White Way Picnic Draws Iowa Visitors to Pella
Pella hosts the state for a Great White Way picnic from Davenport to Council Bluffs drawing 6000 visitors and 700–1100 cars. Organizers credit the Pella Commercial Club and city leadership for safe, hospitable events with ball games, bands, vaudeville, and road-improvement discussions while promoting better Iowa roads and regional cooperation.
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Pella
Iowa
Davenport
Mississippi
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Pella Commercial Club
Great White Way Association
Johnson
Register and Leader
Oskaloosa
Bloem
Kuyper
Oskaloosa Rheinhart
Pearson
Carson and Boyd
Boatsman
van Spanckeren
Central College Athletic
Des Moines Veterans Association
P. Groet
Towa
Great White Way
Great Whiteway Association
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines
W. M. Keeley
Washington
H. C. Beard
State Highway Commission
J. W. Jarnagin
The
Iowa Farmer
W. H. Fowler
Ingham
Council’Bluffs
Louis Evans
National Highway Association
C. W. Gruening
Northwestern Organization
National Highways Association
Big Towa Association
Picnic notes highlight Delta booster day on the Great White Way
The clear picnic day drew crowds, with 600 to 700 gallons of hot coffee served free from a large steam cooker. Delta boosters were highly visible as Dutch dressed hosts and visitors from nearby cities toured the Great White Way. Hosts praised hospitality while some vendors lamented cooler weather and fewer children affecting sales.
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Delta
Great White ‘Way
Pella
Great White Way picnic injects order at Pella event
The Great White Way picnic at Pella on July 24 showed quiet crowds and no arrests, with autos and even a truck parade from Oskaloosa drawing thousands. J B Holt praised the White owners while Orin Schee's float featuring twenty five Oskaloosa girls drew cheers.
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Pella
Oskaloosa
J. B. Holt
Osikaloosa
Misses Pearl Porter
Birdie Perry
Edith Paris
Bee Quick
Laura Langhorst
Dorothy Pettitt
Beryl Cone
Gladys Beechler
May Stinson
Dick Ramsay
Eva Schafer
Jo Ramsay
Mary Ann Phillips
Edith Cone
Matie McDaniel
Nelle Colville
Ruth Shilling
Mrs. Montgomery
Former Pella Boy Preaches At Park Meeting
Rev George Coleman pastor of a Breckenridge Michigan Congregational church addressed a park union meeting last Sunday evening. Coleman a former Pella boy is visiting at his sister Mrs A Valkenburgs home. His sermon expounded the gospel and Gods everlasting love to lost men. Attendance remains good and interest grew with a quartet led by Prof A P Kuyper.
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Park
George Coleman
Breckenridge
Mich
Coleman
Pella
A. Valkenburg
A. P. Kuyper
Hand of Death Claims Clif ford VanStenis at 16
A 16 year old, Clif ford VanStenis of eight miles east and south of Pella, died July 23 1913 at a neighbor’s home from heart failure while preparing to ride a bicycle home with his brother. Funeral held July 26 at 2 p m at the home, Rev A Rozen dal officiating. Interment in Porterville cemetery. Other notices report obituary items from the Sioux County Index including Mrs Kate Sipma Sawyer and Mary McCully, with details of birth, marriage, children and final resting places.
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Clifford VanStenis
Wm. VanStenis
Pella
VerPloeg
Leighton
A. Rozendal
Porterville Cemetery
Sioux County Index
Hull
Iowa
Chas. N. Sawyer
Kate Sipma
Marion County
Sioux County
Sjourd Sipma
Charles N. Sawyer
Charles L. Winia
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Charles C
Stuart O
Lismore
Minnesota
William Meylink
Carmel
Henry L
Mary
Martha
Sawyer
American Reformed Church
Douma
DeJonge
Luella
J. H. Applegate
Guthrie Center
Emma
C. L. Hendershot
Denver
Colorado
Mahaska County
McCully
Knoxville
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Applegate
Sarah Be, Evans
Ottumwa
Presbyterian Church
New Harrisburg
Ohio
Second Reformed Church
Solomon
Colonel Bousquet
Amsterdam
Holland
America
Central University
Thirty-third Infantry
Fourth Arkansas Cavalry
Leutenant
Pella National Bank
A. B. Culver
Culver & Co
Bousquet
Supreme Court of
John ©. Crockett
Hardin County
Crockett
United States Senate
Obituary for Henry L. Bousquet of Des Moines
Henry L. Bousquet former clerk of the Iowa supreme court died at Methodist hospital Des Moines on Wednesday July 23 at noon after a severe operation for stomach ulceration. He had undergone surgery a week earlier and faced postoperative complications.
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Henry L. Bousquet
Supreme Court of Iowa
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Gettysburg reunion recalled by Captain Payne veteran notes
Mr. R C Payne, former corporal turned captain, recounts the Blue and Gray reunion at Gettysburg. About 65,000 veterans attended with Pennsylvania funding care, monuments mark regiments, and only six of 178 enlistees remain alive fifty years after the battle.
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R. C. Payne
Gettysburg
Payne
Pennsylvania Calvary
Get
Tysburg
Pennsylvania
Runion
Grand Army
Outdoor Union Meeting at Park With Rev VanderWerf
An outdoor union meeting at the park is set for next Sunday evening. Rev 8 VanderWerf of the First Reformed Church will preach, promising profitable services and a message worth attendance.
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Union
Park
VanderWerf
First Reformed Church
Electric Palace Adds New $800 Electric Piano
Under new management the Electric Palace installed an $800 electric piano this week, promising enhanced entertainment. Paul Synhorst was seen handling nearby duties as changes unfold.
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Electric Palace
Shaving Aj
van Houweling
Paul Synhorst
Bia
Agri Bas
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