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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
2
Local notices report a well bored by I B Renaud near town water rising high during construction progress. Also items about N J Gelman for representative June 6, several births, visitors from Des Moines and Ottumwa, park lamp posts, anniversary plans for September, and various social visits and farm news in Pella and surrounding communities.
KING HOXIE of Pella and Miss Ida Mae Hoxie of Des Moines were married in Des Moines Wednesday morning June 1 and will make their home in Pella. Ed, a blind broom maker, has won friends there and the bride, graduate of the Iowa College for the Blind at Vinton, is described as accomplished and not totally blind. The Chronicle offers best wishes.
Mr and Mrs Henry De Wild who wed in Pella on May 30 1872 marked their fiftieth anniversary at their Mitchellville home this Tuesday. A large turnout of relatives and friends attended with Mrs G G Thomas senior sister of Mrs De Wild Mrs J F Dykstra and Miss Ethel Roovaart of Pella among guests. A dinner was served and several gifts were given to the couple.
London May 31 Winston Churchill minister for the colonies warned in the house of commons that Britain may resume liberty of action in Ireland if Eamon De Valera and the Dail cabinet refuse to sign the allegiance declaration under the Irish peace treaty. He said Britain would demand adherence to the treaty and could reoccupy territory or reclaim transferred powers if breached.
The Olivet church youth hosted an ice cream social and Memorial Day program Wednesday evening. The program, planned for Tuesday evening, was postponed due to bad weather.
The Civil Service Commission announces retake exams for junior engineer and deck officer positions with the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey assistant examiner and other posts. Tests occur June 21 22 and 23 with specifics available from the local post office secretary of the Civil Service Board.
Central College will present a pageant at its June 8 commencement marking the founding of the college. The production will recount the early days and Hollanders arrival, with forecasts of the school's future and its significance. Students and many townspeople, including children and adults, will participate.
Public Health nurse Esther Albright will continue with the school board and the Red Cross for another year. Home nursing and hygiene will be added to the course, a valuable addition for the schools.
The note urges striving to reach the utmost ability considering all faculties and circumstances. It follows with an ad for the best Coffee at L Popma's, inviting readers to seek quality and improvement.
Market quotes from Pella Iowa list prices for hogs corn wheat oats eggs and poultry items including heavy hens light hens springs ducks and geese with per hundredweight and per bushel figures noted as typical early century agricultural price notes
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