Local Names List from Clark Richardson Co. Document
A long catalog of individuals and firms including Clark Richardson Co. VanDisseldorp Jelsma Hollebrands DeReus Price Bogaard DeJong Drew Den Hartog Overberger Doedyne VanderLinden VanderKeift Van Zee Wormhoudt VanderPloeg VanderMeulen Carpenter VerPloeg VanderHaar VanGorp VanVeen VanderWall Shilling Uitermarkt Slykoord Veenstra Nieburg Gambell VanWyke DeGeus VanHemert DeBruyn Fennema Lake Prairie Creamery Co. VerPteeg Lester Schakel VanVliet Wormhoudt Co. DeGeus Langerak VanderMolen Rietveld Hospers VerDught Swank VerSteeg VanHaaften Groeneboom DeReus Keables Brand Rosendal VanGenderen DeCook Brom VanderBeek DeBruyn Newendorp DeBruin VandenBerg Grant Terpstra Vogelaar Tysseling
Mrs H Jaarsma Visits Relatives in Monroe
Mrs H Jaarsma visited relatives in Monroe Friday afternoon.
Pella area notes and community updates spread wide
Local items recount visits among Otley and Pella residents, school activities in Des Moines and Ottawa, baptisms and church meetings in Amsterdam, railway and car concerns, medical issues, and state fair displays from Iowa institutions. Includes travel between Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Prairie City, and Smith Center with scattered family news and local infrastructure notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrizelaar
John VanGorp
Otley
Pella
Hte
Dick. Synhorst
Oskaloosa
Pella Rela
J. Klein
Monroe
H. Rosenberg
Migs Fary Kuyper
Des Moines
Ancil
Ben
Renaud
Capital
The
Star Auto Co
Awtry
Tankelme
J.W. den Adel
Eddyville
A. C. van Houweling
William Visser
Knoxville
Abbott Hospital
Visser
Knoxville Ex‘press
Ryt
W. W. Talbot
Amsterdam
Gordon
Christian Union
Bussey
H. “VanderLinden
City
H. VanGinkel
Ll. ‘VanGorp
J. ‘Wielard
Vriezelaar
Felismu
Oskaloosa Herald
Brighton Enterprise
Anna Hospers
Iowa City
State University
Joyce Suman
Newton
J. Faassen
Fred
Chicago
W. E. Bown
Lille
Bert Baron
Helen Speed
Daisy Welle
Ames City Ordinance Blocks Movies and Bank Embezzler Sentenced
Alexander H. Anderson, formerly a First National bank teller at Sheldon, pled guilty to embezzlement and received five years at Ft. Leavenworth from Judge Henry T. Reed. Anderson faced $1,000 charges but defalcations reportedly totaled $6,000. Ames council passes a Main street district motion picture ban. A. Chemplin plans a $20,000 theater. In college ward, Joe Gerbracht argues students and faculty deserve movies despite the ordinance, with courts to decide. Pensions issued to residents: Sarah Gunnolly $12, special art. Elizabeth Haigh $12. ElizA V. Martin $12. Almira Miller $12. Hannah Mo Lind $18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander H. Anderson
First National Bank
Sheldon
Henry T. Reed
Ft. Leavenworth
Anderagn
Ames
Main Street
A. . Chemplin
College Ward
Joe Gerbracht
Jessee
Jowans
Sarah Gunnolly
Glenwood
Mlizabeth Haigh
Fort Madison
Elisa ‘V. Martin
Atlantic
Almyra ‘Miller
Manoatitie
Hannah
Mo Lind
Emeline
Bagh
CHERRIES FOR SALE AND USED CARS OFFERED ADVERTISED
Advertisements offer cherries for sale at 1.50 per bushel from A C Valkenburg and three used automobiles from Star Auto Co. Also listed is a residence property with 5 rooms, pantry, cellar, water and sewer, 60 by 120 lot priced at 1600. Inquiries directed to Chronicle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Valkenburg
Star Auto Co
Onquire Chronicle
Real Everyday Life on Stage Delivers Whatment Shows
Two women wait to enter a melodrama and praise its “real life” action though the plot features dramatic deeds. They declare the play’s “life” authentic, not overdone, as five acts unfold with sensational stunts and a triumphant finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Pree Press
Tower of Skulls and Nish's Turbulent Past
A historical note examines Nish in Servia under Turkish rule. It recalls a fifteenth century sack, an eight century era of domination, and the lasting impact on the Servian city and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nish
Servia
Poanenstotate
Skull tower of Nish recalls brutal siege history
London Answers recounts the 1877 78 Russo Turkish war siege of Nish by the Servians under King Milan. A tower built of rock and skulls once marked victory with about 1200 skulls, many stolen as souvenirs, now reduced to four feet tall with a single visible skull remaining as a grim reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nish
Milan
London
Aaron Burr Grave Mystery in Princeton Unmarked Tomb
Aaron Burr died in 1836 at Port Richmond Staten Island and was buried in Princeton New Jersey at the feet of his father and grandfather both former Princeton presidents. After nearly two years the grave received an overnight granite monument with Burr’s inscription, yet no local eyewitness explains the anonymous erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Princeton
N. J
Princeton College
Armenian History of Am, Capital of Bagratids
The city Am became the Bagratid Armenia capital in 661. It endured capture by Byzantium in 1044, endured sieges and fires by Seljuk Turks, suffered multiple Georgian offensives between 1125 and 1209, faced Mongol conquest in 1239, and was shattered by an 1319 earthquake. Its great cathedral survived, founded in 1010 amid centuries of ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Man With a Wooden Leg Stirs Curiosity in Child
A little girl walking with her mother spots a man with a wooden leg and asks why he uses a stick. The mother hushes her, saying to speak softly so they can hear. The child wonders if the leg owner knows it. London a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
London A
Easy to Preach. Woggles quotes on staff pay in Courier Journal
The editor Woggles names Bing ham as a top writer for household guidance and reveals a $5,000 annual salary, illustrating editorial brag and pay scale. The Louisville Courier Journal quotes the exchange about who writes on family finances and supporting a large household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woggles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark Richardson Co. VanDisseldorp
M. Aalbers
Jelsma & Hollebrands
M. M. DeReus
A. C. Price
Jake Bogaard
Peter J. DeJong
W. F
Drew C. den Hartog
Wilson
Winn
Henry Overberger
W. Doedyne
A. N. VanderLinden
H. VanderKeift
Fred van Zee
H. Wormhoudt
W. H. VanderPloeg
H. P. VanderMeulen
Dr. F. F. Carpenter
A.B. VerPloeg
Arie VanderHaar
P. H. VanGorp
John VanVeen VanderWall Bros
J. L. Shilling
Julius Uitermarkt
Joe Slykoord
Jacob VanWyke
Wm. DeGeus
J. H. Veenstra
D. DePringer
Sam VanHemert
B. DeBruyn
Jake Fennema
Lake Prairie Creamery Co
Henry VerPteeg
Lester the
Harry Schakel
Mrs
Jno. VanVliet
G. H. Wormhoudt & Co
C. DeGeus
Andrew Langerak Stuursma
VanderMolen
Jno
Rietveld
John Hospers
Co. C. VerDught
Jake Swank
G. B. VerSteeg
M. A. VanHaaften
Jnc. A. Groeneboom
A. N. DeReus
H. S. Keables
Wm. Brand
Rev
A. Rosendal
Pete VanGenderendnc
DeCook
Barney Brom Jnc
VanderBeek
G. B. DeBruyn
Isaac Newendorp
Mrs. J. DeBruin
H. J. VandenBerg
Marsh Grant
Adam Terpstra
John Vogelaar
Wm. Tysseling
Meas
VANDER _LINDEN
Mies
Helen Hanna
Epworth
Iowa
Graham
Misses Griener
Madison
Wis
Seyrse
Tracy
Josephine van Haaften
Prairie City
X CG . Kaldenberg
Carrie White and Son
Vernon
Bert van Vath
Soetens
Lomax
Harold=Kaldenberg
Leighton
J. Hi
Atoon
R. _D. Ball
Leonard
Ball
Halock
Minn
Rock Island Crossing
Dexter
Stella McCleary
Me.Cleary
New Iowa
Bartlett
Fremont
John T. Ettleman
Rice W. E. Harris
Dudley
Wapello
Harold
Anamosa
Butter Tub
Inebriate Hospital
M. Vander Linden
the Chronicle’s
Tower OF Skulls
Venice
Y. T. van Niewaal
Ordker
Pella Plumbing & Heating Co
Brown Head CO
Murray St
New York City
Ansco
Puritan Drug Store
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