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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
4
The City of Pella met July 17 1922 to finalize a resolution of necessity for repairing and resurfacing specified streets. Civil Engineers Price and Mac Cormack presented plans and specifications which were adopted. A bid advertisement for construction was ordered and the council adjourned.
City officials met in regular session with Mayor Vanden Berg presiding. All members attended except Alderman Wormhoudt. The council granted the Chamber of Commerce permission to use streets for the 75th Anniversary celebration and to handle concessions. The dumping ground lease was renewed for three years at 25 dollars annually. David Verdughts cigarette permit renewal was presented with bond approved and permit granted. The council adjourned. City Clerk.
Mrs Tennis Van Zante died at her Monroe home at 6 00 a m Monday July 17 1922 age 59 years 6 months cause heart failure induced by acute indigestion She is survived by her husband four sons and one daughter three brothers and two sisters Relatives in Pella include son J T Van Zanter Jacob Grandia a brother and Mrs George Liter a sister Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Monroe Interment was at Monroe
Simon P Awtry died at his home ten miles east of town at 3:00 am Tuesday July 18 1922 aged 64. Death caused by heart trouble with only a few hours illness. Survived by wife one son two daughters two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Thursday at two pm at Cheesman Undertaking Parlors Oskaloosa with interment in Oskaloosa.
Mr. George M. Baird, former city mission worker, now in Pella, will speak at the morning hour of worship. Services include John 5:40 The Will of Men at 9:00 am and Lord's Day 36 The Right Use of the Lord's Name at 1:30 pm.
An advertisement offers Fuller Brush items and invites customers to call the Fuller man Herman Van der Meulen at 600 Washington Street for any Brush line needs.
Joseph H. Young, editor of the Chronicle, died at the National Soldiers Home in Hampton Virginia on July 13 1922 aged 82 years 7 months and 4 days. He was born December 9 1839 in Cincinnati Ohio and served four years in Co D 33d Indiana during the Civil War. He moved to Iowa after the war and had two marriages with a large family. Interment was in the National Cemetery for Civil War soldiers at Hampton.
Cornelius Fitzpatrick of Hoboken New Jersey was arraigned in police court after a night in a cell on a complaint by his daughter Marguerite. He said all her suitors are lounge lizards and threatened to hurl shoes and crockery. A suitor’s visit led to the arrest. the judge told him a night in jail serves you right.
Dr George Waddle performed a rare veterinary surgery removing a live eye worm from a horse in Kalamazoo Michigan The two inch parasite was visible in the pupil during surgery which lasted about fifteen minutes under local anesthesia Experts say the worm developed from an interoscopic germ and the horse is expected to recover full use of its eye The operation marks a notable first in Dr Waddles thirty eight years of practice locally and in Canada with similar cases rare in the United States
Calcuthi ke H Charles, a European figure known in Calcutta, asserts kingship of a Tibetan village. He travels with his wife and child, according to reports.
C F Dykstra and family visited relatives in Monroe on Friday. Ray Van Maren and family from Sully spent several days this week visiting his parents Mr and Mrs N Van Maren and other relatives in Pella.
Dante Pierce of the Iowa Homestead and editor Frank Moorehead attended a Liberal convention in Chicago. They were denied entry until obtaining admission cards, then confronted the alleged Brookhart candidacy. The piece alleges a Liberal plot to back candidates friendly to the new party, masking Republican or Democratic loyalties, with December 1922 plans for a formal proclamation.
The record notes the accomplishment of the Brookhart scheme linked with his Liberal Patriots group. It highlights political maneuvering and organizational actions that yielded a reported success for the faction within the period described by the source.
A Tacoma ostrich, found dead after choking on a pine cone, revealed a stomach filled with polished agates and white pebbles. Post mortem shows the bird had consumed valuable stones as grinding material, likely left by an amusement company last autumn.
Madison reports the University of Wisconsin announces an effective dandelion killer using iron sulfate or green vitriol. The solution is two pounds per gallon water, covers 860 square feet per gallon, with three applications yearly in May June and fall.
Police Commissioner Enright seeks 25 generalists in designated crime channels at 5000 a year each for July 1 start and would hire women as well as men. The funding request of 62500 was referred to a special committee. Bees Sting Pony to Death near Streator Illinois. Bees attacked after hives were tipped by a pony. the animal died and Mrs Brandes fainted from severe stings and poisoning.
The Indianola Record condemns the concealment of a baby boy’s murder attempt in Warren County. It decries hiding evidence and calls for legal exposure of those connected, urging protection for the vulnerable and accountability for those who harmed a "little blue eyed baby boy."
J H Cole of Miller 8 D has been visiting his sister and brothers in Pella for several days. He plans to return to Pella for the seventy fifth anniversary celebration if professional duties permit. He left Wednesday morning.
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