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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
4
The store urges customers to enter a piano certificate giveaway running from now until the contest ends. Shoppers who buy five to ten cents or more receive lithographed certificates showing their purchase amount. Thousands of these certificates will be distributed, with many thousands of dollars of value entering local homes.
Citizens National Bank and Henry Den Ade and wife hosted a gathering at the H Van Reulder home while the Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Ira P De Kock. Henry Overbergen returned from Northern Iowa. Miss Gretta Van De Haar came home from Missouri with her brother Will. Fred Grandia owns a new rubber-tired buggy. Henry Brummel visited the Roorda home. Local Pettela women and Vogelaar girls spent the fourth in town. Dr Howe’s daughter Mary broke her arm after falling from a gate. Members of the Christian Reformed Church and friends gathered at B Groenendyke’s grave for a quiet Fourth with speeches, songs, and socializing. Proceeds from refreshments benefited the Home for the Aged at Pella. Exact amount not known.
Traffic is light as Sally notes a warm week with no notable events. Fred Haines traveled to Grintielled by bus, an item that stands out amid the quiet period described.
Mrs. Emmet Awtry cared for her sick mother in Pella this week while relatives and friends gathered. Mrs. E. S. Haines and children traveled to New Sharon for a business trip. Frank Sherman Henry Welle Claire Eldredge and John Warenkamp joined a Des Moines auto trip. Mrs. Charley Francisco visited from Des Moines at the Smith home. St Florence Swisher and Grace Holdsworth went to Newton on Sunday for the Fourth. Mrs. Jim Lamphier from near New Sharon spent Saturday with her brother. Lole and Sadie Gove of Grinnell are visiting relatives here.
A domestic dispute escalated into a fight after a quarrel over a dog. Police were called, and no serious injuries were reported. The incident is under investigation with potential charges pending.
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