County Poor Farm Costs Draw Local Attention
A dense list of bills and payments to county officers trustees and suppliers shows heavy expenditures for poor farms prisons and public buildings. Names include Amos J, Beam J V, Butterfield L K, Cray Co, Culver Co, Conner JL, Dickerson Bros, Elliott, Fidler, Feenstra, Gates, Hovey, Hyer, Kuyper, Meier, Swan, Slob Bros, and West HC among others with items covering provisions coal medicine clothing and repairs. Local notes mention J S Gladstone, James Vander Pol, Henry Dingeman, and others bidding in Des Moines Council Bluffs Clinton and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield
City Board of Equalization
Booth
Franklin
Bloom John Jr
Pella
Brause
Perry Township
Cray & Co
Culver & Co
Collins S
Conner
Carey Bros
Cochrane
Crew
Cass
Swan Oil
Local Society Meeting and Patched Travel Notes in Pella
The Idal Society met in Knoxville with Emma Veith of Newton expected to visit for summer school. Relatives and friends were mentioned as visiting in Pella and Prairie City. Numerous short notices report residents returning home from Newton and Des Moines areas and illness updates on E R Cassatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Wormhoudt
Eddyville
Charles Grant
Knoxville
Pella
Tion
Boat’s
van Spanckeren
B. H. van Spanckeren, Jr
Clinton
Bankers
M. van Gorp
Sharon
Jacob de Vries
Chicago
Jim de Wit
Vander Zee
Oskaloosa
D. Wormhoudt
Newton
Jacob Brand
Sully
Herman Reitveld
Monroe
Henry Boland
Des Moines
Walter Johnson
Tiger’ van Vork
Red Rock
G.g.vanderzyl
George
P. H. Bousquet
Dekker & Roorda’s
A. Waechter
Oakes
N. D
Albert Keableés
Denver
Colo
Dick den Adel
Dey
van der Linden
Prairie City
Van
Spanckeren
Thidal Society
Wormhondt
Emma Veith
Reece Bond
Reasner
Nick. van. Vliet
Charles Sipes
John Akkerman
Sioux County
Father Clark
Coal Ridge
A. D. Cox
Lohrville
Central College
E. R. Cassatt
Albert Lea
Minn
Alice McDonald
Jas
Cornie ‘ Muntingh
Rock Island
W. M. Boatsma
W. Vander Kamp
John Bosvelt
Dakota
Benjamin van Nimwegen
Bondurant
C. van Ginkel
Hammocks Offer Comfort on Lawn and Porch
A weary soldier finds rest on the ground but the ad suggests hammocks as true comfort. Set up on a shady lawn or porch, these hammocks promise easy relief with prices from 75 cents to 5.50 dollars.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amos Cw
Polk
Amsberry J
Anthes
Amos
Beam
Brobst
Glass
Buxton
Frank Washing
Bilby
Deitrick
den Adel
Dennison
Knoxville Electric Co
Longstreth
Lubberden
Lyon
LeMars Printing Co
Mentzer
Morehead Chas
Washington
Martin D W
Carl & Co
Goodyear & Marshall
Hodge George
Hugen
Frank
Hout
Hovey
County Hyer & Co
Court House
Horsman Joseph
Hammond & Stephen
Hooper
Hull
Marysville
Kinkead & Mentzer
Manhardt
County
Kennell Geo
Ing Swan 'Maddy
Indiana
Metz
Dallas McKee
McCord
McCrillis
Neifert
Osborn & Co
Oskaloosa Binding
Payne
Porter Chas Township
Palmer
Parrot & Co
Popma L
Acre
Welch
Wilson W
Wilson
Wright Lemuel
West HC
Welch WM & Co
Woodruff Hardware Co
Schell
Goodwil
Goodws
Pope
Myrick
Stewart
Seat
J. S. Gladstone
James Vander Pol
New Sharon
Henry Dingeman
Audubon
Hamilton-Brown
Dekker, & Roorda
van Spancker
Te L.warren
Council
Bluffs
C.H. Britainer
Star
I Rev
M. L. ‘Everett
Sete
Nigel
Will Mathes
Dave
Thomas
California
Misa van Houweling
Otley
Faassen & den Adel Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
America
Kingsford’s
Oswego
Simen
Kingsford
T. Kingsford & Son
N. Y
National Starch Company
Uccessors
Aid of
the .M. E. Church
G.E. Monkman
Vander Lindens Bazar
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