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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
4
First Christian Reformed will have Rev W DeGroot of Chicago fill both morning and afternoon services. Baptist Church reports Rev Robert Carroll will preach at both morning and evening services.
At the M. E. Church members meet at 9 30 a m for a class, 10 a m for Sabbath School, and 11 a m and 8 p m services by the Knoxville Gospel Team. Epworth League gathers at 7 p m and a prayer meeting is held Wednesday evening.
The Second Reformed Church announces Rev. H. M. Bruins as pastor with 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m morning worship and a sermon Disappointment with Christ Music by quartet. Evening 7 p m Senior C E Society meets and 8 p m Children s Day exercises replace the regular worship service.
Mrs Elizabeth Houck died at her daughter s home in Kansas City at 11 45 a m Friday June 27 1919 aged 81 years due to heart trouble after asthma Survived by son Sherman and daughter two grandsons W D Furnald Jr Allen Mills Brother J M Cox reached bedside before death body brought to Pella for burial Funeral service at H P Scholte home at 3 00 p m Sunday Interment Oakwood cemetery
Mr Henry Vriezelaar and Miss Cora Rootselaar, both of Otley, united in marriage at the groom’s mother Mrs J B Vriezelaar’s home at noon on Wednesday July 2 1919. Rev Albert Vander Ploeg of Pella officiated. Vriezelaar is a young Otley merchant and his bride widely popular. Chronicle extends best wishes.
Advertises Chamberlain's tablets as remedies for stomach troubles billiousness and constipation. Claims they are a first class medicine and cost a quarter. Available for sale by all dealers.
Michigan passes a law directing the State Highway Commission and the State Commission of Agriculture to plant nut bearing and other food producing trees along trunk highways statewide. Stock is distributed at nominal cost by the State Agricultural College and Public Dominion Commission. Trees should be set 20 to 40 feet apart with penalties for damaging trees. The law aligns with USDA policy and federal aid road programs.
Twenty thousand grain cars are accumulated for Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas with forty thousand more due by July. Mason City is set to receive the only German cannon coming to Iowa and may earn a gunboat name by congressional action. Iowa State College notes 52 alumni sacrifices and 2 265 in war service. Winona Bible Conference at Winona Lake August 22 to 31 marks 25th anniversary and growing reach. Governor Harding calls July 2 special session for equal suffrage amendment with little opposition anticipated. Primary road hard surface votes show Polk County favorable among fourteen to fifteen counties. Also mentions German destruction of Bible printing plates in the war.
A reflective verse encourages resilience through hardship and betrayal. It counsels ignoring false friends and enemies to stay hopeful, urging readers to look up, be bright, and stay cheery despite life’s struggles. The poem centers on endurance and optimistic outlook amid adversity.
After five years of armed conflict the major powers sign peace terms drafted by the allied nations. The League to Enforce Peace, led by Taft, shares reader letters from prominent figures praising the covenant. Des Moines Dean N S Landahl and Dr B Y Mullins express strong support and belief the League will deter future wars.
Fred P. Haggard, Associate General Secretary, Interchurch World Movement, writes from Columbus on June 27 praising the Methodist Centenary exposition. He notes 114 acres, eight buildings, a seven thousand seat coliseum, a forty thousand arena, and daily programs with national figures. He praises its potential to advance missionary education and united interchurch effort across denominations.
The Iowa Baptist Assembly has grown in attendance and value under Prof. Lapham guiding Sunday school and B Y P A efforts. It now covers vital church activities with a strong annual program outlined in the prospectus. The feature aims to be record breaking in attendance and impact.
A witty old man admits he neglects scientific progress while a young woman offers a simple button to light. A genteel chat turns to aging and fading interest, with a quip about a mortgage. An American worker’s cautionary joke about sharing military information closes the fragment.
Billy Price, a trapshooter, recalls a tale about a laundress who loses a baby check. The store staff offer to reunite her with a child after hours, but only a colored baby remains, revealing the laundress is herself colored.
On Sundays Rev T D Franklin fills the Pella Baptist pulpit during Pastor Carroll's absence. The writer muses on a grand Fourth of July, celebrating victory over militarism and a dry nation, noting the era since 1894 when open saloons faced prohibition era shifts.
An old brief notes a rheumatic muscle ailment called lame shoulder. It prescribes absolute rest and Chamberlain's Liniment for relief and states it is for sale by all dealers.
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