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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1925

Page

7

College Notes A Busy Semester At Central College

The practice teaching in voice under Miss Vander Meer and piano in the Webster building begins the second semester with new and continuing students. Dr and Mrs Mitten hosted forty to fifty friends for a musical evening featuring Mr Anderson of Chicago and Mrs Van der Ploeg of Knoxville. College Night at revival meetings drew faculty and students, and the Girls Glee Club opened their season with a well attended concert in Sully. The Advance play date is awaited as the new term opens next Monday with many new entrants across departments.

Vander Meer Liggett Webster Glee Club Sully

Radio stars usher in era of high grade music on air

John Johnson of Victor Talking Machine plans a new radio concert program starting with a New Year’s Eve broadcast by John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori. The project aims to bring world class artists to American stations and Europe via the microphone, conditioning the coming 1926 season.

Bori and McCormack John McCormack Lucrezia Bori Bart I. R. Johnson Victor Talking Machine Company United States Johnson American Telephone and Telegraph Company America Europe Victor Bori

Banquet Plans Prompt a Volunteer Call in Town

A local speech hints at a blue sky and asks if a woman from town will lead the Ladies' Auxiliary banquet. The message urges readers to volunteer and help organize the event.

Ladies’ Auxiliary

Public Sale Dates Listed for Various Sellers

A notice lists public sale dates for multiple sellers including AD Kool and Son in Cordova on January B6 A Van Duren in Leighton January 27 M Tuinstra and Grandia in Pella January 28 J H P Van Zee in Pella February 3 Jan Vink in Reasner February 4 D Yoma in Peoria February 6 Sander De Kock in Pella February 6 Otto Van Speren in Otley February 10 Will Vander Horst in Tracy February 10 D Terpstra in Oskaloosa February 11 Bas Huyser in Sandridge February 19 and W H Clark in Pella cattle sale June 10.

AD Kool &" Son Cordova A. van Duren Leighton M. Tuinstra Grandia Pella J. H. P. van Zee Jan Vink Reasner D. Yoma Peoria Sander de Kock Otto van Speren Otley Will Vander

First Christian Reformed Church Notes and Times

Rev J De Haan leads services at 9 30 a m with Luke 15 7 Joy in Hanggewre and Lords Day 82 The Comfort of eternal Life The Holland English service at 7 30 p m features Luke 12 47 48 A Word of Warning

First Christian Reformed Church J. de Haan Holland

Christ powered Baptist church invitation

A Baptist church urges the community to seek Christ centered education, business ethics, and home life. It invites all to attend services Sunday at 9:30, 10:45, 6:45, 7:30 and Wednesday at 7:30 to hear the Word applied to daily life.

Baptist Church Christ The

Funeral and fire news from Otley area

Mrs J B Vriezelaar and Mrs Henry Vriezelaar attended the funeral of Mrs Ralph Amos in Knoxville on Tuesday. A large farm home near Red Rock owned by John Templeton Sr. was destroyed by a Sunday fire starting in the roof with little chance to save upper rooms. Mrs Dirk Freeken learned her sister Lulu Stuff Amos had died after an operation. she went to Knoxville for the funeral. John Vanden Baard attended a farmers convention in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Frank Hendee of Colfax were visitors. Marion, son of Wm Rozenberg, was ill last week.

J. B. Vriezelaar Henry Vriezelaar Ralph Amos Knoxville John Templeton Sr Red Rock Dirk Freeken Des Moines Freeken Lulu Stuff John Vanden Baard Frank Hendee Colfax Marion Wm. Rozenberg

Local Notes Sparse Illnesses and Miner Injury

With a touch of pneumonia Roy Vrieziaar is recovering while another student is absent due to a gland infection. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kester of Des Moines visited R. V. McKeever. Mrs. John Stirneman toured Colfax, and Mrs. Dick Vander Linden suffers a quinsy. Jack Longdon and John Lille reopen the Otley mine where Longdon was struck by a falling timber, fracturing a rib and sustaining injuries.

Roy Vrieziaar Jack Kester Des Moines R. V. McKeever John Stirneman Colfax Dick Vander Linden Jack Longdon John Lille Otley Longdon

May Vote Again On Telephone Franchise Question

City considers re submitting the issue after Mr. Fowler’s late petition. Mayor Johnson may call an election once council acts. A prior push sought a city franchise to supervise a new telephone system, while existing restrictions limited city control to street maintenance. Opponents fear two competing systems would raise costs for users.

Fowler Johnson

Proof of Will Notice in District Court of Iowa

Notice on file in the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa purporting to be the last will of Jan Van den Berg deceased. Will come for hearing in February term 1925 on February 10 at which time all interested may be heard.

District Court of Iowa Eres Jan van den Berg

Irish vote turnout after self government victory

The Jasper County Record notes that despite centuries of struggle for self government, only about 45 percent of qualified voters cast ballots after gaining it. The government considers creating a mobilization effort to reach nonvoters, but the paper suggests some people want what they cannot have and nothing appears appealing to them.

Jasper County

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College S. Parkes Cadman Y. M Brooklyn N. Y Dr. Cadman Central Y Frank Brower Central” College Boys Glee Club SrRauss Soar Gbori Vander Ploeg’s Bakery Otley News Goodyear van Gorp Tire CO Pella, Iowa Dorit Chevrolet White Way Auto CO J. H. Lefers Chicago Bosveld Decorating Co
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