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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1911

Page

7

G Bos to Return to Chicago After Visit

G Bos visited his sister Mrs Jas Jansen last Sunday before she left for Colorado. He will return to his home in Chicago on Saturday.

G. Bos

H D Wormhoudt Sells Carpets and Bugs

Miss Hattie Verhuel, who underwent a successful appendicitis operation at Mercy hospital in Des Moines on Monday afternoon last week, is coming home this evening. Two of her sisters went to Des Moines this morning to accompany her home. Her many friends here will be glad to learn of her rapid recovery.

Hattie Verhuel Mercy Hospital Des Moines

Band Benefit Social Shifts to Saturday Night

A community benefit social for the band is scheduled for Saturday night. Organizers urge attendance to support the group and cover event expenses. Local venues host the dances with refreshments and live performances by the band.

Meteors Fall As New Sharon Defeats Pella 7 to 4

New Sharon beats Pella on the New Sharon diamond by seven to four. The Meteors blame a few bad plays for the loss and the teams are now tied, forcing a playoff soon. Prof Hoofman and wife plan to move to Osage Iowa for a month or six weeks to work at a new field of labor. Osage Seminary gains a new principal and friends bid farewell with best wishes. Band concert and benefit social in Garden Square Saturday night.

Pella New Sharon Prof. Hoofman Osage Iowa Osage Seminary

First Reformed Church Pastor's Last Service Before Vacation

The pastor will fill the pulpit at the First Reformed Church Sunday evening. This will be his last service until he returns from vacation on August 6.

First Reformed Church

Social for G A R Circle to aid Pella Band

The Ladies of the G A R Circle host a Saturday night benefit in Garden Square Park offering ice cream cake lemonade and other refreshments. Proceeds support the Pella Band as it bears season concert costs and invites the public to enjoy an extended concert, socialize, and applaud the band.

G. A. R. Circle Pella Garden Square

Pella’s First Born Visits From Minnesota

Bart Synhorst of Minnesota arrived in the city for an extended visit. He is the first child born in the Holland colony in 1847 and notes Pella’s growth and improvements over the years.

Bart Synhorst Minnesota Mr. Synhorst Pella Knoxville Journal

Beverages Faced Legal Action In Grand Jury Session

The proprietor and bound him over to the grand jury. Tip Top, another beverage sold by G. Van Rees met a similar fate. No action has been taken against Mr. Van Rees.

Grand Jury G. van Rees Mr. van Rees

Memorial Services For K Ps Honor Departed Members

The K P lodge held memorial services in their lodge room last Sunday afternoon. Attendance was nearly full despite heat. Addresses by Chancellor Commander J H Reuvers J A Herney and J W Boyd. A committee was appointed to decorate graves at Oakwood Van Damselaar and Porterville cemeteries. Five members have died since the lodge began twenty five years ago: John Van Maren Joe Thomas Neal Van Zante Granville Warren Dr Samuel Stoblaar. A poetical verse honors brothers with lines about duty and kindness.

K. Ps J. H. Reuvers J. A. Herney J. W. Boyd Oakwood van Damselaar Porterville K. P. Lodge John van Maren Joe Thomas Neal van Zante Granville Warren Samuel Stoblaar

Fragmentary gun tragedy note ends abruptly in local page

A damaged OCR snippet notes a domestic tragedy with a woman discovering her mother dead, detailing a grim family event. The fragment preserves no names, places, or dates, but implies a fatal incident within a household and the immediate emotional aftermath.

Death of Union Township farmer from fall from tree

Segal Busby a prominent farmer near Fairview church in Union township died this morning from injuries suffered yesterday while cherry picking at Milton Phillips home. He fell from a tree and injured his spine causing paralysis. physicians offered no relief. He leaves a wife and five children. This family has suffered four violent deaths in two generations, with brothers killed by lightning in 1900 and their father fatally struck by a train soon after.

New Sharon Segal Busby Fairview Church Union Township Mr. Busby Milton Phillips Grinnell

May Lose An Eye From Nail Accident In Pella

Dr Bos attended Fred Scheffers in south Pella after a nail struck his eye while hammering. The blow fractured the corner of the eye and drained fluid from the anterior chamber. The injury is painful and may cost him sight in one eye.

Dr. Bos South Pella Fred Scheffers Mr. Scheffers

Cream of Hops beverage barred under Iowa law ruling

The Palace Restaurant faced action after selling Cream of Hops, a beverage with a measurable alcohol content. A recent Supreme Court interpretation of Iowa law forbids any drink containing alcohol, prompting officials to halt sales and file charges.

Iowa Supreme Court Palace Restaurant Marshall Buckingham

Tragic double murder suicide in Ottumwa note tied to auto loan

Ottumwa Iowa June 27 Elza Cram blit 19 shot and killed his mother fatally wounded his sister Gladys and died by suicide. A note and a letter from the mother imply financial strain over a $1950 automobile purchase and an intent to end all three lives. The sister is dying from a brain wound.

Ottumwa Elza Cramblit Gladys Elza

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van der Pol van der Pol’s L. L. Maslin Foulard Mara Pella, Iowa J. G. van der Pol H. D. Wormhoudt A. T. Brom Ben Synhorst Holland Colony H. C. Payne S. W. Corner Square Young America Vander Linden Veicerae Fund Spencer EAD D. Swift & CO Seventh St Washington, D.C
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