Pella notes and regional society items update
Local notes from Pella and nearby towns recount visits and greetings among residents, moves, and occasional travel. Individuals named include George Rameau Antonio Van Zee and many residents visiting relatives in Otley Leighton Newton Des Moines Oskaloosa Monroe and Des Moines. Community events include the Holland Singing Club and library redecorating plans at Carnegie Viersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio van Zee
Otley
John Braam
Leighton
Pella Mayor Proclaims War Savings and Thrift Campaign
I H J Vanden Berg proclaims January 24 to February 8 as a period to promote thrift and the sale of War Savings and Thrift Stamps. The message urges all residents to save and buy stamps to support troops and national effort, with Clerk A C Kyper attesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Iowa
I. H. J. Vanden Berg
Pella
H J. Vanden Berg
A. C. Kyper
Rivers feed two oceans study finds seasonal drainage
United States Geological Survey notes that portions of river systems in the upper Mississippi basin and Hudson Bay drain into the Arctic Ocean in certain seasons and into the Atlantic Ocean at other times, revealing shifting drainage patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Hudson Bay
United States Geological Survey
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Popular Science Monthly
Ode to Mother and Father in the Poets Corner
A rural voice laments the lack of poems about fathers beside mothers in the poets corner. The speaker recalls a worn father who fed and sheltered the family, asking readers to spare a line for the old man who toiled and suffered, balancing tribute with affection for the mother.
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Mother
Hit
Dad
Lost striped horse blanket returns to Chronicle office
Classified ads note a striped horse blanket lost with return to Chronicle office. Further ads advertise a good garage for rent near the square and a six room house in north Pella vacant around February, by J. A. Ver Ploegh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Chronicle Office
Pella
J. A. Ver Ploegh
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George Rameau
Carl Byers
Gamp Dodge
Polla Friends
Dora van Vark
Dr. Carpenter
Citizens’ National Bank
Adv
Albert DeWild
Hull
Des Moines
Rube Brand
Knoxville
Sophie Hoogenakker
Newton
Holland Singing Club
N. Bogaard
East First Street
A. A. van Zee
Monroe
Marie
Agnes Vander Hart
Oskaloosa
J. H. DeWit
John Hollander
Bertha
B. Heerema
B. H. Vande Kieft
Anna Kiyn
G. ‘Kuyper
B. Hagen
Fairmount
Anna Hulleman
G. Grandin
A. van Duren
Prairie City
Matthew DeWit
Sadie Stravers
J. A. den Hood and Wife
Alice Gregoire
Kansas City
Jacob J. Mol
Jake
Texas
New York City
O. L. Wright
Marion County National Bank
War Savings Stamp Committee
Marion County
Harry DeCook
England
168Th Infantry
France
Carnegie- Viersen Library Board
Russell Union
B. F. Brinkman
D. J. Dykstra
Nannie Bleshaar
John Roorda
Fort Dodge
Arthur Kaldenberg
8. Korver
F. O. Robbins
June
Minneapolis
H. Grundman
J. R. Dieleman
John Eliscot
Jake van Nimwegen
D. P. van Zee
Miss Lillie
Charley Dillon
Iowa City Hospital
Guitre
N. Ven Veen
Béeq
N. van Hemert
Ter
Jerry Mikesell
Gully
Mercy Hospital
Herald
Jake Schakel
van Skike
White Way
Van
Lake Prairie
Creamery
Elite Theatre
Camp Dodge
North Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Paal Kane
J. Noel Johnson
Father
Yude Line
de Pree Bros
Puritan Drug CO
Ac Kolelt
Speeda
Orwar
Reversi
Waukesha
Dixie
Kingston
Rui
Ck Island Plow Co
Ito
Vandermeulen & Co
Pella, Iowa
the Chronicle
Domestic Supply Co
Dept
Binghampton
N. Y
Frankel Dry Goods Company
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Mahaska
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