Davis and Bryan Nominated for President and Vice President
The Democratic national convention in New York City adjourned after a record long session and numerous ballots. J W Davis of West Virginia and New York was chosen for president with Charles W Bryan of Nebraska as vice president amid bitter fights over liquor policy and church influence.
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New York City
J. W. Davis
West Virginia
New York
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Smith
Congress
Friends of Liquor
W. G. McAdoo
Wilson
J. W
Davis
England
West
The
Commoner
W. J. Bryan
United States
the Chronicle
Pella Supply Co Has New Scales Installed
The Pella Supply Co completed installing a Fairbanks Morse weighing machine with ten ton capacity in front of their building on Oskaloosa Street. It sits over a cement pit for easy access to the mechanism. Agent Mr Van Roekel has sold a duplicate to Blommers Mill for future installation.
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Pella Supply Co
Oskaloosa Street
van Roekel
Blommers
Clay Hill Dairy Milk Supply for Customers
Clay Hill Dairy announces plentiful milk on the farm and offers to supply more customers. Contact J. P. Van Rees at phone 46 on 3.
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Clay Hill Dairy
J. P. van Rees
Cochrane bids farewell to Pella Chamber of Commerce
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting President J H Cochrane announced he and his family will move to California for the war period. He will reside in Los Angeles until the end of next school year, while remaining a Pella homeowner. New president W H Vander Ploeg takes the helm as committees report progress and a new group is formed to work on improvements along the Great White Way. Sympathy was sent to President Coolidge over the death of his son. Lucile Cochrane entertained briefly on piano. audience sang together. Refreshments were served by the Legion Auxiliary.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Cochrane
Pella
California
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Cochrane
Los Angeles
Peter Tysseling
G. H. Lankelma
Louis Kuyper
D. N. Steffen
Y. T. van Niewaal
Pella Lady Enjoying California Trip
Mrs Hattie Van Cleave of Pella Iowa visits California prompted by her aunt’s illness. Former Whittier resident she is warmly hosted by Professor G E Ostrom and Mrs Don Douglass and feted by many friends on South Painter Avenue during her coast visit.
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Chronicle
Hattie van Cleave
California
Whittier
Los Angeles Sunday Times
Pella
Iowa
M van
Tragic Fourth of July Car Turnover Claims Child
Des Moines couple traveling to Washington Iowa lose newborn daughter Phylis in a car rollover near Otley early July 4. Ford wheels locked or swerved, vehicle overturned. baby neck broken. Parents and two year old son unharmed aside from scratches. White Way Auto of Pella and Dr. Fox aided. burial planned in Washington after repair delays.
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C. H. Williamson
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Otley
Phylis
White Way Auto Company
Pella
C. S. Fox
Annual Bazaar at First Reformed Church Grounds
The Mission and Dorcas Society of the First Reformed Church hold their bazaar on the church grounds July 17. The program starts at 2:00 PM, followed by sale of ladies handwork, lunches, and ice cream.
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Mission and Dorcas Society of the First Reformed Church
Ku Klux Klan to Build New Home in Iowa
The Ku Klux Klan plans a $250000 home via the Iowa Temple company by purchasing the old sanitarium near the fair grounds and a seventeen acre tract. Articles list officers John B. Hirschman as president A A Sandy as VP F B Lowe as secretary and F E Wheatcraft as treasurer. The property at East Thirty third Street and University Avenue, once a sanitarium, overlooks the state fair grounds and was used to house the Iowa National Guard. Local plainsmen met Tuesday in Grotto Hall and agreed to buy for $35000 with ten dollar shares already sold totaling $5000 and $12000 in the klan treasury. The company aims to purchase lease or improve real estate and issue $50000 capital financed by $10 shares. The first annual meeting is planned for September with August 1 payments on pledged shares. The Des Moines Register notice is noted for local interest due to officer F E Wheatcraft, known in Pella.
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Ku-Klux-Klan
Iowa Temple Company
Fair Grounds
John B. Hirschman
A A. Sandy
F. B. Lowe
F. E. Wheatcraft
Ira Jones
A. A. Sandy
Thirty-third Street
University Avenue
Ira Anderson
Stowe
Iowa National Guard
Grotto Hall
Klan
Lowa Temple Company
New Organization of Klan
Des Moines Register
Pella
Wheatcraft
Central College
Rev W
R. Vander Kieft
Wheatcrafts
Leona Vander Linden Returning from China Mission
Relatives in Pella report Miss Leona Vander Linden, missionary at Amoy, China, will sail from Shanghai July 17 aboard the President Madison, landing at Seattle August 2. She will proceed to Los Angeles then Pella. letters may be sent to care The Admiral, The Oriental Lines, Seattle. The missionary is entering a second furlough after fifteen years in foreign mission service with the Reformed Church.
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Pella
Leona Vander Linden
Amoy
China
Shanghai
Madison
Seattle
Los Angeles
Washington
Admiral
Vander Linden
Foreign Mission ‘Service
The
Reformed Church
Shower for Bride to Be Anna De Haan TM
A miscellaneous shower honored Miss Anna De Haan TM on Thursday afternoon hosted by Mrs. Henry Johnson and Miss Bertha Johnson with Hattie Van Gorp at her home. The guest of honor received many useful gifts and a two course luncheon was served as attendees enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.
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Anna de Haan
Henry Johnson
Bertha Johnson
Hattie van Gorp
van Gorp
Farmer Festival Arrangements in Pella Set
Arrangements for the Farmer Festival in Pella are complete for July 19 and 26 and August 2 and 9. The entertainment committee plans balloon extension, wire walking feats, novel acrobats, trained dogs, a human fly act, firemen’s frolic, athletic and automobile contests, amusements, band and drum corps concerts, and $1200 in free prizes for contest winners. Visitors are promised a mighty pleasant time.
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Pella
Former Pella Teacher Lands Big State Role
Arthur Rosenbaugh, former Pella high school teacher, has earned a prominent post at the State University. After completing a two year graduate program at Harvard and Columbia in landscaping and design, he is developing a campus beautification plan that will transform the university’s appearance.
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Pella
Iowa City
Arthur Rosenbaugh
The
State University
Rosenbaugh
Harvard
Columbia Universes
Pella Bologna Fame Reaches Hollywood
Arie Schilder this week received an order for his famous Bologna sausage from Hollywood California the home of Moving pictures and the social capital of the Picture. It is unclear if the sausage will be used in a film or for an actress in her day off. The shipment proves Pella product quality and may appear on screen in the future. Schilder sent another Bologna shipment to Connecticut the same day.
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Arie Schilder
Hollywood
Calif
Moving
Far West
Arie
Connecticut
Program Band Concert July 12 Selections
The program lists Intermezzo Gilbert by Brooks and The Mighty Deep. Bass Crusader by Rollinson. Best Loved Southern Melodies by Van Steen. Just a Lullaby Voice. Light Cavalry Overture. Von Suppe March Selected.
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Gilbert
Brooks
Dude ‘the
Mighty Deep
Rollinson
van Steen
von Suppe
Louis Van Roekel to Make Change
Louis Van Roekel, local manager for the Manhattan Oil Co., has resigned and will rejoin his father in the Pella Supply Co. A new manager for the Manhattan station is not yet chosen, and Van Roekel will stay until his successor is ready. Bob Lautenbach returned to Ames for the Summer School.
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Louis van Roekel
Manhattan Oil Co
Pella Supply Co
Manhattan
van Roekel
Narrow escape after car crashes on Van Zante hill
Two Harvey youths and two Pella girls escaped serious injury when a car stalled on a hill near Pella and rolled backward over a twelve foot bank into a ditch. The wrecked vehicle left occupants with only scratches and bruises as relocation efforts continue to improve the dangerous stretch known for past accidents.
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Harvey
Pella
Des Moines
van Zante Hill
Pelaple
J. C. Penney adds many new stores this year
The J. C. Penney Company expands to 571 stores, adding nearly a hundred last year and continuing growth across the nation. Headquarters are in New York City with a broad reach from the Midwest to the Pacific coast, including California and Oregon. Oskaloosa and Newton are among the closer locations to Pella.
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The
Chronicle
J. C. Penney Company
Oskaloosa
Coun
Iowa
Newton
Pella
New York City
Pennsylvania
Lake Star
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake Basin
California
Oregon
Warton
Pella Boy Wins Safety Prize in National Contest
Washington July safety essay by Buel Leslie Bunde pupil of J B Young Intermediate Davenport won first Iowa state prize in the national safety essay contest announced by the Highway Education Board. He receives a gold medal and a $15 check. his paper goes to the national contest where first prize is a gold watch and a trip to Washington. Second state prize went to Tillie Schultz Mason City Lincoln School who received a silver medal and a $10 check. Hawkeye Public Schools Miss Lilian Pengeno Fredricksburg taught the best safety lesson representing Iowa for one of three grand prizes valued at $500 and a Washington trip or $200. Other prize winners listed from Webster Webster Pella West Point New Hampton Humboldt Sioux City Carroll Tama and more, with national winners to be announced soon.
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Washington, D. C
Buel Leslie Bunde
J. B. Young Intermediate School
Davenport
Highway Education Board
May FE. Francis
Washington
Tillie Schultz
Lincoln School
Mason City
Lilian Pengeno
Hawkeye
Fredricksburg
Pengeno
Iowa
Wington
Anthony A. Nunnikhoven
Webster School
Pella
Leroy McNeill
West Point City
West Point
Albert Lewis Smith
Yarmouth Consolidated
Yarmouth
Arlene Hutchinson
New Hampton
Ruth Preble
Humboldt
Fannie Wegter
Hospers
Edward Hubbard
Bryant School
Sioux City
Arthur Allen Pieper
Carroll
Dorothy Christensen
Tama
Farm Bureau Picnic Draws Record Knoxville Crowd
A perfect day and about four thousand people filled the County Fair Grounds for the Knoxville Farm Bureau picnic. Speakers included C B Dennan of St Louis urging farmers to keep ownership of products. music by Brown Bros. quartet and the Farm Bureau Orchestra. indoor games, story telling, and a foot race showcase with laughs over a pillow fight. Brookhart’s failed airship arrival reduced evening highlights.
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Farm Bureau
County Fair Ground
Teau
C. B. Dennan
Producers’ Commission Association
St. Louis
Mr. Denman
Tom Pocock
Pocock Music Shop
Knoxville City
Rmers
Knoxville Township
C. E Atkinson
Jacob van Zante
Jr Ward
Sarah Manhardt
Mr. Brookhart
Fair Grounds
Basket Meeting at Amsterdam Grove on July Twenty Sunday
Rev N D Gordon pastor of Amsterdam congregation leads all day event at the Amsterdam schoolhouse grove with a basket lunch. Indianola Gospel Team performs and baptism by immersion will be held near the Des Moines River around three o clock in the afternoon.
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N. D. Gordon
Amsterdam
East Amsterdam
Des Moines
Rock Island Announces Low Rate Excursion
Rock Island ticket office announces a Popular Rate Excursion from Eldon to Des Moines and return on Sunday July 20. Train passes Pella at 8 10 a.m. and reaches Des Moines at 9 55 a.m. Return leaves Des Moines at 6 30 p.m. Round trip fare from Pella is 95 cents, the lowest rate offered so far.
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Rock Island
Eldon
Des Moin
Pella
Des Moines
Moonlight Mission Band Baked Goods Sale
The Moonlight Mission Band will hold a bake sale next Saturday afternoon, July 12, at the Holland Meat Market.
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Moonlight Mission
Holland
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Bryan
DES Moines Constructing Corporation
Bride
Pella Bologna
Bob Lautenbach
Ames
Pella Boy
Webster
Knoxville
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