Capt Barker in Class of 1858 Remembers Central College
An elderly recall of Central College founded by Baptists in 1858 with about 100 students. Capt Barker describes humble origins, the hard work to pay tuition, and the Civil War interruption that halted his expected diploma from Central College. He notes peers, teachers, and the postwar careers of classmates, with few surviving.
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Capt. Barker
Central College
Elihu Gunn
E. H. Scarf
Amos N. Currier
A. Stoddard
George A. Jewett
Iowa
Lincoln
U. S. Army
Chamber of Commerce Meets Tonight
The monthly chamber meeting is planned for this evening at 7 30 if weather allows in the South park near the depot. If bad weather, it moves to Memorial Hall. A social hour will feature a real Dutch setting with beer pop and bologna.
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Chamber of Commerce
South Park
Memorial Hall
Church Notes at First Reformed Church Morni
Morning Calvinism III Total Depravity Afternoon The Tent of Meet 2 Evening Candidate Anthony Van Zante ing Jan Reformed Church Parables VI Matt 13 24 30 36 42 Afternoon Holland Lord's Day 28 Questions 76 77 Evening Parables VII Matt 13 31 32
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First Reformed Church
Meet
Anthony van Zante
Holland
What Cheer Baptist Church Services Announced
9 30 a m Sunday school with Ray De Haan Supt for all ages. 10 45 a m Morning worship. 6 80 p m B Y P U. 7 30 p m Evening worship. The pulpit will be filled at both hours by Rev James M Ownby pastor of the What Cheer Baptist church. A large attendance is requested and those not attending church elsewhere are invited Read the Chronicle Want Ads.
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Ray de Haan
James M. Ownby
What Cheer Aptist Church
Bake Sale by Women’s League at Central States Electric
The Women’s League of Service of the Third Reformed Church will hold a bake sale at the Central States Electric building on Saturday afternoon June 15. Proceeds support church outreach. Contact 3B Hollebrands for details.
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Women’s League of Service of the Third Reformed Church
Central States Electric
Hollebrands
Denberger Easton wedding in Leighton on Tuesday
Miss Ruth Denberger and Max Easton of Oskaloosa were married Tuesday afternoon June 11 at the Denberger home in Leighton. The Rev De Jong officiated for a small gathering. A wedding dinner followed. Miss Denberger trained at Mahaska County Hospital Nurses School and now practices nursing. The couple will reside in Oskaloosa.
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Denberger-Easton
Ruth Denberger
Max Easton
Oskaloosa
Fred Denberger
Leighton
de Jong
Miss Denberger
Mahaska County Hospital Nurses Training School
Easton
Fragmented fragments in old newspaper snippets
A collection of miscued captions and brief items from multiple papers. Notes include an odd roommate ad, a request for a healthy cook, Miss Nora Van Til burg’s supper, a pancake batter misdirection, Fred Magnus the architect injuring his arm, a sinking ceremony, ethics in pulpits, Katherine’s Canadian Rockies trip, an escaped circus elephant incident, a wild trumpet through a covert, removing ashes for a widow, and similar clipped tidbits from Florida Michigan New York North Carolina California and Plymouth papers.
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Florida
Nora van Tilburg
James Renbarger
Michigan
Fred Magnus
Coos Bay
New York Times
North Carolina
Katherine
Canadian Rockies
Yellowstone Park
Sells- Floto
California
Moses Roane
Plymouth
Mass
Luggage Fashion Through the Years Compared
A reflection on how luggage trends mimic fashion, noting a bygone era of travelers with extensive trunks, bags, and hat boxes destined for Liverpool Street or Epston station. The piece contrasts grand family ensembles for long trips with the crowded, sprawling cases for weekend country visits.
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Liverpool Street
Epston Station
London
New Meat Cutter At Self-Serve Store
Arnold Schippers, formerly of Pella and now in Waterloo since last October, is the new meat cutter at DeKock's United Self-Serve store, taking over from Neal Ver Heul who resigned. Schippers began cutting meat 26 years ago in this building with John Van Hemert, later partnered with John Ulrich and Klyn and De Winter, and once ran a Melcher meat shop selling 186000 dollars of meat in a year. His family remains in Waterloo but may relocate if his position becomes permanent.
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Arnold Schippers
Pela
Waterloo
DeKock
Neal Ver Heul
Mr. Schippers
John van Hemert
John Ulrich
Klyn
de Winter
Melcher
Schippers
Pella
Pella Co operative Burial Association Formed with Embalmer
The Pella Co operative Burial Association announces readiness to serve the public of Pella and area. Licensed embalmer Henry Liebrock of Gilman Iowa available day or night via Cander Leest blue 222 or D De Bruin black 350. Officers offer further information and assure satisfactory treatment.
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Pella
Pella Co-Operative Burial Association
Life Insurance Ad and Local Notices
Local notices note shelter and life essentials in an insurance pitch from Federal Life Insurance Co. District Manager E A Holle Brands. Monroe Baptist pastor A H Mohr reports his church thriving after a Des Moines evangelistic meeting with 80 baptisms last Sunday. Visits include J H Beckman and Mrs Beckman of Alton, en route from Hinkley to visit Gezel relatives. E V Goad heads to Barnes City for Pleasant Grove Baptist church annual meeting five miles south.
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E. Hollebrands
Federal Life Insurance Co
A. H. Mohr
Monroe Baptist Church
Des Moines
J. H. Beckman
Alton
Hinkley, Ill
George Gezel
E. V. Goad
Barnes City
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
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