Pella and Vicinity Gentle Readers Visit Neighbors
Local notes from Pella and nearby towns recount visits by Gant Diezty and wife from Des Moines, Paul Van Miren and brothers sick in Des Moines, Edgerton Minnesota trips, and many small town movements. Reports of people returning from Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois visits, plus farm and road incidents and a humorous Knoxville Journal anecdote about a jack on a barn.
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Gant Diezty
Des Moines
Paul van Miren
Fovini
C Urence
Harold van
Knoxville Journal
Knoxville
Dallas
Iowa
Legion to Distribute Victory Medals Worldwide
The American Legion, in cooperation with the War Department, will distribute Victory medals to all who served honorably from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918. Presentations occur on Armistice Day in simultaneous ceremonies under Legion auspices worldwide. Former service members and next of kin of the deceased will join in a united tribute to America's spirit.
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War Department
American Legion
The
Legion
Spirit of America
World's Biggest Battle Cruiser Lexington to be laid down soon
The Lexington class battle cruiser, packing eight 16 inch guns and 85 knot speed, is under drawings with keel due within six months in Quincy Mississippi. Displacing about 43,200 tons, 874 feet long, it blends heavy armament with high speed, while sacrificing armor for performance.
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Quincy
Lexington
Queen
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Constellation
Saratoga
Constitution
Ranger
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Jagna
Hood
Marion Captain Arrested On 1878 Warrant In Bank Window Incident
Marion Indiana police Captain Edward Miterson was arrested on a May 11 1878 warrant for playing at ball. The warrant stemmed from a street game in which he knocked a ball through a bakery window. The mayor postponed judgment and the warrant was kept as a souvenir.
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Marion
Ind
Hdward Miterson
The Coon Dog's Sad Chase Unfolds in Ky Hollow
In Stanford Kentucky on a September day workers cutting trees on Morgan's farm found a dog dead in a hollow tree near the ground. The animal had apparently wedged itself and suffocated while attempting to escape, ending a perilous chase.
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Chace
Standford
MIT Fine on Scholastic Failures Provokes Student Protest
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology imposes a five dollar charge for each scholastic shortcoming. Undergraduates protest with some faculty support. Professor Leonard M Passano argues that both instructor and student are responsible for failures and suggests fining instructors as well if the rule stays.
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Boston
Massachusetts Institute’ of Technology
Leonard M. Passano
No Deaths in 57 Years Honored in Cranmore Cal
Cranmore California touts itself as the healthiest town in the state saying no grave has been dug in its cemetery since 1968 the last funeral held there. Since then residents died elsewhere but not within the community.
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California
Cranmore
Cal
Plowing by Spotlight in Cincinnati and Kentucky Court Delays
Farmers in the region plow by night using spotlights to overcome late spring delays. In Kentucky the courts are adjourned and farmers are excused from jury duty to focus on farming. Rev. Robert Carroll leaves the Pella church for Linn Grove church, a man who helped organize the Linn Grove congregation about thirty years ago.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Robert Carroll
Pella
Linn Grove
Evening Worship With Anthem Incline Thine Har
At 7:30 p.m. the church holds evening worship featuring the anthem Incline Thine Har, shaping a musical portion of the service.
Sermon by the Pastor at Liberty Church
Reverend J. T. Parker of Liberty Missouri will preach both morning and evening in a church service titled The Most Popular Sun in the World. The sermon aims to offer spiritual guidance and reflect on religious themes for attendees.
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J. T. Parker
Liberty,Mo
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Okalocan
H. * Bleten Vt
Center College
A. Bliek
Edgerton Minn
Domine Bliek
Otley
W. Willemsen
Nellie Klein
Sioux Center
C. H. Vander Meulen
Herman Bruinekool
Des Moinés
Donald Mair
Shelby, Iowa
Melvin van Houweling
Garden City Feeder Co
W. J. van Spanckern
Betty Arived
Mesa
Arizona
C. Aschenbrenner
Warner
Arle de Graaf
Prairie City
George Vander Gédried
Will van Hemert
Carl Clark
Wisconsin
C. L. Patrick
Oskalooss
Connie van Domselaar
L. J. Eller
F. R. Gambell
Stephen
Wormhoudt
Newton
John Veenstra
O. B
T. Barns
Georgia Chalfont
Chicago
National Osteopathic Association
B. P. Huizer
Baby
Miss K. Vis
Albia
Jake Cornelius
C. L. Brown
Kate Hammel
J. W. Vander Linden
Mildred
Clinton
Singer Sewing Machine Co
South Side Square
Louis Egan
Burlington
L. F. Bousquet
J. J. Bousquet
Elizabeth Hills
J. F. Mowe
Jake Vander Syde
Thayer
Kans
T. G. Fultz
Ames
Mr. Pep
Thas
Bea
WII
Horespewer
Glyen
Spesten Tech
A. T. Boat
North Main St
Dan Hoogenakker
John R. Dieleman
Liberty Street
G. B. Clarke
G. Tf
L. L. Schakel
Kenning
North Main Street
Second Reformed Church
Kingly Pilgrim
C. B. Society
Vander Linden
Carload
Jersey
Puritan Drug Co
Heerema Bros
Womens Federated Club
Largo
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