Pella News Highlights From Two Decades Ago
Twenty years ago in Pella the Pella Stacker Company circulated two petitions for a passenger depot telephone and an uptown telegraph office. A parsonage for First Christian Reformed Church was let for 2769 dollars. N Ralfs and Wilhelmina Vander Linden wed June 27. A disturbance led to a marshal’s call. a warrant awaits. Pella planned two July Fourth celebrations, one uptown and one on Central College campus. Over fifteen hundred cherry baskets shipped in three days. J Sloan, Leighton telegraph operator, died suddenly, causing a train tie-up while the dispatcher sought a signal. Henry Grandman shipped 21 mules from Howell station. Mr and Mrs Udell Hendricks welcomed a newborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Stacker Company
First Christian Reformed Church
Lautenbach Bros
N. Ralfs
Ft. Dodge
Wilhelmina Vander Linden
Pella
First
Christian Reformed Church
Central College
J. Sloan
Leighton
Sloan
Henry Grandman
Howell Station
Udell Hendricks
Horse Killed in Pasture Likely by Lightning
On June 26 L Vander Streek reported discovering a horse dead in the pasture. The death is presumed caused by a lightning strike from a recent thunderstorm.
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L. Vander Streek
Dr Oggel dies after long illness in Orange City
H P Oggel editor of De Volksvriend for 35 years died last Friday at 9 p m in Orange City after weeks of illness from a broken hip in a wind storm He was 82 years old born in the Netherlands he practiced medicine in Muskegon and edited the Dutch language paper for decades He leaves a wife six children a brother and a sister funeral services were held at the First Reformed church with Rev A Waverkamp and Rev H Colenbrander in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Oggel
de Volksvriend
Great Beyond
Orange City
Mr. Oggel
Netherlands
America
Michigan
Chicago
Muskegon
Hendrika van Bruggen
Wilhelmina
D. B. Ashenfelter
Boone
Iowa
John
City
R. I. Beatty
Sioux City
Leo
Adrianna
Oggel
J. M. Oggel
D. M. Welle
First Reformed Church
A. Waverkamp
Sioux, Center
H. Colenbrander
Orange City Journal
Eddyville man hunted by officers in 40 mile chase
Dick Van Klaveren of Eddyville fled after crashing into the Allen truck on north street. Deputy Sheriff Earl Elder and Police Chief Harry Anderson pursued for over an hour through mud byroads until a freight train halted the escape near Avery. Charges include failing to report an accident and city traffic violations in Justice L M Bacon's court and the mayor's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick van Klaveren
Eddyville
L. M. Bacon
R. K. Davis
Frank Allen
North Street
van Klaveren
Earl Elder
Harry Anderson
Monroe County
Avery
Allen
Des Moines River
W. D. Denny
Ottumwa
Sponsler Auto Company
Mateer
Court of Justice
Bacon
Oskaloosa Herald
Tuberculosis Eradication Shows Good Results
Des Moines, Iowa, reports progress in eradicating bovine tuberculosis with data from 10,000,000 tests. National results show a drop from 4 percent in 1922 to 2.8 percent by May 1, 1926, with 180 counties declared TB free and rates under 0.5 percent in those areas. Iowa counties expand area work, eighteen are accredited, yet TB remains a risk to cattle owners and human health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
J. A. Barger
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Federal Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Barger
Cummins Defeat Sparks Reflections On Political Career
Osceola Herald notes in commentary on Iowa senator Cummins defeat that his long public service ends with a bid to retire from the office he sought to die in. The piece recalls colleagues Gear and Allison and contrasts retirement ideals with the politics of today while praising Cummins as a steady advocate of farm legislation and the McNary Haugen bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Republican
Mr. Cole
Mr. Cummins
Iowa
Gov
Larrabee
Washington
Wallace
McNary Haugen
Congress
Burton
Ohio
House of
House of Representatives
Oskaloosa Tourist Camp Faces Abandonment
Oskaloosa's free tourist park may be abandoned as neither the Chamber of Commerce nor the city will fund continued operation. Proposals to have the Southern Iowa Fair association run the grounds on a paid basis have not gained favor with fair officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Iowa Fair Association
Quotations From Farmers Co operative Exchange and Local Suppliers
Market quotes from the Farmers Co operative Exchange of Pella Iowa cover hogs oats and wheat pricing symbols not fully legible. Additional quotations from Pella Produce Co Hardi Cream and Farmers Produce Co list prices for eggs heavy hens ducks roosters geese hides and related poultry and pigeon items with several incomplete entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
Hardi
Farmers Produce Co
John Wynberg
Des Moines River Clamming Ban Ordered Through 1930
An official notice from State Game Warden W. E. Albert prohibits mussel gathering in a Des Moines River section from the C B Q bridge at Elm Street to the Chicago and Northwestern bridge two miles northwest of Eddyville, effective July 24, 1926, until January 1, 1931. Dated June 17, 1926, Des Moines Iowa. An anecdote notes a youth’s Europe summer letter recounting meeting Douglas Fairbanks, highlighting the human oddity of valuing such meetings over art or history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines River
Elm Street
Iowa
Chicago and Northwestern
Eddyville
W. E. Albert
Popcorn Growth and a Tiny Bible Highlight Iowa Notice
The piece notes a corn sugar push during a drought block that failed to sustain demand as corn sugar waned. Iowa popcorn acreage rose from 20,568 in 1923 to 54,121 in 1926, Sac County leading with 22,124 acres. Ida with 10,447 and Clay County next. E J Sidey claims a Bible shown at the Greenfield court house may be the world’s smallest, valued at $1,000, with a postage stamp sized page and magnifiable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Sac County
Ida
E. J. Sidey
Greenfield
Adair County
Court House
C. C. Jenkins
Waterloo Publishing Company
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H. C. Payne
Broadway
J. C. Mitten
L. M. Henry
W. C. VerPloég
Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
E Phone
Geo. H. Lankelma
Security Stat Bank
Franklin St
Res
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
Dr. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Streets
J. J. Sybenga
M. D
Keable
J. M. Cook
Bell Clothing
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
H. O. Wormhoudt
Jaarsma Bakery
T. G. Fultz
F. F. Carpenter
Jaarsma’s Bakery
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
Pella Produce Co
Europe
Douglas Fairbanks
Old Country
Doug
Northwood
Clinton
Keokuk
Arthur
Odebolt
Lake View
Clay County
Sac and Ida
Buena Vista
Crawford
Calhoun
Carroll
Linn Lare
Ator Island
FT. Madiso
Lake Keokuk
Ft. Madison
C. F. Dykstra
C. C. Gardner
Pass
Voile
Canton
Hope
Smith Shipley CO
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