Local News of the Week Highlights of Oskaloosa Area
Oskaloosa and nearby towns feature a steady stream of visits calls and business, with Des Moines trips and social events noted. Shifts include local trades auctions gate sales and farm notices plus a school and revival schedule and a brief on a dry Ottumwa debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Porter
Oskaloosa
Lynn Platt
Evans
P. H. van Gorp
Des Moines
A. de Bie
Clark Richardson
Kirkville
Harriet Rietveld
John Braam
Tate Ten Hagen
B. H. Langerak
A. van der Zee
A. Calhoun
Ottum
Anna Doedyns
Monroe
Beasie Veenschoten
Leighton
Chas, Fiske
Oshaska
D. P. van Zee
Miss Pearl
H. Fiske
Northern Towa
Busines
Reeser
A. Kamercik
Geurt Vandermeulen
C. C. Rus
Cit. National Bank
James Hamilton
Wm. van Baale
Prairie City
Connie Muntingh
Wichita
Kansas
W. H. Fowler
Ed. van Gorp
Ford Dealers
Lewis Kruger
Wm. Johnson
Cambria
Iowa
P. Johnson
Nick Boland
Walter Sexton
Thomas van der Werf
Peter van der Werf
County Seat Happenings and Local Prospects
Local news notes births and moves around Attica Knoxville and Des Moines. New depot plans, public library proposal, and civic optimism frame 1911. Town events include a district court opening, mill purchase, and schoolteacher visits amid Applegate era growth. prominent names include Geo Butterfield J. Hays M. Voorhees Lula Townsend Wm Craig C C Thompson and J P Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. L. Butterfield
Attica
L. N. Hays
Indianola
District Court
Warren County
M. R. Voorhees
Kansas City
Pella
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Roy King
Robert
Ayres Mill
Great Fruit Harvest of 1910 in the Northwestern
The 1910 crop across the northwestern country is conservatively estimated at 25 000 carloads, including 5 000 carloads of peaches pears and prunes and 20 000 carloads of apples. Prunes pears peaches and apples move from producing centers to consumption hubs beginning in August with prune pear peach and apple in that order. Apples come in fifty pound boxes and a care load equals six hundred thirty boxes, projecting 12 600 000 apple boxes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Europe
Asia
Australia
Sidney C. Miller
Why Were Electrolicrs On South Main Street Not Placed Elsewhere
A Pella subscriber asks why the lighting on South Main Street stops at the corners and does not illuminate cross streets, wondering if this was a design blunder or intentional, and requests an explanation from someone with knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Chronicle Office
Josephine van Klootwyk
Mia
Garrett
Leah
J. H. Stubenrauch
Oskaloosa
Pella
Eldon Forum
Ottumwa
Eldon
South Main Street
Closs
Main St
Woman reports husband Jim's death and life insurance
A woman informed her eastern relatives of her husband Jim's death this week and that he was fully covered by a $2,000 life insurance policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Rhynsburger
Orange City
Jim
Loos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wormhoudt
Andi
John de Cook
South Pella
Alta Richardson
Mrs. Mark Shaw
D. H. Weyerse
J. H. van Gorp
H. Grundman
Miss Ruth
Henry de Gooyer
Henrietta Verheul
New Sharon
Fannie de Reus
Maggie Woolard
Lucile ‘Gaass
Louise
Donnald Mair
Grinnell
Edmands
Atty Gee
Gaass
Dena Vanderpol
Rose Hill
Tommie McKamma
Ruth Conger
Adel
Carol Conger
John Hollebrands
Jim Jelema
Mahaska’ Capital
Clarence Sloan
H. Rhynsburger
Fairfield
G. E. Monkman
Burlington
Jessie Will
H. J. Shutts
Bradgate
Brother Shutts
Amelia Rhynsburger
Red Oak
G. E. Monkiman
Odell of
M. E. Church
Donoman
Utah
D. Tice
Hannibal, Mo
D. T. Tice
Jeanette Haseelman
Lacy
Philathea
The
Baptist Sunday School
Miss Richards
Our
Mae Tice Wallace
Minnesota
H. Rhyneburger
H. S. Rhyneburger
Mia. H. C. Ver Ploeg
Paul Renaud
Helen Reitveld
Davenport
Walter Porter
Chas
Porter
Marion Porter
Mark Shaw
Elizabeth Gezel
Nebraska
S. C. Hunt
Hunt
Alaska
Neck of the Woods
Dr. Carpenter
Tone Kuyper
Dick Weyrne
Dick Bentima
Albert Bentima
Bentima
P. Johnson's Corner
Sarah Botsford
W. W. Brown
Gerrit Ver Steeg
Ver Steeg
Ira Garden
Tracy
Garden
Keosauqua
David
J. P. Durham
Iola
Clay Township
Knoxville
Old Town
Burlington Railroad
Bell Clothing House
Russia
Faassen & den Adel Co
Mars
Adrian Newens
Horace Parker
Adrian M. Newens
Adrian M. Newene
M. Vander Linden
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