Misses Visit and Local Appointments in Pella Area
Misses Martha Verkeul and Lucy Huber spent Friday in Oskaloosa with friends and at a Holiness camp meeting. Several locals made weekend trips, including Mia Marion Meyers and baby visiting at Chas Porter home, and others returning from Des Moines, Iowa City, and Mendota Ill. A young man seeks a bookkeeping position with good references, and a lost locket and chain was reported with a reward for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Verkeul
Lucy Huber
Oskaloosa
Mia
Marion Meyers
Baby
Chas. Porter
Tennis Klein
Iowa City
Pella
P. Groet
Miss Riggs
Des Moines
Hazel Spencer
Craig
Osceola
Iowa
Mark Shaw
Monroe
Our City
Ralph Frazer
Kilduff
J. H. Soetens
Otley
Dave Ver Dugt
Chronicle
Lyda Young
University Place
Leona Reuvera
Community Notes on Monroe Area People and Commencement
Local column lists visits and travel by Monroe residents and relatives, including H Jaarama family, Cora Dingeman, Rev Vanderwerf, Neal Verheul at College Commencement, Dr L A Garrison post Harvard plans, and numerous relatives from Eddyville Colfax Albia and surrounding towns visiting for commencement week.
Wind Storm Destroys Reasner Tabernacle. Services Continue
Last Wednesday afternoon a gusting wind leveled the tabernacle at Reasner. The loss does not interrupt worship as services move to the church. Pleasantville plans another July fourth patriotic event. L. C. Barnett of Thornburg greeted friends during a city visit. Mrs. T. H. Klein and heirs put their 146 acre farm near Pella up for sale, with A. T. Klein at Security Bank handling details. Saturday afternoon was busy for merchants as farmers shopped. Meyer Langerak visited from jeeoxelle by motorcycle, while D. E. Goff of Merida Yucatan is in town, and Miss Jeanette Mitchell of Ottumwa stayed a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.J. Vanden Berg
Vander Ley
Viersen
Hy Haseelman
Lacy, Evans and
Oskaloosa
C. Kooiman
John Magee
Bess “Synhorst
John Dekker
Eddyville
Fae Lankelma
Our City
Nellie Wynna
Newton
H.‘Jaarama
Monroe
Y. T. van Niewaal
Mahaska County
Misa Cora Dingeman
Rev
Vanderwerf
Neal Verheul
Colfax
Dump Wormhoudt
M. R. Spencer
Albia
Chas Pas
Spencer
Minnie Tice
Galesburg
J. P. Welch
James
Margaret
Albany Mo
Jas
Garrett
John Wassemt
17Th Iowa Infantry
Red Union
Murry Cox
Twains
Mr. Wassen
Columbus Junction
J. G. Gass
Iowa
Gases
Pella Overall Co
Boyd
Gaas
Pella
Misa Edna Verheul
Livingston
Rev, LeGrand
Adrain
Quincy
Edna Frazer
Otley
Tabernacle
Reasner
Pleasantville
L. C. Barnett
Thornburg
T. H. Klein
A. T. Klein
Security Bank
Meyer Langerak
Jeeoxelle
D. E. Goff
Merida
Yucatan
Jeanette Mitchell
Ottumwa
Real estate bargains near Prairie City and Jasper County
Real estate ad listing include a 160 acre farm near Prairie City with house and barn, a two story Prairie City house with land lot and barn, and another Prairie Sieg listing. Also offered: a large restaurant property in Prairie Sieg with merchandise, plus multiple houses and lots with varying sizes and prices. All items sold as a package for about 4000 dollars. owner started selling nine years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Jasper County
Heart of City
Prairie Sieg i
Gale
Fifty Three Years Without Holiday
Mr Joseph Thornton aged superintendent of Bradford street department died after 53 years of service. He never took a holiday despite liberty to do so. Elsewhere a joke about spring fever and a staged glacier naming incident are noted in the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thornton
Bradford
Eng.) Corporation
Corporation
Top of the Mountain Not Reached by Contented Men
A reflective note on ambition contrasts those who seek higher goals with others who stay content with lowly views and safe comparisons, suggesting dissatisfaction drives ascent while complacency preserves structure and comfort.
Quote from Phillips Brooks on life and deal meaning
A fragmentary quotation reflects on life and deals, suggesting inner beginnings and possibilities as core forces. The line contemplates haunted feeling and human drive within a larger existential frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Farm sales list details from Ottumwa area
A fragmented report lists recent farm transfers including 270 acres ten miles south of Ottumwa sold to Clarence Hon of Pleasantville for 18 860 dollars. B F Norris sells 140 acres to J Boat. An 80 acre parcel near Prairie nd Zee sells for 12 026 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerema
Ottumwa
Clarence Hon
Pleasantville
B.F. Norris
J. Boat
Stoox
Prairie N. Zee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cate
Jitself
China
South Pella
Castile
D. Vander Ploeg
Parental van Houweling
Albert van Houweling
Drake University
Chas. Sipe
Capital City
Myrtle de Bruin
Oskatoosa
Peoples
Meadames O. M. Wilson
C. E.smith
Jacobs
Laure Zickel
Yuitorine Saiarnay
Monarch
Superior
Dempstra
Hansen
Dempster
Place
Sam
Hart Schaffner
Faassen & den Adel CQ
Auerbach
George W. Perkins
Hotawi Fama’ Sound
Miss Perkiner
Princeton
Vander Linden Bazar
Gosgelink
J. Brand’s
South Main St
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