humor in a traveler’s vignette.
A craftsman explains razor sharpening requires laying flat on stone for a fine edge on hollow ground razors while pocketknives need a stiff edge. Hold at twenty to twenty five degrees and aim for a chisel like edge.
A quip between a son and father compares driving a golf ball to driving a pig. The Boston Transcript records a playful exchange about skill, noting golf’s precision versus livestock handling in a rural humor frame.
A Welsh applicant to a London drapery firm quips he hails from Lilin pumpsaint meaning the place of the five saints. The head of the firm, from the same neighborhood, recognizes the joke and hires him. The exchange highlights wit in hiring.
Unencumbered 193 acres with 20 acres commercial apple or chard bearing fruit. First class buildings and living water. Unlimited open stock range. One mile from courthouse, schools, churches and depot. Price 6000 with half cash. Contact Oliver T Payne Crossville Tenn.
Gradus Vriezelaar, son of Mr and Mrs Anne Vriezelaar, wed Miss Nettie Hernden near Monroe in a small ceremony attended by close relatives. The couple plans to reside on the former G Sneller farm, now vacated by Sneller who moves to his father’s place near Pella. Art Botsford visits relatives in South Dakota while Vern Frazer of Dakota stays with kin.
Piez DeMoss and family visited Wm. Rootsellar Sunday while Cas Frazer joined them briefly. Martha Vriezelaar is recovering from illness. Joe Peeker of Seevers and Mrs. Flora Vander Ploeg hosted visitors. Evelene VanBentum from Prairie City visited Mrs. Wm. A. Vriezelaar, and H Jaarsma of Pella aided for a wedding. Peter VanHemert plans to move to Otley. Y. Dykstra’s Canadian son toured the area. Mrs. Wm. Lille visited Dirk’s family near Monroe. Abraham Van Houweling traveled to Dakota and John Bruinekool to Kansas for relatives and hunting.
Fine weather marked the holidays. John VanMaanen sold calves to Mr. Davis and delivered them Friday. Mrs. Tracy Van Dyk of Oklahoma visited her brother John Woody and family. John Moody and family joined a January 1 reunion at the VerPloeg brothers. The Olivet lecture drew good attendance. Neil Heenstra and family visited Oskealoosa Tuesday. Tom Martin and his children visited the Barlow home. Oskaloosa tillers and families, including Russell Binns and Geo Ryan, attended Saturday's gathering with the Moody and Bartlow families.
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