Local notes from Pella reflect social visits and events
Walter Johnson visits Des Moines on business while J. H. DeVries and Peter Van Sittert also travel. community scene includes social at First Reformed parsonage, 120 attendees, and various visits to and from Des Moines Ottumwa Corsica and Flagler. Reforms, rail mail contract changes, school notes, and a revival at Second Reformed frame a bustling week.
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Walter Johnson
Des Moines
J. H. DeVries
Ottumwa
Peter van Sittert
Gerrit Stegeman
Dominic Mansen
Yesteday
Corsica
South Dakota
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Quick Skin Healing
Advert says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts wounds burns sores and skin eruptions without doubt. Mrs Grant endorses its use and claims reliable results across a range of injuries and conditions.
Death of Anna Wormhoudt in Pella
Miss Anna Wormhoudt longtime Pella resident dies at 2 30 pm at home after a three year illness. Despite treatments in Texas and Colorado, the White Plague proved fatal. Known for church and school work and valued in social circles, funeral services are set for Friday at 2 pm at the First Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Wormhoudt
Anna Wormhoudt
First Reformed Church
Marriage of Arnold Schippers and Katie Bogaards in Pella
At the home of the bride's grandmother Mrs Abr Bogaards in Pella on Wednesday January 23, Arnold Schippers, a meat cutter at Plette Van der Linden, married Miss Katie Bogaards. Friends and Chronicle staff extend congratulations to the couple.
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Abr. Bogaards
Pella
Arnold Schippers
Katie Bogaards
Plette & van der Linden
Chronicle Force
Sre
Mating at the Church in The American Magazine
Mrs. L H Harris cites a proverb on moral reform from The American Magazine February issue. The tale notes that once men and women align with God they tend to settle with a partner, recalling local men who abandoned vice after finding religion and then pursued churchgoing women.
Longtime Marion County Farm Residents Cited in Old Notes
A Knoxville article notes Joshua Jenkins moved to Marion County in 1848 and has lived on the same farm since, possibly the longest tenure on a single farm. A. A. Davis near Attica recalls settling in 1846 on his current farm, planting a tree that year still living and hauling brick from Oskaposa that year.
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Knoxville
Joshua Jenkins
Marion County
A. A. Davis
Attica
Oskaposa
R. R. Harbour
Youth's Companion
Boston
Davis
Bussey Press
Pella Eyes Municipal Ownership For Utilities
Article discusses Pella considering municipal ownership, proposing spending 75000 dollars on a municipal lighting plant and extending the water works. It notes the challenge of getting the right men to volunteer time as if the project were their own, and suggests municipal ownership could be advantageous if implemented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
A Boom for Harvey
The Wabash Industrial Commission from St Louis visited Harvey to study limestone and shale deposits with F M McMillan and a traffic manager. A chemist tested samples for potential coal tile brick clay and building stone prospects and any merit could trigger business for Harvey.
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Harvey
Wabash Industrial Commission
St. Louis
F. ©. McMillan
Division Freight
Fred McMillan
Wabash
Fred
Harvey Hills
Orange City Social Notes Voyage Through Local Events
Orange City residents share visits and travels with families and friends. Hannes Van der Brake returns from Pella. Mrs Plopster and daughter came home. Haze of Sheldon visits Den Beste parents. Dykstra relatives from Sioux Center visit. Van der Aarde couple back from Ossian. Jacobsma called to Maartice for daughter’s illness. Squire Bolks marries Peter Erkhoff and Emily Krumeide. Ben Vogelaar returns to Pella after four months with kin. Kate Den Adel and Lizzie Westing plan visits to Pella and Keokuk. Oggel returns from Boone and Sioux City. Van de Steeg and Van der Waa to Ames for college. Den Hartog family heads to Pella after visit. Van der Steeg, Klein, Hospers, Brink attend Retail Merchants’ Association in Paulina. Muilenburgs return from Chicago. Muilenburg woman recovered from surgery. Van Pelt family to spend winter in Los Angeles.
A Modern Miracle Recovers Mrs Holt After Illness
J O R Hooper of Woodville Tenn reports Mrs Mollie Holt of this place faced near death from lung infection. Bedside eight hours, she was given Dr Kings New Discovery and showed rapid improvement, astonishing all watching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Holt
J .O. R. “Hooper
Woodt Tenn
Ke Ily
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Aleteal
Adhe
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E. K. Pitman
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Q. Doorn
Harrison, South Dakota
A. and
B. Goemaat
Jake van Gorp
Folka
L. A. Eysink
Misa Edith Warren
Senate Committee On Corporations
J. L. Warren
Rock Island Railway Co
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Omaha
Burlington Railroad
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Kate Rietveld
Otley
Dora Lautenbach
van Spanckeren
Sully
William van Steenbergen, Jr
George
Iowa
Burlington
Colorado
Chronicle
George Don’t
Nieuwenhuizen
B. H. van Spanckeren, Jr
Central College
College Glee Club
The
Mr. Zigeler
Monroe
Shorty
Vanderzy
G. Vandergzy
GC. Plopster
Corba
Henrietta
Mrs
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Jacob Nieuwendorp
Orange City
Mrs. G. Steenhoek
West Washington Street
J. Ellerbroek
Mary
Minnesota
Jennie Rhynsburger
John Ulrich
Jennie Olivier
Ed. Plete
Oskaloosa
Samuel Reasnor
Reasnor
Jinen
Jasper County
Holland
H. den Hartog
Methodist Hospital
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W. J Kersen
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W. A. Nelson
Ainsworth
Nelson
E. H. Schubring
Schubring Hotel
Papma
Bos
President Garrison
Pauline
Ratherrn Oylog
Mable van Vark
Jon Zinberg
B. Wintzer
New York
J. H. den Hartog
Senate
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Charles Porter
South Main Street
T. Kempkes
Mrs. Poole
California
W. J. Vander Wilt
Evans
Clarence Howard
West Pella
Mrs. van Ginkel
Prairie City
City
RB. van Nimwegen
H. Dykhuizen
Young Ladies’ Society of the Fourth Reformed Church
J. B. Vriezelaar
Board of Supervisors
Jon Pella
Vriezelaar
Lewis Johnson
Peabody
Kansas
Clarnet
50Th
Charles le Cocq
Dan da Vries
John Pos
Marie Stegeman
House of Representatives
Stegeman
Jay A. Lapham
Pella Steam Laundry
John Wisse
Wabash Road
Orange City News
the Chronicle
Hannes van der Brake
5. Plopster
Mrs. H. Haze of
Sheldon
J. H. den Beste
Richard Dykstra
Sioux Center
G. van der Aarde
Ossian
Squire Bolks
Peter Erkhoff
Emily Krumiide
Harlyr S. D
Ben Vogelaar
Kate den Adel
Lizzie Westing
Keokuk
H. P. Oggel
Boone
Sioux City
Gerrit van de Steeg
Henry van der Waa
Ames
John den Hartog
J. Blom
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J. T. Klein
C. Hospers
J. A. Brink
H. A. Muilenburg
Henry van Pelt
Los Angeles
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