Local Events of the Week in Pella and Surroundings
Dots of news from Pella Iowa include births and visits, weddings, deaths, and local travel. Notables: Mr and Mrs M Schaakel welcomed a daughter on July 15. Jno Van Rheessen and others travel to New Sharon and Des Moines. Rev W J Van Kersen absent from pulpit. Henry Rhynsburger enlists in U S Navy for four years, with Norfolk, Virginia dispatch. Community notices cover business trips, visitors, and local happenings.
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M. Schaakel
Dr. Keables
Des Moines
Will Bootsma
Newton
Jno. van Rheessen
Y. T. van Niewaal
New Sharon
H. D. Wormhoudt
Pella
Electrical Department
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Henry
Pella Society
Succes
Card of Thanks for Mr s D Rhynsburger death
The family of Mrs. D Rhynsburger Sr thanks those who offered kindness during her illness and after her death on July 21. Funeral services were held August 5. J B Stavast Lena Stavast Mrs Johanna De V Mr and Mrs A J Beintema Mr and Mrs Lee Griffith and Mr and Mrs H F Johnson extend their sincere thanks. The funeral was held from H F Johnson's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Rhynsburger
Agth
J. B. Stavast
Lena Stavast
Johanna de V
A. J. Beintema
Lee Griffith
H. F. Johnson
Marriage at High Noon in Central City Couple Wed
Rev D M Hand pastor at Central City and Miss Cornelia De Haan of the city were married at noon Wednesday at the bride’s home. Rev J F Catlin officiated. only immediate relatives attended. They left at 2 PM for Colfax, then to the groom’s parents’ home near Central City. Best wishes flood in from friends.
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Frank Stubenrauch
Skunk
J. F. Catlin
Beacon
Hand—De Haan
S. A. Snow
Knoxville
Fowler
Goemaat
Prairie City
Henry van der Meulen
Christina Muntingh
S. E. Wilcox
Baptist State Convention
Pella
Isaac Gaass
Marie Wichart
Otley
Louie Bousquet
W. W. Fowler
Shankland
Chicago
J. B. Stavast
de Visser
Des Moines
Rhynsburger
S. P. Shaw
Ringgold County
Mt. Ayr
E. L. Carson
Santa Fe
Perry
Oklahoma
W. E. Stout
Lois and Sallie Martin
J. M. Cox
Floy Green
Cedar Falls
H. J. Green
Rev
W. R. Yard
Eddyville
Maragret Johnson
Winterset
Minnie Bohe
Ottumwa
Francis
Mary Mulligan
Mrs. Hines
Valley Junction
Sipko Rederus
Canastota
New York
J. S. Gladstone
Ley Junction
Rock Island
Jewell Cooper
Prof. Sears
Grand Island
Nebraska
Central College
D. M. Hand
The
Baptist Church
Central City
Iowa
Cornelia de Haan
Theity
Colfax
Two Cannon Arrive For College Campus Display
Dr B F Keables crediting Congressman Hull, secured two large cannons for the Post. The Rock Island arsenal ships them to the campus where they will be set on bases by college authorities. Each cannon measures about ten feet, three inch bore, weighing 900 pounds. They are to stand about mid yard, one on each side of the walkway from the building to the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keables
Hull
Rock Island
Deacon J. M. Barnett
Corydon
Congressman Hall
Clearing Sale Offers Discounts on Farm Goods and Gear
A local clearing sale advertises cuts on Sir William house and barn paint, five percent discounts on wagons, buggies, corn shellers, feed mills, and plows, plus a 25 day sale on linseed oil gasoline and coal oil. It invites visitors to inspect a four ton scale, hay baling machine, or rental house.
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Sir William
College Notes Talk of Band and Campus Growth
College notes discuss a potential college band next year. Prof Hawley travels to Harrisburg on Aug 2. Former students in the area benefit Central College. Several staff and students are in Chicago for summer study and teaching. Memorial Hall misannounced. building partitions and dormitory modernization planned. G A R gifted two cannons for campus display. site planning underway. Boarding remains $2 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley
Harrisburg
Central
Prof. Hawley
Negroes Flee Indiana Illinois Towns Amid Riots
Widespread exodus of Black residents from Evansville and other Indiana towns to the south as unrest and violence during recent riots drive people to seek safer homes. Two coaches reportedly filled with evacuees. Many who left Evansville have not returned while southern towns grow more hostile toward them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Illinois
Evansville
The Keeping Quality of Butter bulletin issued at Ames
Dairymen and creamerymen statewide are urged to read a new bulletin titled The Keeping Quality of Butter from Town Experiment Station Ames. By Prof G L McKay and Mr C Larson it covers deterioration sources rancidity defects water purity purification methods and includes many tables of results. Bulletin No 71 is free on request to Prof C F Curtiss director of the station Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
G. L. McKay
C. Larson
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa
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L. G. Ballenger
Borron
Kansas
New York Sun
Theo Tice
Oskaloosa
Nellie Harris
John Versteeg
Mt. Pleasant
Simon Vanderzyl
Scarf
Lacey
E. Jelsma
J. Timmermann
William Versteeg
Nate van Maren
Mrs. van Maren
J. W. Clark
Ruth
Fern
Harlan
J. H. Reavers
Rev. C. W. Harter
Clyde Pollick
Rachael van Donselaar
Keable
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
C. W. Baitsell
Wright
Indianola
Prof
G. F. Sadler
Will Fowler
Lena Vanderlinden
Winnie Fowler
B. F. Spillman
Grandma Better
Main St
R. R.sadler and
Mr. Spillman
Jennie Harrison
L. A. Garrison
Malvern
Council Bluffs
Caroline Bousquet
Minnie Edmond
Dr. Payne
Elex de Boer
Lizzie van Nimwegen
Lizzie Pas
Kate Eysink
This City
Ver Ploegh
Denver
J. R. Sage
Ora Dell
Rock Island Railway
Des Moines River
W. J. van Kersen
Second Reformed Church
A. G. Ziegler
Fourth Reformed Church
Chas. Brown
H. P. Schulte
Southerland
Wm. van der Horst
Wm. Vanderlinden
Schooler
Kramer
Allen
Wm. Kempkes
Newport Naval Hospital
U. S.S. Peoria
Portland
Maine
Newport
R. 1
Lam
Miss Jennings
Alton
Louis Renaud
John Bousquet
Main Street
Schubring
A. T. Shortess
Sigourney
Vinton
Winton
Shellsbury
Hedrick
Cornelia G. Klein
H. A. Anderson
Boone
Margaret
Josie Thomassen
Maude
Bessie Vandermeulen
Cornelia Wilson
Univery
G. G. Sears
University of Chicago
Hale
Severn
A.W. Fish
Young
Martha Firth
the Record
Ma County Normal Institute
Memorial Hall
Pres. Garrison
J. H. Johnson
Pella Steam Laundry
L. Popma
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