Local visits and social notices from Pella area
A long list of visits and travels by residents and friends around Pella, Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Newton, and surrounding towns. People include Miss Lena Vas, Miss Josie Grandin, Mr. and Mrs. VanGorp, Miss Mary Renaud, Miss Hattie Harrison, Rev. Coulston, Mrs. M Branshart, E W Hicks, Misses Vander Moul en, Prof. McIntire, and many others with trips to Des Moines, Ottumwa, Davenport, and Chicago. Also notes on weddings, graduations, and family visits, plus a general medical advertisement from Hall's Catarrh Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Grandin
Oskaloosa
H. P. VanGorp
Dés: Moines
Mary Renaud
Les Moines
Hattie Harrison
Otley
W. J. Coulston
Pella
A. J. Kleinjan
Durant
Gary Vogelaar
A Hoogenakker
Des Moines
D. S. Huber
Grinnell
G. F. Stegeman
S. H. Viersens
Eldon
Ottumwa
H. D. Wormhoudt
E. D. Court
George Gezel
Lomax
Ill
Ed. Porter
E. H. Burkland
Little Son
Dykstra
G. O. Davis
Rock Island
Beatrice
Nebr
Equal suffrage should win in Iowa movement message
A persuasive oration argues that equal suffrage in Iowa should prevail because it is right and just. The speaker asserts there are no valid arguments against suffrage and frames the cause as the highest and best reason for the movement's success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Central College member recovers from gasoline fire
A Cedar Rapids Republican note recalls a Central College member in clade seven who suffered severe burns in a gasoline fire on September 18. Now able to ride in an automobile, he cannot walk yet but has ventured downtown and benefits from air exposure. he offers to take building contracts again. The piece also critiques local laws and Sabbath rules, lamenting ideal study hours and urging a tempered approach to religious observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Halp Brucklander
Cedar Rapids
Decoy from the Ohio River Emigration Tale of Captives
A historical account recalls Virginia settlers steering a flatboat down the Ohio in the late 18th century. Captives lured ashore by decoy fires nearly trigger a deadly ambush. John May resists, but peer pressure from Flinn and others leads to a close encounter with disguised natives.
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America
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia
John May
Skiles
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Flinn
May
Indian massacre and river escape in pioneer siege
A story recalls a night on the river where a party was attacked by Indians. Captives were forced to row toward danger as decoys misled pursuing boats, leading to escapes and brutal refusals to aid real escapees. Colonel Downing was killed by an Indian, while others fled toward safety with wary river help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Marshall
Marshall
Downing
Ohio River
Not Enough Children Need Scott's Emulsion Now
A promotional notice urges parents to give Scott's Emulsion to undernourished children. It claims the product provides concentrated nutrients to enrich blood, transform weakness into strength, and support growth during childhood. No alcohol content is claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
One Rose and the Value of True Friendship
A reflective piece compares a single rose in a desk crystal vase to the abundance outside, asserting the one perfect rose offers rest, understanding, and personal connection. It likens loyal friendship to that solitary bloom, emphasizing individuality, intimate companionship, and heart to heart understanding cited from Alice A. Smellie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice A. Smellie
Forethought saves expenses with Chamberlain remedy
Archer in Caldwell Ohio praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as indispensable at home and on extended visits. He notes the family has used it for years and recommends taking it along during travel. Available for sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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Archer
Caldwell
Ohio
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Renaud
Itchelville
Lena Vas
Des. Moines
E. W. Hicks
Davenport
Henry Roovart
Paonia
Cal
L. H. Kaldenberg
Ren of
Leighton
J. H. Soetens
Jennie Vander Ploeg
Chicago
John VanZante
Portland
Ore
M. van Domselaar
Iowa City
T. Kempkes
Newport
R.I
Matt
U. S
J. Glassgo
Lancaster
Wm. van Gorkum
Marietta Marsh
Lee Workman
Miss Marsh
Charlie
Ainsworth
Nellie Fry
Keokuk
Dorothy VanZante
F. R. Gambell
Hartley
College of Idaho
Helen “Garrison
Lewis Kruger
Corydon
C. N. Cole
Monroe
Estherville
J. C. Clark
Provo
Utah
Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Tod
Flint
Michigan
Buick
Quality Lumber
Kuyper
Spreek
Joel
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