Fatherless Children of France Appeal Seeks New Support
War relief continues as appeal urges renewed American aid for 60,000+ French orphans. The Fatherless Children of France Committee asks subscribers to renew gifts or recruit new benefactors, noting ten cents daily or 36.50 yearly supports per child. Local secretary Mrs. H. P. Scholte collects pledges at 741 Fine Arts Building Chicago.
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Pella
France
America
Fatherless Children of France
Vilages
American Friends of France
Fine Arts
Chicago
H. P. Scholte
Rube Brand Barber Shop Ready for Sanitary Inspection
Special notice states Rube Brand's Sanitary Barber Shop is prepared for inspection with complete sanitary equipment installed. Proprietor invites old and new customers to call Phone 116 for service.
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Rube Brand
Baptist Church to Hold Rev T D Franklin Sermons
Rev T D Franklin will preach at the Baptist church during both the morning and evening services, delivering messages to the congregation.
First Christian Reformed Rev P Bloem to preach all services
Rev P Bloem of Oskaloosa will preach all services. Rev Y T DeJong of Grand Rapids Mich who had been called declined. Schedule lists 9:30 Class Meeting, 10:00 Sabbath School, 11:00 Service by Reasnor Gospel Team, 6:00 Epworth League, 7:00 Service by Reasnor Gospel Team, Wednesday prayer meeting.
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P. Bloem
Oskaloosa
Y. T. DeJong
Grand Rapida
Mich
Reasnor Gospel Team
Epworth League
Two Sons Coming Home After War Service
Stephen DeCook learned on Monday his sons Harry and David would likely be discharged soon and return home. Harry, formerly with the 168th Infantry, is now at Camp Dix New Jersey after hospital duty in France. David, stationed near San Antonio Texas, heads to Camp Dodge Iowa for discharge then home by week’s end.
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Stephen DeCook
Salvation Army
Philadelphia
Hiry
Camp Dix
N. J
David
San Antonio
Texas
Camp Dodge
Harry DeCook
168Th Infantry
France
Creston
Harry
Mr. DeCook
White Way picnic to be held in Pella this year
The Great White Way picnic will be hosted in Pella as decided at a Chamber of Commerce meeting last Friday. W. H. Fowler serves as president and Harve VanGorp as Marion county director. Dates to be set by Fowler. The Chamber also arranged for poll workers for a city park commission election. Albert J. Stowe resigns as chamber secretary effective July 1.
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Pella
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Fowler
White Way Association
Harve VanGorp
Marion County
Chamber
Albert J. Stowe
Stowe
Soldiers Return Home Share News of Discharges
Joe Bogaard Gradus Klein Jake Mol and Bern Croll return home from service. Peter Pipple, discharged from Camp Dodge, comes home Saturday. Sgt Harry E.B. Bryan, New Sharon, visiting Pella after France service. Albert Fennema Newton, recently discharged, visits. Lester Welle discharged and home. navy musician on the Von Steuben. Captain W W Carrig, 351st Infantry, discharged and visiting Keota relatives. Joe Porter, recently discharged, opens an auto paint shop and laundry in the VanVilet building at Franklin and East First.
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Joe Bogaard
Gradus Klein
Jake Mol
Bern Croll
Army
Navy
Peter Pipple
Camp Dodge
Harry EB. Bryan
New Sharon
Pella
Mr. Bryan
France
Albert Fennema
Newton
Lester Welle
von Steuben
Chronicle
W. W. Carrig
351St Infantry
Keota
R Tives
Carris
Ft. Snelling
Mr. Carris
Central College
Cap
Joe Porter
VanVilet
Franklin and
East First Streets
Gold Star Post American Legion organized at Chamber meeting
A meeting of returned soldiers and sailors at the Chamber of Commerce organized a Gold Star Post American Legion. About thirty men signed the charter papers with more to join. A second meeting on June 27 will install officers and start the post. Officers include Dick VanZante commander Ed Donal vice commander Joe Porter adjutant W H Vander Ploeg finance officer Rube Brand historian Will Van Sittert chaplain. Plans for July Fourth were outlined and all discharged men in Pella and vicinity urged to attend and sign as charter members.
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Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Gold Star Post
Dick VanZante
Ed Donal
Joe Porter
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Central Breezes and Summer Classes at the Academy
Multiple campus notices report Dean Pretenpol teaching physics this summer with a year’s work planned, Miss DePass and Lydia traveling to Jamad, Mr. Sadler offering piano and organ lessons, and students at the Baptist organ. Also details on dormitory canning, boosting Central, and upcoming Ladies Auxiliary officers plus a band concert in the park hindered by rain.
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Dean Pretenpol
Miss Greiner
Lily _ Bottorff-VanderLinden
Fern Smith
Helen Bosch
Frances Sheehy
Polla
Mra
A. T. van Houweling
George Gosselink
Presdent
M. W. van Doorninck
H. W. Pietenpol
G. H. Waechter
P. H. Kuyper
Wesselink
Bruins
New Books in Public Library Feature Stereographs
Joan and Peter The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Vincente Ibanez Im the Heart of a Fool Wm. A. White Waif-O-the-Sea The Red One The Man With a Club Fool Valentine Williams A Princess of Mars B. R. Burroughs The library has installed the Keystone stereographs with a third dimension. Among these are 200 views of the late war and a set on natural history. You may borrow pictures and stereoscope and take them home. Leona Reuvers Librarian.
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Vincente Ibanez
Wm. A. White
Valentine Williams
Mars
B. R. Buroughs
Keystone
Leona Reuvers
Dieleman Garage Sold to Ver Tips and Steenhoek
John Dieleman sold his Main and Liberty corner garage and the adjoining ground to Art Ver Tips and Simon Steenhoek last Saturday. Dieleman will continue the business until March 1, 1920, when possession passes to the new owners.
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John Dieleman
Main
Liberty Streets
Art Vertips
Simon Steenhoek
Dieleman
Meteors Defeat Bussey In Rain A Bridgewater Area Game
The Pella Meteors beat Bussey 4 to 3 despite wet ground from rain Friday afternoon. Paul VerSteeg pitched for Pella with Zac Aschenbrenner catching. A small crowd attended due to the weather.
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Pella Meteors
Bussey
Paul VerSteeg
Pella
Zac Aschenbrenner
Pella Fourth of July Basket Dinner and Pageant
A July 4 celebration in Pella features a giant basket dinner beside the park center with free coffee cups supplied by the Ladies Federated club. A morning stunt parade led by Ed VanZante, a 2 PM afternoon program with songs of allied nations, and a fireworks display chaired by Frank Stubenrauch mark the event. Performers include 40 Pella girls led by G F Sadler and Beatrice Boland, the Bradley Duo, Princeag Pauahi and a Hawaiian orchestra with ukulele and native dances.
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Pella
Ladies Federated Club
Federated Club
Ed VanZante
Pella Girla
G. F. Sadler
Beatrice Boland
Columbia
United States
England
Italy
France
Belgium
Frank Stubenrauch
Frank Warner
Harve VanGorp
Bradley
Princeag Pauahi
Orpheum
Oil Tanks Arrive for New International Filling Station
Oil tanks were delivered this week for a planned International Oil Company filling station to be built on the lot beside Ed. machine shop and operated locally, signaling imminent construction and service availability.
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International Oil Company
Ed. Machine Shop
Hobson Addresses Pella on Alcohol Evils and Campaign
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson former U S Navy and Alabama congressman spoke in Pella under the American Anti Saloon League. He argued alcohol as cause of degeneracy and urged continued fight to enforce laws against sale of alcoholic drinks, praising the League’s spread from township to world as a wedge against vice. The audience pledged support though exact pledge totals were not learned.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
U. S. Navy
Congress
Alabama
Pella
American Anti- Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
Captain Hobson
Hobson
City Council Proceedings Pella June 19 1919
The City of Pella council met June 19 1919 with Mayor Vanden Berg presiding. Alderman Wormhoudt absent and T Van Dyk sought joint sewer and water connections deferred for street-improvement planning. Resolutions for street improvements and sewer water connections were adopted. Electric department report showed 3255.59 receipts 2188.69 disbursements and was adopted. Warrants for water works bonds 2500 and interest 1425 were ordered. Fire hose use for 4th of July approved. Park concessions for July 4th assigned to the Chamber of Commerce which pays the regular license fee. Council adjourned.
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City Council
City of
Pella
Vanden Berg
Wormhoudt
T. van Dyk
Electric Department
Chamber of Commerce
Kayper
Navy recruits to seaboard posts for general duty
Discharged soldiers and Marines enlist in the Navy and are dispatched directly to a seaboard city for general detail, skipping preliminary training. Apprentices will be rated Seamen Second Class at Des Moines Iowa with monthly pay of 35 90, plus a 30 day furlough and pay, and those with Army Navy or Marine Corps service receive the same benefits. Lieutenant Geo E Ketterer U S N RF Recruiting Officer reports an excellent sixty day record in the Iowa Recruiting District.
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Navy
Seaboard
Navy Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Army
Marine Corps
Geo. E. Ketterer
Enthusiasm Grows for Pella Fair Fund Drive
Five hundred boosters from the Pella Chamber of Commerce met at Star garage last evening and tentatively subscribed twenty five hundred dollars to support a larger fair. A plan to raise ten thousand dollars immediately was discussed, with an aggressive canvass of school districts to follow. Robert J. Shanahan urged community duty to preserve traditions, while W H Fowler stressed unity between farmers and business people to ensure a successful fair.
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Pella
Chamber of Commerce
Star Garage
Federated Club
Robert J. Shanahan
Oskaloosa Commercial Club
Fowler
Waechters Buy RB BR Switch For Plant Expansion
Waechter Lumber Co purchased the Pella Canning Co lot housing the old factory warehouses to secure the railroad switch. The move aims to gain constant access for their growing lumber business as Oskaloosa street is paved, providing a hard surfaced route for their rail cars.
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Waechter Lumber Co
Pella Canning Company
Canning Company
Oskaloosa
Van Niewaal's Summer Dress Goods Ad Special
Advertisement fragment notes a sale on Summer Dress Goods at Van Niewaal's with a special price of 31a per yard.
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van Niewaal’s
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First Christian Reformed
M. E. Church
W. W. Boosters
Joan and
Peter
Dieleman Garage
Council
Waechters
RB. BR
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