Pella News Roundup Highlights Local Trades and Visits
Local residents including B Groenendyk of Tracy and E Groenendyk of Pella engage in business and family visits. A public furniture auction at S Van Hemert’s sale is advertised. Numerous notes cover health, car sales, church and school ties, travels to Chicago Des Moines Knoxville Rochester and Ames, plus a kidney stone operation and a county doctor contract increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. van Hemert
E. Varenkamp
Kuyper Sisters
Liberty Street
D. P. van Gorp
P. Johnson
Walter Johnson
Jake Elliott
Ft. Dodge
Willis Johnson
Willis
W. S. van Hemert
Pella
Dora Hynes
Des Moines
de Jong Floral & Seed Co
A. T. Klein
Rochester
Minn
No Trespassing Cards at Chronicle Office
The Chronicle states it has no trespassing cards on hand at 10 cents each, with postage extra if mailed. The note emphasizes extending privileges to others when possible and to take the lesson while leaving the mistake behind.
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the Chronicle
Notice For Bids For Roadwork In Lake Prairie Township
Township clerk announces bids for roadwork including tractor and grader operators by the hour and five road superintendents for repair work by the day eight hours. Bids due by 6 p m Saturday Feb 4 1928. Trustees may reject any bid. Meeting Feb 6 at Gary T Vogelaar’s office to let day contracts. By order of trustees L Vander StreeK Township Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Prairie Township
Gary T. Vogelaar
L. Vander Streek
Twp
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest poem reflection on common joy
The poem argues that wealth and fame are not prerequisites for happiness as common folks share friendship love and simple beauty. It contrasts a world of gold with the everyday joys the speaker and readers alike can claim, concluding that true value lies in ordinary joys and honest living. A 1927 copyright note accompanies the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guests
Pella High schedules games and events this week
Pella High plans two out of town basketball games against Monroe Tuesday and Vallen Junction Friday. The Final Home Declamatory contest features fifteen speakers, with top winners advancing to the Semi county contest in Pella Friday evening. Sigourney beat Pella 18-12 last Friday. second semester has started and report cards arrive Friday. A travelogue film The Stream of Life plays Thursday under High Y, and Juniors begin work on Deal Em Over for February showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Monroe
Vallen Junction
Knoxville
Pella
Sigourney
High Y
Sheriff And Deputies Find Illicit Stills Near Knoxville
County News Service reports sheriff E. E. Clark and deputy F. L. Van Benthuysen raided the Anthony Miller place south of Knoxville on the Columbia road early Sunday. They found a still and two barrels of mash in the attic but no liquor was located. Miller says he had made no illicit liquor.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Anthony Miller
Columbia Road
E. E. Clark
F. L. van Benthuysen
Miller
Marion county sheriff raids hidden still near Marysville
Sheriff E. E. Clark and Ed Kendall raided the Ed Ahn home near Marysville Monday afternoon and uncovered a bee hive concealing a still with a five gallon capacity and 40 gallons of mash on the second story. Ahn denied the claim. a preliminary hearing will determine further action.
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Clark
Marion County
E. E. Clark
Ed Kendall
Marysville
Ed Ahn
Ahn
Monroe County
Kendall
Knoxville
Home Truths on Courtesy at Home
A domestic counsel stresses that home is for truth telling yet not for rude speech. It urges courteous language as the sweetest form of manners within the household.
The Cost of Wrongful Success
A reflection on moral choices, noting that gains earned through wrongdoing are hollow. True achievement rests on integrity, while counterfeit success proves unfulfilling as consequences reveal its emptiness.
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B. Groenendyk
Tracy
E. Groenendyk
Chronicle
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
Nash
Ralph Warner
Jake Belings
Dodge
Joe Wyat
T. B. Orr
Pella Overall Co
Garden City Feeder Co
EH. J. Brom
Pells
Aberdeen, S. D
John Hoeven
John
Aberdeen
City
L. A. Kuyper
Chicago
Dan Meulpolder
Charles Westlund
D. O. Thomas
Valley Junction
Grace Bird
Ames
Ruth
Central College
Fred
Wm. Ostrum
Gerrit Vroegh
Frances Remy
Josephine Thomas
Eva Noel
Lucille Harrison
Harrison
Perry
Wm. Stuart
Oskaloosa
C. F. Dillon
H. Schippers
Mollie DeReus
EH. B. DeReus
George Croll
Jake Sternmberg
Jake
Main Street
Arte Kamerick
Esther L. Ketman
I. J. Ketman
A. J. Hollebrands
Rachel A. van Geelkerken
Third Reformed Church
Oakwood
New Sharon
Mahaska Hospital
Peter van Gent
Cordova
Shenandoah
Roy N. Hillyer
Horton
Kansas
Roy
Blanche Wannamaker
Wm. van Pearsem
White Way Auto Co
Chevrolet
Leonard Vande Kieft
A. M. van Zee
M. G. Kamerick
C. L. Allen
Broadway
Charley
The
Odd Fellows Lodge
Chronicle Office
Post Office Department
Jess Barber
Milo
Martin de Wit
Pete Dingeman
John Hoogenakker
J. J. Sheehy
D. S. Barr
Henry Swank
Hank
LeRoy Christie
Ottumwa
John Commons
John Weiers
J. Rus
East First Street
Weiers
Mrs. Rus
Holland
John H. Bosveld
A. R. Dunbar
Grimes Canning Company
Grimes
Dunbar
Altoona
Oskaloosa Fire Department
de Cook
Tom Beach
Herald
Nella Sadler
Cochrane
Howard
Omaha
Brandeis
Ltd
Ford
van Houweling Auto CO
Pellapervica Station
John W. Vander
Harold Kaldenberg
East Second Street
Swan
Emerson Hunt
G. C. Vroom
Wormhoudt
Plette’s Furniture Store
A. W. Gysen
Edgar A. Guest
You
Marcel
Sunnyside
Rug Sale
Robert Carsons and Sons
Philadelphia
Wilton
Plette
Pella Public Schools
Sadie Batten
County News Service
Bill
West Pella
Goodyear
I. T
Bill’s Shoe Shop
WM. van Draska
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