City Council approves sewer scheme and grants license
The Pella city council met June 2 1925 with all members present Mayor Fultz presiding. A drainlayer license was granted to H Slot and bond approved. Officials reported on sewers streets lights water and finances showing 41651 98 on hand. Adjourned by A C Kuyper city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Pella
Fultz
H. Slot
East 1St Street
General Fund
Electric Light
Sanitation
Park Fund
A. C. Kuyper
Local Shooters Over Take Oskaloosa
A crowd of forty three shooters braved threatening weather at the Good Fellowship grounds on Tuesday. John L. Gillespie of Des Moines topped the field with 86 of 100 targets while George Killinger from Montezuma Ed Van Gorp and Harry Boland of Oskaloosa shared second with 85. F F Everett of Lacey took third with 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellowship
John L. Gillespie
Des Moines
George Killinger
Montezuma
Ed van Gorp
Harry Boland
F. F. Everett
Lacey
Pella
Ulrich
Fred C. Whitney
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
For Rent Maple Crest Cottage on Spirit Lake
A furnished cottage named Maple Crest on the east shore of Spirit Lake is offered for summer rent. The rental includes a roomy garage a private dock and a new row boat. Inquiries should be sent to M J Hoffman Pella Iowa for rates and information.
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Maple Crest
Spirit Lake
Pella
Iowa
M. J. Hoffman
Third Reformed Church Adopts English Language
A church business meeting voted to hold afternoon services in English while evening services have long been in English. The forenoon service remains Dutch. The church extended a call to Rev. Anthony Haverkamp of Sioux Center Iowa, a Central College trustee member, who is in Pella this week to decide on acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Reformed Church
Anthony Haverkamp
Sioux Center
Iowa
Central College
Pella
Henry J Morgan obituary noted in Palo Alto paper
Henry Jamison Morgan died May 5 in Auburn California. Funeral services were held at 1 PM in the First Baptist Church with Rev Robert Licklider leading the service. Interment was at Alta Mesa. Born May 3 1838 in Burlington Iowa he was the eldest of seven children and had moved the family to Holland, Pella Iowa seeking education before the Civil War interrupted his college career.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Henry J. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
California
First Baptist Church
Henry Jamison Morgan
Auburn
Placer County
W. L. Burdette
Robert D. Licklider
Frances Ketman
Alta
Mesa
Burlington
Iowa
Elijah Dotson Morgan
Kerilla Ann Dawson Wilhoit
Frank Morgan
Clay Center
Kan
Martha Paschal
Denver
Colo
I. M. Earle
Des Moines
Morgan
Iowa State Archives
State Historical Society
Kansas
Curtis Chapin Morgan
Kansas City Medical College
Horace Wilbur Morgan
Ed Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren Olney
Oakland
Ira M. Earle
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
Jesse ©. Curtise
San Bernardino
Thomas J. Ryan
San Diego
Otheer
Girls’ Industrial School
Mitchellville
Jane
Frederick E. Morgan
Stanford
Stanford Young Men’s Christian Association
Nathaniel Richard
Francis Ketman Morgan
Edith Morgan Timm
Long Beach
The
Baptist Church
Deacon served across several church communities
The subject spent most of his adult life serving as a deacon in the churches of the communities where he resided, providing spiritual guidance and service.
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Churches of Communities
The Wildcat Rookie Comes to Polk County Stages
Des Moines Chapter No 1 Disabled American Veterans presents The Wildcat Rookie a one week engagement from May to June 6 featuring a French war era stage comedy and seven reels of official Signal Corps war photography. Proceeds support Disabled Veterans relief with two nightly shows seven and nine oclock and matinees Sundays and Saturdays at 2 30. Admission fifty cents.
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Polk County
Des Moines
France
Uncle Sam
Signal Corps
168Th Inf
Iowa
War Department
Rock Island Details Costs and Services
Eight daily complete trains keep the Golden State Limited and four for the Rocky Mountain Limited between Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Only about eight percent of Rock Island receipts last year paid interest on funded debt. Last year over 11 million dollars were spent on new equipment and road improvements, including four million on locomotives and cars. Maintenance aircraft and equipment consumed 27.57 cents of every dollar spent. Five percent went to taxes totaling six million six hundred seventy one thousand eighty seven dollars. Pensions to retired employees rival salaries for general officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Golden State Limited
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Beloved Brute at Alamo theater June showing
The Beloved Brute plays at the Alamo on June 4 and 5. Victor McLaglen stars as the rugged brute whose regeneration comes through a rival fighter's sheer strength. Marguerite de la Motte leads the romance as the heroine and Bill Russell tames the brute in this action packed drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Theater
Marguerite de la Motte
Pella Markets Report and Local Visit News
Quotations from the Farmers Co operative Exchange in Pella show hogs at 9.80 to 11.25 per cwt and cream at .88, oats at .40, wheat at 1.30. Mary Jane Baron returns home after a visit with aunt Mrs H W Vander Linden and family in Leighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Mary Jane Baron
H. W. Vander Linden
Leighton
Pella Produce Co
Farmers Produce Co
John Wynberg
Peter Opens Gentile Door in Acts Lesson Vision
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham explains Peter losing hunger trance lessons and the Spirit guiding him to preach salvation to Gentiles. It highlights no respecter of persons, divine unity, and healing through Christ, urging relaxed pace for spiritual perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lapham
Peter
Jesus
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Webster
Earth
Heaven
Jesus the Christ
Heavenly
Moses
Dr. J. H. Jowett
Noble Missionary Unity Across Races and Caste
A discourse on Christian unity through the Spirit uniting Jew and Gentile, English and African, and the duty to overcome prejudice. Illustrative stories from Tarbell's Guide contrast a Brahman and a low caste follower sharing the Lord's Supper. Dr. Hackett and Phillips Brooks are cited on pardon, mercy, and aiding the needy. Morrison adds that serving others is the best remedy for prejudice.
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Dr. Hackett
Christ
Rock Island Urges Employee Courtesy Campaign
The Rock Island lines launched a campaign of telephone courtesy across the Middle West to boost the railroad’s image for courtesy and efficiency. Thousands of flags with the message will be attached to mouthpieces, directed by the Department of Personnel and Public Relations.
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Rock Island Lines
Middle West
Rock Island Railroad
Department of Personnel and Public Relations
Otley News Roundup With Local Visits And Weather Notes
Mrs A O Van Houweling visited Des Moines on Tuesday and Mrs Nettie Barnard traveled there on Wednesday. The early bus between Pella and Otley stalled, requiring a car transfer. The Banner Bearers of the Reformed church plan a lawn social next Wednesday with music by the Le Grand orchestra. Gerrit Sneller and family visited the M P Van Hemert home last week. Mr and Mrs L T Beyer visited Winterset Sunday. Drought relief comes from showers Friday through Tuesday, with some crop damage from hillside washouts. Wm Roetselaar roofs his house with asbestos shingles. Dirk Freeken repaints the cottage. John Tukker sustained a broken arm Friday. Mrs Barbara Horton of Newton visited Charles Vander Kolk Sunday. Jess Vriezelaar returns from Pella to help with corn at A O Van Houweling’s ranch. McKeever clan from Osceola visits R V McKeever and Betty Florence. H L Renaud and family visited Des Moines Sunday. Ira Vriezelaar and Mrs J B Vriezelaar visited Henry Kaldenberg’s near Fairmount Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. van Houweling
Des Moines
Nettie Barnard
Pella
Otley
Banner Bearers Society of the Reformed Church
le Grand Orchestra
Gerrit Sneller
M. P. van Hemert
Osceola
R. V. McKeever
Betty Florence
H. L. Renaud
Ira Vriezelaar
J. B. Vriezelaar
Henry Kaldenberg
Fairmount
Wedding Bells, Storm Rakes Nearby Towns
Mrs Wallace Thomasson and children from Newton visited relatives for a few days while Mr and Mrs Crewse and their young daughter from Des Moines stayed with the Breen family. Gerrit Saandstra and Leon Kommer families joined A Kommer’s golden wedding, a quiet observance due to a death in the family. A severe wind and electric storm struck Tuesday night, tearing an eighty foot shed at Will Le Grand, damaging smaller sheds, and toppling a large feed shed at Ben Inglehaven. Trees fell and outbuildings were damaged amid heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Thomasson
Newton
Crewse
Des Moines
C. Breen
Gerrit Saandstra
Leon Kommer
Monroe
A. Kommer
Will le Grand Place
Frank Rexroat
Vriezelaar Place
Ben Inglehaven
For Sale and Public Sale Notices from 1919 1922 era
Classified style notices list numerous vintage vehicles including 1919 Ford Roadster 1920 Ford Touring 1922 Overland 4 Touring 1923 Chevrolet Touring and more. Also ads for work, grain equipment engines and farm animals with sale details and cash terms. Public sale notices mention short horn heifers at De Cook's barn with timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Cook
Bet van Veen
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Oskaloosa
He-Men
Snowden
Liberal Party
Rome
H. W. Mabie
R. H. Coates
Tarbell
Phillips Brooks
Lyman Abbott
G. H. Morrison
Otley News
Pelia
Chronicle
Kuppenheimer Make
J. J. Sheehy
Pel- Ja
van Ness Hat Shop
White Way
Will Ver Dutt
International Silk Hosiery Co
Norristown
Davenport
H. A. Bauman
Jimmy Lind
John Deere
Gary Vogelaar
W. A. Clark
Scripps Booth
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
McCormick
Fairbanks
van der Meulen & Co
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