Local News Notes From Pella Area Community
Ed Cook attends to business in Des Moines and families visit. Mrs C L Allen and daughter Tannah travel to Dunlap to visit relatives. Des Moines showings at Alamo Theatre feature Gladys Walton in Playing With Fire and Mack Sennett two reel. Paralyzing stroke affects George Welch, now bedbound and unable to swallow. condition critical. Local ads promote winter clothing sale at Wormhoudt Kempkes. Various visits and errands across Des Moines Oskaloosa Monroe and Prairie City. Constance Talmadge film at Alamo Feb 2 with Connie in Good References. Wardrobe and home goods promotions fill local pages.
Campaign to spur road work boosts U.S. highway programs
Washington reports more than 1.65 billion dollars pledged for road construction and repairs across over 7 000 miles as federal and state funds mix with private and civic campaigns to push work now and into spring. Officials say labor supply is ample and costs are near historic lows, with contractors bidding nationwide and about 200 000 workers expected to gain jobs next year.
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Washington, D. C
Federal
Public Roads Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
Une
National Conference On Unemployment
Permanent Commission On Economic Readjustment
Washington
National Conference
Congress
United States
$60,000 for Rescuing Cats From Ewen Estate
New York report notes $60,000 from the Ewen homestead sale will aid global cat welfare. Caroline Ewen, longtime cat rescuer, funded sanitariums and relief groups for strays, leaving $500 to continue the work and disinheriting two caretakers. The funds became available after her nephew settled a contested will out of court.
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New York
Ewen
Caroline Ewen
Belgians Dig Up German Shell After Big Hole
In the last year of the war a two ton shell fell on the village of Huva y between Mons and Maubeuge. It did not explode but left a fifty foot deep hole. Belgian authorities excavated the site and recovered the shell after a dangerous operation.
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Brussels
Huvay
Mons
Maubeuge
Farmer and neighbors report six-foot black snake at Bayshore road home
Cape May New Jersey farmer Boyd McPherson with his wife and two neighbors saw a six-foot black snake crawling up the side of Charles Smith’s Fishing Creek house. Smith dismissed it, saying snakes often spend winter in his garret.
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Cape May, N. J
Boyd McPherson
Fying Creek
Bayshore
Charles Smith
Fishing Creek
Smith
A Heart to Heart Appeal by D G Gosselink
A note from D G Gosselink explains injury prevents handling business for months and urges immediate payment of outstanding debts. He asks indebted customers to settle accounts now to help retain the store and resume duties when able, expressing gratitude for ongoing kindness and support.
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D. G. Gosselink
Notice for Bids on Lake Prairie Road Work 1922
The Board of Trustees of Lake Prairie Township will meet February 6 1922 at White Way Auto Co to consider bids for road work for 1922. Bids by hour for one tractor operator and one grader operator and by day for four road superintendents by region. Bids due by 11 AM February 6. Clerk Vander Streek warns right to reject. Road dragging contracts also to be let on the same date and place.
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Board of Trustees
Lake Prairie Township
White Way Auto Co
Northwest
Vander Streek
Income Tax Man Coming to Assist Taxpayers
Deputy Collector Jas L Pollock will be in the city February 9, 1911 at the city office to assist taxpayers with filing 1921 income tax returns and provide division headquarters blanks and information. The Des Moines division office serves Iowa divisions to ensure prompt form delivery. Special inducements before February 1 on men and boys sweaters at Wormhoudt and Kempkes offering 86 percent off prior to invoicing.
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Chronicle
Jas. L. Pollock
Iowa
Des Moines
L. B. Glab
Internal Revenue Service
Wormhoudt & Kempkes
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Logal News
L. Popma’s
Ed Cook
C. L. Allen
Tannah
Dunlap
M. 4. Rawlins
Alamo Theatre
Gladys Walton
Mack Sennett
J. H. DeVries
George Welch
J. P
Durham
Worm‘roudt & Kempkes
M. Paardekooper
G. J. Klein
H. H. Rozenberg
Oskaloosa
John Morris
Ben Blommers
Mrs. H. Jsarima
Monroe
Connie Duiker
Central Academy
John de Goey of
Newton
Pella
N. Byram
Mac Byram
Sutherland
Minnie Ver Ploeg
The
Star Auto Company
George Hancamp
Sully
Cynthia
Wilma Ver Beek
Wormhoudt & Kemphes
Fred Rhynsburger
Chicago
J. C. Rhynsburger
J. M. Carter
Woodward
Dora Vander Pol
Miss Helen
M. de Reus
Prairie City
Henry Roovart
John Braashart
P. D. Wagaman
Fred Vander Zyl
Baby
Eddyville
N. J. Gasman
Co. L. Allen
John van Hemert
Howell
Sheldon
George Beerhoven
Frank de Wit
John S. de Kock
Maurice
S. de Kock
M. E. Hayes
Lucy Hendershot
Long Beach
Calif
Monroe Mirror
Jian Geerlinas
Sige Carney
Fs. Dodge
Louise Gangs
Stephen de Kock
Independence Street
J. R. van Zee
Constance Talmadge
the Alamo
Connie
T C. Runia
Ellendorf
Richard Meyer
Carl Beyer
G. S. van Arkel
Mrs. N. Firth
Cascade
Wm. Fagan
A. Jabaui
Miss Ea
C. den Besten
Keosauqua
Tanlas
Margaret Held
Minnie Hill
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
H. ¥. Fisk
Warner V. D. Voart
Dick de Witt
Jelte de Long
Leighton
Hattie van Gorp
Andrew Uitemarkt
Galesburg
Willie de Jong of
Wm, van Gorp
Des Moines Register
Santa Clara Prunes
Roxford Sox
Jersey
Gambell
Snakee
B. B. B. B. Buckeye Best
Delco Shop
Buckeye
Vander Linden
J. H. Reuvers
Express
Reliable Rug Company
RIA
Universal Car
Ford Motor Company
F.O. B
Detroit
Star Auto CO
Ford
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