City Council Discusses Water, Sidewalks and Carnival Request
The council met with Mayor absent and alderman away. Gerrit Tysseling asked water main extension and sidewalk grade on East First Street. Den Hartog sidewalk grade approved. Anderson Coal bid accepted for coal at city light plant. Woman’s Federated Club sought Garden Square carnival license. mayor to enforce license rules. Street fill planned for Oskalooosa area to prevent cellar flooding. Carnival approval granted with club funds to offset Band expenses.
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Johnson
Rhynsburger
J. S. Wilson
Gerrit Tysseling
East First Street
University and
Oska- Joosa Streets
John den Hartog
Independence Street
Henry Bruinekool
City Light Plant
Anderson Coal Co
H. P. Scholte
Womans Federated Club
Garden Square
Great Western Show Co
Carnival
Oskaloosa Street
East Second
East Third
Clark Streets
Oskaloosa
Low Wormhoudt
Heeren
Mcense
Weather and Crop Report for Week Ending July 18 1916
Des Moines Iowa reports another hot sunny week with local showers across the state. Corn growth quick and tassels appearing in early fields while haying good. clover and timothy strong. Harvest under way for wheat and oats, rain needed for late oats and various crops. Daily highs 90 to 100 degrees. Plus an ad for corsets at Lebson's.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hughes Receives Suffrage Delegations Amid Mixed Reactions
Charles B. Hughes hosted a women’s suffrage delegation led by Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw who praised his assurances. An anti suffrage group led by Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge also met him, calling the reception satisfactory. The event suggests Hughes may sway both sides as he campaigns against Wilson.
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Chas. B. Hughes
Hughes
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Norman de R. Whitehouse
State’ Suffrage Organization
Arthur M. Dodge
National Association
Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Educational Conference at First Reformed Church Pella
An educational conference to aid Central College will be held at the First Reformed church in Pella on July 28. Churches in the area are invited and young people are especially encouraged to attend. Dr. John E. Kuyzenga and President J. W. Bailey will speak, with a schedule to include sessions in Sioux county Fulton Man Valley Illinois and Wisconsin areas in the weeks ahead.
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Central College
Pella
John E. Kuyzenga
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, Mich
J. W. Bailey
Kuyzenga
Bailey
Sioux County
Fulton
Man Valley
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fleece pickers trick Chariton women with home doctor book
Chariton residents were targeted by a man and women canvassers pushing a home doctor book. Victims paid for a costly book and ongoing consulting services under promises of nursing careers. The Chariton Leader warns the scheme is a classic taking in, with questionable diagnosis claims and high payments.
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Chariton
Nurses’ Training School
Disguise Ad Critique Sparks Prohibition Debate
The Samuel Hopkins Adams column in the New York Tribune mocks a well advertised beer label brewed for the wise to disguise. It questions why brewers hide their product and calls the ad a telling anti-booze argument that brands drinkers as cowards.
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Cetain Brewery
Samuel Hopkins.Adams
New York Tribune
Brewing Company
College Alumni Reunite To Boost New Baptist College
Alumni and former students of Central and Des Moines Colleges gathered July 13 in Jackson Park Chicago for a reunion and banquet at St George Hotel. A united spirit emerged as they formed a permanent organization with Walter Hoxford as president and Judson Lee as secretary treasurer.
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Jackson Park
Chicago
Illinois
Central
Des Moines Colleges
Feel
St. George
Lapham
Des Moines
New Baptist College
Mississippi River
Walter Hoxford
University of Chicago
Judson Lee
Lewis Institute
Iowa
Thirty Years Since: Hollanders Celebrate Pella Anniversary
A Sioux County Herald note recalls the 25th anniversary of the Hollanders in Pella on August 28, 1872. It contrasts the colony's start with about eight hundred people and capital of 130 thousand dollars to 1872 when the population reached six thousand and valuation neared three million. It notes two banks, ten schoolrooms, eleven teachers, and speeches by old settlers, American and Dutch, with music and applause for national airs.
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Sioux County
Pella
Hallana
Bakker Plans Drive for Pella Swimming Pool
T T Bakker states he will solicit funds for a Pella swimming pool. He expects to be seen around town with a newspaper soon. The project is described as a worthy cause to provide recreation and amusements for residents. residents are urged to be ready for his call.
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T.T. Bakker
Pella
Bakker
Fooling the Country Press in Advertising Schemes
A Bloomfield Democrat note criticizes a well known car maker for pressuring rural publishers into free ads. It cites sparse sales versus heavy magazine spend and laments opportunistic publicity tactics by the company and similar firms. Barber shop price notice follows.
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Iowa
Monroe
Bloomfield Democrat
Pella
Noted Locals Succumb in July Deaths at Sully and Pella
Miss Minnie Marks died at her sister Mrs John Slykhuis home southwest of town at 7 p m Tuesday July 18 1916 aged 47 years 8 months 26 days cancer. M DeHeer died at Gerrit Bazemer home three miles southwest of Pella at 3 30 pm Friday July 14 1916 aged 62 years 10 months 10 days paralysis. Isaac Dunnink died at his daughter Mrs W H Miller Sully at 4 am Sunday July 16 1916 aged 74 years 1 month 11 days cancer of liver with complications. He leaves thirteen children and two brothers Cornelius Manning and Peter Pella. Funeral services held at Sully M E church and home. interment Bethany cemetery north of Pella.
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Minnie Marks
John Slykhuis
Second Reformed Church
Oakwood
Pella
First Reformed Church
First Reformed
Isaac Dunnink
W. H. Miller
Sully
Mr. Dunnink
Jacob Sterrenburg
Cornelius
Manning
Peter
M. E
Edmund Renaud
Bethany Cemetery
Rooms Wanted and Sash Properties For Sale Advert
Citizens with rooms for rent or board or rooms for students should report to Mrs Y T Van Niewaal by phone 16. For sash three residence properties offered by Abraham VerPloegh numbered 29 30.
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Y. T. van Niewaal
Abraham VerPloegh
Great Western Carnival Arrives in Pella Next Week
The Great Western Carnival Co. brings a week of vaudeville acts trained animals rides and band concerts to Garden Square in Pella starting next Tuesday evening. Mayor Johnson vows to keep the event clean and first class as crowds gather for the return of carnival fun after a long interval.
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Pella
Great Western Carnival Co
Garden Square
Johnson
Guthrie Center
BICYCLES ARE HIS WEAKNESS IN OSKALOOSA CASE
A Pella youth Arnold Levenberger, 18, allegedly stole a bicycle then fled to Des Moines after a chain of sales and repairs. He was linked to entering the army en route to California. The incident left local dealers Gottschlich and Huisman as reluctant losers while constable Shaw seeks Levenberger for trial. Major Kincaid visited Pella recruiting for Camp Dodge.
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Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Arthur S. Shaw
Arnold Levenberger
Pella
Des Moines
California
Oe Levenberger
Joskaloosa
Ralph Huisman
Huismans
Oskaloosa
McKinley Bike Shop
McKinley
Sevenberger
Huisman
August Gottschlich
Levenberger
United States Army
Gottschlich
van Hale
J. W. Laffollette
Kincaid
Camp Dodge
Railroads push for federal control in party platform
W. J. Bryan argues in The Commoner that Republicans push to shift railroad regulation from state legislatures to federal authorities, threatening local control and empowering rail interests. He cites Hughes and the Minnesota rate case, contrasting with Democratic calls to add national remedies without replacing state ones.
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United States
Congress
Republican Party
New York
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Washington Dispatch
New York Tribune
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Meteors Defeated by Colfax in Baseball Match
Last Thursday afternoon the Pella Meteors lost 8 to 1 to Colfax after a close start. Colfax scored two runs in the third inning and added another in the fourth as Hamilton pitched for Pella, recording several strikeouts.
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Pella Meteors
Colfax
Hamilton
Pella
Weather permitting M E Church plans outdoor services
If the weather admits next Lord's day services will be held on the parsonage lawn. Morning services at 10 45. Epworth League devotional service at 7 p m and preaching service at 8 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all members and friends to be present at all these services.
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Epworth League
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Anderson Company
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Just Price
Lebson’s. ‘ Ady
Central and
Des Moines College
A. P. DeReus
J. Sterrenburg
DeNeef & Goedhart
F. D
Public Square
Pella Band
Meteors
M. E. Church
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