Pella Gazette Editorial on the Hollanders and Early Pella
The first issue explains Pella Iowa as a Hollander founded town between the Mississippi and Missouri on the Keokuk Burlington Muscatine route. It details Dutch settlers, early hardship, gradual growth, civic integration, and a hopeful view of Pella as a model American community with industry order and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella Gazette
Scholte and Grant
Pella
Towa
Mississippi
Missouri
Keokuk
Burlington
Muscatine
Fort Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Skunk
United States
Legislative Assembly
Were Afraid of Soldiers Marching Through Town
A recollection from a Pella native born in 1859 describes fear of soldiers passing through town, early schooling with John Stubenrauch, moves near Pella in 1865 and to Sand Ridge two years later, his father a bricklayer who sought work in Oskaloosa, father's death in 1867, a Knoxville sheriff sighting, and memories of Skunk River activities, with many old friends likely gone by 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Oskaloosa
John Stubenrauch
Sandridge
Knoxville
Skunk
Two Boys Parade On A Farm Wagon In Zion Tale
Fred Faassen recalls boyhood pranks in Zion Illinois including a band wagon parade led by Harold Sack and a mischievous band stand concert. Other memories include first car sighting at Rhynsburger's bakery and playing with the Pella Band while at the Pella fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sack
Marshal Maasdam
Rhynsburger
George
Henry Ver Steeg
Par Gil
Heine
Jon
Ver
Return of a Pella Native Brings Warm Wishes Home
A Pella writer recalls abrupt end to a local effort and jokes from the grand stand while noting dubious actions by Central college intruders. He confesses distance from Pella for 18 years but expresses happiness returning home and offers best wishes to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bona Freeters
Central College
Pella
Pella remembered as a town of gardens and cherry trees
The author recalls early 1871 in Pella Iowa with Rev. L. Fos dick as Baptist representative. Central College, multiple churches, wooden shoe porches, gardens and cherry trees, and a tight-knit academic life with professors Scarff Smith and Cotton. He notes student paths, revival meetings, and the 1929 return, with many old friends gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Central
By &He Provision
Dr. Dunn
E. H. Searff
Wisconsin
College
J. J. Stoddards
Resi
Scarff
Smith
Old Gentral
Morgan Edwards
Lillie Viersen
Nebraska
Pella’s Future Hope Highlighted By Central College Senator
In a cordial note the author extols Pella and its prospects praising Central College for its educational advantages. The writer, addressing old friends and supporters, stresses the town's thriving status and invites parents to consider sending their children to Central College for schooling and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Pella
Former Pella Boy Now Post Master at Bondurant
A letter from a former Pella resident, now Bondurant postmaster since 1915, describes moving to Bondurant in 1888, running a harness business, and raising a large family. He notes the harness trade declined after trucks and tractors arrived, and his desire to read about Pella’s history from the 1870s with a six month subscription. He mentions personal loss, including his wife’s death in 1930, and provides a check for $1 to ensure receipt of the old-town feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bondurant
Pella
Iowa
Bondurant High School
Wilson
John Nollen
Pella memories of school life and balloon rides in the gay nineties
A longtime Pella resident recalls Webster's building grammar and high schools, teachers, and a 1898 graduation under Superintendent Lyons. She notes parades, a band led by Murray Cox, Saturday concerts in the park, balloon ascents by Ves, local church life, and summers spent along shady streets near the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Webster
Hopson
Anna de’ Haan
Minnie Kearn
Julia Welch
Minnie Forsythe
Lyons
Carrie Edmand
Waechter
Board of Education
Old Central
Chaffee
The
Baptist Church
W. W. Cook
Miss Firth
California
Murray Cox
Ves
Old Methodist Church
Huber
Quotations on truth and nature in historical view
An assemblage of thoughts noting that victory over self is supreme, tongue driven by truth, and that ideas do not alter natural facts. It contrasts Plato and Pindar with a remark on Columbus and the round earth, underscoring that ideas cannot defy nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Empire
Union
Spain
Louis XIV
Britain
London
Holland
Cascaret Promises Morning Brightness and Stomach Relief
An advertising claim promotes Cascaret candies as a gentle nightly aid to cleanse the bowels. It asserts doctors approve cascara as strengthening bowel muscles and that daily use clears bilious headaches and constipation, leaving the tongue clean and breath fresh. It notes 20 million boxes used yearly.
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Marion County
Central University of Iowa
Garrett Harrison
Tamaha, Okla
By Fred Faassen
Jennie Fosdick
Ballinger Lamont, Iowa
Edgar Guest
Fred Lautenbach
Verought Insurance Agency
South Side Square
John H. Tollenaar
Bondurant, Iowa
Maud Kimmell
Modesto, Calif
R. 1
Plato
Pindar
Kanotex
South Main Street
Brownie
Star Oil Company
Tunis van Heukelom
Northeast Corner
Square
A. T. Ver Meer
Preston Steenhoek
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