County Seat Happenings From The Journal
A 7½ pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Hart of East Marion street on Monday June 26 1911. The Pella Wednesday Club hosted a linen shower for Miss Bess Vander Zyl. Miss Ruby Reese and Erna A. Bybee tied the knot at the M E parsonage with Rev. Pace officiating. Mrs. Mary Powell of Pleasantville died at Mt. Pleasant hospital. J H Carpenter leaves for a Colorado Springs visit. Anthony Orr likely blinded in the left eye by a cherry picking accident. W D Bayless travels to Des Moines for sister Maggie Miller’s illness. Lucile Brooks sustains a broken left arm after a fall. Miss Leylah Stuff closes Liberty Corners term with a picnic and a higher salary offer for September. Amsberry and Chrisman families endure a lightning scare with minor damage to a telephone. A trip to Jackson Wyoming for cow punching lessons is planned. Q O J Ladd’s two-year-old drank gasoline. stomach pump administered. J S Noah’s Ford rolled over after a near-miss near the mill. no serious injuries. Congressman Kendall to speak at the old settlers reunion despite a looming congressional session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. V. Hart
East Marion Street
Van
Pella
Myer Langerak
Bess Vander Zyl
Ruby Reese
J. E. Reese
Erna A. Bybee
Lyman L. Bybee
M. E. Parsonage
Pace
Flager
Mary Powell
Pleasantville
J. H. Carpenter
Colorado
Clifford
Colorado Springs
Clifford Carpenter
Jefferson Hunt
Anthony Orr
Orr
W.D. Bayless
Des Moines
Maggie Miller
Harvey
Excelsior Springs
Jacob Bayless
C. C. Thompson
Missouri
Andrew
Miss Lucile
Isaac Brooks
Leylah Stuff
Liberty Corners
Otley
Guy
Jackson
Wyo
QO. J. Ladd
Local social notes from Cordova and Red Rock visitings
Cordova visitors Jacob Shillings and W A Richerds called at Charley Debak’s near Dallas last week. Tom Karrs and Will Karr visited Frank Balti more and J M Hart’s group on Sunday. Amick Bros sold their store and goods to M Van Vliet of Pella. Dr Crew called on friends in Cordova Sunday evening. Ben Hollingsworth of Des Moines visited his mother in Red Rock Sunday, as did Mame Hollingsworth at George Johnson’s. J M Hart went to Des Moines last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Shillings
W. A. Richerds
Charley Debak
Dallas
Tom Karrs
Frank Baltimore
Will Karr
J. M. Hart
Amick Bros
M. van Viiet
Pella
van Vliet
Dr. Crew
Cordova
Ben Hollingsworth
Des Moines
Red Rock
Harvey Area Social News Notes and County Weddings
Harvey residents share visits with neighbors including Mr and Mrs Lem Durham of Plymouth and Geo Bonnifeld from Knoxville. A big baby boy arrived to Mr and Mrs F L Wilson, with mother and child doing nicely. John Roorda birthday party hosted by Epp Roorda and wife for Albert Roorda Mable Mitchell and Grace Laren. Art Branscomb and Hazel Hudson wed at Knoxville then Harvey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Wilson
Rev. W. A. Smith
Harvey
Williamsburg
John Roorda
Epp Roorda
Albert Roorda
Mable Mitchell
Grace Laren
Rivers store clerk to take vacation on July fourth
Frank Ratliff of the Rivers store plans a vacation starting July fourth and will spend the greater part of the time away from work. He intends to travel west during the trip and expects to return afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ratliff
the Rivers Store
West
Otley and surrounding residents on Independence Day weekend
Des Moines guest Mrs J W Davis visited Otley with Mrs I N Harp and traveled to Oskaloosa to spend the 4th with friends and relatives. Ames native Mrs Margaret Hendershot and grandchildren will spend the 4th with son Ralph and family. Royce Harp and Alf Fennema visited Pella. Lottie Van Waardhuizen has been ill but improving. Rev and Mrs Ruisaard left for Michigan for a month's vacation. Ples Hart and wife of Valley Junction visited Otley. J B Vriezelaar and family visited Pella. Miss Mable and Alma Frazer and Wm Roetzelaar and wife visited Pella. Dr and Mrs Rawson were Des Moines visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hendershot
Ames
Ralph
Royce Harp
Alf Fennema
Pella
Robi
Price
Smith
Lottie van Waardhuizen
Ruisaard
Michigan
Ples Hart
Valley Junction
Otley
J. B. Vriezelaar
Henry
Miss Mable
Alma Frazer
Wm. Roetzelaar
Mrs. Rawson
Des Moines
Fourth of July Notes From Eddyville and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Henry Van Zante and family of Eddyville visited relatives here. Will Synhorst and baby of Eddyville spent the Fourth at the Veenstra home. Sunday school picnic of the Christian Reformed Church on the Fourth was well attended. Wm Vandehaar recently visited Prairieview Kansas and returned Monday. Mrs Tunis Brom is improving from illness. Miss Hattie Veenstra of Des Moines is visiting the Veenstra home. Fourth of July visitors at the Van Zee home included Ant Grandia and three daughters and John Van Zee with Mattie. Palma and Vischke, Hope College students, are visiting the Rev Duiker home. Sixteen youths enjoyed a moonlight picnic on July 4 eve. The group reported a great time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Zante
Gon
Eddyville
Will Synhorst
Baby
Veenstra
Christian Reformed Church
G. van Zee
Ant. Grandia
John R. van Zee
Mattie
County Board Minutes Sixth Day June 10 1911
Marion County Iowa board approves refunds and tax correction procedure. Petitions heard include Frans Brunia dog tax refund. Claims allowed on poor and county funds for Conrad, Cotter, Conrey, Culver & Co, Welsher & Bane. Bert Richards sworn in. D G van Zante elected chairman. adjournment set for July 10, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DL. G. van Zante
Frans Brunia
Peila
A Conrad
James Cotter
Culver & Co
T L Conrey
Welsher & Bane
Marion County Board Adopts Death Resolution for Fisher
Adjourned session July 3 1911 reports the Marion County Iowa board acknowledging the death of John W Fisher a supervisor from Pleasant Grove township and expressing sorrow for the loss to the county officials and citizens Samuel Allen Anderson signatories indicate the resolution will be entered in the minutes Bert Richards of Pleasant Grove is elected to fill Fisher's vacancy by unanimous vote at Knoxville court house on July 3 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.g.van Zante
Allen Anderson
Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Iowa
John W. Fisher
Said
Pleasant Grove Township
D. G. van Zante
Domestic Animal Fund
J L Stittsworth
J L Templeton
J M Perry
L E Ellis
E McCoy & Son
S F Brees
Frank Colwell
Harvey James & Son
Don Smith
Meyer Langerak
J. E. Long
Bert Richards
Said County
Houe
Knoxville
Town
Uneasy Skeleton Tale From Wakeeney Raid
A Kansas City Journal story recalls a Wakeeney skeleton said to be the first Indian killed in the last raid. Sioux warriors struck near the town, many settlers died, horses and cattle were driven off, and a bone relic was repeatedly unearthed, moved, and buried amid public ceremonies and pranks over several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Purtell
Wakeeney
Kansas
Old Fort Hayes
Rush County
Kansas City Journal
Stage Steeds in Don Quixote Staging Across Cities
The Paris production at Theatre de la Galte faced a lean Restitante in Massenet’s opera, requiring nightly rib-painting on a rotund stage creature. In London, Irving’s problem was a crippled baker’s horse seized by the police and ordered killed by a Bow Street magistrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre de la Galte
Paris
Massenet
Irving
London
Bow Street
Wild Onion Place Chicago Name Derivation
A US Geological Survey bulletin notes Chicago, Illinois, as derived from the Ojibwa She Kag Ong meaning wild onion place, with roots linking to a word implying bad smell. The Chicago Tribune is cited as noting this as the most outspoken definition among several derivations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey Service
United States
Chicago
Ilinois
Chicago Tribune
Owl’s head turn astonishes Maryland observer
A Maryland man tested a tale of an owl wringing its own neck by circling a perched bird. The owl tracked the observer's path with its head, then suddenly reversed gaze in a swift readjustment, baffling the observer who kept watching the bird intently. The experiment repeated with consistent results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Philadelphia Record
Reputation as a Prize of Citizens and Nations
A historical reflection on reputation as a prize worth contending for. It frames reputation as the coin of genius and the nurse of exertions, arguing it requires scrupulous justice and wise economy to earn and defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Sydney Smith
New Interpretation in History Lesson Prompted Controversy
A history teacher asks about Harrison's campaign and a pupil recalls a log cabin with a Black man tied on top in a long procession. The pupil adds a five Black person fastened on the root, reflecting a biased memory from Lippincott's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Lippincott
Promise Keeping Outvalues Hoarded Wealth Sayings
A Washington star quotes Uncle Eben urging that building credit through keeping promises is more valuable than hoarding money. The remark highlights trust as a lasting asset and reflects practical wisdom on personal integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wormhoudt
One Price Clothing House
Ars
Clothing House
Ernest Amsberry
Blaine Chrisman
Asbury Chapel
Amsberry
Mr. Chrisman
Noah
W. F. Zimmerman
N. E. Kendall
Washington, D. C
Congress
Kendall
Ures
Vander Linden
Mame Hollingsworth
George Johnsons
Lem Durham
Plymouth
Geo. J. Dennis
Geo. Bonnifeld
John Nossaman
Art Branscomb
Hazel Hudson
C. N. Pace
M. E. Church
Lynnville
J. W. Davis
I. N. Harp
Oskaloosa
Leighton
Wm. Vandehaar
Prairieview
Kan
Hattie Veenstra
Messrs. Palma and
Vischke
Hope College
Rev. Duiker
the County Board
D.G. van Zante
J. E. Lone
Princess
Hiatbley
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