Local notices detail Pella people and echoes of wider travel
Pella residents and visitors are listed with movements to Des Moines Knoxville Knoxville area Spirit Lake and Omaha. Individuals include Jorn Biom Jelsma S E Cronkhite Gus Jones Nelle Viersen Van der Lune and the Severn family. A wedding in Omaha and a property transfer on College Street are noted. A runaway horse incident at the P O corner injures Mrs DeHoet with the baby saved. others escape unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Jelsma
Colfax
Dugan
Ottumwa
H. D. Wormhoudt
Lou F. Bousquet
Des ‘Moines
S. E. Cronkhite
Gus Jones
Knoxville
Pella
Pella’ On Business This Morning. Mrs. Jones, of Oskaloosa
G. W. Brown
N. J. Gesman
Iowa
Texas Panhandle
Severn
Spirit Lake
F. D. Stubenrauch
Orange City
South Dakota
Miss Pearl Benjamin
Danville
O. H. Viersen
Business Men's Association
Des Moines
North 24Th Street
Omaha
Willemina Nelle
A. Doedyns
James Gardner
Idale
Iig
P.O
Scharl
Wesley Mason
Simon DeHoet
DeHoet
Waddle
John
Monroe Mirror
Ordinance 71 Repeals 68 Speed Regulation in Pella
The City of Pella adopts Ordinance 71 repealing Ordinance 68 and sets a new speed limit of one mile per six minutes within city limits. Violation upon conviction carries a fine. The ordinance prohibits careless driving endangering life, limb, or property.
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City OF
Pella
Sheriff Sale Notice in Pella Iowa 1907
This notice states a sheriff sale conducted under a special execution in Marion County Iowa. The property includes the west ten feet of the north 120 feet of Lot 1 and the east 28 feet of Lot 2 in Block 40 in Pella. The sale is set at the Knoxville courthouse on August 7, 1907, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to satisfy a judgment in favor of R B Banister against Chas E Hall and L F Potter with W J Wilson as sheriff.
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Marion County
Iowa
Court House
Knoxville
Pella
Chas
E. Hall
L. F. Potter
R. B. Banister
W. J. Wilson
Miss Eugenie Bedier Starts Europe Trip From New York
Miss Eugenie Bedier of Leon left New York on July 2 with Miss Rachel Van Domselaar of Pella. They previously ran a Mt. Vernon drug store and sold it before traveling. Their itinerary includes Gibraltar and Italy with plans to visit Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France and England before returning to the United States aboard a Hamburg American liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie Bedier
F. F. Bedier
Leon
New York
Europe
Rachel van Domselaar
Pella
Bedier
Miss van Domselaar
Mt. Vernon
Miss Bedier
Washington
Gibraltar
Italy
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
France
United States
England
Leon Journal
Kubli Admitted to Asylum Over Religious Delusions
William Kubli a 27 year old man from near Pleasantville was declared demented by the board of insane commissioners after hearing the evangelist Rev Sun day. He grew fervent in Knox ville meetings then developed hallucinations and claimed to be the only preacher to save the wicked. He attempted hanging and was committed to Mount Pleasant asylum following a violent episode last week.
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Board of Insane Commissioners
William Sunday
William Kubli
Pleasantville
Mount Pleasant
Knoxville
Sunday
Dutch for Oil King WwW Passaic HCN on
A fragmented OCR item mentions Passaic and oil king hints at a local figure or event. Readable parts name Dutch for and HCN with unclear context. More readable text needed for a precise card.
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Grinnell Girls Plan October Exodus to Colorado Farms
The Grinnell Register reports a group of about 13 Grinnell girls will leave the city in October to claim 160 acre parcels in southern Washington and northern Lincoln counties Colorado. They will live on their claims through winter, build close together to ease homesickness, and prepare for irrigation plans increasing land value.
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Grinnell
Colorado
Grinnell Register
Washington
Lincoln
De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Sold at Local Stores
A cleansing cooling healing household remedy, De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, was sold at Langerak's Drug Store and Vander Linden's Bazar. The ad notes the product as a soothing topical salve and mentions the price notation "297-30" in the listing.
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de Witt
Langerak
Vander Linden
Night Visit Ends In Secret Departure
A tale of Rosie and her Aunt Electa unfolds as rain threatens and a late-night plan drives Electa to flee with a hidden motive. The scene shifts from the stairway to a dark street as Rosie lies captive to a ruse while a station agent plots a rendezvous.
Train Ride Turning Point In Town Drama
In a tense scene aboard a train, Bell Thwarts Blight with a booted finisher while Rosetta awaits transport from prison. Aunt Cleeta runs a moonshine elopement scheme as Rosetta confronts her future and Joe Bell prepares to lock up for the night.
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Ellde
Beca
Tarleton
Drogser
Dragbury
Joe
Mr. Blight
Bell
Gurney
Rosetta
Mrs. Bught
Maddie
Joe Bell
Rosie
Aunt Cleeta
Aunt Becta
Wedding Fee That Lasted A Century Of Pledges
A New England clergyman recalls a wedding fee that stretched far beyond typical payments. The thrifty widow married an elderly bachelor and sent Henry over with the fee, promising good will. The minister returned home to discover the fee had been kept for weeks, a running joke that ended with laughter and a lifetime memory.
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New England
Henry
The Deformed Room and a Stranger at the Door
A narrator describes a strangely shaped room with a short window wall. The room’s deformity and darkness invite sympathy from a visitor who refuses intrusion and ponders the reader’s compassion toward an unconventional space and its owner.
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Peo
Omar Khayyam
Waverly
Fragmentary phrase from unknown text causes parsing doubt
The readable snippet hints at a stray reference with unclear context about time, location, and names, offering no definite event, persons, or organizations to summarize into a factual card.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jorn Biom
The
Pella Plumbing,’ Heating, ‘and Respair Co
S., JA Viersen
Des Droines
John Lankelma
College Street
A. Waechter & Son
H. H. Severn
Peter van der Lune
Mt. Pleasant
Cronkhite
Kersbergen
Knoxville Express
Sheriff's Sale
Kubli
Vander
Linden
Bazar
Baker’s Dozen
Lippincott’s
Monthly Magazine
H. C. Verploeg
Ang
Dally” Story Pub. CO
Hleda Broom
Electa
Roseta
Nathan
Joe Berry
Aunt Electa
Mallito
Earth
Bowldera
Panrgnanynk
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