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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
4
Otley news mentions Mrs C F Varney visiting relatives in Gallipoli Ohio and Miss Fay Rawson’s fifth birthday celebration. Ditching crew, cattle buying trips, circus outings, hog shipments, coal mines reopening, and Brush Motor Car agency noted along with numerous Otley residents visiting Des Moines and Des Moines area towns.
Mrs J L Grandin is reported to be improving from a recent illness. E G Workman and family leave for a month’s vacation while Mr Young takes Workman’s place at the depot. Threshing is the day’s work as Misses Tysseling Van Maanen Van Zee visit the Glaaren home near Eddyville. Rev R Dowstra filled the pulpit at the local church.
John Roorda and wife of Pella visit son Gerrit while Maxwell car repairs occur at Durham home. Floyd Harvey of Tracy marries Elizabeth Bingeman of Chariton in Hotel Downing parlor with Judge Philips officiating. A fire in Olivet destroys J A Morgan store and post office in John Top building, origin unknown, stock and packages lost. store to be rebuilt. Morgan insured lightly.
Mr and Mrs G W Carpenter hosted relatives with Gladys Carpenter visiting Des Moines. Edward Fletcher departed for Hot Springs after a rheumatism attack. The Robus and De Raad households hosted Sundays with visitors Bartus Klyn family and John Waardhuizen. Pete Van Gorp from Lynnville visits Fifield biweekly. Wonder who the fortunate young lady is.
Ben Van Vliet has taken charge of the store he purchased from Amick Bros. Warnings note J. M. Hart is ailing with rheumatism and a doctor was summoned last Friday. Fred Robison visited William Karr's on Sunday. Uncle John Gregory of Des Moines was in town and sold his coin to Taylor Grain Co. at 58 cents per bushel. Sam Stenson will bale his straw. C. C. Core lost a fine colt last week. Loren Steveson and Fae Tempelton are threshing nearby.
Mr and Mrs Henry Van Beek of Sheldon were called Monday by the death of Wm Van Beek, father of Henry. Mrs Aberlina Sents of Pella and Ernest Schwartzstrauber of Des Moines arrived Tuesday to visit relatives L A Sents and family on the Chariton road.
Rev. F B Mansen conducted communion and baptism at New Sharon with J B Vis filling the pulpit. Harold Sywassink visited from Muscatine, while Mrs Fanny Cassatt planned a Colorado Springs trip and would attend a niece’s wedding in Pella. A barnyard fire damaged an orchard near Grays Creek, and local insanity hearings, harvest yields, and a large Rock Island camp near Marion county were reported alongside a sunstroke relapse of Forrest Goodspeed.
An Ohio Association will be formed in Knoxville with its first meeting set for August at Auld's Park. The aim is a permanent group with annual Ohio Day observances led by Mr. Hall of Bybee & Hall. W. C. Ellis, long afflicted with blood poisoning, loses a finger and endures hospital care in Des Moines. J. W. Sutherland, 87, shows health improvement after a lengthy illness.
Property listings show 240 acres near a rail line in Mitchellville Iowa with 1 mile to the Interurban. 211 acres are improved plow land priced at 105 per acre with cash options. Also 380 acres plow land at 105 per acre and 80 acres improved mainly second bottom at 125 per acre. Write Fred Henninged Mitchellville Iowa for descriptions.
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