Prairie City visitors and local travels noted in Pella
Local notes record Misses Rhea and Claudia Meyers visiting cousins at George Gezel and Ed Porter homes. Many residents travel to Des Moines, Oskaloosa, or Mt Pleasant for visits or business. Oil station work progresses at Franklin and East First Street. Gerrit W. Den Hartog heads to Kansas City to buy cattle. A long anecdote recalls a courtroom scene where a grieving mother pleads for leniency, moving spectators to tears and altering views on gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea
Claudia Meyers
Prairie City
George Gezel
Ed Porter
George Kaldenberg
Guttenberg
Iowa
Pella
Kaldenberg
Shannon City
Estelle Kuyper
Mason City
C. F. Dykstra
Lottie Dykstra
Des Moines
Franklin
East First Street
Standard Oil Co
The Widow and the Judge
In 1871 a train ride between Oska loosa and Madison unfolds a courtroom tragedy. An old woman confronts a judge about sentencing her son to ten years for robbery, recounting his decline into gambling and drinking, the farm’s loss, and the boy’s death in prison after hard times. The tale reveals a dramatic meeting as passengers listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Tom
Darter
Hler
Northwestern
Madison
Smith
College Notes and Local Arts Echo at Pella
Tony Van Zante returns from Mercy Hospital and recovers well. Band concert praise and a new Band Master boost local music. Verle Ramsey bassoon solos impress. Prof Sadler’s Junior Choir of 30 performs weekly at First Church, shaping future church music. Gerrit Rozeboom departs for Sioux Center after painting duties. Local aluminum news boosts from Klein and others. Central College students promise better meals next year. Loyde Hillyer family evacuated by Missouri floods to Hiawatha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piets
Verle Ramsey
Pella
van Dyk
Sadler
Klein
Vander Stoep
Bruins
Central College
Camphor Eye Wash Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts camphor and witch hazel based Lavoptik eye wash for sore eyes. It offers a free aluminum eye cup with each small bottle purchase and mentions Ideal Pharmacy as the seller.
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L. Popma’s
David van Rees
Minnesota
Wisconsin
van Rees
A. P. Kuyper
Royal Candy Co
Dan Dingeman
South Dakota
Mr. Dingeman
Thirty-Third
Iowa Infantry
Y. T. van Niewaal
Junior Orr
H. D. van Zante
Leonora Ballengee
A. H. Clark
Mt. Pleasant
Chas. Marsh
Elizabeth
Kate Ver Heul
G. J. Ellerbroek
Sibley
J. J. Ellerbroek
Gerrit Hagens and Son
Chicago
J. W. Denoon
Ottumwa
Dora van Hilton
Bertha Smorenburg
Pulaski
Kate Vande Kieft
Dora Kuyper
J.J. Jonkers
W. R. Eggleston
Jacob Schut
Fairmount
W. L. Humphry
Marion
Rollin
Bison
M. A. Clark
Mark Shaw
Monroe
M. Porter
P. F. Dykstra
Omaha
W. D. Sittert
Jamaica
Gerrit W. den Hartog
Kansas City
G. M. Klein
Adams, Nebr
Edith Sedrel
Marie
Agnes Vander Hart
J. H. Reuvers
H. Kuyperus
Leighton
John van Hemert
Vander Linden
Exall
College
Tony van Zante
Mercy Hospital
Gerrit Rozeboom
Sioux Center
Gerrit
Plette House
Loyde Hillyer
Missouri
Ford
Hiawatha
Delco
Delco-Light
Theresa
Peter Tysseling
C. A. Gosselink
Andrew Dykstra
Mrs
J. K. Clark
Frank Effner
Harry Porter
Geo. Herweh
E. G. Roorda
Wm. van Waardhuizen
B. Jarnagin
M. E. Blackledge
D. Lewis Frank
G. H. van den Berg & Co
Delco Shop
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