One Touch of Kindness Honors a Travel Tragedy
A Northwestern train paused at Mount Vernon to carry away the dead body of Carrie Scheiderer from Milwaukee after a battle with consumption. The mother and brother faced burial costs until a local act of compassion transformed the scene into a respectful wake, with a black casket and lace pillows.
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Northwestern
Mount Vernon
Carrie Scheiderer
Milwaukee
Colorado
Mt. Vernon
Wisconsin
New Library Books for Pella Public Library
List of books purchased with proceeds from a candy sale in the post office lobby about five weeks ago. Includes works by Austen, Jerome, Bryce, Tolstoy, Roosevelt, and others, with titles such as Pride and Prejudice, Three Men in a Boat, and Americanization of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Public Library
Lindsay
Panama
Bacheller
Darrel
The
Blessed Isles
van Dyke
Roosevelt
Haleny
Constantin Osrey
A. P
Austen, J
Stead
McCutcheon
Brewster’s Millions
Jerome, J
Bryce, J
Bigelow, P
Children of the Nations
Cooper, J
Roy Steiner, B
Tolstoy
Coal Ridge News Reports School Reopens and Scarlet Fever Declines
Coal Ridge News notes school resumed Monday after five week closure due to scarlet fever and reports no new cases, quarantine lifted on one family with others expected to be released soon. Mentions visits by Des Moines residents Everett and Patch families, health updates, parish activities, elections, and local moves.
Regular installation meeting of the K P lodge Tuesday
A regular installation meeting of the K P lodge was held Tuesday with members present at the lodge hall. Details of officers installed and the exhibiting of a emblematic regalia were reported.
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K.P
Evening classes offered at Central College for working adults
Central College invites working men and women to Thursday night 7:15 classes in spelling writing bookkeeping and related subjects to extend college benefits to those unable to attend day sessions. Regular meetings follow Monday Tuesday and Thursday. expenses are light and Jay A. Lapham, Principal Commercial Department, encourages attendance and word spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Pella
Jay A. Lapham
New Rock Island Bridge Opens On The Cut Off
The flat span of Rock Island's new 3 span steel bridge replacing the old wooden trestle over the cut off near Harvey was placed on New Year day. It took a week to bolt and set up the span on piers. The two remaining spans will be set so trains can run by Thursday or Friday next week, giving the Washington branch a safer bridge replacing a long dangerous structure in Iowa.
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Rock Island
Harvey
Washington Branch
Iowa
Knoxville Journal
Inebriate Attack En Route to Asylum at Knoxville Station
An inebriate on a state train escaped guards as it neared Knoxville station on Monday. He overpowered three guards, smashed a window, and attempted to leap free before being subdued after a hard struggle. Flo suffered cuts from broken glass.
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James Cox
Knoxville
Ale
Flo
Backwoods Virginian Woman Purchases Roosters In Store
A bashful young woman from a Virginia county entered a local shop carrying three chickens and asked the price. She placed them on the counter and, after the clerk suggested they might lay eggs, explained they were roosters with their legs tied, prompting her embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Lippncotts
Local Social and Business Notices From New Lahron Area
Miss Lillian Renaud visits the Chris LeCocq home in New Lahron. John Thommassen leaves Monday for Texas on business across the Lone Star state. Mr and Mrs L Van Mersbergen visit near Oskaloosa with their children last Friday. R Osdol of Spokane Wash visits city on business. He is a traveling salesman for the Pella Stack er Co and will base in Portland where a branch is. Miss Christine Muntingh, bookkeeper for the Pella Stacker Co, is confined to her home with la grippe.
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Lillian Renaud
Chris LeCocq
New Lahron
John Thommassen
Texas
Lone Star State
R. Osdol
Spokane
Wash
Pella Stacker Co
Portland
Christine Muntingh
A. P. van Houweling
West Pella
Master Melvin
Melvin
Engineer Bravely Stopped Train After Steam Blowout
Engineer Shull and fireman Edward McVey were badly burned when a flood of escaping steam and boiling water blew them from the cab of the Northwestern Jine engine near Belle Plaine last Tuesday. Shull crawled into the mat car to pull the air brake rope and halt the train despite severe injuries.
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Engineer Shull
Jine
Belle Plaine
Shull
Edward McVey
McVey
Otley Items From A Busy New Year Start
A village column notes Jan 1 to Jan 3 events. Des Moines hospital visits for Mrs O ver Dugt, A B Colyn and wife visit, J N Harp travels to Monroe, Ethel Webb returns from Spirit Lake, and James Moles wedding to Mrs Bessie Bruce with Squire D van Zante officiating. Also local travel, church notices, baptist church renovations, and social events.
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O. Ver Dugt
Des Moines
A. B. Colyn
Jas. Moles
Bessie Bruce
Squire D. van Zante
Mr. Moles
Mrs. Moles
Prominent Writers Lead The American Magazine Offer
The American Magazine with Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens leads under John S. Phillips offering November December 1906 issues plus 1907 year subscription for $1.00. The appeal highlights two novels, 98 short stories, 28 poems, 70 timely articles and many pictures, urging readers to mail in this limited time deal.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Lincoln
Rockefeller
William Allen White
Kansas
F. P. Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Ray Stannard Baker
Lincoln Steffens
John S. Phillips
Eureka church and local notes from Durham Eureka school house action
Rev H A Cross of Eddyville preached at Eureka school house and plans to deliver wartime service. Rev Hendrickson of Durham circuit will hold quarterly meeting next Saturday and Sunday. Indiana trip for family business. Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Sherman Parsons. Henry ships two hog carloads to Ottumwa. Harvey family to California for a year. Allen Tucker to manage farm on Pacific coast. Three fat cattle shipped by A Rankin and J D Harsin. Local probate for J J Wilson estate underway north of Harvey.
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H. A. Cross
Eddyville
Eureka School House
Eureka Baptist Society
Mr. Hendrickson
Durham Aclrcult
Indiana
Mra
R. G. Harvey
California
Pacific Coast
Allen Tucker
A. Rankin
J. D. Harsin
J. J. Wilson
Harvey
Rev Robinson Called to Officiate In Blakesburg Marriage
Rev. C. H. Robinson was summoned to Blakesburg last week to conduct a marriage ceremony, a duty that honors his clerical standing and serves the local community. The event marked a notable church engagement for the pastor amid regional ties and Sunday observances.
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C. H. Robinson
Blakesburg
Uned
Piano contest to close next Tuesday in Valley Junction
Miss Helen Garlic has returned home after visiting friends in Pella. Jacob W. Todd named carrier and Harmon Todd substitute on Rural Route 5 from Pella in February. A negro street rumor in Pella ties to a county theft of horses and new harness. Deputy Bridges tracked him to Monroe county but lost the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Garlic
Valley Junction
Pella
Jacob W. Todd
Harmon Todd
Bridges
Monroe County
King Mateo's Island Reign and Revenge Battle
In 1900s era recounting King Mateo's rule over New Guinea Islands he built forts and a war canoe fleet to force guns and powder from traders. A feast led to a raid that captured vessels and prisoners. British Admiral Revenge under Captain Williams attacked Mateo’s harbor, sinking many canoes in a fifteen minute sea clash, with Mateo's forces routed and white prisoners later pursued.
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Mugene
Mateo
New Guinea Islands
Big Island
Williams
Singapore
Revent
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West Side Square
McManus
Ruskin
Golden River
Stoddard
Paul and
Virginia Johnston
A. F
Two
Little Knights of Kentucky
Johnston
Big Brother Johnson
NEW Library Books
Meg Tatsly
White Bird
Gry
Coal Ridge News
M. L. Everett
Des Motines
Mrs. Everett
Mrs Patch
Pleasantville
J. 8. Heywood
W. E. Bruce
Clarence Blackman
M. H. Davis
Mr. Babcock
A. P. Dickey
Colclasure
Women's Mission Circle
F. W. Reynolds
Bro
Bruce
M. L. Reynolds
Mr. Anderson
Willverett
Otley
New Rock Island Bridge
J. N. Harp
Monroe
Ethel M. Webb
Spirit Lake
A. T. van Howeling
D. Dykstra
A. T. van Roskel
Stratford
Mr. van Howeling
Alta Vista
J. D. Rietveld
Anna
Canon City
Col
Siegelaar
Reformed Church
O. W. Catlin
Baptist Church of
Eddi
Cook
Vander Ploeg
Albert Vander Ploeg
Mrs. Scarborough
van der Kool
Visser
van der Ploeg & Markus
J. Hi. LeCocq
Davenport
LeCocq
Weat Pella
J.J. Sheehy
Snyder
S. E. Wilcox
R. Vanderploeg
D. W. Gaass
P. A. Sandberg
Gerritt Smorenburg
C. F. Dillon
Wm. van Houten
G. A. Stout
C. Verploeg
G. L. Vander Linden
C.B.& Q. Railway Company
Durham
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hong Kong
New York
Chicago
Mr. McLees
Tuskeega
Sherman Parsons
Mr. Henry
Ottumwa
Pella Markets
Grain and Feed
Harvey News
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